John Halliday

17 films on Best Blurays6 in HD8 in SD3 with no official release

By format

List

6 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Bird of Paradise (1932)

Leading role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.0

Perfect Understanding (1933)

Leading role · Director: Cyril Gardner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Cohen Blu-ray

3.0

Peter Ibbetson (1935)

Leading role · Director: Henry Hathaway

Best English-Friendly:

Likely Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray while using the same master as Kino Lorber, its encoding is likely to be better

3.5

Desire (1936)

Leading role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison

Millie (1931)

Supporting role · Director: John Francis Dillon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray

3.1

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Supporting role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

1986 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

1987 VHS probably even better

4.0

8 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Captain Applejack (1931)

Leading role · Director: Hobart Henley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Smart Woman (1931)

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

The Woman Accused (1933)

Leading role · Director: Paul Sloane

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

The House on 56th Street (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Florey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

The Age of Consent (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

50 Million Frenchmen (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Finishing School (1934)

Supporting role · Directors: George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

The Impatient Maiden (1932)

Supporting role · Director: James Whale

Video format: DVD

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Has 35mm restoration available

3 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Week Ends Only (1932)

Leading role · Director: Alan Crosland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has it preserved but no release

Transatlantic (1931)

Leading role · Director: William K. Howard

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: eastman.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

35mm restored by MOMA and Film Foundation

Bed of Roses (1933)

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab) · cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial Spain DVD

Video Notes:

MoMA has 35mm and UCLA has 16mm print

3.3

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