Frank Faylen

25 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K17 in HD5 in SD

Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

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3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Supporting role · Director: John Sturges

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Disappointing

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray is disappointing (review)

3.5

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Republic Pictures LaserDisc

Funny Girl (1968)

Supporting role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

4.0

17 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Supporting role · Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray > MoC. Kino Lorber is made from a 4K scan of negative, the older MoC have crushed black levels.

4.0

Blood on the Moon (1948)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Wise

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Blue Skies (1946)

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Heisler

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration

My Favorite Spy (1951)

Small role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

Come Live with Me (1941)

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

They Drive by Night (1940)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Gang's All Here (1943)

Small role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC OOP Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

MoC OOP Blu-ray has a completely different grading to Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray, but given that MoC is much closer to Fox DVD, and each label's track record and poll preference on DVDBeaver MoC is likely the better one. See caps and caps