Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Comedy • 1h 11m
Overview
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.
Director: Edward F. Cline
Directors: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray
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Directors: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Complete Short Films 1917-1923 boxset Blu-ray
No comparison available
Directors: Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset (a newer restoration by Lobster Films compared to the older 1920-1923 boxset)
No comparison between MoC and Kino Lorber available
MoC boxset has more extras and commentary tracks, while also providing a 184-page book, a substantially better extras package compared to Kino Lorber
Directors: Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton
MoC or Kino Lorber Buster Keaton: The Shorts Collection 1917-1923 Blu-ray boxset (a newer restoration by Lobster Films compared to the older 1920-1923 boxset)
No comparison between MoC and Kino Lorber available
MoC boxset has more extras and commentary tracks, while also providing a 184-page book, a substantially better extras package compared to Kino Lorber
Director: Edward F. Cline
Director: Edward F. Cline
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Rob Reiner
UK Arrow 4K Blu-ray release date September 21 2026
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray or Germany Capelight 4K Blu-ray no comparison available
Shout! Factory Blu-ray has exclusive extras the Kino Lorber/ Capelight release doesn't
The initial release of the Capelight 4K mediabook had some playback issues with Dolby Vision on Panasonic devices due to an encoding error, the HDR10 apparently works fine, see Capelight’s official response here.
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Lou Breslow
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Howard Hughes
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Howard Hughes
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Stuart Heisler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Director: Stuart Heisler
Kino Lorber Blu-ray 2K restoration
Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Indicator Blu-ray > Kino Lorber see DVDBeaver
Indicator is using a different restoration from earlier Kino Lorber Blu-ray and it has much better contrast and slightly better grain resolution
Director: Frank Borzage
While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison
Director: Frank Borzage
While Indicator Blu-ray used a newer 4K restoration from 2022 instead of the older 2K restoration, Kino Lorber has the original aspect ratio, and the Indicator Blu-ray looks very soft in comparison see comparison
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 2K master
No caps available for French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray, new 2K master
No caps available for French Elephant Films Blu-ray
Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Capelight/Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing, Capelight is slightly better encoded than Kino Lorber
Director: Billy Wilder
Criterion 4K Blu-ray > Capelight/Kino Lorber which has heavy noise reduction and opening snare hit is missing, Capelight is slightly better encoded than Kino Lorber
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
Criterion 4K Blu-ray scheduled for October 2026 release
1991 Orion LaserDisc vs 2024 Arrow 4K Blu-ray
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