Dana Andrews

10 films on Best Blurays10 in HD

Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American actor. A leading man during the 1940s, he continued acting in less prestigious roles and character parts into the 1980s. He is best known for his portrayal of obsessed police detective Mark McPherson in the noir Laura (1944) and his critically acclaimed performance as World War II veteran Fred Derry in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dana Andrews, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Leading role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · academymuseum.org (opens in a new tab) · filmfestival.tcm.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1985 Embassy LaserDisc

Additional Info:

New restoration was confirmed in around 2021-2023? Screened in 2025&2026

4.2

Laura (1944)

Leading role · Director: Otto Preminger

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Fox

Video Notes:

Fox > MoC

Best Audio:

1989 Fox LaserDisc

4.0

While the City Sleeps (1956)

Leading role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Leading role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Night of the Demon (1957)

Leading role · Director: Jacques Tourneur

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Indicator seems to be the best

3.8

A Walk in the Sun (1945)

Leading role · Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kit Parker Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K master from UCLA Film & Television Archive's 35mm photochemical restoration

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Leading role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray from blah-ray:

Audio Notes:

Both the Plaion and Arrow audio tracks sound like they received little/any high- or low- frequency attenuation, but the audio on the new Kino Lorber restoration is much more detailed. It's likely that it was transferred from different (superior) analogue elements. It sounds excellent.