Benny Rubin

12 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K9 in HD1 in SD1 with no official release

By format

List

They Learned About Women (1930)

Supporting role · Directors: Jack Conway & Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Children of Pleasure (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Small role · Director: Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 2k transfer

3.6

A Hole in the Head (1959)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Olive Films Blu-ray

3.1

Designing Woman (1957)

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Susan Slept Here (1954)

Small role · Director: Frank Tashlin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.0

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)

Small role · Director: Charles Walters

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm

3.4

The Cheat (1931)

Small role · Director: George Abbott

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.0

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

Small role · Director: Frank Tashlin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray is strongly preferred over US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray: the color on Twilight Time looks very off and loses a lot of shadow details, overall just looks wrong see caps

Otherwise HD Streaming is available

Party Girl (1958)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Citizen Kane (1941)

Small role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)

Best Audio:

1992 Turner VHS Hi-Fi

4.2

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