TCM Vault Collection

[domino harvey]

The Jean Arthur set is the first release in a new deal with Sony/Columbia

[rockysds]

Lou Lumenick:

What I've learned exclusively are some of the other releases that will follow in this initiative, which is being issued exclusively on press discs, just like the sets TCM issued in partnership with Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Following next month will be "Humphrey Bogart: Columbia Pictures Collection,'' which includes the DVD debuts of "Love Affair'' (1932) and Nicholas Ray's "Knock on Any Door''' (1949) as well as three out-of-print titles with Bogart produced by his personal production company: "The Harder They Fall'' (1956), "Tokyo Joe'' (1949) and "Sirocco'' (1951).

TCM and Sony are promising an early 2012 debut for "Columbia Film Noir Classics III'' a followup to DVD sets issued by Sony at retail in 2009 and 2010. This one includes "My Name is Julia Ross'' (1949) with George Macreadfy and Nina Foch; Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster in "Drive a Crooked Road'' (1955), Broderick Crawford in "The Mob'' (1951), "Tight Spot'' (1955) starring Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith and "The Burglar'' (1956) with Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield.

Also scheduled for early 2012 is "UPA Jolly Frolics,'' which makes 38 cartoons created by United Productions of America and distributed by Columbia available for the first time on DVD. Included are "Ragtime Bear'' (1949) which introduced Mr. Magoo, the Oscar-winning "Rooty Tooty Toot'' (1952) and the Oscar-nominated "Madeline'' (1952) and Christopher Crumpet (1953). Bonus features include introductions and commentaries by Leonard Maltin.

[knives]

Awesome, though sometimes I wish these companies could get someone besides Maltin to do the animation stuff.

[Perkins Cobb]

Crushing to see the third noir set turn up as an overpriced TCM exclusive (especially since I've seen all but one of them).

And whose idea was it not to include Ford's The Whole Town's Talking in the Jean Arthur set?

[Jonathan S]

Yes, it looks like the end of the road for Sony retail releases of classics. The new arrangement is too expensive for me as a UK buyer, especially with our customs/Royal Mail charges. There are only one or two films in the Bogart and Noir III sets I really like, so I'll make do with my off-air recordings and pick up the single German DVD of Knock on any Door.

[matrixschmatrix]

That Bogart set sounds both exciting and unexpected, to me. I'm certainly not prepared to complain about overpricing until I see what they actually charge.

[domino harvey]

Five discs? Presumably $49.99 "list" but available for $44.99

[Perkins Cobb]

That Bogart set sounds both exciting and unexpected, to me. I'm certainly not prepared to complain about overpricing until I see what they actually charge.

It's not a bad selection, but pretty infuriating for those of us who've already bought or rented the 3 films that are already out on DVD. Fortunately, Classicflix should be a good solution for unbundling these sets.

[Gregor Samsa]

A large gap in classic animation DVDs is going to be filled next year.

[Jeff]

A large gap in classic animation DVDs is going to be filled next year.

Never thought I'd see the day. Fantastic news. Here's the relevant bit:

UPA Jolly Frolics – This amazing DVD set includes, for the first time ever, 38 cartoons created by United Productions of America (UPA) and originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. The Jolly Frolics series began in 1949 with Ragtime Bear, which introduced audiences to the hilariously myopic Mr. Magoo. Included in this set are the Academy Award-winning cartoon Rooty Tooty Toot (1952) and the Oscar-nominated Madeline (1952) and Christopher Crumpet (1953). This set includes an abundance of bonus features, including introductions and audio commentaries by film historian and critic Leonard Maltin, who has written extensively on the history of animation. Street date: early 2012.

[mteller]

Lou Lumenick:

TCM and Sony are promising an early 2012 debut for "Columbia Film Noir Classics III'' a followup to DVD sets issued by Sony at retail in 2009 and 2010. This one includes "My Name is Julia Ross'' (1949) with George Macreadfy and Nina Foch; Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster in "Drive a Crooked Road'' (1955), Broderick Crawford in "The Mob'' (1951), "Tight Spot'' (1955) starring Ginger Rogers and Brian Keith and "The Burglar'' (1956) with Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield.

