Erskine Sanford · 1940s

3 Erskine Sanford movies from the 1940s on 4K Blu-ray, ranked S to D by transfer quality. 2 S-Tier picks including Citizen Kane.

Decade

All 3 1940s 3

Year

All 3 1940 0 1941 1 1942 0 1943 0 1944 0 1945 0 1946 0 1947 1 1948 1 1949 0

Citizen Kane(1941)

8.0/10

dir. Orson Welles

S-Tier

S-Tier Warner Bros. 4K. Someone made a custom Criterion-style cover for it and the post blew up. Toland's deep focus photography finally has the resolution to show what he was actually doing with depth of field.

Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray

The Lady from Shanghai(1947)

7.3/10

dir. Orson Welles

S-Tier

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Sony Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray

Letter from an Unknown Woman(1948)

7.8/10

dir. Max Ophüls

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.