Noah Beery Jr.

11 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K5 in HD3 in SD1 with no official release

Noah Lindsey Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994), known professionally as Noah Beery, Jr. or just Noah Beery, was an American actor specializing in warm, friendly character parts similar to the ones played by his uncle Wallace Beery, although Noah Beery, Jr., unlike his uncle, seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. His father, Noah Nicholas Beery (known professionally as Noah Beery or Noah Beery, Sr.), enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as a supporting actor. Beery was best known as James Garner's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the 1970s television series The Rockford Files. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noah Beery, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Decision at Sundown (1957)

Supporting role · Director: Budd Boetticher

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

Indicator Blu-ray has better presented extras plus additional unique extras.

3.5

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4K Streaming

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

For physical release, Criterion and Sony Blu-ray are very similar

4.1

5 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)

Supporting role · Director: George Pal

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Best Audio:

Warner Bros NTSC DVD

Audio Notes:

The old DVD's track has significantly better detail compared to BD, especially on the score. The BD has some extra detail on dialogue, but also exhibits strange artifacting (e.g. sample 3, 0:20) which suggests possible AI "enhancement" or some other form of aggressive filtering. In contrast, DVD appears to be completely unfiltered and sounds good throughout. Samples

As the BD is significantly rolled off, a lot of the detail (real or fabricated) is buried in the mix and not audible during normal playback.