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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: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps 

Additional Info:

BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber

Leading role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Only Streaming in 1080p

Leading role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: William A. Seiter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from safety preservation elements

Supporting role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Flicker Alley DVD

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Supporting role · Director: Sam Wood

Video format: Lost Film

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Supporting role · Director: Charlie Chaplin

Best English-Friendly:

1923 version: Image Entertainment DVD. 1976 version: Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

1923 version: Image Entertainment DVD 1976 version: Criterion Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Herbert Brenon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Milestone Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: George Melford

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Sources: therealmofsilence.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray is exactly the same restoration as the later Paramount Blu-ray, however Paramount Blu-ray runs at a much faster 24fps while Kino Lorber runs at 21fps. According to Paul Cuff's research into the correct fps and length, Kino Lorber is closest to the original 22fps by repeating frames to achieve 21fps in 24fps.

Audio Notes:
  • Kino Lorber has the same Bellon score as Paramount VHS and Paramount Blu-ray, but obviously Paramount Blu-ray runs a faster tempo due to changed fps

  • The Bellon score never uses the “Kashmiri Song” that is cited in the film’s intertitles and sung by Valentino on screen. This may well be because the intertitles of the VHS version (for which the score was composed) are from the reissue print, which changes the wording of the Sheik’s song—and thus loses the context of the original song.

  • While no substitute for a real orchestra, the theatre organ score by Ben Model for the Kino Lorber edition at least quotes the “Kashmiri Song” at the appropriate moments.

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