Dick Wessel

18 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K15 in HD

By format

List

Harvey (1950)

Small role · Director: Henry Koster

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray, excellent master and grade

4.0

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.9

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.8

Flying Leathernecks (1951)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.0

They Drive by Night (1940)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

On the Town (1949)

Small role · Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS

Audio Notes:

1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.

2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.

2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.

Full review from blah-ray

Rancho Notorious (1952)

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Small role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Best Audio:

1987 WB LaserDisc

4.1

Manpower (1941)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Father of the Bride (1950)

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Fury (1936)

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Best Audio:

1993 MGM LaserDisc

4.0

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (review)

4.0

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

An American in Paris (1951)

Small role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Warner Bros Blu-ray

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

Fox Blu-ray, DNR

3.9

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Small role · Director: Michael Anderson

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.1

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