Leon Ames

20 films on Best Blurays14 in HD3 in SD3 with no official release

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leon Ames (January 20, 1902 – October 12, 1993) was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), as Judy Garland's father, and in Little Women (1949). Description above from the Wikipedia article Leon Ames licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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East Side Kids (1940)

Leading role · Director: Robert F. Hill

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

Leading role · Director: Robert Florey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

's encoding is minimally better than Shout! Factory Blu-ray see caps

3.2

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Leading role · Director: David Butler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from original Technicolor camera negative

On Moonlight Bay (1951)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

Supporting role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.8

Angel Face (1953)

Supporting role · Director: Otto Preminger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

Yolanda and the Thief (1945)

Supporting role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.2

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Supporting role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

They Were Expendable (1945)

Supporting role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

3.6

The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Thorpe

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Parachute Jumper (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Quick Millions (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Rowland Brown

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, 35mm print available

3.2

A Date with Judy (1948)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Thorpe

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Battleground (1949)

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

A Successful Calamity (1932)

Small role · Director: John G. Adolfi

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Small role · Director: George Sidney

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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver

Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution

3.6

Now I'll Tell (1934)

Small role · Director: Edwin J. Burke

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

UCLA has 35mm restored print, see MoMA

Only Yesterday (1933)

Small role · Director: John M. Stahl

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Universal has a new 4K DCP restoration in 2025 so a new release is likely

3.6

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Small role · Director: Jack Haley Jr.

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

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