Gregory Ratoff

14 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K5 in HD2 in SD6 with no official release

Gregory Ratoff (20 April 1897 — 14 December 1960) was a Russian-born American film director, actor and producer. His most famous role as an actor was as producer Max Fabian who feuds with star Margo Channing (Bette Davis) in All About Eve (1950). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gregory Ratoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Leading role · Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration

3.4

I'm No Angel (1933)

Leading role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film10/blu-ray_review_158/mae_west_in_hollywood_1932-1943_blu-ray.htm

3.4

Symphony of Six Million (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

What Price Hollywood? (1932)

Supporting role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Sitting Pretty (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Harry Joe Brown

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Girl Without a Room (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Ralph Murphy

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD or Streaming

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

George White's Scandals (1934)

Supporting role · Directors: Thornton Freeland & Harry Lachman & George White

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Under Two Flags (1936)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Lloyd

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

UCLA has restoration print

The Sun Also Rises (1957)

Supporting role · Director: Henry King

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Signal One Blu-ray

All About Eve (1950)

Supporting role · Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Fox Blu-ray better encode than Criterion Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2003 Fox DVD

Audio Notes:

2003 Fox DVD slightly better

4.4

Remember Last Night? (1935)

Supporting role · Director: James Whale

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

3.4

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Supporting role · Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco

Best English-Friendly:

UK Signal One Blu-ray

Best Video:

UK Signal One, France ESC or Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Signal One, France ESC or Germany Plaion Blu-ray no comparison available online

3.4

Sabrina (1954)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a fine release with no glaring encode issues, the new master is also fine but graded to look quite dim in HDR/DV. Unsure whether that's really respectful to the source

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray / Paramount EU Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Old Warner Bros US release is inferior.

3.9

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