Charles Winninger

17 films on Best Blurays9 in HD6 in SD2 with no official release

Charles Winninger (May 26, 1884 – January 27, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, most often cast in comedies or musicals, but equally at home in dramas.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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The Sun Shines Bright (1953)

Leading role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Video Notes:

MoC better encode than Olive Films. Brightness levels vary quite a bit between them.

3.9

Babes in Arms (1939)

Leading role · Director: Busby Berkeley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

If I Had My Way (1940)

Leading role · Director: David Butler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Leading role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2018 Kino Lorber Remastered Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

New 2k scan with very different color http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews55/nothing_sacred_blu-ray.htm but overall much better compared to the older Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Additional Info:

MoMA has just scanned from the original separations, and it's the only version of this classic with accurate Technicolor. This new restoration is now streaming on Criterion Channel

3.3

Broadway Rhythm (1944)

Leading role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Woman Chases Man (1937)

Leading role · Director: John G. Blystone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Leading role · Director: Norman Taurog

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Show Boat (1936)

Leading 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

Destry Rides Again (1939)

Supporting 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