Paul Panzer

36 films on Best Blurays4 in 4K17 in HD10 in SD5 with no official release

Paul Wolfgang Panzerbeiter (3 November 1872 – 16 August 1958), known professionally as Paul Panzer, was a German-American silent film actor. He appeared in 333 films between 1905 and 1952. Panzer was best known for playing Koerner / Raymond Owen in The Perils of Pauline. From 1934 through the 1950s he was under contract to Warner Bros. as an extra.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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4 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Frankenstein (1931)

Small role · Director: James Whale

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal 4K Blu-ray

Upcoming Release:

Universal Complete Legacy Collection 4K Blu-ray set on September 26 2026

Best Audio:

1993 CIC Video LaserDisc

3.8

Captain Blood (1935)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

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

Audio Notes:

(caveat: has a slight error)

3.7

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Solid

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Audio:

1990 MGM LaserDisc

4.1

Casablanca (1942)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1984 Fox Hi-Fi VHS

4.3

17 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Too Many Kisses (1925)

Supporting role · Director: Paul Sloane

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Film Preservation Society Blu-ray

Dark Passage (1947)

Small role · Director: Delmer Daves

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.8

The Walking Dead (1936)

Small role · Director: Michael Curtiz

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.4

Dishonored (1931)

Small 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 has better encoding than Criterion Blu-ray, both 4K restoration, see DVDBeaver caps

No caps on France Elephant Films Blu-ray

3.8

The Return of Doctor X (1939)

Small role · Director: Vincent Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

2.8

The Letter (1940)

Small role · Director: William Wyler

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

Marked Woman (1937)

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

Video Notes:

4K restoration from Original Camera Negative

The Hard Way (1943)

Small role · Director: Vincent Sherman

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

Idiot's Delight (1939)

Small role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.2

Meet John Doe (1941)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray is using the same source and is superior to Youtube 4K Streaming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHxbyV-8V6Y see caps

3.7

Humoresque (1947)

Small role · Director: Jean Negulesco

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

A Foreign Affair (1948)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

UK MoC Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

UK MoC Blu-ray has better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Universum Blu-ray see caps

3.7

Show all 17 in HD

10 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)

Leading role · Director: J. Stuart Blackton

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

NFPF official SD Streaming https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/t1-princess-nicotine-or-the-smoke-fairy-1909

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

The Perils of Pauline (1914)

Leading role · Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Donald MacKenzie

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

SerialSquadron SD Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

SerialSquadron SD Blu-ray see caps even though in very bad quality is still the best available version
Grapevine OOP DVD but no information
AlphaVideo DVD is a "feature version" and apparently cut different episodes together in one DVD according to this Amazon review

Three Faces East (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

The Exploits of Elaine (1914)

Small role · Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & George B. Seitz & Leopold Wharton

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Only parts survived, available on Youtube or Grapevine DVD Pearl White: Queen of the Serials

Ambassador Bill (1931)

Small role · Director: Sam Taylor

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox DVD

Cain and Mabel (1936)

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Havana Widows (1933)

Small role · Director: Ray Enright

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

Scarlet Dawn (1932)

Small role · Director: William Dieterle

Video format: SD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

SD Streaming

The Dark Horse (1932)

Small role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.3

Parachute Jumper (1933)

Small role · Director: Alfred E. Green

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

5 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

The Best Bad Man (1925)

Supporting role · Director: John G. Blystone

Video format: No Home Media

Additional Info:

MoMA has completed digital restoration in 2026, no release yet

The Ancient Mariner (1925)

Supporting role · Directors: Henry Otto & Chester Bennett

Video format: Lost Film

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Enemies of Women (1923)

Supporting role · Director: Alan Crosland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Sources: blogs.loc.gov (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming online

Additional Info:

Library of Congress said in 2019 that it's restoring it after it came to public domain and the source material, a nitrate print in the AFI/Marion Davies Collection, is missing reels 3 and 9 of 11, plus suffers from some deterioration in reels 4, 5, and 8. No update since.

Quick Millions (1931)

Small role · Director: Rowland Brown

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, 35mm print available

3.2

The Devil Is Driving (1932)

Small role · Director: Benjamin Stoloff

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

3.2

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