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
About the film
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
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
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)
2014 StudioCanal Blu-ray
The UHD is slightly cropped in.
Director: Ben Stiller
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