Mickey Shaughnessy

6 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K5 in HD

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joseph Michael "Mickey" Shaughnessy (August 5, 1920 - July 23, 1985) was an Irish American character actor who specialized in playing lovable, but not-too-bright lugs. One of his best-known roles was as the tough, experienced mentor of Elvis Presley's character in Jailhouse Rock. The New York City-born Shaughnessy died at the age of 64 of lung cancer at Cape May Court House, New Jersey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mickey Shaughnessy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

From Here to Eternity (1953)

Supporting role · Director: Fred Zinnemann

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Columbia Classics Vol 3 4K Blu-ray

3.8

5 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Leading role · Director: Richard Thorpe

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

College Confidential (1960)

Leading role · Director: Albert Zugsmith

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Designing Woman (1957)

Supporting role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI significantly better than Kino Lorber even though same restoration http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_64/pocketful_of_miracles_blu-ray.htm

3.4

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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