Official Film Masters Thread

[MifuneFan]

Film Masters is a new boutique label dedicated to restoring, and releasing classic films from all genres. They are made up of some of the same people that worked at The Film Detective. I think the label is off to a very promising start, and figured there should be a centralized place we could discuss their new, and upcoming releases.

Links

Official Website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube Channel

A-Z list

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A Life At Stake (1955) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Algiers (1938) (Limited Edition)
Amazing Mr. X, The (1948) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Attack of the Giant Leeches(1959)*
Beast From Haunted Cave (1959) (Special Edition)
Blood of Jesus, The (1941) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Capture, The (1950) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Class of '74, The (1972) (Limited Edition)
Common Law Wife (1963) (Special Edition)
Convict's Code (1939) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Creature From the Haunted Sea (1961)*
Creature with the Blue Hand (1967) (Special Edition)
Crippled Masters, The (1979) (Special Edition)
Devil's Partner, The (1961) (Special Edition)
Emperor Jones, The (1933) (Limited Edition)
Fabulous Dorseys, The (1947) (Archive Collection)(BD-R)
Five Minutes to Live (aka Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961) (Special Edition)
Four Rode Out (1971) (Archive Collection (BD-R)
Here's Flash Casey (1937) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Giant Gila Monster, The (1959) (Special Edition)
Ginger in the Morning (1974) (Limited Edition)
Invasion U.S.A. (1952) (Special Edition)
It's Love Again (1936) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Jennie, Wife/Child (1968) (Special Edition)
Judget, The (1949) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Kansas City Confidential (1952) (Limited Edition)
Kentucky Rifle (1955) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Killer Shrews, The (1959)*
Lady of Burlesque (1943) (Limited Edition)
Lighthouse (1947) (Archive Collection (BD-R)
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)*
Monster on the Ocean Floor (1954) (Special Edition)
New Adventure of Tarzan Serial (1935) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Night of the Blood Beast (1958) (Special Edition)
Patterns (1956) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Red House, The (1947) (Limited Edition)
Redneck Miller (1976) (Limited Edition / Archive Collection BD-R re-release)
Right Hand of the Devil (1963)*
Rocket Attack U.S.A.*
Salt of the Earth (1954) (Limited Edition)
Scarlet Letter, The (1934) (Special Edition)
Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Silver Blaze (1937) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Ski Troop Attack (1960)*
Strange Woman, The (1946) (Limited Edition)
Tarzan of the Apes (1918) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Terror, The (1963) (Special Edition)
Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, The (1935) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Tormented (1960) (Special Edition)
Under Western Stars (1938) (Archive Collection) (BD-R)
Web of the Spider (1971)*

*denotes Bonus film

Film Masters on Blu-ray

Special Editions

Special Edition Releases are our deluxe Blu-ray and DVD releases. Each film has a well-researched commentary, as well as a host of bonus features to contextualize the release in cinema history. All Special Edition Releases include a full color booklet with a new essay by one of our consortium experts.



Limited Editions

Limited Edition Releases are clear cases with a double-sided wrap, packaged with a slipcover and include a full color, inserted booklet with an essay as well as a commentary



Archive Collection

Our Archive Collection contains films that have come from new film scans (2K or 4K). We have many scanned films that have been restored and are the best looking releases to-date. While they don't contain special features, we think there is still value in making these lesser known titles available and helping preserve them for history. Each film is closed captioned.

Note: These are BD-R releases

Who are the Film Masters?

Archivists. Stewards. Film Enthusiasts.

We are a consortium of historians and enthusiasts who seek to celebrate the preservation and restoration of films that have been sitting dormant in storage lockers, basements, personal collections, estates, and institutions for decades. Leveraging modern means of distribution to release forgotten films back into the world, we also produce our own materials that aid audiences in contextualizing and celebrating these works of art as they were meant to be.

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[Show spoiler]We are a diverse group of individuals; Directors, Producers, Archivists, Creators, Authors, and Enthusiasts, but we have one thing in common: a love for cinema history. Our community seeks to preserve orphan and lesser known films with integrity for new audiences. From Silents to Exploitation, we scan films in 2K and 4K, giving little known films the red carpet treatment. Some of these films are released into our exclusive, special edition, physical releases. Others will be run in limited quantity batches, known as our "Archive Collection."

We additionally seek to make classic films, quirky historical shorts, TV episodes of yesteryear, and even our own original productions, available via our YouTube channel. Our goal is to make classic films widely accessible in their current, best looking and sounding formats.

​Our consortium of Film Masters has access to a wealth of archival libraries. If you are interested in learning about licensing materials from us, please reach out via the contact form below. We will respond to your request in a timely manner.

Lastly, we work closely with preservation institutions to donate and deposit one of a kind film masters into locations that will properly preserve and store original masters for posterity. Film elements are highly sensitive and will degradate without proper storage; especially original nitrate prints which are highly combustible! One of our goals is to find and prevent more original prints from the ravages of time and halt their aging process as best we can.