Man's Favorite Sport? seems an odd one, not one online review or comment about it. People post that they've ordered it & it's arrived...& then nothing. My own take on this is: It doesn't look brilliant, or some very happy campers would have posted, it doesn't look really dire, or there would...
I see this has been released in France, from what I read it's region B locked, but no forced subs.
https://www.amazon.fr/Man-on-the-Moon-Blu-ray/dp/B079V992DL?tag=bluraycom05-21
The German release of the Gary Cooper western Unconquered (1947) looks fantastic, as does The War Lord (1965) UK/Germany/France, but all these European releases are licensed out from Universal to various companies. I don't know why all these titles aren't turning up in America, it has to be...
Yeah, it sounds like the same as The List Of Adrian Messinger, barebones & old master. I had the UK DVD of Messinger & it looked very nice, so the Blu-ray looks a bit nicer, but as you say, not night & day.
I had quick look through the German Blu-ray release of Unconquered & think it looks splendid, sharp, solid forties colours, no fringing, probably an old master, but it really does look good (& it's only 13 euros). It states region B on the back cover, I don't know if it's locked, I know some...
I'd think so, Universal own nearly all pre-fifties Paramount titles (just as well really). Universal license a lot of titles to companies in Germany.
...& you can add C.B. DeMille's, Unconquered (1947) to that list, it's down for a release in Germany in April (maybe, no exact release date yet).