Erskine Sanford

10 films on Best Blurays3 in 4K6 in HD1 in SD

Erskine Sanford photo

Erskine Sanford was an American actor on the stage, in radio and motion pictures. As a member of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre company he appears in several of Welles's films, most notably as the bumbling, perspiring newspaper editor Herbert Carter in Citizen Kane!

Biography from TMDB

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3 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Lady from Shanghai (1948)

Supporting role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 Columbia VHS (slightly)

3.9

Citizen Kane (1941)

Supporting role · Director: Orson Welles

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly:

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · blah-ray.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

WB Europe 4K Blu-ray slightly better encoding than Criterion (caveat: missing Criterion extras)

Best Audio:

1992 Turner VHS Hi-Fi

4.2

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

Supporting role · Director: Max Ophüls

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

2017 Olive Films Signature Blu-ray

Best Video:

The Jokers 4K Blu-ray

Video Notes:

(Jokers 4K Blu-ray has forced France subs)

The Jokers 4K Blu-ray has raised black levels/gamma issue, good when fixed

Best Audio:

1992 Republic Pictures LaserDisc

6 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Supporting role · Director: Orson Welles

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k restoration

Best Audio:

1989/1993 Criterion LaserDisc

3.9

Crack-Up (1946)

Supporting role · Director: Irving Reis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Possessed (1947)

Supporting role · Director: Curtis Bernhardt

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Small role · Director: Elia Kazan

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

4.0

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Small 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

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

Small role · Director: Vincent Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

1 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Without Reservations (1946)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

3.2

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