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
About the film
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: Jerry Schatzberg
Director: David Lean
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Peter Jackson
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Both will look identical in motion but the Turbine looks marginally better due to a higher bitrate allocation by each cut being given its own disc, whereas Arrow had FiM seamlessly branch the two onto one. However, Arrow has both cuts in Open Matte (on Blu-Ray) and corrected the opening Universal logo's aspect ratio. https://slow.pics/c/McvVcYDG
TV series
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Director: Rob Reiner
Arrow 4K Blu-ray releasing December 14 2026
Like many of Capelight's other releases, the 4K Blu-ray is low-passed but still looks good.
30th Anniversary Shout! Factory BD has the original stereo mix
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
> BFI. New restoration unreleased.
Old R2 DVD 1.0
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
Director: Jacques Tati
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StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray (part of Jacques Tati boxset releasing December 2026)
2014 StudioCanal Blu-ray
The UHD is slightly cropped in.
Director: Ben Stiller
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