Kino Lorber Studio Classics

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Rafows

Any more Burt Lancaster in the Universal deal, besides KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS?

No. Maybe later.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

KL Insider--- I realize these are/were FOX titles but any info at all that you can give me about 2 top tier want list titles of mine?

LUCKY LADY
MOTHER, JUGS, & SPEED?

thanks!!!!

We passed on MJ&S when we did our Fox deal, we had released Hickey & Boggs and were already being harrassed by the PC Police.

LL was with Shout at the time.

We currently have no new deals with Fox/Disney.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

Any plans to release...All My Sons (1948) with Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster ??

No more Lancaster in the current deal.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by RICKBONDOO7

That's Right hammer99 ! Finally a Errol Flynn release on Bluray ! I don't Understand WBArchive at all.

As happy as I am that we are to be releasing AAF, which also stars the beautiful Maureen O'Hara and the great Anthony Quinn. I'm shocked that most of Errol Flynn's classics have not been released on Blu-ray.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by Professor Echo

I don't know, maybe I was expecting too much? Usually adventure dramas are right up my alley, but I felt really disappointed and was getting antsy for it to end. None of that means anything though because when you yourself like a movie, that's all that matters.

THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS is a great movie, Raoul Walsh never made a bad movie.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by EManT2200

Hoping to hear more news about The Ghost Breakers soon ……..

The NEW master for GHOST BREAKERS is holding up both releases (CAT AND THE CANARY). We plan to release them as standalones, but on the same date.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Kino Insider - IIRC, you said you'd be able to announce the last MGM title on or shortly after 16th May. Is this still the case?

Yes.

[Kino Lorber Insider]

I should be back for an hour or so on Thursday.

Please no more penis talk.

[Professor Echo]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

THE WORLD IN HIS ARMS is a great movie, Raoul Walsh never made a bad movie.

Have you seen MARINES LET’S GO?

I respect your sentiment on Walsh and share it to a degree, but not to your degree. Still, he’s in my Top 20 fave directors of all time and that’s not bad considering how many directors there are.

[kvnbhovis]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

We passed on MJ&S when we did our Fox deal, we had released Hickey & Boggs and were already being harrassed by the PC Police.

LL was with Shout at the time.

We currently have no new deals with Fox/Disney.

Fluk the PC Police!

You announced some great titles today and I look forward to getting them all. Kino rocks!!!

[kvnbhovis]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

As happy as I am that we are to be releasing AAF, which also stars the beautiful Maureen O'Hara and the great Anthony Quinn. I'm shocked that most of Errol Flynn's classics have not been released on Blu-ray.

Warner Archive is way too slow these days. They release 5 or 6 titles a month and half of them aren't even classics. Somebody needs to crack the whip over there!!

[EManT2200]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

The NEW master for GHOST BREAKERS is holding up both releases (CAT AND THE CANARY). We plan to release them as standalones, but on the same date.

KL Insider, your answer is very much appreciated, thank you sir.

[Rzzzz]

Damn. My Kino "want list" keeps growing. Today it grew by 5. After blind buying Cobra Woman and falling in love with it (and Maria Montez), I cant wait to get these. I imagine they will look beautiful. And some Errol Flynn and early Tony Curtis is just icing on the cake. Thanks Kino!

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

Taken from HTF, here's the final slate for 7/28:



Raggedy Man and The Public Eye were hitherto unknown titles from the Universal deal. Presumably we'll get art and specs of all of these tomorrow.

Sweet on the Public Eye. I saw this on TV many years ago and enjoyed it. I was actually thinking about this film recently too and wondering if Kino got it.

No Hollywoodland in July, but hopefully August.

[GeoffOliver]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

The NEW master for GHOST BREAKERS is holding up both releases (CAT AND THE CANARY). We plan to release them as standalones, but on the same date.

The Universal DVD for Cat & the Canary had a weird issue where it would fade in and out of a very subtle green tint for (I believe) the entire film. It wasn’t as noticeable as it sounds, but enough to be distracting. Do you happen to know if that’s fixed?

[PRO-630HD]

Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Our deal with Disney was a few years ago and we've released almost all 200 titles from the deal, the last 3 or 4 titles are coming later this year. We don't have Metro (1997) or Run (1991).

