Gloria Swanson
11 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K7 in HD2 in SD1 with no official release
Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB
1 in 4K
UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming
Leading role · Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray. See caps
HDR/grading: nice, but some blown out
Encoding: inconsistent, smeared motion
DNR: inconsistent, frozen
Old Paramount Blu-ray is arguably a solid alternative choice
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono
Paramount 4K Blu-ray mono is different version of the Blu-ray mono from the same old 2000 DVD transfer.
The 5.1 remix on the 4K Blu-ray is an appalling remix done by going wild with artificially generated stems from Park Road Post who were given the surviving mono to separate. The experience is jarring and fidelity to original mix in terms of level balance, directionality and impact is nonexistent. Not only does this sound painfully weird, but the Paramount mixers then did whatever they wanted in terms of LFE, sound pans and effect changes.
The original mono mix was not restored and still needs it badly. The 4K master is filled with frozen grain examples coming and going plus some HDR issues in addition to the usual Paramount problems. It is simultaneously better and worse than the Blu-ray master.
7 in HD
Blu-ray or HD streaming
Leading role · Director: Cyril Gardner
Leading role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Small role
2 in SD
DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS
Leading role · Director: Erich von Stroheim
Sources: silentera.com (opens in a new tab) · milestonefilms.com (opens in a new tab)
Kino Lorber DVD see review
Milestone has a new 4K restoration that is expected to release Blu-ray in near future
1 with no official release
Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost
Leading role · Director: Allan Dwan
Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
From Wikipedia:
Two 35mm negatives of the film are housed at the George Eastman Museum.[3] The soundtrack is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and the trailer is preserved at the Library of Congress.
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