Otto Lederer

5 films on Best Blurays4 in HD1 with no official release

Otto Lederer (May 17, 1886 – September 3, 1965) was a Czech-American film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1912 and 1933, most notably The Jazz Singer, the first full-length film to have sound sequences, and the Laurel and Hardy short You're Darn Tootin'. Lederer was born in Prague. In 1925, He married Segunda Yriondo. They were divorced on July 10, 1929. He later married actress Gretchen Lederer. Otto passed away on September 3, 1965 and is entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

Supporting role · Director: Alan Crosland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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The Wizard of Oz (1925)

Small role · Director: Larry Semon

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly:

2013 WB 3D 75th Anniversary Limited Edition Blu-ray Disc 3 of The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Best Video:

HD: Only available through Streaming SD: Available on various WB DVD and Blu-ray set releases of The Wizard of Oz (1939) since 2005

Best Audio:

2.5

Black Oxen (1923)

Small role · Director: Frank Lloyd

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Unofficial DVD ripped from VHS

According to Wikipedia, The George Eastman Museum retains a print of the film which is incomplete, comprising the first seven reels, but not the eighth. In 2010, it undertook restoration of the 35mm print, funded by The National Film Preservation Fund. The Gosfilmofond Russian State Archive also holds an incomplete copy, consisting of all reels with the exception of Reel 2. The New York Public Library has a 16mm print available in three film reels. No complete version of the film is currently commercially available.

Blonde Crazy (1931)

Small role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.5

The King of Kings (1927)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Flicker Alley Blu-ray (encoded by FiM) has much better encoding than Lobster Films Blu-ray, see DVDBeaver caps

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