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Sam Jaffe

Sam Jaffe

7 Films

Sam Jaffe

7 Included Films

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sam Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and appeared in other classic films such as Ben-Hur (1959) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He may be best remembered for playing the title role in Gunga Din (1939), and the High Lama in Lost Horizon (1937). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Jaffe  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Scarlet Empress poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray or Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator similar to Criterion but more extras

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray or Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator similar to Criterion but more extras

Lost Horizon poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Lost Horizon poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

Gunga Din poster
DVD
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros DVD

Best Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros DVD

Best Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Gentleman's Agreement poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray

The Asphalt Jungle poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k scan but bitrate is meh, not sure if it is a new scan (probably not)

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 2k scan but bitrate is meh, not sure if it is a new scan (probably not)

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

Ben-Hur poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

The 4K Blu-ray 5.0 is the original mix, but more muffled than LaserDisc and even the previous Blu-ray's gentle remix. The Atmos mix is revisionist.

Additional Info:

The 50th Anniversary box set has some exclusive extras.

1991 LD is Dolby Stereo matrix encoded from the original six track master and this was later upgraded to a 5.1 Dolby Digital version prepared for the first DVD. The 5.1 version may have had some slight tweaking in the process. This was reused for the DVD CE boxset and then the 5.1 on Blu-ray seems like a slight upgrade of the DVD track. (The first pressing from the UCE boxset had audio defects rampant on the BD. These were corrected for standalone pressings.) All 5.1s sound roughly the same as the LD 2.0 in terms of the mix, but the LD PCM mastering seems like the only one that is direct without any major processing.

Guns for San Sebastian poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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