Jane Darwell

41 films on Best Blurays24 in HD11 in SD6 with no official release

Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Leading role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox Blu-ray

4.2

All That Money Can Buy (1941)

Leading role · Director: William Dieterle

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4K restoration

Air Hostess (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Albert S. Rogell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony DVD

Craig's Wife (1936)

Supporting role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Additional Info:

Has 4K restoration done but no releases yet

One Sunday Afternoon (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Stephen Roberts

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Hypocrites (1915)

Supporting role · Director: Lois Weber

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP 2018 Kino Lorber Blu-ray, or HD Streaming available

Sources: Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab) · silentera.com (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab) · +1 more

Additional Info:

The 2018 Kino Lorber Blu-ray and DVD releases as part of the "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers" set are a newer restoration than the 2008 Kino Lorber DVD, additional info on Silent Era website, but it is worth noting the order of the movie sequences are not the same between the new and old releases. A couple comparisons uploaded to slowpics. The Library of Congress has a safety duplicate negative of this film, and it is also available for viewing on Wikipedia.

Design for Living (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion HD resto

3.9

3 Godfathers (1948)

Supporting role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.6

Wagon Master (1950)

Supporting role · Director: John Ford

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan IVC Blu-ray

Hot Saturday (1932)

Supporting role · Director: William A. Seiter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.3

The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

Supporting role · Director: William A. Wellman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Arrow Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray suffers from the Quicktime Gamma Bug see caps

Best Audio:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray from blah-ray:

Audio Notes:

Both the Plaion and Arrow audio tracks sound like they received little/any high- or low- frequency attenuation, but the audio on the new Kino Lorber restoration is much more detailed. It's likely that it was transferred from different (superior) analogue elements. It sounds excellent.