Billie Burke

23 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K14 in HD5 in SD3 with no official release

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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress. She is primarily known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical film The Wizard of Oz. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance as Emily Kilbourne in Merrily We Live. Description above from the Wikipedia article Billie Burke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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1 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Supporting role · Director: Victor Fleming

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2D: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray

3D: Warner Bros 3D Blu-ray or Apple Vision Pro

Best Audio:

1989 MGM LaserDisc

Audio Notes:

(caveat: "there's" in first "there's no place like home" utterance in final Kansas scene truncated)

3.9

14 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

A Bill of Divorcement (1932)

Leading role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

3.2

Christopher Strong (1933)

Leading role · Director: Dorothy Arzner

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB Blu-ray, 4k scan

3.1

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Leading role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.2

Merrily We Live (1938)

Supporting role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

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

Upcoming Release:

Potentially new restoration UCLA premiere

3.5

Becky Sharp (1935)

Supporting role · Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

2.9

Topper (1937)

Supporting role · Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Video Notes:

But really bad encoding

3.4

Topper Returns (1941)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.3

Father's Little Dividend (1951)

Supporting role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

Supporting role · Director: Andrew L. Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

3.4

Father of the Bride (1950)

Supporting role · Director: Vincente Minnelli

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Supporting role · Director: William Keighley

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

3.5

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Supporting role · Director: George Cukor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Show all 14 in HD

5 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Finishing School (1934)

Leading role · Directors: George Nichols Jr. & Wanda Tuchock

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.4

Girl Trouble (1942)

Leading role · Director: Harold D. Schuster

Best English-Friendly & Video:

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

Supporting role · Director: Alexander Hall

Best English-Friendly:

Sony Columbia Classics VHS

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

Best Video:

Sony Columbia Classics VHS see Amazon

Forsaking All Others (1934)

Supporting role · Director: W.S. Van Dyke

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Small Town Girl (1953)

Supporting role · Director: László Kardos

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Craig's Wife (1936)

Leading 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

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Supporting role · Director: Tay Garnett

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming

Additional Info:

The print seems to be preserved at Library of Congress

Only Yesterday (1933)

Supporting role · Director: John M. Stahl

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

Universal has a new 4K DCP restoration in 2025 so a new release is likely

3.6

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