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From that Miracle of Morgan's Creek wiki

Critic James Agee, writing in The Nation, noted that "the Hays office has either been hypnotized into a liberality for which it should be thanked, or has been raped in its sleep"[30] to allow the film to be released.[31]

Apparently, The Buccaneer is also still with Paramount.

Maltic wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 2:14 pm Apparently, The Buccaneer is also still with Paramount.

My guess is that's because Paramount remade their own 1938 film in 1958, so retained the rights to it.

Some of the Hal Wallis productions released by Paramount were excluded from the sale, specifically The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, I Walk Alone, and Sorry, Wrong Number. AFAICT these are still with Paramount with the exception of Martha Ivers, which lapsed into the public domain (though Paramount still has some elements). Most of Paramount's 1949 releases prior to August went to MCA, but for some reason Bride of Vengeance (released April 1949) was retained.

Fox not only bought The Story of Temple Drake but also The Dance of Life and Swing High, Swing Low, both adapted from the play Burlesque. Columbia had bought them from Paramount intending to do another remake, which subsequently fell through. Eventually Fox bought them from Columbia and produced its own remake, When My Baby Smiles at Me. But Fox neglected to renew the copyrights for the earlier adaptations, so both are public domain.

The Fanciful Norwegian wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 7:13 pm Some of the Hal Wallis productions released by Paramount were excluded from the sale, specifically The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, I Walk Alone, and Sorry, Wrong Number.

Of the three, Sorry, Wrong Number always seems to get the most attention but is my least favorite (don't care about having it on disc). On the other hand, I'd love a nicely produced UHD of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (also wouldn't mind an upgrade to I Walk Alone).

Never learned why Hal Wallis’ Becket, a prestigious and absolutely gorgeous Paramount production, is no longer with Paramount.

It’s with MPI, a distributor with practically no significant footprint in home media whatsoever.

Becket deserves a 4K release.

Mindwalk for sure if I thought Paramount still had the rights to it (which I'm pretty sure they don't).

John Cope wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 8:42 pm Mindwalk for sure if I thought Paramount still had the rights to it (which I'm pretty sure they don't).

I’m curious to see if Miramax titles are a possibility. All the Pretty Horses infamously lost 1/3 of its intended running time.

Bob Roberts, In the Bedroom, Walking and Talking and The Yards should be top priority—Map of the Human Heart, Incident at Oglala, The Crossing Guard and Strike! if they all got carried over, too. Not sure if Truth or Dare was included in the deal or if that’s with another distributor.

okcmaxk wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2026 10:05 pm Bob Roberts, In the Bedroom, Walking and Talking and The Yards should be top priority—Map of the Human Heart, Incident at Oglala, The Crossing Guard and Strike! if they all got carried over, too. Not sure if Truth or Dare was included in the deal or if that’s with another distributor.

Map of the Human Heart is a longtime favorite of mine. Beautiful film.

I thought Bob Roberts was Lionsgate now? It did have a pretty stacked DVD

I love that one of the commentary tracks is just a commissioned lecture explaining the Iran Contra Affair, but it’s bizarre so much work went into the disc’s extras and yet it’s presented in a cropped academy ratio!

Is Giuseppe Tornatore’s Everybody’s Fine currently with Paramount vis a vis Miramax? One of Marcello Mastroianni’s finest performances.