Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[SonnybytheSea]

Originally Posted by GetHarryPalmer

War of the Worlds has been with Criterion for at least since 2015 (maybe before) and they just released it. The restoration was completed early in 2018. There's not a slower label in the business when it comes to acquiring something and actually releasing it.

When Kino and Shout signed their deals with StudioCanal, so did Criterion for around 20 titles. Kino has released 100 or so films since then, Shout around 30 or 40, Criterion 1 (Army of Shadows). Even a newer label like Film Movement has released over a dozen.

So, I'm never happy when I hear something I care about is with Criterion, knowing that it may take years for them to release it. I know they're the biggest label in the business and have a cult following by fans, blindly buying anything they release, there are other labels that have similar followings, but at a much, much smaller scale. I could care less for about 2/3 of their releases, but I know I'm in the minority, at least in the so-called cinephile world.

Here's an image of someone actually praying to Criterion

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Please list the titles!!! Inquiring minds need to know.....

[SanCarolina59]

Originally Posted by Flapperdame16

Is Fast and Loose still a good pre-code? I havent seen it but I know Carole doesnt really have a large presence in it. Is it at least an ok movie?

As well as the IMDB reviews from another user, these reviews from Letterboxd seem to also be quite positive as well, with most describing it as an early screwball comedy set among the famous parties of New York's Long Island in the roaring 20's. https://letterboxd.com/film/fast-and-loose-1930/

Here's an additional poster and some stills for Fast And Loose in the spoiler tag below (despite not having a large presence in the film, Carole Lombard is on a good number of the stills):

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[colbyco82]

Originally Posted by Flapperdame16

Is Fast and Loose still a good pre-code? I havent seen it but I know Carole doesnt really have a large presence in it. Is it at least an ok movie?

I bought this as part of Universal's Vault Series MOD DVD series a couple years ago (I think this was part of the last few they released as of now) and was surprised how good it looked for a 1930 Paramount film. i believe Paramount or MCA junked their original nitrates when they sold their 1929-1949 films so the quality varies. Fun film with a great cast.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by mrmikefern

Fast And Loose is... so bad lol, why would they choose that? And Carole Lombard has like four lines in it. Maybe it was one of those titles that was forced on them, so they figured they’d shoehorn it into a set to get rid of it.

Buying that set for Man Of The World and No Man Of Her Own though. Day One, as they say.

Originally Posted by mrmikefern

I had a dream that Kino replaced Fast And Loose with literally any other Lombard Pre-Code. Ladies’ Man with William Powell and Kay Francis, I Take This Woman with Gary Cooper, White Woman with Charles Laughton. But then I woke up.

We heard you the first time, get off your high horse and drop it.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by yellowcakeuf6

KLI,
Is there anything you can tell me about the Tony Curtis and Ernie Borgnine film The Square Jungle (1955)? Any usable elements, or just no interest etc.? Thanks.

No idea, I don't think it was on any of our lists, so most likely, no interest.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Bedtime Story would be my pick, given the star power alone.

We had asked for Bedtime Story, but it wasn't available.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Crossing my fingers for the 1987 StudioCanal reveal to happen this weekend.

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Imagine if after all this time it isn't Extreme Prejudice

I can now confirm that we don't have Extreme Prejudice. We tried.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I can now confirm that we don't have Extreme Prejudice. We tried.

You've got to be KIDDING me. Couldn't just tell us that months ago rather than letting it drag out???

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming August 4th!

Carole Lombard Collection I
Fast and Loose (1930)
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
Man of the World (1931)
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles
No Man of Her Own (1932)
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
Trailers
Optional English Subtitles

FAST AND LOOSE (1930) B&W 70 Minutes 1.20:1 Not Rated
You can buy anything you want… except love! Carole Lombard (Nothing Sacred), Miriam Hopkins (Becky Sharp) and Frank Morgan (The Good Fairy) star in Fast and Loose, a raucous and romantic pre-Code comedy. Marion (Hopkins) and Bertie (Henry Wadsworth, Applause) are the irreverent children of Bronson Lenox (Morgan), one of the wealthiest men on Long Island. When Marion abandons her family’s aristocratic lifestyle for humble car mechanic Henry Morgan (Charles Starrett, Our Betters) and Bertie begins to keep company with chorus girl Alice O’Neil (Lombard), Bronson will do anything to shoot down Cupid’s arrows. Wonderfully directed by Fred C. Newmeyer (Queen High) and co-starring Winifred Harris (Night Must Fall) as the matriarch of the Lenox family.

