Louise Carter

15 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K7 in HD5 in SD2 with no official release

By format

List

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

A new 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print from and a 35mm composite duplicate negative.

Spain Universal Blu-ray is from a very soft DVD-era transfer; caps

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a new transfer by UCLA, with a bit more high end detail

The earlier transfer used on the Spain Universal Blu-ray and MoC DVD is a bit boomy with boosted bass. The 1999 Criterion DVD uses an even earlier transfer with noticable artifacting and less detail.

Additional Info:

Spain Universal Blu-ray has older MoC extra "Kent Jones and Dan Sallitt on Trouble in Paradise" with MoC watermark, and no other extras

4.1

7 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Broken Lullaby (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2023 Indicator Blu-ray

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

Best Audio:

2021 Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Video comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/ryvPN8Uu

Audio comparisons: https://slow.pics/c/KEs7dwRg

You're Telling Me! (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Erle C. Kenton

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.5

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

4.1

Ladies They Talk About (1933)

Small role · Directors: Howard Bretherton & William Keighley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Angel (1937)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber 4k resto

Additional Info:

The audio on the Kino Lorber Blu-ray comes from a better source than the various DVDs and the previous HD version on streaming. This audio is relatively untampered with, and is likely the best available source as no laserdisc was ever issued.