Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Comedy, Romance • 1h 34m
Overview
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, May Whitty, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Florence Bates, Howard Freeman, Millard Mitchell, Ward Bond, Pamela Blake, Ray Collins, Paul Stanton, O. K. Ford, Eddie Acuff, Hooper Atchley, Louise Bates, Barbara Bedford, Arthur Belasco, Brooks Benedict, Gertrude Bennett, Robert Blake, Billy Bletcher, John Butler, Spencer Charters, Cliff Clark, Jimmy Conlin, Gene Coogan, Sidney D'Albrook, Guy D'Ennery, Joe Devlin, Don Dillaway, John Dilson, Abe Dinovitch, Hazel Dohlman, Ann Doran, Charles Dorety, Mimi Doyle, Edward Earle, Mary Elliott, Fern Emmett, Frank Faylen, James Ford, Jack Gardner, Sugar Geise, Gibson Gowland, Mahlon Hamilton, Harry Hayden, Grace Hayle, Dell Henderson, E. Mason Hopper, Lilyan Irene, Gladden James, Marjorie Kane, Alice Keating, Del Lawrence, Nolan Leary, Cathy Lewis, Clinton Lyle, George Lynn, Charles Marsh, Mickey Martin, Ralph McCullough, Kitty McHugh, Charles Meakin, Kay Medford, Roger Moore, Sue Moore, Patsy Moran, Mantan Moreland, Sandra Morgan, Frances Morris, Thomas Murray, William Newell, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Al Ochs, Garry Owen, Emory Parnell, Paul Parry, Gil Perkins, Eddie Phillips, Eugene Radovitch, Frances Rafferty, Charles Ray, Robin Raymond, Gordon Richards, Cyril Ring, Henry Roquemore, Walter Sande, Bernard Sell, Harry Semels, Almira Sessions, Sam Simone, George Sorel, Leigh Sterling, Harry Strang, Henry Sylvester, Ray Teal, Harry Tyler, Norma Varden, Dorothy Vernon, James Warren, Pat West, Ruth Dwyer, Dick Gordon
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Blu-ray good scan but has significantly boosted contrast
Kino Lorber Blu-ray good scan but has significantly boosted contrast
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection I Blu-ray
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Clarence Brown
Director: Clarence Brown
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Director: Norman Taurog
Director: Norman Taurog
Director: Busby Berkeley
Director: Busby Berkeley
Director: Jack Conway
Director: Jack Conway
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Warner Bros 2011 Blu-ray
The older track sounds significantly more natural. The WAC BD uses a new mastering which sounds much worse. A lot of the dialogue sounds off, sort of echoey, garbled or even artifacted. Its overzealous click removal also erased some sounds. Its only positive is a new EQ that brings out the bass more making some of the score more effective.
It seems that the new mastering likely uses AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering, resulting in extended peaks despite losing real high end detail (most pronounced on sample 3).
Samples (WAC is mislabeled as UHD)
Commentary is mono on the Blu-rays and panned stereo on NTSC DVD (different channels for each speaker).
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Bros NTSC DVD
The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples
As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Bros NTSC DVD
The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples
As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Stuart Heisler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Stuart Heisler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Tay Garnett
Director: Frank Borzage
While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison
Director: Frank Borzage
While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison
Director: Jack White
Director: Jack White
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