Al Hill

30 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K21 in HD5 in SD3 with no official release

Al Hill (July 14, 1892 – July 14, 1954) was an American film character actor who appeared in over 320 films between 1927 and 1954, including the 1951 film The Girl on the Bridge. Hill died in 1954 on his 62nd birthday. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Hill (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Punch Drunks (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony The Three Stooges Collection boxset Blu-ray

Night After Night (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Archie Mayo

Best English-Friendly:

Indicator Blu-ray

Best Video:

Indicator Mae West boxset Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Indicator Mae West boxset Blu-ray is likely better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but no comparison available

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Ten Cents a Dance (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Lionel Barrymore

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Turner/Sony Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection DVD

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

Additional Info:

Restored but no release yet

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The Bank Dick (1940)

Small role · Director: Edward F. Cline

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

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The Fireball (1950)

Small role · Director: Tay Garnett

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

Small role · Director: James Cruze

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo/Film Detective/Mill Creek DVD

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Holiday (1930)

Small role · Director: Edward H. Griffith

Best English-Friendly:

Extras in Criterion Holiday (1938) Blu-ray

Best Video:

1080p, Included as extras in Criterion Holiday 1938 Blu-ray

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Eve Knew Her Apples (1945)

Small role · Director: Will Jason

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming

All of Me (1934)

Small role · Director: James Flood

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

George Eastman Museum has Original Camera Negative

The Criminal Code (1931)

Small role · Director: Howard Hawks

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

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San Antonio (1945)

Small role · Director: David Butler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from original technicolor negatives

Little Caesar (1931)

Small role · Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray

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For Me and My Gal (1942)

Small role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

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I've Always Loved You (1946)

Small role · Director: Frank Borzage

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Amazon US HD Streaming

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

Video Notes:

Amazon US HD Streaming is from the 2018 UCLA restoration. Olive Films Blu-ray is from an older scan and quite rough. caps

Best Audio:

Olive Films Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Olive Films Blu-ray is again rough, with distortion, crackle and other issues, but sounds much more natural. With some EQ the restored track can be significantly improved

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