The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 30m
Overview
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick, Arthur Stuart Hull, Torben Meyer, Jimmy Conlin, Victor Potel, William Demarest, Jack Norton, Robert Greig, Roscoe Ates, Dewey Robinson, Chester Conklin, Sheldon Jett, Robert Dudley, Franklin Pangborn, Arthur Hoyt, Al Bridge, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Charles R. Moore, Frank Moran, Harry Rosenthal, Esther Howard, Frank Faylen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Edward McNamara, Bert Moorhouse, Marcelle Corday, Bess Flowers, Max Wagner, Byron Foulger, Joe Gilbert
Director: Garson Kanin
Director: Garson Kanin
Director: Gregory La Cava
Criterion Blu-ray, although there's a bit of aggressive grain management see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=15853770&postcount=43
Director: Gregory La Cava
Criterion Blu-ray, although there's a bit of aggressive grain management see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=15853770&postcount=43
Director: Frank Capra
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: Frank Capra
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray
Director: Richard Wallace
Director: Richard Wallace
Director: Will Jason
Unofficial Streaming
Director: Will Jason
Unofficial Streaming
Director: Edward Buzzell
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD.
Also available on SD Streaming
Director: Edward Buzzell
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD
Warner Archive Esther Williams: Volume 1 DVD.
Also available on SD Streaming
Director: Howard Hawks
Warner Archive DVD. Also available on Amazon Streaming in SD
Director: Howard Hawks
Warner Archive DVD. Also available on Amazon Streaming in SD
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Director: Preston Sturges
Director: Preston Sturges
Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master
Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 4K master
Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is 4K restoration, no comparison with Elephant Films France
Director: Preston Sturges
Kino Lorber Blu-ray is 4K restoration, no comparison with Elephant Films France
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming
See comparison vs German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray which is a 2K upscale of the previous restoration
Criterion/Artificial Eye Blu-ray are even older restoration than the Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray has incorrect pitch on the Russian audio see thread
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming
See comparison vs German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray which is a 2K upscale of the previous restoration
Criterion/Artificial Eye Blu-ray are even older restoration than the Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray
Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray has incorrect pitch on the Russian audio see thread
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming is the only release for the new 4K restoration. Mosfilm's release has no sepia, and whether or not if this is the original color grading is still under debate.
For other releases: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:
German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is 2K upscale and has incorrectly pitched Russian audio. See caps
Criterion Blu-ray/Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray have yellow tint on sepia scenes
France Potemkine (Standalone) has raised blacks and poor encoding
France Potemkine (Boxset) has orange tint on sepia scenes and poor encoding
Netherlands Lumière has correct sepia scenes, good encode, but gamma is slightly off.
Italy General Video Recording has correct sepia scenes but gamma is off (more so than Netherlands Blu-ray and worse encode)
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Mosfilm official 4K Youtube Streaming is the only release for the new 4K restoration. Mosfilm's release has no sepia, and whether or not if this is the original color grading is still under debate.
For other releases: Netherlands Lumière Blu-ray is best, but all releases of the 2K restoration have issues:
German Filmjuwelen 4K Blu-ray is 2K upscale and has incorrectly pitched Russian audio. See caps
Criterion Blu-ray/Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray have yellow tint on sepia scenes
France Potemkine (Standalone) has raised blacks and poor encoding
France Potemkine (Boxset) has orange tint on sepia scenes and poor encoding
Netherlands Lumière has correct sepia scenes, good encode, but gamma is slightly off.
Italy General Video Recording has correct sepia scenes but gamma is off (more so than Netherlands Blu-ray and worse encode)
Director: Todd Haynes
Director: Todd Haynes
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion 4K Blu-ray FiM encode Caps
UK Warner Bros Steelbook 4K Blu-ray is slightly worse in encoding compared to FiM but otherwise excellent see caps
Uncensored: Cinema DTS
Censored: Criterion
Comparison
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Criterion 4K Blu-ray FiM encode Caps
UK Warner Bros Steelbook 4K Blu-ray is slightly worse in encoding compared to FiM but otherwise excellent see caps
Uncensored: Cinema DTS
Censored: Criterion
Comparison
Director: Mike Mills
Criterion 4K Blu-ray upscales from 2K DI
Director: Mike Mills
Criterion 4K Blu-ray upscales from 2K DI
Director: Mike Mills
Criterion 4K Blu-ray upscale from 2K DI
Director: Mike Mills
Criterion 4K Blu-ray upscale from 2K DI
Director: Mike Mills
Director: Mike Mills
Director: David Lynch
Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray
Uncensored version: old DVD
Australia Imprint Blu-ray upcoming included in After Dark Neo-Noir Cinema Vol. 4
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray
Uncensored version: old DVD
Director: David Lynch
Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray
Uncensored version: old DVD
Australia Imprint Blu-ray upcoming included in After Dark Neo-Noir Cinema Vol. 4
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Censored US version: Shout! Factory or Twilight Time Blu-ray
Uncensored version: old DVD
Director: Philip Kaufman
Director: Philip Kaufman
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
Currently streaming on Netflix
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Currently streaming on Netflix
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
Currently streaming on Netflix
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Currently streaming on Netflix
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