Byron Foulger

33 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K24 in HD5 in SD2 with no official release

An American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions.

Biography from TMDB

By format

List

2 in 4K

UHD Blu-ray or 4K streaming

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

4K · Excellent

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

1995 Columbia LaserDisc

4.1

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Small role · Director: Frank Capra

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony Frank Capra Boxset 4K Blu-ray

3.9

24 in HD

Blu-ray or HD streaming

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

Supporting role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly, Video & Audio:

Arrow Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Arrow Blu-ray slightly better than Criterion Blu-ray, not sure about France Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

(Arrow Blu-ray better than Criterion)

4.0

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Supporting role · Director: Irving Pichel

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

They Live by Night (1948)

Small role · Director: Nicholas Ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion 2k transfer

3.9

Ride the High Country (1962)

Small role · Director: Sam Peckinpah

Best English-Friendly:

WB Blu-ray

Best Video:

Warner Archive

3.7

The Three Musketeers (1948)

Small role · Director: George Sidney

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.5

The Great Moment (1944)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

No information on French Elephant Films Blu-ray

Boom Town (1940)

Small role · Director: Jack Conway

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.3

A Day at the Races (1937)

Small role · Director: Sam Wood

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.7

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944)

Small role · Director: Preston Sturges

Video format: HD Streaming

Best English-Friendly & Video:

HD Streaming

3.8

Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)

Small role · Director: Andrew L. Stone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

ClassicFlix Blu-ray

3.4

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Small role · Director: Billy Wilder

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray > MoC. Kino Lorber is made from a 4K scan of negative, the older MoC have crushed black levels.

4.0

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Small role · Director: Leo McCarey

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Criterion Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

Criterion Blu-ray > MoC Blu-ray which has boosted contrast see caps

Best Audio:

MoC Blu-ray

4.2

Show all 24 in HD

5 in SD

DVD, SD streaming, LaserDisc or VHS

Home Town Story (1951)

Supporting role · Director: Arthur Pierson

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

Various US DVD

2.7

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Small role · Director: John Cromwell

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Bros DVD

Sources: silver.afi.com (opens in a new tab)

Additional Info:

New restoration is completed

3.7

You Belong to Me (1941)

Small role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Video format: DVD

Best Video:

R1 Sony MOD DVD-R

3.1

True Confession (1937)

Small role · Director: Wesley Ruggles

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Universal DVD

3.3

Remember the Day (1941)

Small role · Director: Henry King

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Fox DVD

3.5

2 with no official release

Unofficial sources only, no home media, or lost

Say It in French (1938)

Small role · Director: Andrew L. Stone

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial Streaming

Fingers at the Window (1942)

Small role · Director: Charles Lederer

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial DVD presumably recorded from TCM

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