I don't care how they release it, I'm way excited for this. The Burglar is amazing, Julia Ross and The Mob are excellent, and Drive a Crooked Road is not too shabby either. Haven't seen Tight Spot yet.

Hopefully they'll come up with some supplements, but I'll just be thrilled to own these films in any halfway decent presentation.

[Saturnome]

Awesome, though sometimes I wish these companies could get someone besides Maltin to do the animation stuff.

Jerry Beck confirmed being involved too.

And this set is fantastic news. 38 UPA shorts = every UPA shorts outside of the Magoo franchise + the first Magoo, Ragtime Bear, confirmed in the news.

[Perkins Cobb]

I actually think Drive a Crooked Road is the best of that lot.

[domino harvey]

More Quine is always a good thing. Really glad they didn't end up slapping Johnny O'Clock in there

[Arthur Bannister]

More Quine is always a good thing. Really glad they didn't end up slapping Johnny O'Clock in there

What's wrong with Johnny O'Clock? I haven't seen it myself, but a friend who's a noir lover and whose opinion I find mostly sympatico maintains it's a stylish and assured first effort from Rossen, if not up to the level of Body and Soul. I have seen Tight Spot and I can't imagine Rossen's film is any worse.

[domino harvey]

I love Rossen, but it's overly talky and draggily paced-- it shows how easily his career could have gone down the Nunnally Johnson road of screenwriter to director

[AfterTheRain]

The Humphrey Bogart Collection has a release date: November 28th. Here's the details:

http://www.classicflix.com/vault-humphr ... 91f1aea5e2

[buskeat]

Von Sternberg's Dishonored and Shanghai Express are finally, at along last, coming to DVD in February, 2012 as part of TCM's Vault Collection

[Gregory]

Well, they've been out in R2 for ages, and the UK discs are considerably less expensive than this release. Is it known whether these are pressed discs or DVD-Rs?
I'd hoped that the logical next step would happen, as rumored: that Criterion would have licensed them for release on Blu as well as DVD.

[buskeat]

Well, they've been out in R2 for ages, and the UK discs are considerably less expensive than this release. Is it known whether these are pressed discs or DVD-Rs?
I'd hoped that the logical next step would happen, as rumored: that Criterion would have licensed them for release on Blu as well as DVD.

The two Universal/TCM collections I have are pressed. If I recall, I think they have a limited run of these as pressed discs and then revert to DVD-R. But I'm not sure.

[Dirk]

TCM also has preorder links now listed for the Columbia Film Noir Classics III and UPA Jolly Frolics sets.

[SpiderBaby]

So happy about the Dishonored news. Hopefully Criterion could get the rights to do a blu release.

[Peacock]

Come on guys, Criterion aren't going to release Blu-exclusive titles anytime soon, at least, not for studio pictures which might cost more to license. This is a company which pictureboxes their DVDs still!

Weird though, I thought Criterion had the rights to both of these going by the absence of Dishonored on r1 and Criterion's comments about searching and failing to find a complete print of Shanghai Express (What's missing from the region 2?)

This news is good if these have really been restored I guess... but still, it kinda puts the nail in the coffin in my dream that Criterion would do a Dietrich/Sternberg boxset and license the other region 1s (apart from Blue Angel of course).

[John Edmond]

Weird though, I thought Criterion had the rights to both of these going by the absence of Dishonored on r1 and Criterion's comments about searching and failing to find a complete print of Shanghai Express (What's missing from the region 2?)

Gordon does this copy of Shanghai Express include the complete scene of the interview between Oland, and Emile Chautard with Dietrich translating for Emile? The previous LD suffers a large dialogue cut when Emile is revealed as having lied about his military record to impress his sister.

[Murdoch]

Are there any collections floating around with actual pressed DVDs in them? There's a lot of movies I'd like, but everything appears to be MOD.