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Chet Brandenburg

Chet Brandenburg

45 films on Best Blurays5 in 4K37 in HD2 in SD1 with no official release

Chet Brandenburg photo

Chet Brandenburg (October 15, 1897 - July 17, 1974), was an American actor.

Biography from TMDB

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Supporting role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony The Three Stooges Collection boxset Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Samuel Fuller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray source features proper gamma and black levels with a superior contrast. MoC Blu-ray source features improper gamma and black levels and too bright a contrast, making the picture appear washed out. See caps

Additional Info:

Caveat:  MoC Blu-ray has slightly better encoding than Criterion

Supporting role · Director: George Cukor

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

4K Streaming

Small role · Director: Jack Arnold

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration

Best Audio:

MCA LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray generally has more noise reduction than the DVDs and the other two blu-rays, but its EQ more closely matches the LaserDisc - though dialogue still sounds a bit comparatively hollow. See blah-ray review

Small role · Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fubo in US or Apple TV in UK HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Max Ophüls

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UK Indiactor Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Signal One Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK Signal One Blu-ray is marginally better than Criterion Blu-ray, same 4K restoration, see caps

Small role · Director: Sam Peckinpah

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Small role · Director: Robert Rossen

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Budd Boetticher

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount DVD from UCLA restoration

Best Video & Audio:

Paramount DVD

Additional Info:

Paramount's DVD is from the UCLA photochemical restoration. It remains the highest quality video release of the film which is long overdue for a new transfer and could vastly improve in a new restoration as Sony proved with their 4K restorations of the Ranown Cycle. The DVD does have extensive well done supplements and is still essential. A French BD was released in late 2024 and an earlier Japanese BD exists but their transfer sources are unknown. Reviews on Amazon France seem to indicate the BD is a poor version of the DVD's HD master source.

Small role · Director: Mel Ferrer

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Douglas Sirk

Small role · Director: Lou Breslow

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Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration

Small role · Director: Irving Pichel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Huston

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 2k scan

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Anthony Mann

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray, Universal 2008 DVD

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2008 Universal DVD mono

Audio Notes:

The mono on the Criterion is severely filtered resulting in it sounding incredibly muffled. It is nearly as filtered as the 2003 original Universal DVD which had extreme filtering and sounds horribly thin. The 2008 DVD remaster and original Laserdisc analog mastering are mostly left alone. The original LD master is from a worn element but otherwise sounds very natural. The 2008 DVD is the highest quality version we have without the heavy filtering and the defects of the LD master. It isn't perfect but easily the best of the main four sources by a dramatic margin. 

Additional Info:

The existing 4K SDR restoration looks excellent, but the Criterion extras are limited and disappointing. The classic Stewart interview commentary from the LD is ported over but given a new mastering. Compared to past releases it has been very slightly noise reduced.

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