Ralph Brooks

47 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K31 in HD7 in SD5 with no official release

Ralph Brooks was born on April 22, 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for A Shot in the Dark, Strange Wives and The 3rd Voice . He died on April 15, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Small role · Director: Arthur Lubin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Kino Lorber has some additional noise reduction. Universal NTSC DVD's worse than either of the Blu-rays.

3.5

Sabrina (1954)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is a fine release with no glaring encode issues, the new master is also fine but graded to look quite dim in HDR/DV. Unsure whether that's really respectful to the source

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray / Paramount EU Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Old Warner Bros US release is inferior.

3.9

Saboteur (1942)

Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

3.5

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.9

31 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Sunday in New York (1963)

Supporting role · Director: Peter Tewksbury

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Cary Grant Collection Blu-ray

3.3

Mystery Street (1950)

Small role · Director: John Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Houseboat (1958)

Small role · Director: Melville Shavelson

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 6K master from Paramount

The Fountainhead (1949)

Small role · Director: King Vidor

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.5

Too Late Blues (1961)

Small role · Director: John Cassavetes

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC significantly better than Olives

3.5

Caged (1950)

Small role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.8

On the Town (1949)

Small role · Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS

Audio Notes:

1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.

2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.

2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.

Full review from blah-ray

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Small role · Directors: Edward F. Cline & George Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

The Naked City (1948)

Small role · Director: Jules Dassin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and much better than older Arrow Blu-ray and the Arrow reissue is slightly more cut-off than the Criterion Blu-ray too