C. Aubrey Smith

33 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K15 in HD13 in SD4 with no official release

C. Aubrey Smith (Sir Charles Aubrey Smith, CBE) was an English born stage and screen actor, prominent in Hollywood films starting from the beginning of the sound era.

Biography from TMDB

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Secrets (1933)

Leading role · Director: Frank Borzage

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD (mvd and target DVD from Televista is probably not official)

Additional Info:

UCLA has preserved prints

3.2

Polly of the Circus (1932)

Leading role · Director: Alfred Santell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)

Leading role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Probably from TCM Streaming

The House of Rothschild (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Alfred L. Werker

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

3.0

Surrender (1931)

Supporting role · Director: William K. Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo DVD

The Gilded Lily (1935)

Supporting role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Son of India (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Jacques Feyder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Gambling Lady (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Archie Mayo

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

3.2

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Supporting role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Sources: silver.afi.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

New restoration is completed

3.7

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray or Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Indicator

Video Notes:

Indicator similar to Criterion but more extras

3.9

Guilty Hands (1931)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 10 DVD

3.3

Another Thin Man (1939)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

The Barbarian (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.0

Morning Glory (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.1

No More Orchids (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Walter Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

TCM Carole Lombard: In the Thirties DVD

3.3

Love Me Tonight (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber US or Indicator UK Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm

3.8

Trader Horn (1931)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

2.5

Trouble in Paradise (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

A new 4K restoration from a 35mm nitrate print from and a 35mm composite duplicate negative.

Spain Universal Blu-ray is from a very soft DVD-era transfer; caps

Audio Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is a new transfer by UCLA, with a bit more high end detail

The earlier transfer used on the Spain Universal Blu-ray and MoC DVD is a bit boomy with boosted bass. The 1999 Criterion DVD uses an even earlier transfer with noticable artifacting and less detail.

Additional Info:

Spain Universal Blu-ray has older MoC extra "Kent Jones and Dan Sallitt on Trouble in Paradise" with MoC watermark, and no other extras

4.1

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

Supporting role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.9

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