Jimmie Dundee

13 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K9 in HD1 in SD2 with no official release

Jimmie Dundee was born on December 19, 1900 in Missouri, USA as James Reed Dundee. He is known for his work on At War with the Army (1950), Sullivan's Travels (1941) and Hail the Conquering Hero (1944). He died on November 20, 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Small role · Director: Byron Haskin

Best English-Friendly:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Paramount 4K Blu-ray see caps

3.4

9 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.8

Going My Way (1944)

Small role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Best Video:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray or France Elephant Films Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No comparisons

3.3

A Foreign Affair (1948)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK MoC Blu-ray has better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Universum Blu-ray see caps

3.7

High Tension (1936)

Small role · Director: Allan Dwan

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Previously available as HD Streaming on Criterion Channel

Otherwise Fox DVD

3.2

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion Blu-ray, not sure about France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(Arrow Blu-ray better than Criterion)

4.0

Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

Small role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

You and Me (1938)

Small role · Director: Fritz Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior to Kino Lorber transfer see caps. 2K restoration

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

Small role · Director: Anatole Litvak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Union Pacific (1939)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

3.4

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Doughboys (1930)

Small role · Director: Edward Sedgwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.1

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

Small role · Director: Robert Florey

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial public domain SD Streaming on Internet Archive

Video Notes:

Otherwise there is a 35mm print

Afraid to Talk (1932)

Small role · Director: Edward L. Cahn

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Possibly restored in 2016, see MoMA

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