Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by alexrinse

I saw the 64 version at the cinema just after Finney died and thoroughly enjoyed it, but it's completely blown out of the water by Robert Montgomery's astonishing performance in the earlier film (which I picked up on DVD a few months later without realising from the title I had seen its remake).

I find it astonishing the the film itself was released by MGM. Doesn’t seem like Louie B. Mayer’s type of film.

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

So, while jkhoffman is away everyone spam this thread with wish list titles!

Okay, here's some of my wish list:

Freaks (1932) if Criterion doesn't have it.
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Would be timely since Kino is releasing two Fu
Manchu films in June featuring Warner Oland.
The Devil Doll (1935)
Mark of the Vampire (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Return of Doctor X (1939) with Humphrey Bogart!
Phantom of Rue Morgue (1954) in color and 3D

...provided of course WAC has good elements to work with.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by tangerinewolf

Okay, here's some of my wish list:

Freaks (1932) if Criterion doesn't have it.
The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Would be timely since Kino is releasing two Fu
Manchu films in June featuring Warner Oland.
The Devil Doll (1935)
Mark of the Vampire (1936)
The Walking Dead (1936)
The Return of Doctor X (1939) with Humphrey Bogart!
Phantom of Rue Morgue (1954) in color and 3D

...provided of course WAC has good elements to work with.

Great list! Hopefully, some of these will come out in time for Halloween.

[EVOLVIST]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

So, while jkhoffman is away everyone spam this thread with wish list titles!

Okay, Night Nurse (1931) and Baby Face (1933)

Oh, and Illicit (1931) would be grand too.

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

Great list! Hopefully, some of these will come out in time for Halloween.

I have a hunch that WAC might be planning more vintage horror for Halloween, along with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

[latehong]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

I really hope Samuel Fuller’s Run of the Arrow, get a a release.

So, while jkhoffman is away everyone spam this thread with wish list titles!

I second Run of the Arrow!

and 19 more...

- Heroes for Sale (1933, William A. Wellman / Richard Barthelmess)
- A Woman's Face (1941, George Cukor / Joan Crawford)
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943, Richard Thorpe / Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell)
- Born to Kill (1947, Robert Wise / Claire Trevor)

- 3 Godfathers (1948, John Ford / John Wayne)
- Beyond the Forest (1949, King Vidor / Bette Davis)
- Caged (1950, John Cromwell / Eleanor Parker)
- Stars In My Crown (1950, Jacques Tourneur / Joel McCrea)
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951, Ida Lupino / Claire Trevor)

- The Tall Target (1951, Anthony Mann / Dick Powell)
- The Belle of New York (1952, Charles Walters / Fred Astair, Vera-Ellen)
- Rancho Notorious (1952, Fritz Lang / Marlene Dietrich)
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955, Howard Hawks / Joan Collins)
- The Left Handed Gun (1958, Arthur Penn / Paul Newman)

- Westbound (1959, Budd Boeticher / Randolph Scott)
- America America (1963, Elia Kazan / Stathis Giallelis)
- The Last Run (1971, Richard Fleischer / George C. Scott)
- Sitting Target (1972, Douglas Hickox / Oliver Reed)
- The Outfit (1973, John Flynn / Robert Duvall)

plus, these 5 prime Raoul Walsh:

- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
- Manpower (1941)
- Gentleman Jim (1942)

[tangerinewolf]

Originally Posted by latehong

I second Run of the Arrow!

and 19 more...

[Show spoiler]

- Heroes for Sale (1933, William A. Wellman / Richard Barthelmess)
- A Woman's Face (1941, George Cukor / Joan Crawford)
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943, Richard Thorpe / Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell)
- Born to Kill (1947, Robert Wise / Claire Trevor)

- 3 Godfathers (1948, John Ford / John Wayne)
- Beyond the Forest (1949, King Vidor / Bette Davis)
- Caged (1950, John Cromwell / Eleanor Parker)
- Stars In My Crown (1950, Jacques Tourneur / Joel McCrea)
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951, Ida Lupino / Claire Trevor)

- The Tall Target (1951, Anthony Mann / Dick Powell)
- The Belle of New York (1952, Charles Walters / Fred Astair, Vera-Ellen)
- Rancho Notorious (1952, Fritz Lang / Marlene Dietrich)
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955, Howard Hawks / Joan Collins)
- The Left Handed Gun (1958, Arthur Penn / Paul Newman)

- Westbound (1959, Budd Boeticher / Randolph Scott)
- America America (1963, Elia Kazan / Stathis Giallelis)
- The Last Run (1971, Richard Fleischer / George C. Scott)
- Sitting Target (1972, Douglas Hickox / Oliver Reed)
- The Outfit (1973, John Flynn / Robert Duvall)

plus, these 5 prime Raoul Walsh:

- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
- Manpower (1941)
- Gentleman Jim (1942)

Yes, many fine selections here. Hope to see a lot of them in the coming months!

[Gunsnroses092789]

Originally Posted by latehong

I second Run of the Arrow!

and 19 more...

