Arsenic and Old Lace (1943)

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Originally Posted by milojthatch

I've started making custom covers and long time ago, and tend to use original poster art in them. I agree, it's always been silly to me to not reuse poster art.

I too am happy this is being released. Too a while.



"Too bad Meet John Doe is in Public Domain?"

No, thank goodness Meet John Doe is in public domain. Now we just need to find a label that's willing to put it out on Blu-ray. As far as getting the original studio to work with for access to the original film negatives, how would that be any different if it wasn't in public domain? It wouldn't be. Lots of films that should be in the public domain by now, but are not, that are not getting released.

The issue here is again, getting a label to like VCI to put it on Blu-ray. From what I can see, they seem to have the best DVD release. Public Domain however is a good things and (hopefully) will be fixed in the coming years. More titles need to go into public domain, which has turned into corporate welfare at this point, instead of a law to protect artists.

Well…let me know when the Blu-ray comes out.

I did some research and bought the best reviewed DVD.

Just wondering what is the incentive for company A to restore Meet John Doe only to have company B use that restoration and put it out themselves. I guess company A could put a new music score into the film.

But I’d like to thank Imprint for finally putting out Wh0re on Blu-ray a title that never got a DVD release. And, I hope they make money on this small limited release and sue anyone trying to steal it.

But when it comes to Mickey Mouse and Disney that should have been in the public domain a long time ago. But money talks…very loudly.