Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray Discussion Thread

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by jimqk

PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE in color and 3-D tops my list of Golden Age 3-D Classics yet to be released on Blu-ray that I really want, along with SECOND CHANCE in color and 3-D.

My most wanted 3D title:

French Line trailer - YouTube

The French Line (Jane Russell) Original Trailer - YouTube

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by captainsolo

The announcement that would make me faint immediately would be a non-horror Lewton set with the uncut Youth Runs Wild/Dangerous Age somehow in existence.
Actually being the geek I am even a dvd-r archive release of Youth Runs Wild and Mademoiselle Fifi would have me jumping for joy.

As a Bonita Granville fan, other than the Nancy Drew films, I’d love a double feature of Youth Runs Wild/Hitler’s Children.

[Rayjg]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

My most wanted 3D title:

This a prequel to Water Power?

[Nick Ray]

Would love to see these upgrades that I haven't seen mentioned:

Advise & Consent (Otto Preminger)
Air Force (Howard Hawks)
Bombshell (Victor Fleming)
Crime Wave (André De Toth)
He Who Gets Slapped (Victor Sjöström)
The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (Budd Boetticher)
Savage Messiah (Ken Russell)

[xochipilli]

After 2021's last announcement I wrote up a list of twenty titles I thought had a chance to turn up this year, leaving out some(Raintree County, Goldwyn titles) that have some obstacles. Besides those they're the ones I'd most like to see coming:

Ryan's Daughter
Around the World in 80 Days
Cheyenne Autumn
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Marie Antoinette
Random Harvest
King Solomon's Mines
Lili
Julius Caesar
Little Women(1949)
Somebody Up There Likes Me
The Old Man and the Sea
The Adventures of Don Juan
Johnny Belinda
The Three Musketeers
Blossoms in the Dust
Anthony Adverse
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Top Hat
Romeo and Juliet(1936)

So far, only Musketeers has been released, but I'm hopeful a few more are in the pipeline.

[EVOLVIST]

Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - is this even doable?

I've read that the sources are all a mess, with a capital M. In tatters and shreds from what I've heard.

[Starchild]

Would love a bluray upgrade of The Last Gangster (1937). Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart!

[rdf8585]

I'd like a collection of the, I believe, five Bob Hope shorts he made at Vitaphone. Then as extras throw in a couple other Vitaphone two-reelers, maybe a couple with Jack Haley of Wizard of Oz fame.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by Starchild

Would love a bluray upgrade of The Last Gangster (1937). Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart!

THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938) would be another good one!

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by Hammerlover

THE AMAZING DR. CLITTERHOUSE (1938) would be another good one!

I beg your pardon.

[Hammerlover]

Originally Posted by Benoit Blanc

I beg your pardon.

Haha, I guess my mind was elsewhere!

[Egbert Souse]

Originally Posted by EVOLVIST

Around the World in 80 Days (1956) - is this even doable?

I've read that the sources are all a mess, with a capital M. In tatters and shreds from what I've heard.

Brothers Grimm proves they can pull off difficult large format restorations. The big question is whether or not it's possible to include both the Todd-AO 30fps version and the "general release" 24fps version. All shot on 65mm, but it seems like the 24fps version used a lot of the same footage or outtakes since there's non-dialogue shots with visible slowdown.

There's also a ton of material at the Library of Congress like behind-the-scenes footage, the deleted original prologue, and a few other deleted scenes. Back in 2004, it was probably unthinkable to transfer the deleted material from the 65mm trims (only the reel of random outtakes was included and in the wrong frame rate).

I'd expect it, along with the rest of the MIA Best Picture winners to be priorities.

The Broadway Melody would likely be one of their "from the best surviving elements" masters, as would Cimarron. I recall The Great Ziegfeld looking pretty good on DVD, as did The Life of Emile Zola. The former is a Warner film, so better chance of the camera negative surviving.

[drush9999]

Around the World in 80 Days is one my biggest Warner wants. I'd take a release from a lesser source if necessary at this point.

[xochipilli]

The last I remember hearing from George and co. about three years ago is that while 80 Days would be a major project, involving searching around and bringing in elements from all over, they would eventually get to it. That's certainly better than what we kept hearing about Raintree County, which seems like even more of a headache, and I'm sure the Oscar win adds to the pedigree, so it seems to at least have a chance. It is admittedly a far more difficult title than anything else on my list, but I like to believe there's a chance they're working on it as we speak, as silly as that sounds.

[Okeh1931]

Warner Archive hasn't given Edward G. Robinson enough love.

My wishlist:

Five Star Final
Two Seconds
The Little Giant
Bullets or Ballots
Kid Galahad
A Slight Case of Murder
Larceny, Inc.

[BluPat]

I'm surprised that The Jazz Singer (1927) with Al Jolson is still readily available considering it having several "black face" segments. I still have the digibook Blu-ray that came out.

[OceanBlue]

I'm confident in thinking I haven't checked out Phantom of the Rue Morgue before, but having checked it out I'm adding another voice to wanting to see a WAC Blu-ray release of it. And the 3-D element adds further interest to wanting to see a Blu-ray release.

[Ned Brainard]

Originally Posted by Okeh1931

Warner Archive hasn't given Edward G. Robinson enough love.

My wishlist:

Five Star Final
Two Seconds
The Little Giant
Bullets or Ballots
Kid Galahad
A Slight Case of Murder
Larceny, Inc.

Don't forget Brother Orchid! Any of the those titles would be instant buys for me.

[Doc Moonlight]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

My most wanted 3D title:

Saw it in 3D at at The Thaila in New York many years ago. It's such a wonderful terrible film!

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by Doc Moonlight

Saw it in 3D at at The Thaila in New York many years ago. It's such a wonderful terrible film!

Nothing terrible about Jane Russell in a bubble bath.