Fox Cinema Archives

[captveg]

Word is these are pressed discs. Coney Island reported to be pressed.

[domino harvey]

I will believe it when I see visual evidence, and would absolutely love to have been proven wrong on this

[captveg]

Another confirmation that they are pressed discs here

[domino harvey]

Woman's World is one of the many lifeless 'Scope pics Jean Negulesco made for Fox, though there are a few errant rays of interest here. No studio was more concerned with the melodramatic possibilities of the new business class and upper-middle class America than Fox, but this is an early bite at an unripe apple the studio would get far better returns from later. Car company magnate Cliffton Webb (sure) gathers his three top CEO prospects and their wives together for a who's who of A-List players (rather pathetically indicating the failed awards-bait nature of the final product!) coasting by on their screen personas. The film turns into a series of chamber pieces as each wife and husband play out their assorted relationship dramas with the expected degree of hackneyed hokum. Webb's lines all appear to come from a different film, as they are biting and funny and perfectly suited to his effete screen persona, but also highlight how poorly scripted the rest of the film is in comparison! Other than some shots of Ford motors products in various stages of completion, the early 'Scope framings here are wasted.

This is a truly inexplicable title to compel Fox to make it their inaugural in-house boutique release, but maybe Fox is taking an additional page from the Warner Archives by releasing bonkers left-field picks? If they like this kind of thing, for the love of God let them put out the essential No Down Payment next, which is a vital key of post-war American cinema completely absent from the home market.

[domino harvey]

Heaven help us. Even with Kino and TT snatchingup titles, Fox has decided to Burn on Demand Blu-rays. Fuck studios. Here's the first round:

Coney Island (1943)
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Woman's World (1954)

While pressed, as later confirmed, it’s worth noting that these are now OOP and going for close to $100 each on the third hand market... they were odd choices for the studio to use to get their feet wet, but still too bad this never went anywhere. Even with licenses to KL etc, there’s still a ton of Fox property sitting in vaults

[Ribs]

I haven't ordered them myself but just wanted to point out these are in stock for list price at legit MoD store Moviezyng -

Coney Island (1943)
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Woman's World (1954)

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

I haven't ordered them myself but just wanted to point out these are in stock for list price at legit MoD store Moviezyng -

Coney Island (1943)
Sentimental Journey (1946)
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Woman's World (1954)

All dead links

[domino harvey]

They all work for me, might want to try a different browser

[The Elegant Dandy Fop]

They all work for me, might want to try a different browser

Unusual. Switched to Safari and it worked. Thanks!

[agnamaracs]

It might work if you delete their cookies. When I tried the link, it only showed Flicker Alley titles. Kind of an odd way to script the site.

[HJackson]

Worked for me on Firefox and I ordered a couple. Let's see if they dispatch...

[HJackson]

Order was cancelled!