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Walter Pidgeon

Walter Pidgeon

25 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K14 in HD7 in SD2 with no official release

Walter Pidgeon photo

Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian actor who lived most of his adult life in the United States. He starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs. Miniver, The Bad and the Beautiful, Forbidden Planet, Advise and Consent and Funny Girl.

Biography from TMDB

2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Leading role · Director: Fred M. Wilcox

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

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Audio Notes:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray  used what was also originally screened theatrically: The Perspecta Stereo 3.0 and a mono option. The Perspecta track sounds best with better dynamic range and was set as default with the mono as optional. The previous releases stereo were downmixes of a now lost original 4-track, and it sounds very thin as a result. See comparison

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see comparison video 

Supporting role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

14 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Fox Blu-ray mono mix

Audio Notes:

As noted at Blah-Ray, the mono mix on the Fox Blu-ray, although not perfect, sounds better than the 5.1 remix and at least as good as earlier LaserDiscs, which suffer from being murky.

Leading role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Richard Brooks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive, 2k + 4k scans

Leading role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Cary Grant Collection Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Compton Bennett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from original technicolor negatives

Supporting role · Director: Roy Rowland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Stanley Donen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Robert Wise

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: James Whale

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray marginally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps. Both use new Universal restoration.

Additional Info:

Indicator, Imprint and Kino Lorber BDs each have exclusive extras. Indicator commentary is superb. Imprint adds SD copy of the remake.

Show all 14 in HD

7 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Leading role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Small role · Director: Ken Hughes

Best English-Friendly:

Scorpion Release DVD

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Best Video:

Scorpion Release DVD, see DVDCompare and package details

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Leading role · Director: John Francis Dillon

Video format: Lost Film

Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Lost, from Wiki:

The only known surviving fragment is a 20 second long clip found in 2023. The large amount of Pre-Code content, which raised alarm even before the Code began to be enforced (in 1934) may have contributed to the film's disappearance as this would have made the film unacceptable for Associated Artists Productions in 1958 when a number of early Technicolor features were transferred to black and white film. The soundtrack, which was recorded on Vitaphone disks, survives intact.

Supporting role · Director: Alan Crosland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has 35mm restoration of domestic version in color as well as the sounds, see Wikipedia

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