Dick Gordon

51 films on Best Blurays8 in 4K38 in HD5 in SD

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Bright Leaf (1950)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Saboteur (1942)

Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

3.5

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Small role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

1986 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

1987 VHS probably even better

4.0

The Racket (1951)

Small role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Sadie McKee (1934)

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.9

Mr. Lucky (1943)

Small role · Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

The Thin Man (1934)

Small role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

4.0

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Small role · Director: Richard Boleslawski

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

R1 Sony DVD (Icons of Screwball Comedy Vol 2)

3.5

Springfield Rifle (1952)

Small role · Director: André de Toth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

It Happened One Night (1934)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1986 Columbia VHS

4.2

The Band Wagon (1953)

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 MGM LaserDisc

Giant (1956)

Small role · Director: George Stevens

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

3.9

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

The Killers (1946)

Small role · Director: Robert Siodmak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > UK Arrow > France Carlotta All three use the same source but all very minimal difference.

There is no comparison with Criterion Blu-ray

Flamingo Road (1949)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

Small role · Directors: Michael Curtiz & Busby Berkeley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Ninotchka (1939)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

4.0

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Small role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray > MoC Blu-ray which has boosted contrast see caps

Best Audio:

MoC Blu-ray

4.2

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

Small role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 2k transfer

4.0

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