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Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

40 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K22 in HD9 in SD8 with no official release

Eugene Pallette photo

Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Pallette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Supporting role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Columbia LaserDisc

22 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Leading role · Director: René Clair

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI has 35mm print but no Blu-ray

Leading role · Director: Henry Koster

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Victor Fleming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Grapevine US Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion, 4k transfer

Best Audio:

Amazon WEB-DL

Supporting role · Director: William A. Seiter

Video format: HD Streaming

Best Video:

HD Streaming

Supporting role · Director: William Keighley

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K scan

Supporting role · Director: Frank Urson

Best English-Friendly:

Older Restoration: Flicker Alley Blu-ray

2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming

Best Video:

Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD

2026 Restoration: YouTube 4K Streaming

Video Notes:

Older Restoration: Lobster Films DVD > Flicker Alley Blu-ray (Flicker Alley Blu-ray/DVD has every 25th PAL frame deleted)

Supporting role · Director: Josef von Sternberg

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Indicator Blu-ray is slightly sharper than Criterion Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps

Additional Info:

Indicator Blu-ray has more extras than Criterion Blu-ray

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 

Supporting role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Eclipse Series 8: Lubitsch Musicals Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma

Show all 22 in HD

9 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Leading role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Edwin H. Knopf

Best English-Friendly & Video:

VCI DVD

Supporting role · Director: George Cukor

Video format: DVD

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD or Internet Archive

Video Notes:

There are 35mm print available

Supporting role · Director: Irving Reis

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Ray Enright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Director: Elliott Nugent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Supporting role · Directors: David Burton & Otto Brower

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Available on various US DVD, including The Film Detective and Mill Creek

Supporting role · Director: Bryan Foy

Best English-Friendly:

Warner Archive DVD

Additional Info:

first "all talking" film

8 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Leading role · Director: Frank Tuttle

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Supporting role · Director: Raoul Walsh

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

MoMA has 35mm restoration but no release yet

Supporting role · Director: John G. Blystone

Video format: No Home Media

Sources: cinema.ucla.edu (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

UCLA has 35mm prints

Supporting role · Director: Gregory La Cava

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming

Supporting role · Directors: Lloyd Corrigan & Laurence Schwab

Video format: No Home Media

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Supporting role · Director: Leo McCarey

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Only unofficial DVD, had some rare 35mm showings for the past 20 years

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

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