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171 films on Best Blurays

Out of Print. The label/studios are no longer producing these discs, so they will be really hard to find.

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Includes 22 films that name OOP only in the notes.

Director: George Melford

Best Video & Audio:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray is exactly the same restoration as the later Paramount Blu-ray, however Paramount Blu-ray runs at a much faster 24fps while Kino Lorber runs at 21fps. According to Paul Cuff's research into the correct fps and length, Kino Lorber is closest to the original 22fps by repeating frames to achieve 21fps in 24fps.

Audio Notes:
  • Kino Lorber has the same Bellon score as Paramount VHS and Paramount Blu-ray, but obviously Paramount Blu-ray runs a faster tempo due to changed fps

  • The Bellon score never uses the “Kashmiri Song” that is cited in the film’s intertitles and sung by Valentino on screen. This may well be because the intertitles of the VHS version (for which the score was composed) are from the reissue print, which changes the wording of the Sheik’s song—and thus loses the context of the original song.

  • While no substitute for a real orchestra, the theatre organ score by Ben Model for the Kino Lorber edition at least quotes the “Kashmiri Song” at the appropriate moments.

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Director: Benjamin Christensen

Best Video:

UK Radiance Blu-ray or OOP Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

France Potemkine Blu-ray has exclusive extras and scores

Director: Allan Dwan

Best Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Director: Allan Dwan

Best Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Director: Marcel L'Herbier

Best English-Friendly:

Flicker Alley OOP Blu-ray

Best Video:

Flicker Alley OOP Blu-ray, 4K restoration

Director: Rupert Julian

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray or OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

1925 silent version: BFI Blu-ray for HD reconstruction (complete 1925 print is lost)
1929 silent version: OOP fixed Image Entertainment Blu-ray

1930 sound version: 2003 Image Entertainment DVD (excellent transfer, but severely compromised by indiscriminate over-use of the restoration process)

Director: Allan Dwan

Best Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Director: Frank O'Connor

Best Video:

Grapevine OOP DVD or AlphaVideo DVD

Additional Info:

UCLA has the complete 16mm safety print but no new restoration available yet

Director: Alfred E. Green

Best Video:

Grapevine OOP Blu-ray

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best Video:

OOP Grapevine Blu-ray

Director: George Fitzmaurice

Best Video:

MoC OOP Blu-ray

Video Notes:

While no comparison available MoC OOP Blu-ray is original 1.33:1 and Kino Lorber Blu-ray is not, and given history MoC is likely better encoded.

Director: William Beaudine

Best Video:

VCI Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparison but the VCI Blu-ray is a newer 4K scan while the OOP Milestone Blu-ray is an HD scan

Director: Raoul Walsh

Best Video:

Grapevine OOP Blu-ray

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

Upcoming Release:

New restoration by MoMA and Film Foundation https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11558 no release yet

Director: F. W. Murnau

Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray although MoC OOP Blu-ray looks similar, it's likely slightly worse

Best Audio:

Only the MoC edition has the Gaylord Carter organ score from the old VHS/LaserDisc release while Criterion has only the orchestral score by Robert Israel and electronic/percussion score by Alloy Orchestra.

Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray 2K restoration 

Director: Frank Lloyd

Best Video:

UK Renown Pictures OOP DVD

Director: Lowell Sherman

Best Video:

AlphaVideo OOP DVD or Mill Creek Hollywood Comedy Legends DVD

Video Notes:

Library of Congress and Film Foundation had a new 2023 restoration but no release yet

Director: John Cromwell

Best Video:

TCM OOP DVD

Director: Lloyd Corrigan

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

MGM+ Streaming

Best Audio:

OOP AlphaVideo DVD, maybe?

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