Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

[Matt]

Pleased to see more Joan Crawford. Not pleased to see it still isn’t Humoresque.

[FrauBlucher]

Details posted from WAC FB page..

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of Original Nitrate Camera Negative!
CAGED (1950)
Run Time 96:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Product Color B&W
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features: Screen Director's Playhouse Radio broadcast 8/2/51; Classic Warner Bros. cartoon BIG HOUSE BUNNY; Original Theatrical Trailer

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th.....
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of best preservation elements!
ANGEL FACE (1953)
Run Time 92:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Product Color B&W
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features: Commentary by Eddie Muller; Original Theatrical Trailer

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of Original Nitrate Camera Negative!
THE DAMNED DON’T CRY (1950)
Run Time 103:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Product Color B&W
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features: Commentary by Director Vincent Sherman; Featurette: The Crawford Formula: Real and Reel; Screen Director's Playhouse radio broadcast 4/5/1951; Original Theatrical Trailer

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of Original Technicolor® Camera Negatives!
DANGEROUS WHEN WET (1953)
Run Time 96:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50

Special Features: "C'est La Guerre "-Unused musical outtake with Darcel and Lamas; Classic Tom & Jerry cartoon "THE CAT AND THE MERMOUSE" (HD); Classic Pete Smith Specialty short "THIS IS A LIVING?"; Audio-only demo recordings by Lyricist Johnny Mercer; Audio-only interview with Esther Williams and Dick Simmons; Original Theatrical Trailer

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of Original Camera Negative!
LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955)
Run Time 106:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - Stereo
Aspect Ratio 16x9 2.55 Letterbox
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features: Commentary by Film Historian/Director Peter Bogdanovich (with archival interview comments by Howard Hawks); Classic Warner Bros. Cartoon SAHARA HARE (HD); Original Theatrical Trailer

Coming to Blu-ray from Warner Archive June 27th
NEW 2023 1080p HD master from 4K scan of Original Camera Negative!
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (1958)
Run Time 87:00
Subtitles English SDH
Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 MONO
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.85:1
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features: Behind the scenes featurette: "Hemingway: The Legend and the Sea"; Original Theatrical Trailer

[Gregory]

One of my favorite things about the making of Land of the Pharaohs was that Faulkner said to Hawks, "I don't know how a pharaoh talks. Is it all right if I write him like a Kentucky colonel?"

[Black Hat]

That sounds like one of Hawks' better tall tales.

[FrauBlucher]

Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Vol 1

Reviewer says not perfect but solid and better than the animation the parent company releases. The screen caps look really good to my eyes

[FrauBlucher]

HTF reviews the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1... Again some issues and could be better but still a strong presentation. I will probably purchase this and not the Max Fleischer's Superman.

[FrauBlucher]

The Extras podcast with George Feltenstein and Jerry Beck talking the Looney Tunes release

[FrauBlucher]

Feltenstein on the latest The Extras podcast... "more 1933 films coming."

[bottlesofsmoke]

Could be:
Baby Face
Little Women
Flying Down to Rio
The Mayor of Hell
Picture Snatcher
Hard to Handle
Lady Killer
Bombshell
Hold Your Man
Dancing Lady
Today We Live
Wild Boys of the Road
Heroes for Sale
She Had to Say Yes
The Keyhole
The Prizefighter and the Lady

My guess is one for the Cagney films and Dancing Lady, since they recently released Our Dancing Daughters. Heroes for Sale, Wild Boys of the Road, and Today We Live have all been on TCM recently and Heroes for Sale, at least, looked to be in pretty good shape.

[What A Disgrace]

Lady Killer is a personal favorite, fingers crossed!

[yoloswegmaster]

July releases:

Helen of Troy
The Fastest Gun Alive
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Cimarron
The Broadway Melody
Du Barry Was A Lady

[What A Disgrace]

The Fastest Gun Alive sounds like a winner. The rest sound remarkably skippable.

[dustybooks]

I guess they're committed to getting the remaining Best Picture winners out on Blu-ray. The Broadway Melody isn't as bad as its reputation, though not something I was clamoring for. Cimarron is absolutely dreadful.

[therewillbeblus]

Agreed, plus WA already released the superior version of Cimarron on blu!

[domino harvey]

Helen of Troy
Cimarron
Du Barry Was A Lady

Good God, is this our punishment after so many great recent months of titles?

[domino harvey]

Also, I believe the Last Time I Saw Paris is now the second public domain title to come out on Blu via WA

[fdm]

My favorite of this bunch. Looking forward to the upgrade.

[FrauBlucher]

Feltenstein on the latest The Extras podcast said Humoresque will be getting a restoration soon but a release is not around the corner. He makes point that sales have become a factor on what gets released. Poor sales of releases puts the kibosh on releases of a similar nature

[felipe]

Feltenstein on the latest The Extras podcast said Humoresque will be getting a restoration soon but a release is not around the corner. He makes point that sales have become a factor on what gets released. Poor sales of releases puts the kibosh on releases of a similar nature

It wasn't a factor before?

[jheez]

I have a hard time believing Humoresque wouldn't sell well compared to a lot of the stuff they release, but what do I know. It has Joan Crawford, an Oscar nom, and is generally pretty highly rated. :-k

[FrauBlucher]

Feltenstein on the latest The Extras podcast said Humoresque will be getting a restoration soon but a release is not around the corner. He makes point that sales have become a factor on what gets released. Poor sales of releases puts the kibosh on releases of a similar nature

It wasn't a factor before?

It probably was but purse strings have tightened even more it seems by the parent company. Just look what’s going on with TCM.


Edit: removal of the liar emoji at the top. I have know idea how I included that. Doing things on the Criterion Forum via the phone sucks...

[Matt]

Happy news for all as it means I will stop posting “It’s fine but where’s Humoresque?” every time new titles are announcing in this thread.

[Gregory]

Finances dictate that they can only release really big sellers such as Du Barry Was A Lady and Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (released one month ago, Amazon best-sellers rank is 6,049).

[felipe]

Finances dictate that they can only release really big sellers such as Du Barry Was A Lady and Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (released one month ago, Amazon best-sellers rank is 6,049).

That's a fair point. Many titles I stare at the titles announced, many of which I have never heard of before, and wonder how many people are possibly buying this films.

[FrauBlucher]

Happy news for all as it means I will stop posting “It’s fine but where’s Humoresque?” every time new titles are announcing in this thread.

22:50 on the podcast is where Feltenstein talks about Humoresque and the issues involved