Charles Stevens

22 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K18 in HD3 in SD

By format

List

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

3.9

18 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Black Pirate (1926)

Supporting role · Director: Albert Parker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Cohen Douglas Fairbanks Double Feature Blu-ray is slightly better than 2010 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and potentially a different transfer, see comparison caps

3.5

Where the North Begins (1923)

Supporting role · Director: Chester M. Franklin

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K scan

Mantrap (1926)

Supporting role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Grapevine US Blu-ray

3.4

La Cucaracha (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Lloyd Corrigan

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MGM+ Streaming

Best Audio:

OOP AlphaVideo DVD, maybe?

The Big Trail (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

US Fox Blu-ray

Video Notes:

US Fox Blu-ray > France Blu-ray see DVDBeaver review, no comparison available with Germany Plaion Blu-ray

3.7

The Iron Mask (1929)

Supporting role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Blu-ray

Video Notes:

"a full frame 35 mm fine grain positive was scanned at 4K at an historically appropriate 21 frames per second. Following this, more than 160 hours of digital clean up was completed at 2K"

3.5

Double Trouble (1915)

Small role · Director: Christy Cabanne

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Mr. Fix-It (1918)

Small role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Robin Hood (1922)

Small role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Blu-ray?

Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)

Small role · Director: John Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Cohen Blu-ray, same restoration but better encoding see DVDBeaver caps

3.8

The Three Musketeers (1921)

Small role · Director: Fred Niblo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Sources: hometheaterforum.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray is a newer restoration than the previous Cohen one. From various review like Robert Harris and Damn Fool Crusade this new restoration is really good.

3.4

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