Raymond Massey

13 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K10 in HD1 in SD

Raymond Hart Massey (August 30, 1896 – July 29, 1983) was a Canadian actor known for his commanding stage-trained voice. For his lead role in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Massey was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised his role as Lincoln on TV and in How the West Was Won (1962). Among his other well-known roles were Dr Gillespie in the NBC TV series Dr Kildare (1961–1966), John Brown in Santa Fe Trail (1940), Seven Angry Men (1955), Abraham Farlan in A Matter of Life and Death (1946), and Jonathan Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Leading role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Possessed (1947)

Leading role · Director: Curtis Bernhardt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Leading role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Chain Lightning (1950)

Leading role · Director: Stuart Heisler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.0

East of Eden (1955)

Leading role · Director: Elia Kazan

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Amazon Streaming

3.9

The Fountainhead (1949)

Leading role · Director: King Vidor

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.5

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Leading role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

2.8

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k transfer

4.0

Battle Cry (1955)

Supporting role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

The Old Dark House (1932)

Supporting role · Director: James Whale

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

MoC 4K Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Here are some screenshots that include the Cohen Blu-ray and the poor Germany 4K with terrible fake HDR. David’s DV grade is way more subtle and doesn’t blow out the highlights

3.5

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Supporting role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Sources: silver.afi.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

New restoration is completed

3.7

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Small role · Directors: Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

4.3

How the West Was Won (1962)

Small role · Directors: Henry Hathaway & John Ford & George Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray 2-Disc version (Digibook) for the Smilebox presentation

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

See what smilebox looks like for its smilebox trailer
See Damn Fool Idealistic Crusader's review especially why a smilebox version is preferred, for example how a letterboxd version is actually distorted
Even if you do not prefer the smilebox version, the letterboxd version is still present on disc 1

3.5

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