Reginald Mason

8 films on Best Blurays5 in HD1 in SD2 with no official release

By format

List

5 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Topaze (1933)

Leading role · Director: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

Small role · Director: James Whale

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray marginally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps. Both use new Universal restoration.

Additional Info:

Indicator, Imprint and Kino Lorber BDs each have exclusive extras. Indicator commentary is superb. Imprint adds SD copy of the remake.

3.3

Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Warner Archive Blu-ray sounds heavily filtered

3.3

Baby Face (1933)

Small role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.7

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Small role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Although there's a bit of aggressive grain management see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=15853770&postcount=43

3.9

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Brief Moment (1933)

Supporting role · Director: David Burton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

TCM Carole Lombard: In the Thirties DVD

3.2

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Shanghai Madness (1933)

Supporting role · Director: John G. Blystone

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

UCLA has 35mm prints

Life Begins (1932)

Small role · Director: James Flood

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

But shown multiple times on TCM in the last deccade

3.3

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