The Black and White CinemaScope Blu-ray Thread

[noirjunkie]

I'm a big fan of black and white films shot in the CinemaScope aspect ratio (2.35.1 or 2.55.1), so I thought I'd make this thread for others to keep track of what's available on blu-ray. Many thanks to HyperRealist, who started a thread just like this last year (and which can be found here: link). He's given me his blessing to take over the maintenance of this topic, which is why I've created this new thread.

The films are organized chronologically, and I've created an "honorable mentions" category at the bottom of the post for films in this AR that feature black and white as well as color.

If you see any films that are not on either list but should be included, please post them so I can add them to the OP. Also, the second post in this thread is dedicated to any and all wishlisted titles. If you have any black and white CinemaScope films you'd like to see on blu-ray, please post those titles (with original release years) in the thread, as I'll be updating the wish list along with the OP.

Pre-CinemaScope





The Main List

Honorable Mentions

[noirjunkie]

The Wish List

The Power and The Prize (1956)
Teenage Rebel (1956)
The Abductors (1957)
Apache Warrior (1957)
Back From the Dead (1957)
Badlands of Montana (1957)
Copper Sky (1957)
Ghost Diver (1957)
God Is My Partner (1957)
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Hell on Devil's Island (1957)
Kronos (1957)
Lure of the Swamp (1957)
Ride a Violent Mile (1957)
Rockabilly Baby (1957)
The Storm Rider (1957)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
The Unknown Terror (1957)
The Women of Pitcairn Island (1957)
Under Fire (1957)
Young and Dangerous (1957)
Blood Arrow (1958)
Desert Hell (1958)
Escape from Red Rock (1958)
Endless Desire/Hateshinaki yokubô (1958)
Flaming Frontier (1958)
Frontier Gun (1958)
Gang War (1958)
She Demons (1958)
Spacemaster X-7 (1958)
Wolf Dog (1958)
Alaska Passage (1959)
Blood and Steel (1959)
Here Come the Jets (1959)
The Navy Lark (1959)
Lone Texan (1959)
The Little Savage (1959)
Crack in the Mirror (1960)
Moderato Cantabile (1960)
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Sons and Lovers (1960)
The 3rd Voice (1960)
Sanctuary (1961)
Advise & Consent (1962)
The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
Hand of Death (aka Five Fingers of Death) (1962)
The Inheritance (1962)
Jigsaw (1962)
The Longest Day (1962) - remastered
The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
The Victors (1963)
The Curse of the Hidden Vault/Die Gruft mit dem Rätselschloß (1964)
Mark of the Tortoise/Wartezimmer zum Jenseits (1964)
Shock Treatment (1964)
The Traitor Gate/Das Verrätertor (1964)
The Ashes/Popioły (1965)
Brainstorm (1965)
The Fifth Horseman is Fear/A pátý jezdec je strach (1965)
Forest of the Hanged/Pădurea spânzuraților (1965)
In Harm's Way (1965)
The Money Trap (1965)
Once a Thief (1965)
Ten Thousand Suns/Tízezer nap (1965)
Cold Days/Hideg napok (1966)
The Round-Up/Szegénylegények (1966)
Commissar/Комиссар (1967)
The Red and the White/Csillagosok, katonák (1967)
Ulysses (1967)
Valley of the Bees/Údolí včel (1967)
Westerplatte (Resists) (1967)
The Living Skeleton (1968)
The Upthrown Stone/Feldobott kö (1969)
Trial on the Road/Проверка на дорогах (1971)
The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
Curtiz (2019)

[octagon]

The Fortune Cookie (1966) - wishlist

[The Great Owl]

Was Hud (1963) filmed in Cinemascope? If so, then that's one for the wish list.

[Thomas Irwin]

The Hustler (1961)

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Was Hud (1963) filmed in Cinemascope? If so, then that's one for the wish list.

It was indeed. I'll add it.

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

The Hustler (1961)

What's weird is that I had that film in the OP, but I must have inadvertently deleted it. I'll add it.

[CinemaScope]

Let's break the rules; four for the wish list.

Sink The Bismarck (1960) is very good, it's been on TV in HD a few times.

And three Sony's from 1958 & 1963

Hammer's The Camp On Blood Island. A WW2 Japanese P.O.W. film

Hammer's, The Damned (US These Are The Damned). A film like no other.

The Victors. A really sour anti-war movie.

Sony won't release them, but I hope someone will license them.

[Thomas Irwin]

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Pigs-...Blu-ray/23029/

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

Let's break the rules; four for the wish list.

Sink The Bismarck (1960) is very good, it's been on TV in HD a few times.

And three Sony's from 1958 & 1963

Hammer's The Camp On Blood Island. A WW2 Japanese P.O.W. film

Hammer's, The Damned (US These Are The Damned). A film like no other.

The Victors. A really sour anti-war movie.

Sony won't release them, but I hope someone will license them.

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

Pigs and Battleships (1961)

All added. Thanks.

I also added And While We Were Here (2012) to the main list. This film is a bit of a special case; the blu-ray features both the original director's version, which is completely in black and white, and the theatrical release, which is in color. Since the option exists to watch the entire film in black and white, I added it to the main list.

[Gerby]

The Hidden Fortress

[UFAlien]

Here's one for the wishlist - The Longest Day with a transfer that doesn't suck.

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Gerby

The Hidden Fortress

Good call. Added.

Originally Posted by UFAlien

Here's one for the wishlist - The Longest Day with a transfer that doesn't suck.

Added, as I'm sure many others agree with you.

[Gerby]

The Tarnished Angels (1957)

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Gerby

The Tarnished Angels (1957)

Great call. That's one I'd never heard of, but it looks intriguing. I've added it.

[ZoetMB]

Do you really mean Cinemascope or do you mean any black and white film shot with anamorphic lenses and with an aspect ratio of 2.35 or 2.55:1?

"Manhattan", as just one example, was not shot in Cinemascope. It was shot in Panavision. In the theatre, it's compatible with Cinemascope, but it's not the same thing as different lenses were used in the taking.

In fact, there were few Cinemascope films after 1967. Panavision's lenses were considered far superior.

[Todd Tomorrow]

The Innocents

[lemonski]

Lonely are the Brave (1962) wish list in Region A (German release available)

Sundays and Cybele (1962), Criterion release September

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Do you really mean Cinemascope or do you mean any black and white film shot with anamorphic lenses and with an aspect ratio of 2.35 or 2.55:1?

"Manhattan", as just one example, was not shot in Cinemascope. It was shot in Panavision. In the theatre, it's compatible with Cinemascope, but it's not the same thing as different lenses were used in the taking.

In fact, there were few Cinemascope films after 1967. Panavision's lenses were considered far superior.

I'm using "Cinemascope" as a catch-all term for anamorphically shot films in 2.35.1 (or 2.55.1 -- are there any B&W films shot in this AR?).

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

The Innocents

Already in the OP.

Originally Posted by lemonski

Lonely are the Brave (1962) wish list in Region A (German release available)

Sundays and Cybele (1962), Criterion release September

Added. Thanks.

Also, I just added the new release of Shoot the Piano Player.

[Jobla]

Wish list:

THE CABINET OF CALIGARI (1964)
SHOCK TREATMENT (1964)

[noirjunkie]

Originally Posted by Jobla

Wish list:

THE CABINET OF CALIGARI (1964)
SHOCK TREATMENT (1964)

Both added.