Warner Brothers Archive Collection (DVDs only)

[tojoed]

Just a heads up for anyone outside the U.S. All Warner archive discs can be bought from TCM/Movies Unlimited.

[Matt]

Not all. White Shadows in the South Seas is just one they don't have.

[Ashirg]

Not all. White Shadows in the South Seas is just one they don't have.

Movies Unlimited and Deep Discount add these titles 3 months after they are announced at Warner Archives store, so expect White Shadows in the South Seas around April.

"Ripley's Believe It or Not'' set is now available for pre-order.

[Duncan Hopper]

Fantastic, I can now order Party Girl.

But no Dogville shorts on the list.
I've been after this for ages, and I won't pay silly ebay prices.

[mfunk9786]

Someone in the Movies on TV thread said Show People is available through the Warner Archive, but hell if I can find it. Are they lying?

[George Kaplan]

Someone in the Movies on TV thread said Show People is available through the Warner Archive, but hell if I can find it. Are they lying?

Perhaps just confused. They may have meant Vidor's THE PATSY also with Davies. And also excellent.

[Cold Bishop]

You're right. I was thinking of the Vidor-Davies The Patsy. However, it looks like there's an Italian sourced bootleg floating around the internet.

[nsps]

Someone in the Movies on TV thread said Show People is available through the Warner Archive, but hell if I can find it. Are they lying?

I do remember seeing a couple Vidor silents in the archives, but maybe other than "The Patsy" it was just "Wild Oranges."

Sorry to tell you now, but it aired on TCM Sunday. I still have it on my DVR…

EDIT: The third Vidor silent was La Bohème.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Has anyone seen The Flight of the Dragons who can comment on the DVD picture quality. I'd like to know before I buy it for my girlfriend.

[Feego]

Has anyone seen The Flight of the Dragons who can comment on the DVD picture quality. I'd like to know before I buy it for my girlfriend.

Haven't seen it, but here's a review from DVD Verdict.

To save you the time of reading the whole (mostly negative) review of the movie, here's what the reviewer says about the PQ:

The video is a touch dark and, while there's some dust and grain present, it's a decent transfer. The audio is also standard stereo, a little on the hollow sounding side, but free of hisses or distortion. At 15 bucks, it's definitely overpriced, but it's as good as fans of the film will get, and in truth, it's adequate.

[Jean-Luc Garbo]

Thanks, Feego. That really helped me out.

[Ashirg]

These are upcoming titles in Warner Archive collection. In fact, some of them were announced for March 16. Here's the complete list:
Torchy Blane: The Complete Movie Collection
Too Much, Too Soon (1957)
Saint Joan (1957)
Midnight Alibi (1934)
Chasing Rainbows' (1930)
"Ripley's Believe It or Not'' shorts
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
The Eddie Cantor Story (1953)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Arizona Dreams (1993)
Rabbit, Run (1970)
Girlfriends (1978)
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)
Meeting Venus (1991)
A Night Full of Rain (1978)
The Picasso Summer (1969)
The Priest's Wife (1971)
Surviving Picasso (1996)

All the titles mentioned above have been added except Torchy Blane: The Complete Movie Collection which was delayed. Plus,

The Story of Will Rogers (1952)

[domino harvey]

Pick any five Archive titles for $55. Sale ends 3/31

[Izo]

Coupon code "WELCOME09" still works and knocks off an additional $5.

[Jonathan S]

Has any non-US resident experienced any problems getting WB to ship within the US (to a friend) but using a credit card registered outside the US? I think I recall reading that's possible.

I know there are other sources for the Archive but I can't see them coming near these prices and, much as I dislike this program, I'm tempted by a couple of the shorts sets which I accept would never have been issued as retail sets.

[Matt]

I didn't realize that they'd started doing full cover art instead of that template design they used previously. That's a step in the right direction.

[perkizitore]

If they start releasing factory pressed DVDs, the only thing left to complain about will be the price!

[headacheboy]

I have fussed about Warner Archive since it's inception and swore I'd never give them my money. And then one day I saw Mervyn LeRoy's Two Seconds with Edward G Robinson on TCM. My next discovery was finding it in the Archive. I've tried like the devil to avoid it. But then along comes "Buy 5 for $55" and you guys provide me with a code for another $5 off and next thing I know, I've placed an order. Damn you Edward G! And you too LeRoy!

[NilbogSavant]

So, as a rookie at this, what should be the first 5 titles I buy? Tourner's Witchita and Lang's Rancho Notorious are the only ones that I have on my definite list.

[MyNameCriterionForum]

Jack Webb's The D.I.

[TMDaines]

Rancho has a proper release though (but it's shit).

[domino harvey]

The Moon is Blue, Saint Joan, Juke Girl

[Cold Bishop]

The Big House, The Last Flight, Party Girl

Tourneur's Berlin Express is there, but there are DVDs of it in Europe.

[domino harvey]

Don't do Party Girl, there's a fine R2 French release

[domino harvey]

Went with Nora Prentiss, Saint Joan, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, She's Working Her Way Through College, and I Dood It