Sam McDaniel

37 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K20 in HD13 in SD3 with no official release

Sam McDaniel was an American screen and television actor, as well as a jazz musician. He was the brother of actresses Hattie and Etta McDaniel.

Biography from TMDB

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The Public Enemy (1931)

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

Going Hollywood (1933)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.1

Hold Your Man (1933)

Small role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.5

Blondie Johnson (1933)

Small role · Director: Ray Enright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)

Small role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Rhythm on the Range (1936)

Small role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

Small role · Director: Richard Thorpe

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Small role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Lady Killer (1933)

Small role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.4

Jezebel (1938)

Small role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Small role · Director: Alexander Hall

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD copied from TCM

3.4

Crack-Up (1946)

Small role · Director: Irving Reis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Only Yesterday (1933)

Small role · Director: John M. Stahl

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Universal has a new 4K DCP restoration in 2025 so a new release is likely

3.6

Party Girl (1958)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Fashions of 1934 (1934)

Small role · Director: William Dieterle

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.2

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Union Pacific (1939)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

Sources: slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

3.4

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