The Big Street (1942)
Romance, Drama • 1h 28m
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Agnes Moorehead, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, Marion Martin, William T. Orr, George Cleveland, Vera Gordon, Ozzie Nelson, Louise Beavers, Hans Conried, Don Barclay, Anthony Blair, Charles Cane, Mimi Doyle, Eddie Dunn, Catherine Fleyton, Charlie Hall, William Halligan, Art Hamburger, Bert Hanlon, Sam Harris, Jack Herrick, Chet Huntley, Donald Kerr, John Miljan, Millard Mitchell, George Noisom, Bob Perry, Ralph Peters, Addison Richards, Shimen Ruskin, Scaduto, Harry Shannon, Walter Soderling, Ann Summers, Julius Tannen, Juan Varro, Harry Wilson, Hector V. Sarno, Tiny Jones, Mary Halsey, Mary Stuart, Dewey Robinson, James Dime, Jim Toney, John 'Skins' Miller, Lee Moore, Ross Forrester, Wayne McCoy, Jack Perry, Arnold Virt, Frank Moran, George Magrill, Gil Perkins, Jack Chefe, Jimmy O'Gatty, Joe Niemeyer, John Indrisano, Peter Duray, Sammy Stein, Tony Merlo, Warren Jackson, Bert Moorhouse, Barry Norton, Bess Flowers, Eric Mayne, Harold Miller, Helen Dickson, James Conaty, Jay Eaton, Jeffrey Sayre, Julie Warren, Karen X. Gaylord, Marie Windsor, Sally Wadworth, Wilbur Mack, Frank O'Connor, George McKay, Lou Wood
About the film
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
- Alternative Titles
- Damon Runyon's The Big Street
Director: Irving Reis
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Director: David Lean
Director: Morton DaCosta
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray Nov 24th
More Romance on Blu-ray
Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K 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
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
StudioCanal's 4K release is similar in encode quality, but has significant glitches in multiple frames. See comparisons 9-16 here: https://slow.pics/c/YkSVb3Ey
The pitch of the StudioCanal 4K's English audio is too high
Criterion has more extras than StudioCanal.
Director: Damien Chazelle
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD
Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray
Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix
Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray
Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · filmalert101.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
FiM encode and none of the low-pass filtering present on the Criterion 4K, resulting in more detail and better handling of highlights on Imprint
Review, comparisons
All HD and 4K sources use the same 2009 restoration. Criterion's master (also used by Imprint) is a bit more rolled off, though the difference is minor.
Director: Steve De Jarnatt
2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
UK Transmission 4K Blu-ray in January 2027
Either the 2015 Kino Lorber Blu-ray or the Arrow Blu-ray
The 2024 Kino Lorber Blu-ray is botched.
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
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