Neptune's Daughter (1949) coming from Warner Archive

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by Filmtastic1939

Mr F just let Tim Millard announce all six titles for March he gave me the okay to mention them here
Flamingo Road
Confessions Of A Nazi Spy
The Princess and The Showgirl
Neptunes Daughgter
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Camille!

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...ostcount=28336

Posters:




Original Trailer:

Neptunes Daughter - Official Trailer (1949) - YouTube

VHS Trailer:

Neptune's Daughter 1949 Movie - YouTube

Esther Williams and Betty Garrett poolside at 2010 TCM Classic Film Festival:

Esther Williams and Betty Garrett Poolside at TCM Classic Film Festival - YouTube

Aqualillies perform for Esther Williams at the TCM Film Fest - YouTube

[whiteberry]

Frank Loesser winning the Best Original Song Academy Award in 1950 for "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (starts at 2:40):

Cole Porter presents Music Oscars® in 1950 - YouTube

The song was also sung by Red Skelton, Betty Garrett, Ricardo Montalban and Arlene Dahl on the Oscar broadcast:

''When 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' was nominated for best song, the producer had Red Skelton, Betty Garrett, Ricardo Montalban and Arlene Dahl to sing it - but I was upset that he hadn't gotten Esther Williams, too, because she, not Arlene Dahl, sang it in 'Neptune's Daughter.'

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/26/m...-key-is-c.html

[RCRochester]

Mel Blanc makes a rare on-screen appearance in this as a horse trainer, using the same voice he would later use for Speedy Gonzales.

[Beckford]

Will be buying this because it's an MGM musical starring Esther Williams. And Esther rules - wet or dry.
Fingers crossed for eventual Blu's on:
DANGEROUS WHEN WET (her best ever)
THRILL OF A ROMANCE
and
JUPITER'S DARLING - a big budget sword & sandal & swimming musical. With Esther, Howard Keel, George Sanders and Marge & Gower Champion frolicking in and around Ancient Rome.

[Areyakiddin]

On The Prince and the Showgirl listing on MovieZyng, but it seems to actually be the special features for Neptune's Daughter. All of these bonus features were on the DVD version of this movie.

Special Features: THEATRICAL TRAILER; MGM SHORT "WATER TRIX"; OUTTAKE MUSICAL NUMBER "I WANT MY MONEY BACK"; PROMOTIONAL RADIO INTERVIEW; MGM CARTOON "HATCH UP YOUR TROUBLES"

The clip of Callaway Went Thataway with an Esther Williams appearance doesn't seem to have been ported over.

[whiteberry]

[themadpanner]

Wonderful Day One !!

[Areyakiddin]

Up for pre-order on Amazon for $21.99, just ignore the missing "r":
https://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Daug...=ATVPDKIKX0DER

[whiteberry]

An update from George Feltenstein in today's episode of The Extras podcast:

We have one of our super duper Technicolor restorations from the original negatives with Neptune's Daughter starring the great Esther Williams, Ricardo Montalban in the years before he was Khan in Star Trek. He was a big star at MGM and this is the beginning of his screen stardom as the romantic lead opposite Esther Williams and then you got Red Skelton. That's Neptune's Daughter and it's got a lot of cool extra stuff.

https://www.theextras.tv/podcasts/bl...wacmar1-022223 (starts at 39:02)

[zepol]

It's a good transfer and you get a few extras.