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Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

48 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K26 in HD
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Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack. On Broadway, Boteler appeared in the play The Silent Voice (1914).

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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Small role · Director: John M. Stahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and likely better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Indicator Blu-ray see comparison

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Archie Mayo

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Small role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Allan Dwan

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Previously available as HD Streaming on Criterion Channel

Otherwise Fox DVD

Small role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Judging from other movies in the boxset, Indicator Blu-ray is likely to be minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver

Small role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)

Best Audio:

Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc

But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.

Audio Notes:

From cbc:

I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.

Small role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K transfer

Small role · Director: Anatole Litvak

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Small role · Director: William Wyler

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Imprint Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Imprint Blu-ray not only has the best encoding, but also has the "correct" aspect ratio compared to ClassicFlix which is horizontally stretched or Eagle Pictures which is squished see DVDBeaver caps

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