Charles Middleton

39 films on Best Blurays25 in HD12 in SD2 with no official release

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Charles Brown Middleton (October 3, 1874 – April 22, 1949) was an American stage and film actor. During a film career that began at age 46 and lasted almost 30 years, he appeared in nearly 200 films as well as numerous plays. Sometimes credited as Charles B. Middleton, he is perhaps best remembered for his role as the villainous emperor Ming the Merciless in the three Flash Gordon serials made between 1936 and 1940.

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The Miracle Woman (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset Blu-ray

3.6

Palmy Days (1931)

Supporting role · Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.3

White Woman (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Stuart Walker

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Additional Info:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray subtitles are very bad and missing a lot of sentences

3.2

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Mitchell Leisen

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.1

Safe in Hell (1931)

Supporting role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

An American Tragedy (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

3.2

Stand-In (1937)

Supporting role · Director: Tay Garnett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

Duck Soup (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly:

Universal Blu-ray

Best Video:

Universal - The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection

Video Notes:

Arrow maybe better?

Arrow maybe better encode?

Best Audio:

1999 Image Entertainment DVD

3.9

The Phantom President (1932)

Small role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal MOD Blu-ray

The Bowery (1933)

Small role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.5

Show Boat (1936)

Small role · Director: James Whale

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K scan

3.4

The Killers (1946)

Small role · Director: Robert Siodmak

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > UK Arrow > France Carlotta All three use the same source but all very minimal difference.

There is no comparison with Criterion Blu-ray

Wedding Present (1936)

Small role · Director: Richard Wallace

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Cary Grant Collection Blu-ray

3.3

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4.1

The Sign of the Cross (1932)

Small role · Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.5

The Good Earth (1937)

Small role · Director: Sidney Franklin

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

2.8

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Small role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

4.2

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)

Small role · Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly:

Best Video:

WB Blu-ray 4k scan

Best Audio:

Amazon Video download

3.4

The Texas Rangers (1936)

Small role · Director: King Vidor

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 4K restoration

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