Charles Boyer

19 films on Best Blurays13 in HD4 in SD2 with no official release

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Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found success in movies during the 1930s. His memorable performances were among the era's most highly praised romantic dramas, Algiers (1938) and Love Affair (1939). Another famous role was in the 1944 mystery-thriller Gaslight. He received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actor.

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Cluny Brown (1946)

Leading role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

2004 R2 Carlotta DVD

3.9

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Leading role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

History Is Made at Night (1937)

Leading role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4K transfer

Back Street (1941)

Leading role · Director: Robert Stevenson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.4

Liliom (1934)

Leading role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber DVD

3.4

Gaslight (1944)

Leading role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

4.0

Mayerling (1936)

Leading role · Director: Anatole Litvak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion OOP DVD

The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)

Leading role · Director: Max Ophüls

Best English-Friendly:

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

Best Video:

Video Notes:

BFI > Criterion

4.1

Tovarich (1937)

Leading role · Director: Anatole Litvak

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: ilcinemaritrovato.it (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Ritrovato 2024 has a 35mm showing, could be a new restoration

3.5

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

Leading role · Director: John M. Stahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is encoded by FiM and likely better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Indicator Blu-ray see comparison

Love Affair (1939)

Leading role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K restoration

Private Worlds (1935)

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.3

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

Leading role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

The Cobweb (1955)

Leading role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

The Man from Yesterday (1932)

Leading role · Director: Berthold Viertel

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Barefoot in the Park (1967)

Leading role · Director: Gene Saks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Paramount Blu-ray

Sources: filmfestival.tcm.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Paramount has new restoration done in 2026 see link

3.5

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Anderson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.1

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

Casino Royale (1967)

Supporting role · Directors: Val Guest & Ken Hughes & John Huston & Joseph McGrath & Robert Parrish

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

MGM Blu-ray despite dated master

Best Audio:

Sony Columbia 1994 LaserDisc Mono

2.4

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