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Cliff Edwards

Cliff Edwards

20 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K8 in HD6 in SD5 with no official release

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Clifton Avon "Cliff" Edwards (June 14, 1895 – July 17, 1971), nicknamed "Ukulele Ike", was an American musician, singer, actor and voice actor, who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with "Singin' in the Rain" in 1929. He also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career, and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) and Fun and Fancy Free (1947). His rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" in Pinocchio is probably his most familiar recorded legacy.

Biography from TMDB

Leading role · Directors: Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen & T. Hee & Wilfred Jackson & Norman Ferguson & Jack Kinney & Bill Roberts

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Disney UK Blu-ray or bootleg 35mm scan

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Disney UK Blu-ray or bootleg 35mm scan having less DNR and digital repaint/recomposit

Leading role · Director: Edward Sedgwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

Leading role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Russell Birdwell

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Supporting role · Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Nick Grindé

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: nitrateville.com (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

According to NitrateVille user, there's a 35mm but missing the last reel

Supporting role · Director: Harry A. Pollard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Supporting role · Directors: Thornton Freeland & Harry Lachman & George White

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Supporting role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Charles Reisner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: George W. Hill

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Directors: Ben Sharpsteen & Norman Ferguson & Bill Roberts & Jack Kinney & Wilfred Jackson & Samuel Armstrong

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

1995 LaserDisc or 2001 60th anniversary release DVD

Best Audio:

1995/1982 LaserDisc, DVD only contains 5.1 remix

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)

Best Audio:

Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc

But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.

Audio Notes:

From cbc:

I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.

Small role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Harry Beaumont

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Small role · Director: Mark Robson

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Jack Haley Jr.

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

4K Blu-ray upcoming in Fall 2026

Small role · Directors: Bud Friedgen & Michael J. Sheridan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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