Slim Summerville

10 films on Best Blurays4 in HD2 in SD4 with no official release

Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

Love Is News (1937)

Supporting role · Director: Tay Garnett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox DVD

3.5

Air Mail (1932)

Supporting role · Director: John Ford

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

But it has been restored see MoMA

3.4

The Beloved Rogue (1927)

Supporting role · Director: Alan Crosland

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

The Spoilers (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Edwin Carewe

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: blogs.loc.gov (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Library of Congress has a 35mm copy see their blog

King of Jazz (1930)

Supporting role · Director: John Murray Anderson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Universal. No comparison with Elephant Films France Blu-ray available

3.4

Her Man (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Tay Garnett

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial copy ripped from TCM

3.5

The Front Page (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is much better than the extra in Criterion His Girl Friday Blu-ray. Even though Kino Lorber is the international cut and only restored in HD, and Criterion is the US theatrical cut, and restored in 4K, the Criterion picture quality is atrocious http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/blu-ray_reviews_68/the_front_page_blu-ray.htm

3.3

The Bad Sister (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Hobart Henley

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

3.0

Bride by Mistake (1944)

Small role · Director: Richard Wallace

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Small role · Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Capelight Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

While there are no screen cap comparisons, Germany Capelight Blu-ray has more versions than Universal:

From BR forum:
The original film is 155 min but in the Universal restoration, only 133min was available (survived), and for Capelight it has

Germany 1930 dub (103 mins)
Germany 1952 dub (127 mins)
International version (133 mins)
New extended version (141 mins) with never before released footage from one of the Germany versions (+ 8 mins)
Germany TV versions in SD (tinted, silent)

4.2

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