The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
Comedy, Mystery • 1h 10m
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong, Mae Clarke, Donald Cook, Edgar Kennedy, Clarence Wilson, James Donlan, Gustav von Seyffertitz, William Le Maire, Joe Hermano, Guy Usher, Rochelle Hudson, Wilfrid North, A.S. Byron, Edith Fellows, Chuck Hamilton, Mary Mason, Sidney Miller, Dorothy Vernon
Warner Archive The Hildegarde Withers Mystery Collection DVD
Best English-friendly & video release · updated 10 months ago
Overview
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
Director: John Ford
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Warner Archive Blu-ray is 4K restoration from nitrate projection elements
Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ
Director: Frank Capra
Director: William Dieterle
Director: David Butler
Video format: Only Unofficial Sources
Sources: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
The DVD isn't an official one, and according to a user review on Amazon:
This DVD comes from Archive.org, where the movie can be viewed for free. The original source, comes from the Fox Movie Channel
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Adventures Collection Blu-ray
Kino Lorber RKO Classic Romances Collection Blu-ray
TV series
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative for all episodes
Director: Norman Taurog
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Delbert Mann
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Lloyd Bacon
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Garson Kanin
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
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