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Originally Posted by Areyakiddin
Surprising that The Barkleys of Broadway is going to end up being the last MGM musical from 1949 upgraded to Blu-ray. Especially since everybody's been predicting it as the Astaire & Rogers movies most likely to make the leap.
The Warner Classics Facebook page is also teasing Warner Archive releases of Mogambo and Last Summer:
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You made my day. Please add the other Ford’s gem Mogambo
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Originally Posted by Warner Classics
Patience will be rewarded!
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Is Last Summer going to be released? It was said to be in the works some years back. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Warner Classics
We tried for DVD as early as 2010, and ran into many problems. We finally have solutions, and work has already begun. Hopefully it will be available some time next year, but we don't want to jinx anything! Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Ashirg
Two tidbits from Warner Classic Facebook page responding to the announcements -
Magambo is in the works.
Work has begun on Last Summer restoration. They've been trying to release it on DVD since 2010, but run into some issues that has been resolved only recently.
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Special thanks to Areyakiddin and Ashirg to announcing it in the WAC thread, and BobSimms for bringing it to my attention.