Jean Hersholt

26 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K10 in HD

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Jean Pierre Hersholt (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956) was a Danish-born actor who lived in the United States, where he was a leading film and radio talent, best known for his 17 years starring on radio in Dr. Christian and for playing Shirley Temple's grandfather in Heidi. Asked how to pronounce his name, he told The Literary Digest, "In English, her'sholt; in Danish, hairs'hult." Of his total credits, 75 were silent films and 65 were sound films. He appeared in 140 films and directed four.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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The Younger Generation (1929)

Leading role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.3

Hell Harbor (1930)

Leading role · Director: Henry King

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo or VCI DVD

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1928)

Leading role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Video format: HD Streaming

Sources: digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de (opens in a new tab) · moma.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Official Bundersarchiv 720p HD Streaming

Video Notes:

Official Bundersarchiv 720p HD Streaming which given its release in 2025, likely to be the same new restoration by MoMA https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11559

Best Audio:

Carl Davis Score: 1993 MGM/United Artists LaserDisc

Emma (1932)

Leading role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Greed (1924)

Leading role · Director: Erich von Stroheim

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV SD Streaming

4.0

Viennese Nights (1930)

Leading role · Director: Alan Crosland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has 35mm restoration of domestic version in color as well as the sounds, see Wikipedia

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)

Leading role · Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Men in White (1934)

Leading role · Director: Richard Boleslawski

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Stella Dallas (1925)

Supporting role · Director: Henry King

Video format: No Home Media

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film foundation has done 4k restoration, no release yet https://www.film-foundation.org/rsr-may-2023

Sources: film-foundation.org (opens in a new tab)

3.6

The Beast of the City (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Charles Brabin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.3

Flesh (1932)

Supporting role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

The Painted Veil (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Boleslawski

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.2

The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

Supporting role · Director: William K. Howard

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Supporting role · Director: Tod Browning

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1996 MGM LaserDisc

3.1

Private Lives (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Sidney Franklin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Charles Brabin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.0

Transatlantic (1931)

Supporting role · Director: William K. Howard

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

35mm restored by MOMA and Film Foundation

The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

New Morals for Old (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Charles Brabin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Grand Hotel (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Edmund Goulding

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.5

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