Henry Armetta

26 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K12 in HD8 in SD5 with no official release

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Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta, July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an Italian-born American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, starting in silents around 1915 to 1946, when his last film was released posthumously. From Wikipedia.

Biography from Wikipedia via TMDB

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Week Ends Only (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Alan Crosland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

UCLA has it preserved but no release

So This Is Africa (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Edward F. Cline

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD, likely from TCM Streaming

Arsène Lupin (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: DVD

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Edward Ludwig

Best English-Friendly:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Best Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration from a 35mm fine-grain

The Devil's Brother (1933)

Supporting role · Director: Hal Roach

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Apple TV HD Streaming

3.4

Lonesome (1928)

Supporting role · Director: Pál Fejős

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

3.8

Romance (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Clarence Brown

Best English-Friendly & Video:

2.9

Hush Money (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Sidney Lanfield

Video format: No Home Media

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

Best Video:

No home media, but DCP is last screened in CapitolFest

Five and Ten (1931)

Supporting role · Director: Robert Z. Leonard

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

The Unholy Garden (1931)

Supporting role · Director: George Fitzmaurice

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Video Notes:

Probably sourced from TCM Streaming

The Black Cat (1934)

Supporting role · Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

MoC Blu-ray only has slight framing difference compared to Universal Blu-ray see caps

3.5

The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

Supporting role · Director: William K. Howard

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Video Notes:

BFI Blu-ray with minimal encoding improvement compared with Kino Lorber Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps

Additional Info:

BFI has alternative ending as extras that's not present on Kino Lorber

3.4

Imitation of Life (1934)

Supporting role · Director: John M. Stahl

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Universal Blu-ray (2-Movie collection) is marginally better than Criterion, see caps

3.5

Rasputin and the Empress (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Richard Boleslawski

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

3.2

Speak Easily (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Edward Sedgwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.0

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Supporting role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

3.4

Strangers May Kiss (1931)

Supporting role · Director: George Fitzmaurice

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Forbidden Hollywood Collection: Volume 8 DVD

3.2

The Sins of the Children (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Roan DVD

Too Much Harmony (1933)

Small role · Director: A. Edward Sutherland

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

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

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD

Additional Info:

UCLA has prints preserved

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