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Monty O'Grady

Monty O'Grady

34 films on Best Blurays10 in 4K23 in HD1 in SD

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Monty O'Grady was born on March 6, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA as John Montgomery O'Grady. He was an actor, known for "The Flying Horseman (1926)", "Sparrows (1926)" and "Sunshine of Paradise Alley (1926)". He died on March 8, 2000 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Biography from TMDB

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Supporting role · Director: William Beaudine

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison but the VCI Blu-ray is a newer 4K scan while the OOP Milestone Blu-ray is an HD scan

Small role · Director: George Waggner

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Arthur Hiller

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Audio Notes:

(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)

Additional Info:

Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2018 Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

Amazon Streaming Release

Audio Notes:

Amazon Streaming Release or potentially other streaming 

The Amazon Streaming release has more high-end detail than the Criterion Blu-ray.

Small role · Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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.

Small role · Director: Charles Walters

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Roy Ward Baker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray has slightly tighter grain control than US Shout! Factory Anne Bancroft Collection Blu-ray see caps on BR

Small role · Director: Frank Tashlin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

UK MoC OOP Blu-ray is strongly preferred over US Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray: the color on Twilight Time looks very off and loses a lot of shadow details, overall just looks wrong see caps

Otherwise HD Streaming is available

Small role · Director: Stuart Heisler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Jack Arnold

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John G. Avildsen

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 2022 boxset or 2024 VHS packaging 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Sony 2022 boxset or 2024 VHS packaging has Dolby Vision, 2019 Sony 4K Blu-ray is HDR10 only.

Best Audio:

Original Stereo mix: Columbia Pictures LaserDisc, Sony 4K Blu-ray (any) 

5.1 remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray, Sony Blu-ray 

Dolby Atmos remix: Sony 4K Blu-ray (any)

Small role · Director: Delmer Daves

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Jean Negulesco

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Boorman

4K · Excellent

Small role · Director: William Conrad

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: John Schlesinger

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

5.1 remix sounds good and likely came from original audio stems.

WB/Paramount Blu-ray has lossy restored mono

Small role · Director: Michael Crichton

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

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