Florence Wix

46 films on Best Blurays7 in 4K31 in HD5 in SD3 with no official release

By format

List

7 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Dracula (1931)

Small role · Director: Tod Browning

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 CIC Video LaserDisc

3.5

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

A new 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print from and a 35mm composite duplicate negative.

Spain Universal Blu-ray is from a very soft DVD-era transfer; caps

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a new transfer by UCLA, with a bit more high end detail

The earlier transfer used on the Spain Universal Blu-ray and MoC DVD is a bit boomy with boosted bass. The 1999 Criterion DVD uses an even earlier transfer with noticable artifacting and less detail.

Additional Info:

Spain Universal Blu-ray has older MoC extra "Kent Jones and Dan Sallitt on Trouble in Paradise" with MoC watermark, and no other extras

4.1

Double Indemnity (1944)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1991 MCA LaserDisc

4.2

Platinum Blonde (1931)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.2

High Society (1956)

Small role · Director: Charles Walters

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode

Audio Notes:

The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.

3.5

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Columbia LaserDisc

4.1

31 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Torch Singer (1933)

Small role · Directors: George Somnes & Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

Duck Soup (1933)

Small role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal - The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection

Video Notes:

Arrow maybe better?

Arrow maybe better encode?

Best Audio:

1999 Image Entertainment DVD

3.9

Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

Small role · Director: Phil Karlson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fubo in US or Apple TV in UK HD Streaming

3.2

Blue Skies (1946)

Small role · Director: Stuart Heisler

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration

Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)

Small role · Director: Paul L. Stein

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray

3.1

Cocktail Hour (1933)

Small role · Director: Victor Schertzinger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

Small role · Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Shout! Factory or UK Eureka Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US Shout! Factory or UK Eureka Blu-ray likely very similar from other comparison in the same boxset see DVDBeaver

3.1

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Small role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

City Lights (1931)

Small role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

4k restoration. Superior to Germany Kinowelt or Japan Kadokawa, see caps-a-holic

Best Audio:

2000 Image Entertainment DVD

4.3

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Small role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber US or Indicator UK Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm

3.8

Design for Living (1933)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion HD resto

3.9

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

Show all 31 in HD

5 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Reaching for the Moon (1930)

Small role · Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD, Mill Creek DVD, or Amazon SD Streaming

3.1

The Devil to Pay! (1930)

Small role · Director: George Fitzmaurice

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.3

Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Small role · Director: Lionel Barrymore

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Turner/Sony Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection DVD

Sources: film-foundation.org (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Restored but no release yet

3.1

A Successful Calamity (1932)

Small role · Director: John G. Adolfi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Arsène Lupin (1932)

Small role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

3 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

The Miracle Man (1932)

Small role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Ann Carver's Profession (1933)

Small role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

There is 35mm print available

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Small role · Director: Alexander Hall

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD copied from TCM

3.4

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