Unreleased Warner Bros Titles

[ByMarkClark.com]

Does Warners own the rights to Fellini's GINGER AND FRED? I seem to recall it being released by them on VHS, but I could be wrong.

[Zumpano]

How about Richard Lester's "Petulia" and the Wizard of Oz - related "Under The Rainbow"?

[Gregory]

Some RKOs:
Quality Street (1937), A Woman Rebels (1936), Mary of Scotland (1936)
Break of Hearts (1935), The Little Minister (1934), Spitfire (1934), Christopher Strong (1933), A Bill of Divorcement (1932).
Also, I didn't find The Two-Faced Woman (1941) on the lists and don't believe it's available anywhere.
Thanks for your humongous efforts in compiling all this.

[Gordon]

Thanks for your appreciation, Gregory. Quality Street was already on the list, but your other recommendations were overlooked by myself, so thanks!

Unlike the other lists, this one - my first list - is in alphabetical order, the later lists being in chronological order, which is a much more satisfying way of ordering lists of films, I feel, but there are so many titles here that it would take a long time to re-edit the titles into chronological order, but I shall undertake this exciting and glamourous endevour soon, decade by decade over a period of days.

At the risk of aggravating the admins here, I will post a list of unreleased Italian films at some point in addition to the French and German lists that are already available. The reason that I have presented these "lists" here, is because I feel that people here are the most knowledgable about World Cinema and which studio owns which film, etc. Posting elsewhere would probably be a disaster. I have lists for Czech films, but I won't post that one. It's also very tempting to compile a Russian list, but I'll leave that one for now!

Thanks, Gregory and everyone else for your continuing support.

[Gregory]

Sorry, Gordon, there was an ambiguity in my previous post. Two-Faced Woman should be in the MGM section of Warner's holdings, not the RKO.

[Dorian Gray]

Those lists are impressive, Gordon. Great job.

You can add ...All the marbles and The legend of Lylah Clare to this Warner list (both MGM titles).

[Gordon]

Thanks, Dorian! Always happy to see more Aldrich on DVD. I haven't seen those two films, though.

[Lino]

You can now erase these titles from the lists:

Night of the Iguana
Sweet Bird Of Youth
Baby Doll
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Out March, 28 2006.

[Gregory]

While you're at it, more of the releases anounced for early next year are still on the list. Cabin in the Sky and Hallelujah come to mind.
Thank you.

[dx23]

According to davisdvd.com Mogambo and 3 Godfathers are being released next Tuesdays as Taget stores exclusives.

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

More info on this thread:
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/vie ... 1122#51122

[Lino]

Gordon, you can scratch these from your lists:

The Green Pastures
Gold Diggers of 1933
Gold Diggers of 1935
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
Nun's Story
Reflections in a Golden Eye
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Cabin in the Sky
Hallelujah
Lady in the Lake

Thanks.

[bjeggert82]

According to davisdvd.com Mogambo and 3 Godfathers are being released next Tuesdays as Taget stores exclusives.

http://www.davisdvd.com/news/news.html

More info on this thread:
http://www.criterionforum.org/forum/vie ... 1122#51122

I just picked up these two Ford classics and watched both... the transfers on each were outstanding. These are on par with any of Warner's fine classic titles. The packaging and all is good too. Surely worth picking up now... as opposed to when they're released everywhere later in the year. They'll likely have the same packaging and transfers on the wide releases.

[Ashirg]

Yeah, but if you're planning to get Ford-Wayne Collection, then you may want to wait for 3 Godfathers in a boxset.

[Ashirg]

To add to Annie's list of what can be deleted:
Across the Pacific - Humphrey Bogart promotion
Action in the North Atlantic - Humphrey Bogart promotion
Baby Face - Forbidden Hollywood Collection
Bullets or Ballots - Warner Tough Guys Collection
Cheyenne Autumn - John Ford Collection
Christmas in Connecticut - ALREADY ON DVD!
City for Conquest - Warner Tough Guys Collection
Dames - Busby Berkeley Collection
Damn Yankees! - ALREADY ON DVD!
Each Dawn I Die - Warner Tough Guys Collection
The Hanging Tree - Gary Cooper promotion
Johnny Belinda - ALREADY ON DVD!
The Maltese Falcon (1931) - as Dangerous Female with remake
The Man Who Came to Dinner - Bette Davis Collection, Volume 2
Marked Woman - Bette Davis Collection, Volume 2
Passage to Marseille - Humphrey Bogart promotion
Sergeant Rutledge - John Ford Collection
Slight Case of Murder - Warner Tough Guys Collection

The Bad and the Beautiful - ALREADY ON DVD!
The Barkleys of Broadway - ALREADY ON DVD!
Boom Town - Clark Gable promotion
Boys Town - ALREADY ON DVD!
Captains Courageous - ALREADY ON DVD!
The Champ - ALREADY ON DVD!
A Christmas Carol - ALREADY ON DVD!
The Good Earth - ALREADY ON DVD!
Grand Prix - 2-Disc Special Edition
It's Always Fair Weather - Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Collection
Mogambo - already out + Clark Gable promotion
Murder Ahoy, Murder She Said - Miss Marple Movie Collection
Mutiny on the Bounty - 2-Disc Special Edition
The Naked Spur - James Stewart promotion
Red-Headed Woman - Forbidden Hollywood Collections
The Shoes of the Fisherman - Films of Faith
Summer Stock - Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Collection
Tarzan Escapes, Tarzan Finds a Son!, Tarzan the Ape Man, Tarzan's New York Adventure, Tarzan's Secret Treasure - ALREADY ON DVD!
Three Little Words - Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory Collection

