Lionel Pape

13 films on Best Blurays11 in HD

Lionel Pape was born on April 17, 1877 in Sussex, England, as Edward Lionel Pape. He was an actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939). He died on October 21, 1944 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

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11 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Supporting role · Director: William Keighley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Small 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

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Small role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver

Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution

3.6

Arise, My Love (1940)

Small role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.5

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Small role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

Fox Blu-ray mono mix

Audio Notes:

As noted at Blah-Ray, the mono mix on the Fox Blu-ray, although not perfect, sounds better than the 5.1 remix and at least as good as earlier LaserDiscs, which suffer from being murky.

Camille (1936)

Small role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Angel (1937)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4k resto

Additional Info:

The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.