David Manners

17 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K5 in HD5 in SD5 with no official release

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David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Todd Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula. The following year he portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures, The Mummy. Manners abandoned his film career in 1936, and his theatrical career seventeen years later.

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The Warrior's Husband (1933)

Leading role · Director: Walter Lang

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

MoMA has 4K restoration

Beauty and the Boss (1932)

Leading role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Man Wanted (1932)

Leading role · Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 4 DVD

3.3

The Miracle Woman (1931)

Leading role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

3.6

The Last Flight (1931)

Leading role · Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.6

The Millionaire (1931)

Leading role · Director: John G. Adolfi

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: warnerbros.fandom.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

A print is preserved in LOC

Torch Singer (1933)

Leading role · Directors: George Somnes & Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

The Black Cat (1934)

Leading role · Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray only has slight framing difference compared to Universal Blu-ray see caps

3.5

Lady with a Past (1932)

Leading role · Director: Edward H. Griffith

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

The Truth About Youth (1930)

Leading role · Director: William A. Seiter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.1

Kismet (1930)

Leading role · Director: John Francis Dillon

Video format: Lost Film

Best Video:

Lost film with only the Vitaphone tracks surviving

Dracula (1931)

Leading role · Director: Tod Browning

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1991 CIC Video LaserDisc

3.5

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Leading role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

The Mummy (1932)

Leading role · Director: Karl Freund

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Monster Collection Vol 2 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1993 CIC Video LaserDisc

3.3

The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo OOP DVD or Mill Creek Hollywood Comedy Legends DVD

Video Notes:

Library of Congress and Film Foundation had a new 2023 restoration but no release yet

3.3

From Hell to Heaven (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Erle C. Kenton

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Roman Scandals (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.2

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