Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Comedy, Family • 1h 39m
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail, Arthur Shields, Rita Page, Forrester Harvey, James Burke, George Watts, Ernie Alexander, Bill Armstrong, Hooper Atchley, Barbara Bedford, Margaret Bert, Edward Biby, Henry Blair, Sven Hugo Borg, Robert Bradford, James Carlisle, Larry Clifford, Earl Covert, Joseph Crehan, Vondell Darr, Tom Dillon, George Guhl, Charles Halton, Hubert Head, Edward Hearn, George Hoagland, Robert Homans, Shep Houghton, Bob Ingersoll, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Cathy Lewis, Charles McAvoy, George McKay, Sidney Miller, Howard M. Mitchell, Pat Moriarity, Edmund Mortimer, Norman Nielson, Frank O'Connor, Pat O'Malley, Lee Phelps, John Power, John Raitt, Bob Reeves, Peggy Remington, Addison Richards, Cyril Ring, Mel Ruick, Harry Semels, Almira Sessions, Cap Somers, Douglas Spencer
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Overview
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for Dec 2026 release
Warner Archive Blu-ray in October
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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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The Criterion BD, which is sold separately, has a clunky encode unlike the Criterion UHD, even if it plays better in motion than the caps would suggest. Still, provided you're equipped to play 4K discs, UHD or bust for this one. https://slow.pics/c/hmDYlKgE
Director: Paul Leni
Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray
European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
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From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927
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In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.
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