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

By format

List

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Double Indemnity (1944)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1991 MCA LaserDisc

4.2

20 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Flamingo Road (1949)

Supporting role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Captains Courageous (1937)

Small role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration

Hallelujah (1929)

Small role · Director: King Vidor

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.3

A Hole in the Head (1959)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

US Olive Films Blu-ray

3.1

A Free Soul (1931)

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.3

Belle of the Nineties (1934)

Small role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator is likely minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxsets

3.1

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

Small role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

No Blu-ray, 1080p Streaming

3.4

The Egg and I (1947)

Small role · Director: Chester Erskine

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Australia Via Vision also has a Blu-ray set but it seems to be a collab with Universal so we are assuming it's the same here.

3.1

Footlight Parade (1933)

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray, 2k scan

3.7

Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)

Small role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

The Public Enemy (1931)

Small role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

Rhythm on the Range (1936)

Small role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Show all 20 in HD

13 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Guilty Hands (1931)

Small role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 10 DVD

3.3

Too Many Husbands (1940)

Small role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

R1 Sony DVD (Icons of Screwball Comedy Vol 1)

3.4

Employees' Entrance (1933)

Small role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 7 DVD

3.5

Whistling in the Dark (1933)

Small role · Director: Elliott Nugent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Without Reservations (1946)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

3.2

Four's a Crowd (1938)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

R1 WB Archives MOD DVD-R

3.3

Small role · Director: Ray Enright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Show all 13 in SD

3 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

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

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

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

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