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Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

33 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K19 in HD6 in SD7 with no official release

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Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's A Woman of Paris, where he played the lead role; Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory with Kirk Douglas; Ernst Lubitsch's The Marriage Circle; The Sheik with Rudolph Valentino; Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper; and A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March, and was nominated for an Academy Award for The Front Page in 1931. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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Leading role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Leading role · Director: Victor Schertzinger

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Leading role · Director: Hal Roach

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

VCI 2017 DVD (Hal Roach Forgotten Comedies)

Leading role · Director: Louis J. Gasnier

Video format: No Home Media

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Leading role · Director: Andrew L. Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox DVD

Leading role · Director: Fred Niblo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Sources: hometheaterforum.com (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray is a newer restoration than the previous Cohen one. From various review like Robert Harris and Damn Fool Crusade this new restoration is really good.

Leading role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

No Blu-ray, 1080p Streaming

Leading role · Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is much better than the extra in Criterion His Girl Friday Blu-ray. Even though Kino Lorber is the international cut and only restored in HD, and Criterion is the US theatrical cut, and restored in 4K, the Criterion picture quality is atrocious http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_68/the_front_page_blu-ray.htm 

Leading role · Director: Tay Garnett

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Leading role · Director: Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Stephen Roberts

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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Leading role · Director: Archie Mayo

Video format: Lost Film

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Leading role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Leading role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Leading role · Director: Anthony Mann

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Leading role · Director: Stanley Kubrick

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

US Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

US Criterion 4K Blu-ray > UK MoC 4K Blu-ray > Australia Imprint > US Kino Lorber better encoding

The MoC, Criterion and Imprint UHDs were encoded by FiM making all 3 very close. The higher bitrate helped in deciding and some luck; however Criterion is the most consistent one of all 3. Imprint has some scenes with more splotchy grain while MoC is quite close to Criterion but has some more blocking in dark scenes (e.g.: comp #27). With Criterion’s superior audio, it ensures complete consistency.

Audio Notes:

From cbc: "I'm personally quite fond of the restored track on Eureka's 4K Blu-ray. It does have spots with objectively worse fidelity, but for the most part, it sounds a lot more natural and less shrill, particularly dialogue. It seems to be a new mixdown of stems. Technically a remix, so not everyone's cup of tea, but it's not revisionist like most new movie mixes tend to be"

Additional Info:

Both Imprint (included in their set) and Capelight (on its own/individually) offer remastered BDs. All other BDs, including the one included in The Complete Kubrick, are sourced from the same older master from around 2010.

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