Mischa Auer

30 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K13 in HD6 in SD9 with no official release

Mischa Auer photo

Mischa Auer was a Russian-born American stage, screen, and television actor, in films from 1928.

Biography from TMDB

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List

2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Supporting role · Director: Arthur Lubin

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Shout! Factory Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Kino Lorber has some additional noise reduction. Universal NTSC DVD's worse than either of the Blu-rays.

3.5

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.9

13 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Leading role · Director: George Marshall

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Neither Criterion Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray are great see caps

While they are different transfers and the Criterion one is a 4K restoration, it's very soft and has some dark crushes.
The Plaion Blu-ray is sharpened and is slightly more zoomed in

3.8

That Naughty Girl (1956)

Supporting role · Director: Michel Boisrond

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

The Flame of New Orleans (1941)

Supporting role · Director: René Clair

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber or BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber, BFI, Elephant Films (no EN subs)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber, BFI, Elephant Films (no EN subs) are likely all from the same 1080p transfer

3.2

And Then There Were None (1945)

Supporting role · Director: René Clair

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

VCI US or Filmjuwelen Blu-ray are both MP2 encoded, most likely from the same master. Judging from the size and the caps from DVDBeaver or BR for VCI or caps-a-holic for Filmjuwelen, they are probably very similar.

3.5

Sweethearts (1938)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

The Gay Desperado (1936)

Supporting role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Hellzapoppin' (1941)

Supporting role · Director: H. C. Potter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Anolis Blu-ray

4.0

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Although there's a bit of aggressive grain management see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=15853770&postcount=43

3.9

The Princess Comes Across (1936)

Supporting role · Director: William K. Howard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Carole Lombard Collection II Blu-ray

3.2

Three Smart Girls (1936)

Small role · Director: Henry Koster

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal MOD Blu-ray

Why Be Good? (1929)

Small role · Director: William A. Seiter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Mata Hari (1931)

Small role · Director: George Fitzmaurice

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.2

Show all 13 in HD

6 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Scarlet Dawn (1932)

Supporting role · Director: William Dieterle

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Inside the Lines (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Pomeroy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Boleslawski

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Arsène Lupin (1932)

Small role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

Viva Villa! (1934)

Small role · Director: Jack Conway

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.1

Call Her Savage (1932)

Small role · Director: John Francis Dillon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Video Notes:

Fox DVD uses an old 35mm restored MoMA restoration, no Blu-ray release

3.2

9 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Women of All Nations (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, 35mm restoration in UCLA

Wharf Angel (1934)

Supporting role · Directors: William Cameron Menzies & George Somnes

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Has 35mm prints available

After Tonight (1933)

Supporting role · Director: George Archainbaud

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Just Imagine (1930)

Supporting role · Director: David Butler

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:

This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel

3.0

No Limit (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD. 35mm restoration print exists

Girl Without a Room (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Ralph Murphy

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD or Streaming

Delicious (1931)

Supporting role · Director: David Butler

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

35mm print is available

The Unholy Garden (1931)

Supporting role · Director: George Fitzmaurice

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Probably sourced from TCM Streaming

Paramount on Parade (1930)

Small role · Directors: A. Edward Sutherland & Otto Brower & Dorothy Arzner & Edmund Goulding & Rowland V. Lee & Frank Tuttle & Ernst Lubitsch & Edwin H. Knopf & Lothar Mendes & Victor Heerman & Victor Schertzinger

Video format: No Home Media

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

Best Video:

UCLA has a 102 minute version restoration see wikipedia

3.1

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