Roscoe Ates

19 films on Best Blurays13 in HD3 in SD3 with no official release

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From Wikipedia Roscoe Ates (January 20, 1895 – March 1, 1962) was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily was featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones.

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Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Leading role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Germany Koch Media DVD has exclusive extras

3.3

Scarlet River (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Otto Brower

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD and Streaming

Hold 'Em Jail (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Wheeler & Woolsey RKO Comedy Classics Collection DVD

Cimarron (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

2.4

A Free Soul (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Clarence Brown

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.3

Freaks (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Tod Browning

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.9

The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)

Supporting role · Directors: Harlan Thompson & Slavko Vorkapich

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: nitrateville.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

It has been in legal rights limbo see NitrateVille so any release is unlikely

Billy the Kid (1930)

Supporting role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

The Great Lover (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

King Kong (1933)

Supporting role · Directors: Ernest B. Schoedsack & Merian C. Cooper

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.8

City Girl (1930)

Small role · Director: F. W. Murnau

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

MoC seems to be similar to Carlotta, but Carlotta doesn’t have EN subtitles and really really hard to find
MoC: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews49/city_girl_blu-ray.htm
Carlotta: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews53/f.w._murnau_boxset_blu-ray.htm

4.0

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 4k transfer

Best Audio:

3.8

Can't Help Singing (1944)

Small role · Director: Frank Ryan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

The Ladies Man (1961)

Small role · Director: Jerry Lewis

Best English-Friendly:

Umbrella Blu-ray

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Australia BD set

3.5

The Big House (1930)

Small role · Director: George W. Hill

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.5

The Great Moment (1944)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Small role · Directors: Busby Berkeley & Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Birth of the Blues (1941)

Small role · Director: Victor Schertzinger

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Small role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Upcoming Release:

4K Blu-ray upcoming in Fall 2026

3.9

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