A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Drama • 14m
Overview
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson, W. Chrystie Miller, Gladys Egan, Henry B. Walthall, Kate Bruce, William J. Butler, Charles Craig, Frank Evans, Edith Haldeman, Robert Harron, Ruth Hart, Arthur V. Johnson, Henry Lehrman, Jeanie Macpherson, Owen Moore, George Nichols, Anthony O'Sullivan, Billy Quirk, Gertrude Robinson, Mack Sennett, Blanche Sweet, Dorothy West
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: André de Toth
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John McTiernan
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
1991 Warner Bros LaserDisc (for original mono track)
1996 Warner Bros 25th Anniversary LaserDisc has isolated music and effects track (incorrectly labeled "music minus vocals") not present on any other release
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: D.W. Griffith
New digitized edition of MoMA’s definitive 1979 photochemical restoration, no release yet https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11556
Kino Lorber Blu-ray Mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art's 35mm restoration, with original color tints
Director: D.W. Griffith
New digitized edition of MoMA’s definitive 1979 photochemical restoration, no release yet https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11556
Kino Lorber Blu-ray Mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art's 35mm restoration, with original color tints
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray 4K scan of 35mm https://www.filmpreservationsociety.org/inventory/kid-boots-bluray-2025
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray 4K scan of 35mm https://www.filmpreservationsociety.org/inventory/kid-boots-bluray-2025
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray Douglas Fairbanks Lost Films Double Feature as extras
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray, unfortunately looks like got an AI upscale pass with the focus being all over the places see https://slow.pics/c/CN22JOv0
Director: D.W. Griffith
Film Preservation Society Blu-ray, unfortunately looks like got an AI upscale pass with the focus being all over the places see https://slow.pics/c/CN22JOv0
Directors: D.W. Griffith & Christy Cabanne
Directors: D.W. Griffith & Christy Cabanne
Director: D.W. Griffith
Director: D.W. Griffith
Director: D.W. Griffith
Director: D.W. Griffith
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Twilight Time > BFI >> Kino Lorber/MoC
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
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Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
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Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
Best Video Release
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Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
Other wise available in Kino Lorber or Flicker Alley DVD
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Youtube Library of Congress official HD Streaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EEcvfWYVYg
Other wise available in Kino Lorber or Flicker Alley DVD
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