NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (January 2022): Kino have transferred George Marshall's Monsieur Beaucaire to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "Brand New 2K Master". It has quite a few marks scattered throughout the HD presentation. The contrast is consistent with rich black levels and the source appears to have strong density. Aside from the frequent marks - more in the beginning of the film - it looks reasonable, but fairly unremarkable, in 1080P.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. Monsieur Beaucaire has no strong aggressive moments but a lively, bouncy, score by Robert Emmett Dolan (Murder He Says, The Major and the Minor, Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, The Bells of St. Mary's, My Son John, The Three Faces of Eve) that adds to the humorous sequences via a clear lossless transfer. Kino offer optional English subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray offers only a 'Kino Bob Hope Promo' trailer running 4 minutes with clips from a variety of the comedian's films and complete trailers for 13 Bob Hope movies.

George Marshall's Monsieur Beaucaire is a highly amusing Bob Hope period comedy. Hope is in fine form defining his delightful, often selfish and cowardly, everyman persona that would last for decades through hosting the Academy Awards show 19 times and a USO career in which he headlined 57 times. He survived past his 100th birthday in a remarkable life. Fans will appreciate Monsieur Beaucaire. I'm pleased it was released Kino Blu-ray and despite the bare-bones status, there is value here.

Gary Tooze