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Kay Garrett

Kay Garrett

14 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K11 in HD1 with no official release

Kay Garrett was born on 15 January 1894 in Cresco, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for The Big Bluff (1955). He died on 26 November 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Biography from TMDB

Small role · Director: George Sidney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D version: Warner Archive Blu-ray

3D version: Warner Archive 3D Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

Small role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

Small role · Director: George Marshall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion or Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Not sure about France

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Roy Ward Baker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Twilight Time OOP Blu-ray has slightly tighter grain control than US Shout! Factory Anne Bancroft Collection Blu-ray see caps on BR

Small role · Director: Mel Ferrer

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Small role · Director: Charles Vidor

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (review)

Audio Notes:

A new transfer from the optical soundtrack negative.

Additional Info:

the older Blu-ray is included in the Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1987 WB LaserDisc

Small role · Director: Stanley Kramer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

MoC Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Morton DaCosta

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray

Sources: mega.nz (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray from 12K scan

Best Audio:

Warner Bros NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

For the most part, the mono track available on the BD and UHD is fine, but there's an 8 minutes long segment which sounds terrible with artificially expanded frequency range causing very audible artifacting. The 5.1 remix doesn't have that issue. Sample

Small role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

But really bad encoding

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly:

Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray, DNR

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