Penny Serenade (1941) UPDATED

[Brent_Reid]

Needs a footnote:

Penny Serenade is in the public domain and all currently listed DVDs are bargain bin cheapies with poor A/V and missing a pivotal five minute courtroom scene. Complete, good quality DVDs and BDs from restored original vault materials have been released in the US by Olive and Germany by Alive.

The Olives are vanilla, so specs shouldn't be too hard to find. Give me a week or so to dig it out and I'll add the German BD details, though this review is pretty comprehensive.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Updated

[Brent_Reid]

You just beat me to it! Would you mind replacing the DVD footnote with this slightly amended version please?

Penny Serenade is in the public domain and all currently listed DVDs are bargain bin cheapies with poor A/V. Most are also missing a pivotal five-minute courtroom scene. Complete, good quality DVDs and BDs from original vault materials have been released in the US by Olive and Germany by Alive.

Title: Penny Serenade
Country: Germany
Region: B
Releasing Studio: Al!ve
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Codec: (MVC, AVC MPEG-4, VC-1, MPEG-2) AVC MPEG-4
Picture: (1080p/1080i 60/1080i 50 etc) 1080p
Soundtracks: English and German DTS-HD MA 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): None (German are indicated via the sub button but none are present)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (119:46)
Commentaries: None
Extras:
- “Cary Grant: The Leading Man” documentary (59:38) (with optional German subs)
- German language trailers: High Noon (1952, 3:06), Krakatoa, East of Java (1969, 2:53), Bear Island (1979, 2:43), Cassandra Crossing (1976, 2:29), The Great Silence (1968, 2:27), Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954, 2:02).
Notes:
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only): B0734Q6J8K
Source:* Own copy

Title: Penny Serenade
Country: US
Region: A
Releasing Studio: Olive Films
Case Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Codec: (MVC, AVC MPEG-4, VC-1, MPEG-2) AVC MPEG-4
Picture: (1080p/1080i 60/1080i 50 etc) 1080p
Soundtracks: English DTS-HD MA 2.0
Subtitles (are they optional?): None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) None (??:??)
Commentaries: None
Extras: None
Notes:
Easter Eggs: None
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only): B00DJSUOSI
Source:* https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Penny-Se ... ray/76144/ and other reviews

The US BD has the same transfer as the German, but I can't find its exact runtime. I thought it worth including, as it's the only other legit BD.

[Mikael_Pitkänen]

Running time for the US Blu-ray of "Penny Serenade" is (120:08).

[Brent_Reid]

Cheers, Mikael!

[Brent_Reid]

Hi James, I see you've added a BD comparison, but the German specs are inaccurate. The film has no subs but the documentary does, and the trailer info is missing. It's all in my second post!

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Would you mind replacing the DVD footnote with this slightly amended version please?

I don't see a reason to change it from how it is, so no.

- “Cary Grant: The Leading Man” documentary (59:38) (with optional German subs)

I'm going to make an assumption the documentary is in English. If not, please let us know.

Bonus trailers updated, subtitles removed for the main feature.

[Brent_Reid]

Cheers for the updates, but re amending my footnote (see OP), as none of the listed DVDs have timings, I can't swear they're all incomplete, so on reflection decided to amend it. There's at least one ropey but full-length upload on the Internet Archive which looks to be PD DVD-derived, so there must be some out there.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Fixed

[Brent_Reid]

Thank you, much appreciated.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Welcome