Bess Flowers · 1950s

2 Bess Flowers movies from the 1950s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Vertigo, Singin' in the Rain.

Decade

All 3 1930s 1 1950s 2

Year

All 2 1950 0 1951 0 1952 1 1953 0 1954 0 1955 0 1956 0 1957 0 1958 1 1959 0

Vertigo(1958)

8.1/10

dir. Alfred Hitchcock

S-Tier

VistaVision source material gives this a level of detail that pre-1960s films rarely reach on disc. Colors are incredible and the shoulder stitching on Kim Novak's wardrobe is visible in scenes where it used to be a smear. A standard pick in any top 3 reference disc conversation alongside Dune and Lawrence of Arabia.

Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Singin' in the Rain(1952)

8.1/10

dir. Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen

S-Tier

Warner's S-Tier 4K in Technicolor is the draw. Best Buy had the steelbook, which appears to have gone OOP since neither the standard nor steelbook are easy to find online now. Minimal collector discussion beyond the purchase announcement, which usually means people bought it without needing to debate it. The Technicolor presentation in HDR is what makes this disc worth owning over streaming.

Warner Home Video · 4K + Blu-ray