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Julia Faye

Julia Faye

15 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K9 in HD3 in SD

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Julia Faye was born on September 24, 1893 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Samson and Delilah (1949) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952). She died on April 6, 1966 in Hollywood, California, USA. She appeared in more Cecil B. DeMille movies than any other actress. She appeared in many of his silents, and in every one of his movies from Union Pacific (1939) on. She was Cecil B. DeMille's mistress off-screen for quite some time. The devoted DeMille kept her employed in bit parts long after her career (and their relationship) was over. Off-screen, she was known to be a highly skilled horsewoman. Like many of her contemporaries, her home in Hollywood contained a Chinese room, filled with oriental art objects.

Biography from TMDB

Supporting role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Supporting role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray with Photoplay 4K restoration

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray with Carl Davis score

Supporting role · Director: Frank Urson

Best English-Friendly:

Older Restoration: Flicker Alley Blu-ray

2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming

Best Video:

Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD

2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming

Video Notes:

Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD > Flicker Alley Blu-ray (Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD has every 25th PAL frame deleted)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray (encoded by FiM) has much better encoding than Lobster Films Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Presents Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly:

Artcraft Blu-ray

Best Video:

Artcraft Blu-ray 4K restoration encoded by FiM

Small role · Director: Mark Sandrich

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray, 80th Anniversary Edition

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray or Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice

Best Audio:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono

Audio Notes:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.

Additional Info:

The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

WB DVD

Small role · Director: Mark Sandrich

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber transfer see caps. 2K restoration

Small role · Director: D.W. Griffith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC same Cohen 2k transfer but slightly better encoding

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