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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

18 films on Best Blurays6 in 4K12 in HD

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Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair. He is associated with Orson Welles, leading to appearances in Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Journey into Fear (1943), for which Cotten was also credited with the screenplay, and The Third Man (1949). He was a star in his own right with films such as Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Love Letters (1945), Portrait of Jennie (1948), and The Third Man (1949).

Biography from TMDB

Leading role · Director: Norman Foster

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k restoration

Best Audio:

1989/1993 Criterion LaserDisc

Leading role · Director: Carol Reed

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Video:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray or Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray/Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray (shared encode); slight improvement over the 2015 StudioCanal Blu-ray

Best Audio:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs

Audio Notes:

StudioCanal/LG UHDs port the 1999 Criterion DVD, considered the best source

Additional Info:

StudioCanal has a remastered Blu-ray, Lionsgate only a 4K Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration

Leading role · Director: Alfred Hitchcock

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Universal Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber vs France Carlotta vs Germany Blu-ray ?

Best Video:

Kino Lorber US, and other Germany and France Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

WB 4K Blu-ray

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

Best Video:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)

Leading role · Director: William Dieterle

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber US and Carlotta France

Leading role · Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Henry Hathaway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: David Hemmings

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator 4K Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Richard Fleischer

4K · Solid
Best English-Friendly & Audio:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab) · lddb.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Arrow 4K Blu-ray see comparison

Additional Info:

1992 MGM LaserDisc [ML102574] includes isolated score

Supporting role · Director: Michael Cimino

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Not sure about foriegn

Supporting role · Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Potemkine Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Potemkine Blu-ray is new 4K master

Small role · Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k resto

Small role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC 4K Blu-ray/Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar

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