MAN OF THE WORLD (1931) B&W 74 Minutes 1.20:1 Not Rated
Screen legends and real-life husband and wife William Powell (The Thin Man) and Carole Lombard (My Man Godfrey) light up the screen in the unforgettable pre-Code romance Man of the World. Michael Trevor (Powell) and his partner Irene (Wynne Gibson, City Streets) run a tabloid in Paris and make their living blackmailing rich Americans. When Michael falls for Mary Kendall (Lombard), the niece of one of his targets, he vows to leave behind his selfish ways to be with her. The jealous Irene, however, will stop at nothing to sabotage their plans for a new life together. The on-screen chemistry between Powell and Lombard was real—the couple fell in love and married shortly after the filming of the movie. Man of the World was marvelously directed by Richard Wallace (The Young in Heart) and written by legendary screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Citizen Kane).

NO MAN OF HER OWN (1932) B&W 85 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
Legendary Hollywood couple Clark Gable (Run Silent, Run Deep) and Carole Lombard (Made for Each Other) illuminate the screen in the romantic pre-Code drama No Man of Her Own, their only film together. When New York con man Babe Stewart (Gable) decides to lie low in a small town, he falls for a librarian (Lombard) seeking adventure and a way out of her predictable existence. Gambling on marriage, they head back to the city, where Stewart tries to hide his former life from his new bride. Featuring the scandalous “Lombard on a ladder” scene, which prompted the founding of Hollywood’s League of Decency, No Man of Her Own captures two of the silver screen’s most popular stars at their best. Splendidly directed by Wesley Ruggles (Cimarron) and co-starring Dorothy Mackaill (Kept Husbands).

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Pre-Code Lombard. Love this. I've only seen one of the three "No Man of Her Own" but I'm a huge pre-Code fan and will get around to these.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Maybe the KL Insider can shed some light? Though that would be like the TV broadcasts of Sadie Thompson(1928) which Kino said they no longer have but all the TV broadcasts are still from the 1988 Kino International release.

I guess they're using our old master and didn't remove the logo.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

You've got to be KIDDING me. Couldn't just tell us that months ago rather than letting it drag out???

No. Please don't tell us how to do our jobs. We had our reasons and cannot share them.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by SonnybytheSea

KL Insider:

Would Kino be interested in acquiring the films of François Truffaut? Perhaps a Box Set of The Bride Wore Black (1968), Mississippi Mermaid (1969), The Wild Child (1970), The Story of Adele H (1975) & The Green Room (1978) in the near future.

Twilight Time released 3 of Truffaut films on Blu, but they've gone OOP and I've noticed Kino has picked up a few films that TT had limited releases of....

I don't think so.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I can now confirm that we don't have Extreme Prejudice. We tried.

****. I'm not going to lie, but this is the worst news in relation to this forum that I've probably ever gotten. Is there anything you can share in terms of what happened? Was it a Lionsgate issue, another label got it. I feel like it's been two years since we start speculating that you had this.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by mrmikefern

I thought there were no George Raft titles in this deal

My bad, his name was misspelled on my spreadsheet, but I should've still remembered.

[Yami]

Do Kino still have the rights to Mauritz Stiller's Sir Arne's Treasure and The Saga of Gosta Berling? They appear to be OOP, and I've got my fingers crossed it's for an upgrade rather than them being permanently discontinued.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by nitin

KLI, does Kino still have the rights to Monsieur Hire and if so any possibility of a blu ray upgrade?

No, we don't.

[gregmtl92]

So, within 10 minutes we learned that Kino doesn't have Extreme Prejudice and would not be interested in releasing a Truffaut box set.

[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by DukeTogo84

Crossing my fingers for the 1987 StudioCanal reveal to happen this weekend.

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

I can now confirm that we don't have Extreme Prejudice. We tried.

That's a bummer. Now I wonder what the 1987 title is. Near Dark, maybe??

[cloudnine]

Back in the 90's I used to buy and re-sell rare/desirable OOP video tapes that I'd buy used from video stores. Over the years I had about 10 copies of SECOND BEST SECRET AGENT IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Everyone of them sold fast for about $40-50 each. I only had one copy of THE CAPER OF THE GOLDEN BULLS. It must have been rare but it took 5 years to sell it and I ended up getting $25 for it which is why in the past I suggested SBSA would outsell COTGB. Just watched the Caper DVD a few days ago.. colorful, but very boring and unfunny.

[Dailyan]

KLI, any time frame when the 60s MGM title will be announced?