By the Sun's Rays (1914)
Western, Action • 11m
Overview
The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
Director: Charles Giblyn
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Sidney Lumet
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
2011 Criterion Blu-ray is the best. Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has heavily filtered audio
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
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.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Kino Lorber 4k resto
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.
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Director: Ridley Scott
UK Universal 4K Blu-ray is missing Kino Lorber extras
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
More Western on Blu-ray
Director: Ralph Nelson
Director: Ralph Nelson
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Director: Sergio Corbucci
Director: Robert Altman
Director: Robert Altman
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Director: Frank Ryan
Director: Frank Ryan
Director: Ray Taylor
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: Ray Taylor
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Don Taylor
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Don Taylor
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Wallace Fox
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K scans of nitrate fine grains
Director: Wallace Fox
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K scans of nitrate fine grains
Edit History
8/5/2025
Best English-Friendly Release
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Undercrank Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces - Vol. 2 Blu-ray
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Undercrank Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces - Vol. 2 Blu-ray
Best Video Release
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480p, included as extras in Kino The Trap (1922) BD
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Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces - Vol. 2 Undercrank Blu-ray is a much better restoration than the 480p version included as extras in Kino Lorber The Trap (1922) Blu-ray
From
480p, included as extras in Kino The Trap (1922) BD
To
Lon Chaney: Before the Thousand Faces - Vol. 2 Undercrank Blu-ray is a much better restoration than the 480p version included as extras in Kino Lorber The Trap (1922) Blu-ray
8/5/2025