Jerry Maren

6 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K2 in HD1 with no official release

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Jerry Maren (born Gerard Marenghi; January 24, 1920 – May 24, 2018) was an American actor who played a Munchkin member of the Lollipop Guild in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Maren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Small role · Director: Victor Fleming

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(caveat: "there's" in first "there's no place like home" utterance in final Kansas scene truncated)

3.9

Planet of the Apes (1968)

Small role · Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Video format: 4K Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

4K Streaming has Dolby Vision and is a newer significantly better restoration see caps comparing against Fox Blu-ray

4.0

Spaceballs (1987)

Small role · Director: Mel Brooks

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray > US Kino Lorber

Best Audio:

Original 70mm 6-track mix (4.1): Arrow 4K Blu-ray
5.1 remix: MGM Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Arrow fixed the audio glitches found on Kino Lorber's disc.
The 5.1 remix on Arrow's disc sounds terribly tinny.

3.4

2 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

At the Circus (1939)

Small role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray new 4K restoration

3.4

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Small role · Director: Ralph Bakshi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2010 Warner Bros Blu-ray

Best Audio:

HBO VHS Tape

Additional Info:

2025 reprint is the exact same master as the 2010 disc

1 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Fingers at the Window (1942)

Small role · Director: Charles Lederer

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD presumably recorded from TCM

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