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Gary Cooper

41 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K28 in HD
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Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.

Biography from TMDB

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Leading role · Director: Anthony Mann

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Additional Info:

The film only exists in MGM letterbox masters and the HD version upgrades the DVD presentation. Sadly the film still needs a modern restoration and a better audio source. The master holds up very well today regardless and has a very natural appearance. The Eureka BD is far superior to the Kino Lorber in encode and extras making it easily the only version to consider.

Leading role · Director: André de Toth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Leading role · Directors: Ernst Lubitsch & Norman Z. McLeod & H. Bruce Humberstone & Stephen Roberts & William A. Seiter & Norman Taurog & James Cruze & Lothar Mendes

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, full uncut version

Leading role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Rimini Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Delmer Daves

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: King Vidor

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Leading role · Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Henry Hathaway

Best English-Friendly:

Likely Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray while using the same master as Kino Lorber, its encoding is likely to be better

Leading role · Director: Sam Wood

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Leading role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Probably Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

While no comparison is available, this is indeed a new 4K restoration. However it has its problem like not scanned from best surviving prints due to some issues, or technicolor out of alignment but seems to be still better than older releases

Leading role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxbyV-8V6Y see caps

Leading role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Howard Hawks

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

Leading role · Director: Marion Gering

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison

Leading role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps 

Additional Info:

BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber

Leading role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver 

Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution

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