Once To Every Woman (1934)

[MifuneFan]

Sony will be releasing the 1934 Pre-code film Once to Every Woman on Blu-ray on September 10th.

https://www.moviezyng.com/once-to-ev...y/043396637870

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Every-Wo...3479549&sr=8-1

Ralph Bellamy plays a young doctor and protege to Dr. Selby (Walter Connolly), an aging medic who refuses to realize his time is almost up. That is, until Selby attempts to perform a delicate brain operation and the young doctor must push his superior out of the way in order to complete it successfully himself.

[ilenewoodsfan99]

Fay Wray is in this! Nice!

[Gunsnroses092789]

I was just about to post this—this is an amazing movie and one of my favorite pre-codes! I saw the 4K restoration screened and it's perfect. Day 1 for this guy!

[jonmayo15]

Sony has been quietly taking the reigns on pre-code this year, this being their third release following Cocktail Hour and Man's Castle, which is more than even Warner Archive. Really excited for this one, Fay Wray is a favorite.

[Gunsnroses092789]

They're very slowly trickling out, but I'm curious what else they'll pull out of their sleeve. I'm hoping for Frank Borzage's No Greater Glory (1934). I bet if they continue, they'll put out some of the early Stanwyck & Capra films too.

[Shanghai Express]

So exciting! Pre-ordered

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by jonmayo15

Sony has been quietly taking the reigns on pre-code this year, this being their third release following Cocktail Hour and Man's Castle, which is more than even Warner Archive. Really excited for this one, Fay Wray is a favorite.

Speaking of Cocktail Hour, I noticed it dropped to a new low of $15.99 at Amazon today:

[SanCarolina59]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

They're very slowly trickling out, but I'm curious what else they'll pull out of their sleeve. I'm hoping for Frank Borzage's No Greater Glory (1934). I bet if they continue, they'll put out some of the early Stanwyck & Capra films too.

As far as pre-codes (and silents) go, these seem to be what have 4K restorations still left in the Sony vaults per Park Circus (they seem to do at least one new pre-code restoration every year for the TCMFF festival):

Her Man (1930) - restoration premiered at TCMFF 2021 (this is a Pathé Exchange film that for some reason was acquired by Columbia at some point)
Dirigible (1931)
Twentieth Century (1934) (IIRC I heard a rumor a while back that this was supposedly with Criterion)

Sony via Columbia Classics Vol. 5's bonus disc released these films on 4K and 1 in HD:

The Belle Of Broadway (1926) (HD)
The Desert Bride (1928) (4K)
The Scarlet Lady (1928) (4K)
Ladies Of Leisure (1930) (4K)

And from Columbia Classics Volume 3, Little Orphan Annie (1932) was included as a bonus as well.

Looking at digital HD copies, foreign Blu-rays, and (2K) Park Circus DCPs, here's what else seems to have HD masters:

So This Is Love? (1928)
The Way Of The Strong (1928)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
The Criminal Code (1931)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
The Fighting Marshal (1931)
Behind The Mask (1932)
Forbidden (1932)
Love Affair (1932)
Black Moon (1934)

I'd guess that good number more probably have HD masters. I'm also hoping for No Greater Glory too, and hoping Sony keep those pre-code gates flowing!

[Astairefan]

I certainly hope they keep those pre-Codes coming, but I'd also like to see a few Code era films too, like Pennies From Heaven (1936) and Three For The Show (1955) (I had hope for the latter after that wave of Jack Lemmon titles at the tail end of 2020, but there's been nothing further since then).

[BluPat]

I hope Sony keep this up! Releasing their catalogue on Blu-ray!

[jonmayo15]

This is up for pre-order on Amazon.

[MifuneFan]

^Thanks. Here's the link:

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Every-Wo...3479549&sr=8-1

[jonmayo15]

I watched this the other night, disc looks absolutely great.

[BluPat]

Cocktail Hour (1933) is $10.99 and I had a 20% off coupon taking it to $9. I had to grab one at that price!

[Areyakiddin]

Originally Posted by SanCarolina59

As far as pre-codes (and silents) go, these seem to be what have 4K restorations still left in the Sony vaults per Park Circus (they seem to do at least one new pre-code restoration every year for the TCMFF festival):

Her Man (1930) - restoration premiered at TCMFF 2021 (this is a Pathé Exchange film that for some reason was acquired by Columbia at some point)
Dirigible (1931)
Twentieth Century (1934) (IIRC I heard a rumor a while back that this was supposedly with Criterion)

Sony via Columbia Classics Vol. 5's bonus disc released these films on 4K and 1 in HD:

The Belle Of Broadway (1926) (HD)
The Desert Bride (1928) (4K)
The Scarlet Lady (1928) (4K)
Ladies Of Leisure (1930) (4K)

And from Columbia Classics Volume 3, Little Orphan Annie (1932) was included as a bonus as well.

Looking at digital HD copies, foreign Blu-rays, and (2K) Park Circus DCPs, here's what else seems to have HD masters:

So This Is Love? (1928)
The Way Of The Strong (1928)
Platinum Blonde (1931)
The Criminal Code (1931)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
The Fighting Marshal (1931)
Behind The Mask (1932)
Forbidden (1932)
Love Affair (1932)
Black Moon (1934)

I'd guess that good number more probably have HD masters. I'm also hoping for No Greater Glory too, and hoping Sony keep those pre-code gates flowing!

The 4k release of His Girl Friday has a bonus feature with a clip from No More Orchids that looks like an HD restoration as well.

[Benjis Dad]

Can anyone tell me if this comes with subs? Thanks!

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by Benjis Dad

Can anyone tell me if this comes with subs? Thanks!

It does indeed have subtitles

[Benjis Dad]

Originally Posted by Gunsnroses092789

It does indeed have subtitles

Thank you, Guns!

[javy]

This is $15.99 right now on Amazon. I suspect it will drop lower, but I went ahead and purchased a copy. Totally worth it.

[jonmayo15]

Definitely worth it for that price. It's just a little bread and butter programmer, but 1. Fay Wray is amazing and 2. Columbia pre-codes are so under seen because so few of them were distributed to television, so I'd like to encourage Sony to keep releasing as many as possible.