Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) - Screwball Comedy on Blu-ray

[ClassicFlix]

Originally Posted by latehong

If anyone wants to hear what Quentin Tarantino says about the film, listen to the "Public Domain Movies" episode of Pure Cinema Podcast (starts at 02:42:49).

The sad thing is, while his enthusiastic recommendation picked my interest, ClassicFlix decided to release it as one of their Silver Series without English subtitles, which made me pass this release

It isn't like we had a choice, it's just where the market is. I am not deaf or hearing impaired, but I, too, like subtitles as a consumer. The reality is we're in the red on a lot of releases, even some years old, and if I had a do-over I would have likely released some on the Silver Series line to reduce costs.

The physical media market is shrinking by 30% a year and many more of our releases will be Silver Series in order for us to continue to keep the label alive put out as many classics as we can on BD. The more support for our Silver Series BD releases the more likely we'll be able to continue putting neglected titles on BD. The less, the more likely those releases will be put on DVD or not come out at all.

Because of the material, however, on DIDDLE, it didn't meet the PQ standards of our top line so it wasn't going to get a top line release (which is where feature films will always have subtitles).

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[Sabzi_Nic]

Originally Posted by ClassicFlix

It isn't like we had a choice, it's just where the market is. I am not deaf or hearing impaired, but I, too, like subtitles as a consumer. The reality is we're in the red on a lot of releases, even some years old, and if I had a do-over I would have likely released some on the Silver Series line to reduce costs.

The physical media market is shrinking by 30% a year and many more of our releases will be Silver Series in order for us to continue to keep the label alive put out as many classics as we can on BD. The more support for our Silver Series BD releases the more likely we'll be able to continue putting neglected titles on BD. The less, the more likely those releases will be put on DVD or not come out at all.

Because of the material, however, on DIDDLE, it didn't meet the PQ standards of our top line so it wasn't going to get a top line release (which is where feature films will always have subtitles).

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

I appreciate everything you do! I will be picking up this release!