Another Man's Poison Blu-ray

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

directed by Irving Rapper
UK 1951

Bette Davis pulls out all the stops as Janet Frobisher, a devious, selfish vixen who will stop at nothing to get what she wants in Another Man's Poison, a drama deliciously full of unexpected twists and turns. Frobisher is a rich mystery writer who falls in love with her secretary's fiancé and lures him away. But her happiness is far from ensured. She first must deal with a long forgotten ex-convict husband who tries to blackmail her, and then she must scheme her way out of the clutches of her husband's ruthless partner, George Bates (Gary Merrill, Davis's husband in real life). Davis proves why she remains such an acting legend as she dominates the screen in the kind of part that only she could bring to life so vividly.

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Theatrical Release: 20 November 1951 (London)

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Comparison:

Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Classicflix - Region 'A' - Blu-ray

Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the DVD Review!

1) Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC - LEFT

2) Classicflix - Region 'A' - Blu-ray RIGHT

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Distribution	Image Entertainment Region 0 - NTSC	Classicflix - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Runtime	1:30:18	1:30:24.544
Video	1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.5 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s	1.37:1 1080P / 23.976 fps Single-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 23,623,335,180 bytes Feature: 23,467,137,024 bytes Video Bitrate: 30.95 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate
Bitrate Blu-ray
Audio	Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (English)	DTS-HD Master Audio English 1776 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1776 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles	None	English, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Image Entertainment Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen - 1.33:1 Edition Details: • Bette Davis Filmography DVD Release Date: February 18, 2000 Snap case Chapters 12	Release Information: Studio: Classicflix 1.37:1 1080P / 23.976 fps Single-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 23,623,335,180 bytes Feature: 23,467,137,024 bytes Video Bitrate: 30.95 Mbps Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details: • None Blu-ray Release Date: March 28th, 2017 Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 28

ClassicFlix Blu-ray to date:

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

ADDITION: Classicflix Region 'A' - Blu-ray - March 2017: This is fabulous news - we've been disappointed in the past by some of these budget-conscious labels releasing older titles that may have fallen into Public Domain to BD. This is Classicflix first Blu-ray and it bodes very well for their future output. The 1080P image impresses and absolutely trounces the 2000 DVD which was fraught with chroma, interlacing, boosting and digital artifacts. Classicflix has corrected a great wrong and their image has wonderful contrast and fine grain textures. It shows more information in the frame and has no prevalent damage. It's, truly, a revelation after exiting with the old DVD.

Classicflix use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel (24-bit) and it sounds excellent in reproducing the original production - dialogue is crystal clear and the score by Paul Sawtell (Silver City, The Fly, Denver and Rio Grande) and John Greenwood (Pimpernel Smith, Secret Agent, Man of Aran, Elephant Boy) is pleasing in the uncompressed. Optional English subtitles are available.

There are no extras at all - but I'm not complaining - I'm so thankful this essential Noir, with a wickedly evil Bette Davis is on such a stellar HD transfer. Magnificent!

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In our attempt to cover Essential noirs released on DVD and Blu-ray, we picked up this out of print disc from Image Entertainment of Bette Davis vehicle Another Man's Poison. Despite appearing on many classic American film noir lists, the film was produced in the United Kingdom after Bette Davis won her Oscar for All About Eve. This film also stars her then-husband, Gary Merrill.

Licensed from Castle Hill Productions, Image disc was released in 2000 and went out of print 5 years later. The disc is currently being sold as new for over $180 on Amazon marketplace, although a few used listings popped up recently for under $20. But does it worth the higher pricing? Unfortunately, no! Most likely transferred from a video source, the interlaced image suffers from chroma (see capture #4) and blown-out whites. The noisy mono soundtrack is passable and there are no subtitles provided. The single extra is Bette Davis filmography on several text screens, most likely copied from imdb. Hopefully, Castle Hill can re-do this better-than-average title with an improved transfer, but otherwise this Image release doesn't worth the extra money it's currently sold for.

- Gregory Meshman

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