Carefree - Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2
Flying Down to Rio - Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2
The Gay Divorcee - Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2
The Informer - John Ford Collection
The Last Days of Pompeii - ALREADY ON DVD!
Little Women - ALREADY ON DVD!
Mary of Scotland - John Ford Collection
Roberta - Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle - Astaire and Rogers Collection, Volume 2

[carax09]

Ashirg, does that mean we know what's going to be included in the pre-code set(s)?

[Ashirg]

Ashirg, does that mean we know what's going to be included in the pre-code set(s)?

TCM Achives will also release a whole new series of Forbidden Hollywood Collections. The first release will include Baby Face (1933), Red Headed Woman (1932) and Waterloo Bridge (1931 - unseen since its original theatrical release) along with a new feature-length TCM documentary.

[carax09]

Thank you, I was just rushing back here to post that I finally found some info here: http://precode.blogspot.com/

Well, I was hoping for some massive box, but this will do (Why have I gotten so greedy lately?!).

[justeleblanc]

I posted this in the Warner chat but there are a bunch of Lubitsch that Warner owns:

The Silents:
Rosita
The Marriage Circle
Three Women
Forbidden Paradise
Kiss Me Again
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Student Price in Old Heidelberg
The Patriot
Eternal Love

I think Paramount/Universal owns all the German silents.

Then for the Talkies:
The Merry Widow
Ninotchka (already out)
The Shop Around The Corner (already out)
To Be Or Not To Be (already out)

My guess is The Merry Widow will be released in a classic musicals box, but I think there's a good chance we could see a Lubitsch Silents box set.

[tryavna]

The Marriage Circle
Lady Windermere's Fan
Eternal Love

Warner does not own the rights to these three films. In fact, each has already been released by a different company. David Shepard released a decent print of The Marriage Circle. (Like a lot of Shepard's lesser-known titles, it goes in and out of print, but you can usually find it on Amazon's Marketplace.) Milestone released UCLA's stunning (considering the limitations) restoration of Eternal Love. And Lady Windemere's Fan was part of the "More Treasures from the American Film Archives" boxset.

As for Student Prince, that's a personal favorite of mine, and I'm dying for Warner to release. (They do own that one.)

BTW, I think The Patriot is a "lost" film, isn't it?

[justeleblanc]

The Marriage Circle
Lady Windermere's Fan
Eternal Love

Warner does not own the rights to these three films. In fact, each has already been released by a different company. David Shepard released a decent print of The Marriage Circle. (Like a lot of Shepard's lesser-known titles, it goes in and out of print, but you can usually find it on Amazon's Marketplace.) Milestone released UCLA's stunning (considering the limitations) restoration of Eternal Love. And Lady Windemere's Fan was part of the "More Treasures from the American Film Archives" boxset.

As for Student Prince, that's a personal favorite of mine, and I'm dying for Warner to release. (They do own that one.)

BTW, I think The Patriot is a "lost" film, isn't it?

You might be right, I used IMDB to find the production company distribution source. I stand corrected.

[htdm]

there are a bunch of Lubitsch that Warner owns:
Rosita
The Student Price in Old Heidelberg

Milestone owns the rights to Rosita and has been searching for better material now for a couple of years. I've emailed a few times to which Dennis always replies, "we want to bring it out but it needs restoration." I believe there was a hint during the last Warner chat that more Shearer is on its way (including silents) and Lubitsch. Since Student Prince was released on laser, I imagine this will probably see the light of day on DVD - especially since most of the other titles in that laser series have just been reannounced on DVD (The Wind, The Crowd, Show People, etc.).

[shearerchic]

there are a bunch of Lubitsch that Warner owns:
Rosita
The Student Price in Old Heidelberg

Milestone owns the rights to Rosita and has been searching for better material now for a couple of years. I've emailed a few times to which Dennis always replies, "we want to bring it out but it needs restoration." I believe there was a hint during the last Warner chat that more Shearer is on its way (including silents) and Lubitsch. Since Student Prince was released on laser, I imagine this will probably see the light of day on DVD - especially since most of the other titles in that laser series have just been reannounced on DVD (The Wind, The Crowd, Show People, etc.).

The Student Prince will most likely be one of the titles that WB use when they release some of Shearer's silents.

[miless]

Peronally I think WB's needs to release Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's Performance... they've been saying "next year" or "next fall" for years now. damn I want this title so bad

[The Fanciful Norwegian]

Peronally I think WB's needs to release Nicolas Roeg and Donald Cammell's Performance... they've been saying "next year" or "next fall" for years now. damn I want this title so bad

Topic here!

[Dylan]

Another unreleased Warner title: "Agatha" (1979) directed by Michael Apted, starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Regrave, cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.