Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Comedy, Adventure, Romance • 1h 47m
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Johnny Hines, Virginia Weidler, Betty Ross Clarke, Henry Kolker, Marjorie Main, Gregory Gaye, Al Shean, Willie Fung, Lillie Mui, Patsy O'Connor, Ernie Alexander, Eddie Arden, King Baggot, Max Barwyn, Barbara Bedford, Margaret Bert, William Broadus, Francis X. Bushman Jr., Bill Carey, Thomas Carr, Steve Carruthers, Luke Chan, Lane Chandler, Naomi Childers, Ray Cooke, Nick Copeland, DeForest Covan, Nell Craig, Joseph Crehan, Hal K. Dawson, Drew Demorest, John Dilson, Mimi Doyle, Charles Dunbar, Eddie Dunn, William R. Dunn, Frank Faylen, James Flavin, Harry Fleischmann, Jessie Fung, Chester Gan, Natalie Garson, John Hamilton, Mahlon Hamilton, Selmer Jackson, Robert Emmett Keane, David Kerman, Paul King, Paul Kruger, Eddie Lee, Richard Loo, George Lynn, Wilbur Mar, Chris-Pin Martin, Philo McCullough, Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, Buddy Messinger, Walter Miller, Roger Moore, Alberto Morin, Ken Nolan, Ted Oliver, Eddie Parker, Franklin Parker, Edward Peil Sr., Lee Phelps, Aileen Pringle, Jack Richardson, Cyril Ring, Don Roberts, Morgan Roberts, William Royle, Charles Sherlock, Buster Slaven, Edwin Stanley, Charles Sullivan, Stanley Taylor, Phillip Terry, Frank Tomick, Harry Tyler, Monte Vandergrift, Ray Walker, Blue Washington, George Webb, Robert Whitney, Josephine Whittell, Martin Wilkins, Ernest Wilson
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 28 days ago
Overview
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Directors: Cedric Gibbons & Jack Conway
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: John Ford
Sources: ibb.co (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Bruce Robinson
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Arrow 4K Blu-ray has stronger encode than Criterion
Director: Olivier Assayas
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Encoding is clunky on both Arrow and Criterion BDs but Arrow at least included the original stereo mix in addition to the 5.1 remix, while Criterion only included the 5.1 remix.
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Only Streaming has 1080p
Director: Preston Sturges
No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Bakshi
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)
Eureka UK are considering doing a 4K and actively exploring the possibility: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24363810&postcount=264
Wonderful underlying remaster by Criterion and Resillion, but NexSpec encode has clipped highlights with the occasional blockiness. The Criterion Blu-Ray, sourced from their 4K remaster, ironically makes for a more consistent and overall pleasing experience.
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