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ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (January 2022): Kino have transferred another Bob Hope comedy; Where There's Life to Blu-ray. It is on a single-layered disc with a high bitrate. There are some speckles but it clearly looks a notch or two above SD with decent contrast although showing a few inconsistencies. It's good but not an outstanding HD presentation.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. Where There's Life has only a few aggressive moments that don't export a lot of depth. The uncredited score is by the trifecta of Charles Bradshaw (The Lady Eve, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Sullivan's Travels), Van Cleave (Conquest of Space, Robinson Crusoe on Mars, The Colossus of New York, The Space Children, William Castle's Project X, and 12 The Twilight Zone episodes, among others) and Victor Young (The Accused, Strategic Air Command, The Ghost Breakers, The Sun Shines Bright, The Accused, Johnny Guitar, China Gate etc.) supporting the film adeptly via the 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.

The Bob Hope comedy-thriller Where There's Life is very fun. The title comes from a line in Don Quixote - the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. "Where there's life, there's hope" references the star Bob Hope. While not one of his best of this genre it still has appeal with the protagonists on the run as they eventually fall in love. The bare-bones Kino Blu-ray suits fans of Hope and it works well as the start of a double feature with one of the 'Road' pictures or The Cat and the Canary (which would be one of my personal favorites.) You know what you are getting with one of these entries and that can be comforting if you are in the appropriate mood.

Gary Tooze