Speaking of Disney titles Kino seems to a have taken older masters an actually improved them by increasing the gamma which causes improved color saturation, turns blacks inky (which is what they should be), and boosted contrast a bit. I initially noticed this while watching Miami Rhapsody and comparing to the old Mill Creek title. Framing was improved, colors were richer, contrast improved, blacks were deeper, etc. In a way giving new life to older masters.

https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=25595&i=2&l=0
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-C...9/#Screenshots
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Mafia...6/#Screenshots
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...3&postcount=39

Now that said it seems to be the opposite approach the company has taken toward most of your other films as Kino is notorious for overly brightened gamma. What is the actual target gamma your company uses as a guideline when mastering your films? I am suspecting somewhere around 2.0 to 1.9 gamma. While the transfers have great film grain the overly brightened picture washes out the color, blacks are now muddy, contrast is decreased and as a result the picture can looks dull and flat. The last link is a perfect example. Black should be black! The gamma here has been elevated to the point your can see the film grain in the black, which at this point is no longer black, it is a muddy dark gray. True black is the absence of color or light which my OLED is capable of. No additional picture information is being gained by elevating the gamma. I can see elevating the gamma when black crush is present. The MGM masters don't really exhibit that.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film4/blu-r...es_blu-ray.htm
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=98542&i=1&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=31620&i=1&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=43373&i=3&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...=72387&i=6&l=0
https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&...109825&i=7&l=0

It seems if Eureka and Kock get the same title the first thing they do is correct the gamma or leave it as it was on the original master. Most of these titles are from MGM and these transfers are not new (Long Riders being the exception) and most from the 2000's so I am sure a Gamma of 2.2 was used in the mastering. Those same titles under Kino definitely had the 2.2 Gamma boosted. Today a Gamma of 2.4 would be the ideal. Concerning the MGM titles many are on Amazon Prime so stopping at a certain timecode isn't hard and good Blu-ray player can stop the at the exact frame to compare. I do have a Kino setting on my TV which is the only studio I do this for or have ever needed to. I normally watch with a gamma of 2.4 with that setting I lower brightness from 50 to 45 in essence trying to achieve a gamma of 2.6 to correct for the mastering on many of your titles.

[BarnDoor]

I may be wrong, but based on clues (4 Durbin, 3 Hope, 1 WWII, 1 'western', 'some' Wayne, 2 more noir) I think the remaining 40s Universal titles (1 1940, 4 1941, 2 1942, 1 1944, 2 1947, 2 1948) pretty much pick themselves:

Seven Sinners (1940)
Nice Girl? (1941)
Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
2 of Caught in the Draft/Louisiana Purchase/Nothing But The Truth (1941)
Wake Island (1942)
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Can't Help Singing (1944)
I'll Be Yours (1947)
Something in the Wind (1947)
So Evil My Love (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

[Beckford]

I'm still holding out hope that "The Accused" will be considered a 1948 release and makes it in instead of either of the other two possibilities. It's a very well written suspenser with award worthy performances from Loretta Young and Wendell Corey. The film's appeared on DVD but definitely deserves to make the leap to Blu-ray.

[bipbop13]

My knowledge on this is ZERO. I was wondering who puts out films from Paramount. The western "Will Penny" desperately needs a blu release.

[SanCarolina59]

Originally Posted by bipbop13

My knowledge on this is ZERO. I was wondering who puts out films from Paramount. The western "Will Penny" desperately needs a blu release.

As for who puts out Paramount films, that could be either Universal or Paramount, depending on when the film was made:

Pre-1924 films: All films made in 1923 and before are now in the public domain, as of 2020.

1924-1929 (silent films): Paramount themselves own all surviving silent films (that are still under copyright) with the exception of The Four Feathers (1929) which is owned by Universal.

1929-1949 (sound films): In 1958, MCA approached Paramount to buy most (not all*) of the films they made from 1929-1949, around 750 or so films, for 50 million dollars, in order to use them for TV. Seeing little value in any of the movies from this period, Paramount accepted the offer, and MCA now owned the movies from this time frame. When MCA merged with Universal in 1962, Universal gained ownership of these films and has owned them ever since.

*Notable exceptions in spoiler tag below:

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The Letter (1929) (with Warner)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) (with Warner)
The Story Of Temple Drake (1933) (with Fox/Disney)
Broadway Bill (1934) (with Paramount)
The Buccaneer (1938) (with Paramount)
The Miracle Of Morgan's Creek (1944) (with Paramount)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) (with Paramount)

1950-present: Paramount themselves own any movies they made from 1950, up until the present day.

Seeing as Will Penny is from 1967, I would assume Paramount themselves own it, and any release would have to come from or be licensed from them.