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1046 films on Best Blurays

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Films where DVD is in a pick or an upcoming release.

Directors: Leo McCarey & Fred Guiol

Best Video:

Germany Filmmuseum Max Davidson Comedies DVD

Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

The Internet Archive seems to have the same file as the DVD

Director: René Clair

Best English-Friendly:

Grapevine Blu-ray

Sources: silentfilm.org (opens in a new tab) · janusfilms.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

The latest and best restoration from official screencaps are from Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival + Cinémathèque Française https://silentfilm.org/preservation/the-italian-straw-hat/ which is from Original Camera Negative and original France title negative. Janus seems to have acquired the rights https://www.janusfilms.com/films/2259 The Grapevine Blu-ray (including their updated 2K transfer) or the Flicker Alley DVD might be the ones referred in the above Shout! Factory Silent Film Festival as "US viewers have had to be satisfied with either the alternate version that was released in the United States in 1931, or hybrids that supplement the US version with additional footage"

Director: King Vidor

Video format: DVD

Upcoming Release:

Flicker Alley new 4K restoration 

Best Video:

2013 Bach Films DVD

Director: Frank Capra

Best Video:

Sony DVD

Director: King Vidor

Best Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Directors: Grigori Aleksandrov & Sergei Eisenstein

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

Amazon HD Streaming or DVD

Director: Bryan Foy

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

Additional Info:

first "all talking" film

Director: Thomas Chalmers

Best Video:

Kino Lorber The Paramount Comedy Shorts 1928-1942: Robert Benchley and the Knights of the Algonquin DVD

Director: Victor Sjöström

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Spain DVD? Or unreleased restoration

Sources: nitrateville.com (opens in a new tab)

Director: Frank Capra

Best Video:

Grapevine DVD

Director: King Vidor

Best Video:

WB DVD

Director: Clarence Brown

Best Video:

WB DVD

Directors: James Sibley Watson & Melville Webber

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Avant-Garde 2: Experimental Cinema 1922 – 1954 Blu-ray or Image Entertainment Treasures from American Film Archives DVD

Director: Hobart Henley

Best Video:

AlphaVideo DVD

Director: Anthony Asquith

Best Video:

BFI DVD

Sources: dvdcompare.net (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

BFI PAL DVD is likely the original source, especially considering Kino Lorber DVD is PAL converted to NTSC.
See https://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/film.php?fid=36341 

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best Video:

Kino Lorber DVD

Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Best Video:

AlphaVideo DVD

Sources: filmforum.org (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Otherwise, it only has 35mm available, no Blu-ray release

Director: Charles Reisner

Best Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Director: William Wyler

Best Video:

WB DVD

Directors: Nick Grindé & David Burton

Best Video:

MGM DVD

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