Stanhope Wheatcroft

8 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K5 in HD1 in SD

By format

List

Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)

Small role · Director: Paul L. Stein

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray

3.1

One Way Passage (1932)

Small role · Director: Tay Garnett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.8

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

A new 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print from and a 35mm composite duplicate negative.

Spain Universal Blu-ray is from a very soft DVD-era transfer; caps

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a new transfer by UCLA, with a bit more high end detail

The earlier transfer used on the Spain Universal Blu-ray and MoC DVD is a bit boomy with boosted bass. The 1999 Criterion DVD uses an even earlier transfer with noticable artifacting and less detail.

Additional Info:

Spain Universal Blu-ray has older MoC extra "Kent Jones and Dan Sallitt on Trouble in Paradise" with MoC watermark, and no other extras

4.1

City Lights (1931)

Small role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4k restoration. Superior to Germany Kinowelt or Japan Kadokawa, see caps-a-holic

Best Audio:

2000 Image Entertainment DVD

4.3

The House on 56th Street (1933)

Small role · Director: Robert Florey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

Scarface (1932)

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.8

The Iron Horse (1925)

Small role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Sidonis Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Sidonis Blu-ray has original intertitles and is a good upgrade over previous DVD see caps

Union Pacific (1939)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

3.4

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