Fredric March

29 films on Best Blurays16 in HD3 in SD10 with no official release

Fredric March photo

Fredric March (born Ernest Frederick McIntyre Bickel; August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975) was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956). March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.

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16 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

I Married a Witch (1942)

Leading role · Director: René Clair

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.6

The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Leading role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.5

The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

Leading role · Directors: Stuart Walker & Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

France Movinside Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

France Movinside Blu-ray although has contrast boosting, still better than Kino Lorber's aggressive DNR caps

3.6

Design for Living (1933)

Leading role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion HD resto

3.9

Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

Leading role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.4

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Leading role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan

3.8

Honor Among Lovers (1931)

Leading role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Indicator Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior to France Elephant Films Blu-ray, see caps

Audio Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is superior, France Elephant Films Blu-ray has some filtering applied see comparison

3.2

Smilin' Through (1932)

Leading role · Director: Sidney Franklin

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.4

A Star Is Born (1937)

Leading role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Leading role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · academymuseum.org (opens in a new tab) · filmfestival.tcm.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1985 Embassy LaserDisc

Additional Info:

New restoration was confirmed in around 2021-2023? Screened in 2025&2026

4.2

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

Leading role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k transfer

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.6

Inherit the Wind (1960)

Leading role · Director: Stanley Kramer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray > Kino Lorber > Twilight Time. Kino Lorber has slightly worse encoding than MoC, see caps, and Twilight Time is over-exposed

4.0

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3 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

The Affairs of Cellini (1934)

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.2

Complicated Women (2003)

Small role · Director: Hugh Munro Neely

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Only available in Youtube source1 or source2 with Spanish burned-in subtitles

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

3.5

Make Me a Star (1932)

Small role · Director: William Beaudine

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

10 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

All of Me (1934)

Leading role · Director: James Flood

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

George Eastman Museum has Original Camera Negative

Manslaughter (1930)

Leading role · Director: George Abbott

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming or DVD

Sarah and Son (1930)

Leading role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial SD Streaming

Video Notes:

UCLA has a 35mm restoration

3.0

The Wild Party (1929)

Leading role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Video format: No Home Media

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

Additional Info:

4K restoration available in 35mm, no home release yet

3.3

Laughter (1930)

Leading role · Director: Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD sourced from TV

3.3

Tonight Is Ours (1933)

Leading role · Director: Stuart Walker

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

35mm print exists, see Film Forum

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)

Leading role · Directors: George Cukor & Cyril Gardner

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has a 35mm print, and copyright is held by Universal, according to Wikipedia

3.2

True to the Navy (1930)

Leading role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Both sound and silent versions have been restored in 35mm, see UCLA showing

Ladies Love Brutes (1930)

Leading role · Director: Rowland V. Lee

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Paramount on Parade (1930)

Small role · Directors: A. Edward Sutherland & Otto Brower & Dorothy Arzner & Edmund Goulding & Rowland V. Lee & Frank Tuttle & Ernst Lubitsch & Edwin H. Knopf & Lothar Mendes & Victor Heerman & Victor Schertzinger

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

UCLA has a 102 minute version restoration see wikipedia

3.1

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