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Arthur Housman

Arthur Housman

16 films on Best Blurays8 in HD6 in SD2 with no official release

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From Wikipedia Arthur Housman (October 10, 1889 – April 8, 1942) was an American actor in films during both the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Initially as a leading man, Housman later became known as Hollywood's most familiar comic drunkard in films of the 1930s, usually playing cameo parts in features but with better opportunities in short films. His best remembered roles were in several Laurel and Hardy films, notably Scram!, Our Relations and (in the title role) The Live Ghost. He also played a frustrated timekeeper in the Three Stooges' film Punch Drunks. Housman died of pneumonia at age 52. He was married to Ellen Grubley (31 July 1893 - 21 May 1960) from 1919 until his death in 1942.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

8 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Supporting role · Director: Allan Dwan

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber OOP Blu-ray

Supporting role · Director: F. W. Murnau

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

MoC OOP Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Flicker Alley 4K confirmed for 2027 https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=24404584&postcount=1

Small role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony The Three Stooges Collection boxset Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Pál Fejős

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Lonesome Blu-ray extra

Video Notes:

Probably the same as the Universal 4K restoration

Small role · Director: Theodore Reed

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

Small role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Indicator Blu-ray or Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Judging from other movies in the boxset, Indicator Blu-ray is likely to be minimally better than Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver

Small role · Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

Small 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

6 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Supporting role · Director: Walter Lang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

TCM Carole Lombard: In the Thirties DVD

Supporting role · Director: Clyde Bruckman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Newline Cinema The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection DVD

Small role · Director: Edgar Selwyn

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

Small role · Director: Lowell Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

AlphaVideo OOP DVD or Mill Creek Hollywood Comedy Legends DVD

Video Notes:

Library of Congress and Film Foundation had a new 2023 restoration but no release yet

Small role · Director: Edward Buzzell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Leading role · Director: Frank R. Strayer

Video format: Lost Film

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

53 seconds of trailer survives

Small role · Director: Edward L. Cahn

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Likely from TCM Streaming

Possibly restored in 2016, see MoMA

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