
Biography from TMDB
1 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Supporting role · Director: Paul Leni
Theatrical/Original A negative: MoC Blu-ray
European C/D negative but better picture quality: Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
From DVDBeaver: The MoC Blu-ray is scanned from the American A negative, as opposed to the European C or D negatives used by Photoplay and others (Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray), so it is identical with the film US audiences saw in 1927
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In addition, the Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has sepia tinting throughout while the MoC Blu-ray has yellow for normal scenes, blue for night scenes, and some even green tintings.
14 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray
Video comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/ryvPN8Uu
Audio comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/KEs7dwRg
Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra
Supporting role · Director: William A. Seiter
Supporting role · Director: George Melford
Sources: therealmofsilence.com (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray is exactly the same restoration as the later Paramount Blu-ray, however Paramount Blu-ray runs at a much faster 24fps while Kino Lorber runs at 21fps. According to Paul Cuff's research into the correct fps and length, Kino Lorber is closest to the original 22fps by repeating frames to achieve 21fps in 24fps.
Kino Lorber has the same Bellon score as Paramount VHS and Paramount Blu-ray, but obviously Paramount Blu-ray runs a faster tempo due to changed fps
The Bellon score never uses the “Kashmiri Song” that is cited in the film’s intertitles and sung by Valentino on screen. This may well be because the intertitles of the VHS version (for which the score was composed) are from the reissue print, which changes the wording of the Sheik’s song—and thus loses the context of the original song.
While no substitute for a real orchestra, the theatre organ score by Ben Model for the Kino Lorber edition at least quotes the “Kashmiri Song” at the appropriate moments.
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Supporting role · Director: Leo McCarey
2012 MoC Blu-ray or Elephant Films France Blu-ray
They are using the same very old HD transfer.
Supporting role · Director: Marion Gering
Small role · Director: William A. Wellman
Kino Lorber Barbara Stanwyck Collection Blu-ray
Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille
8 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Supporting role · Director: Nick Grindé
Supporting role · Director: Michael Curtiz
Supporting role · Director: Monta Bell
Supporting role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Flicker Alley DVD or Kino Lorber DVD no comparisons available
Supporting role · Director: Raoul Walsh
2 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
Leading role · Director: Clarence G. Badger
According to the George Eastman Museum 2015 Book "The Dawn of Technicolor, 1915-1935", the BFI National Archive holds a 35mm incomplete nitrate print 160 ft.
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