TCM Vault Collection

[domino harvey]

Update: TCM has Only Angels Have Wings for a November 24th release date. They're also selling a DVD version

Extras are the usual thin TCM fluff:

Introduction by Robert Osborne
Publicity Stills
Scene Stills
Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Movie Posters
Lobby Card Set
Biography
Feature Article
Ben Burtt and Craig Barron Discuss Special Effects

[EddieLarkin]

So do we know if the date on MU is a mistake or do TCM have a period of exclusivity? I forget if this happened with The Lady from Shanghai or not.

[domino harvey]

January 24th is a Saturday, so it's probably a mistake on MU's part

[mistakaninja]

I don't think Shanghai was available on MU until the re-release, was it? The dates on MU for Remember and Wings are both similar periods after the TCM dates, so I'd say they reflect a period of exclusivity.

[Perkins Cobb]

Wow: I rented a couple of discs from the Noir Classics IV set via Classicflix (So Dark the Night and Walk East on Beacon), and they're unwatchable. Major aliasing any time anything moves. Looks like it was discussed on the HTF but not here, as far as I can tell. Supposedly affects all the films in the set, and TCM never admitted to the error.

Offhand, before I start looking, are there better sources (e.g. French or Spanish DVDs?) for any of the films? Johnny O'Clock, Walk a Crooked Mile, and Between Midnight and Dawn are the other three in the set. Some of the very few noirs I've never seen are in there, dangit.

[domino harvey]

I've only watched So Dark the Night from that set and there were no issues with my copy (and I'm not alone according to that thread)

[Perkins Cobb]

Yeah, it's so frustrating, just like conflicting Amazon reviews .... I can't tell if (1) the problem is universal and some people are oblivious to it (which seems impossible, because it's pretty obvious); (2) it's universal but some TV/player configurations are reducing or eliminating the defect; or (3) there are some bad copies and some good ones. It sounds like it's a bad transfer and therefore can't be (3), although if it were, I'd keep going until I got a good set.

Anyone else run into this?

[matrixschmatrix]

I watched Walk a Crooked Mile from that set, and it looked fairly ugly, but watchable (though the movie itself was a bigger problem than anything else.) I suspect it may be a universal problem that some viewers and sets are more sensitive to than others.

[Finch]

Remember The Night BD gets 3 1/2 stars for the video

this is by and large a good looking transfer, albeit with some anomalies. The typical barb aimed at Universal's treatment of a lot of catalog material, the over aggressive use of digital noise reduction, is not as prevalent here as in some other releases, though there has apparently been both digital clean up and noise reduction applied. While grain is evident (spiking appreciably in things like dissolves), there's a just slightly digital look to this presentation, though it should be stated that there is still some noticeable damage as well that wasn't just obliterated willy-nilly with a preset digital paintbrush. For example, a small but recurrent (and at times persistent) scratch toward the center of the frame is still evident throughout much of what would have been the first reel. Contrast and clarity are both excellent, and in fact blacks are really luscious throughout the presentation (take a gander at MacMurray's jet black hair in some of the early courtroom shots, where it looks like it must be shellacked under a pound of Pomade). On the whole this is a pleasingly if not spectacularly sharp looking transfer, with some midrange shots lacking a wealth of detail

I think I'll stick with the TCM DVD. For me, this is not worth paying TCM's exorbitant prices for.

[Rayon Vert]

So I just finished the DVD of Ford's THE LONG GRAY LINE which is part of the TCM John Ford Vault Collection set. Throughout 2/3s of the film, the image occasionally jitters, causing this strange kind of slowed down look. It's kind of hard to describe. What might this be? For those who own the set, have you had problems with this DVD as well?

I noticed that too. The 2002 Sony dvd doesn't have that problem and looks better.

[mistakaninja]

I noticed a few days ago that the upcoming TCM releases (Remember The Night and Only Angels Have Wings) had vanished from MU, and today I got a refund email regarding my pre-order for Remember The Night, citing that the item was no longer available from the manufacturer. Both releases are still listed for pre-order at TCM, so looks like MU jumped the gun regarding the exclusivity period, or their deal to sell TCM blus has collapsed (they still have Lady From Shanghai available though). A pain for people looking to order internationally as TCM's non-domestic postage rates are a joke.

[FrauBlucher]

Here is the Bluray.com review for Only Angels Have Wings

[pointless]

The long out-of-print TCM exclusive Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III is now available once more on TCM's website.

Their description page indicates that quantities are limited and are only selling one per customer.

[moriam]

The long out-of-print TCM exclusive Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III is now available once more on TCM's website.

Their description page indicates that quantities are limited and are only selling one per customer.

NB: I stumbled across the Noir III set on their site last week and ordered a copy. It arrived today, but it's 5 DVD-Rs in a single plastic keepcase, not pressed discs in the cardboard sleeve packaging like my copies of sets I, II and IV. I don't know if set III was always like this, but it wasn't what I was expecting.

[domino harvey]

Nope, was pressed discs in a digipak. So the rumor of Sony titles never going to burned discs is false apparently

[Ashirg]

All these sets including Sony's pre-code being sold at Amazon clearly marked as DVD-R

[domino harvey]

Well, that they're being sold at Amazon is itself news-- they used to be only available via third party for exorbitant prices (2-3X the TCM cost)

[Ashirg]

These are the sets that are sold as MOD at Amazon now. So be warned that they may be DVD-R at TCM as well...

Humphrey Bogart - The Columbia Pictures Collection
Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics Vol. 3
UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection
Jean Arthur Drama Collection
Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection
Joan Crawford in the 1950s
Carole Lombard: In the Thirties
Glenn Ford: Undercover Crimes
Karloff: Criminal Kind
John Ford: The Columbia Films Collection

[domino harvey]

Midnight Lace coming to non-TCM Universal Doris Day box with five other films for less than it would have cost for the TCM disc

[jsteffe]

Here is the Bluray.com review for Only Angels Have Wings

I finally saw the Blu-ray of ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS last night at David Hare's recommendation and was very satisfied with it. The restoration looks immaculate. If anything, I would rate it higher than Jeffrey Kauffman's 4 stars, but he also gives the film itself only 4 stars, so go figure. The disc reminded me of just how much I love the film. It's worth picking up!

[Finch]

Following screenings at BFI London Film Festival, the new 4K restoration of Sony Pictures' Only Angels Have Wings will be released across the UK on 15 May, opening at BFI Southbank and selected cinemas nationwide.

I hope this means Angels is getting a UK Blu and either Sony are doing it themselves or let Park Circus have it.

[Gregory]

"Grant's bizarre costume choices"?

[domino harvey]

Now here's an out of nowhere resurrection: New TCM Vault release coming out tomorrow: the Night Walker / Dark Intruder Double Feature

[captveg]

The Egg and I (1947) BD is up for pre-order on shop.tcm.com for a 12/1/15 release

Licensed from Universal

[domino harvey]

And another! Alan Ladd: the 1940s Collection features new to DVD titles Lucky Jordan, Two Years Before the Mast, and OSS