Nightmare Alley (1947)
Drama, Thriller, Crime • 1h 51m
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Helen Walker, Coleen Gray, Joan Blondell, Taylor Holmes, Mike Mazurki, Ian Keith, Roy Roberts, Florence Auer, Bonnie Bannon, George Beranger, Oliver Blake, June Bolyn, Chet Brandenburg, James Burke, George Chandler, Harry Cheshire, Edward Clark, Clancy Cooper, George Davis, Julia Dean, Sayre Dearing, James Flavin, Nina Gilbert, Henry Hall, Robert Karnes, Kenner G. Kemp, Max Linder, George Lloyd, Laurette Luez, Emmett Lynn, Wilbur Mack, George Magrill, Jerry Miley, Frank O'Connor, Jack Perry, Cyril Ring, Gene Roth, Frank J. Scannell, Cy Schindell, Norman Stevens, Bert Stevens, Eddy Waller, Marjorie Wood, Rudy Germane
Best English-friendly & video release
About the film
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
Director: George Cukor
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
US Twilight Time Blu-ray or UK Signal One Blu-ray are basically the same see cap
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
More Drama on Blu-ray
Director: Robert Altman
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Cinematrographe's HDR grading is overcooked, which is a known VinSyn tendency. Additionally, their booklet mis-credits the encode to FiM.
YMMV, but for some, the included BD encoded by Marcus Johnson—ironically may make for a more pleasing experience.
Director: Roman Polanski
Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
UK 4K teased by 88 Films https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=24252379
Carlotta France 4K Blu-ray > Vinegar Syndrome 4K Blu-ray (better encode on Carlotta without any low-pass filtering, more extras and English subtitles on Vinegar Syndrome)
Director: John Woo
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Arrow has a different grade and a better encode than the Shout! Factory, though the difference in either is not major. Imprint release, which leaves Shout! Factory's master and subtitles as is, is encoded by FiM. https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24473097&postcount=56
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Original mix: Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray (similar to Criterion LaserDisc, but less distorted)
Alternate mix: Scanbox Nordic PAL DVD
Surround remix: HK Video France 4K Blu-ray (5.0)
Arrow used the alternate mix, but with extra filtering and lowered dynamic range. The alternate mix has much better fidelity.
Imprint presumably used the Shout! Factory original mix and left it as is, though no official confirmation.
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray > Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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