William Irving

18 films on Best Blurays2 in 4K11 in HD2 in SD3 with no official release

William Irving was born on May 17, 1893 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Pampered Youth (1925), Someone in the House (1920) and Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927). He was previously married to Ida I. Germann. He died on December 25, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Biography from TMDB

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Red Hair (1928)

Supporting role · Director: Clarence G. Badger

Video format: Lost Film

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

Additional Info:

Fragments of color sequence survived and preserved in UCLA

The Life of the Party (1930)

Supporting role · Director: Roy Del Ruth

Video format: Only Unofficial Sources

Best Video:

Unofficial SD Streaming sourced from TCM

Punch Drunks (1934)

Small role · Director: Lou Breslow

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Sony The Three Stooges Collection boxset Blu-ray

The Cameraman (1928)

Small role · Directors: Edward Sedgwick & Buster Keaton

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k transfer

4.1

A Farewell to Arms (1932)

Small role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

BFI Blu-ray

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

The Truth About Youth (1930)

Small role · Director: William A. Seiter

Best English-Friendly & Video:

WB DVD

3.1

Manhattan Parade (1931)

Small role · Director: Lloyd Bacon

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive DVD

The Mortal Storm (1940)

Small role · Director: Frank Borzage

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Warner Archive Blu-ray

3.9

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Small role · Director: Lewis Milestone

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Capelight Blu-ray

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

Video Notes:

While there are no screen cap comparisons, Germany Capelight Blu-ray has more versions than Universal:

From BR forum:
The original film is 155 min but in the Universal restoration, only 133min was available (survived), and for Capelight it has

Germany 1930 dub (103 mins)
Germany 1952 dub (127 mins)
International version (133 mins)
New extended version (141 mins) with never before released footage from one of the Germany versions (+ 8 mins)
Germany TV versions in SD (tinted, silent)

4.2