- Heroes for Sale (1933, William A. Wellman / Richard Barthelmess)
- A Woman's Face (1941, George Cukor / Joan Crawford)
- Cry 'Havoc' (1943, Richard Thorpe / Margaret Sullavan, Ann Sothern, Joan Blondell)
- Born to Kill (1947, Robert Wise / Claire Trevor)

- 3 Godfathers (1948, John Ford / John Wayne)
- Beyond the Forest (1949, King Vidor / Bette Davis)
- Caged (1950, John Cromwell / Eleanor Parker)
- Stars In My Crown (1950, Jacques Tourneur / Joel McCrea)
- Hard, Fast and Beautiful (1951, Ida Lupino / Claire Trevor)

- The Tall Target (1951, Anthony Mann / Dick Powell)
- The Belle of New York (1952, Charles Walters / Fred Astair, Vera-Ellen)
- Rancho Notorious (1952, Fritz Lang / Marlene Dietrich)
- Land of the Pharaohs (1955, Howard Hawks / Joan Collins)
- The Left Handed Gun (1958, Arthur Penn / Paul Newman)

- Westbound (1959, Budd Boeticher / Randolph Scott)
- America America (1963, Elia Kazan / Stathis Giallelis)
- The Last Run (1971, Richard Fleischer / George C. Scott)
- Sitting Target (1972, Douglas Hickox / Oliver Reed)
- The Outfit (1973, John Flynn / Robert Duvall)

plus, these 5 prime Raoul Walsh:

- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
- Manpower (1941)
- Gentleman Jim (1942)

Yes, please, to these.

Plus:

The Champ (1931, King Vidor)
The Mouthpiece (1932, James Flood & Elliott Nugent)
The Right To Romance (1933, Alfred Santell)
Wild Boy Of The Road (1933, William A. Wellman)
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934, Alfred Santell)
Primrose Path (1940, Gregory La Cava)
The Search (1948, Fred Zinneman)
Act of Violence (1949, Fred Zinnemann)
The Nun's Story (1959, Fred Zinnemann)

[Hammerlover]

WAC's library is so vast, there's never a lack of most-wanted titles!

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

WAC's library is so vast, there's never a lack of most-wanted titles!

And these wish lists give me movies to look into and si cover! It can be a filtered treasure trove!

[JulesAndJim]

Some that are on my wish list:

Employees' Entrance (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
It All Came True (1940)
Torrid Zone (1940)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Kings Row (1942)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Hard Way (1943)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Three Strangers (1946)
The Man I Love (1946)
Devotion (1946)
Deep Valley (1947)
Nora Prentiss (1947)

[Michael24]

My usual wish list:

- The Frisco Kid* (1979)
- Tom Horn* (1980)
- An Enemy of the People (1978)
- 3 Godfathers (1948)
- They Drive By Night (1940)
- The Return of Doctor X (1939)
- Fire Down Below (1997)
- The Glimmer Man (1996)

* I remember in the final WAC podcast George Feltenstein noted that both of these were at the top of the "things to do" list, so I'm hopeful we'll see them.

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by JulesAndJim

Some that are on my wish list:

Employees' Entrance (1933)
Baby Face (1933)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Captain Blood (1935)
Stage Door (1937)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
It All Came True (1940)
Torrid Zone (1940)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
Kings Row (1942)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
The Seventh Victim (1943)
The Hard Way (1943)
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
Three Strangers (1946)
The Man I Love (1946)
Devotion (1946)
Deep Valley (1947)
Nora Prentiss (1947)

You must really like that one.

[Jobla]

My usual list:

PRIVATE PARTS (1972)
HELEN OF TROY (1955)
KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS
THE BLACK ZOO
KANSAS CITY BOMBER
PETULIA
THE SLAVE (1963)
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN
THE 7TH VICTIM
SWEET REVENGE (1976)
WHY WOULD I LIE?
HEART BEAT (1979)

[JulesAndJim]

Originally Posted by Benoit Blanc

You must really like that one.

Yep. Actually, come to think of it, it should both come out on standard blu-ray and be their first UHD, so I stand by that list.

[Shanghai Express]

Do we think Criterion is sitting on I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang or not

[seagal]

Originally Posted by Michael24

My usual wish list:

- The Frisco Kid* (1979)
- Tom Horn* (1980)
- An Enemy of the People (1978)
- 3 Godfathers (1948)
- They Drive By Night (1940)
- The Return of Doctor X (1939)
- Fire Down Below (1997)
- The Glimmer Man (1996)

* I remember in the final WAC podcast George Feltenstein noted that both of these were at the top of the "things to do" list, so I'm hopeful we'll see them.

Did Feltenstein say something about Bronson´s "Telefon" in the final podcast?

[Mister_Kidd]

The Night of the Iguana is probably my most wanted Blu Ray at this point. John Huston directing Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, and Deborah Kerr in Tennessee Williams’ play, four nominations and one win. Can’t figure out how this hasn’t already been released. I watched my DVD a few weeks ago and it doesn’t look like the source is too messed up or anything.

Also, 15 year old me would like to humbly request the rollerblading movie Airborne.

[Ned Brainard]

I'm impressed that quite a few of my favorite wants have already been mentioned so I'll just briefly say that I want more Errol Flynn and William Powell.

[gudemameshiba]

In theory I'd upgrade anything I have on DVD or on my DVD wishlist, but I'd also love to see—at least once—Bed of Roses (Gregory LaCava, 1933) and Scarlet Dawn (William Dieterle, 1932).