Forbes Murray
41 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K30 in HD3 in SD2 with no official release
Biography from TMDB
6 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Small role · Director: Howard Hawks
4K Streaming
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
Small role · Director: Gordon Douglas
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · catalog.afi.com (opens in a new tab) · archive.org (opens in a new tab) · +1 more
SF is in 1.66 aspect ratio. Whether this is the intended ratio or a compromise isn't clear.
American Film Institute's catalog and Variety's contemporary review list it as 1.66, but other sources disagree.
Exhibitor's contemporary review lists it as 1.85, IMDB and an internal pre-production note from Warner Bros. list it as 1.75.
Small role · Director: Charles Vidor
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
A new transfer from the optical soundtrack negative.
the older Blu-ray is included in the Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Small role · Director: Morton DaCosta
Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray from 12K scan
For the most part, the mono track available on the BD and UHD is fine, but there's an 8 minutes long segment which sounds terrible with artificially expanded frequency range causing very audible artifacting. The 5.1 remix doesn't have that issue. Sample
30 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock
2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray
3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray
Small role · Director: Frank Borzage
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Amazon US HD Streaming is from the 2018 UCLA restoration. Olive Films Blu-ray is from an older scan and quite rough. caps
Olive Films Blu-ray is again rough, with distortion, crackle and other issues, but sounds much more natural. With some EQ the restored track can be significantly improved
Small role · Director: Howard Hawks
Small role · Director: Edward Buzzell
Warner Archive Blu-ray new 4K restoration
Small role · Director: Frank Capra
Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming
3 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Small role · Director: King Vidor
Small role · Director: Hal Roach
2 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
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