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Jan 20, 2015 - 6:49 AM
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johnjohnson
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release The Frank Sinatra Collection on Blu-ray this spring. The 5-disc, 5-film set includes Anchors Away (1945), On the Town (1949), Guys and Dolls (1955), Ocean's 11 (1960) and Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), three of which -- Anchors Aweigh, On the Town and Robin and the 7 Hoods -- are making their Blu-ray debuts and will also be available for individual sale. The Blu-ray edition of The Frank Sinatra Collection streets on May 5th.
Anchors Aweigh
Oscar-winners Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra star as two sailors on leave in Hollywood who sneak into a movie studio so they can win an audition for aspiring singer Kathryn Grayson. Tech specs have yet to be detailed. Special features include:
•Hanna & Barbera on the Making of "The Worry Song" (from MGM: When the Lion Roars)
•Football Thrills of 1944 (MGM Short, 1945)
•Jerky Turkey (MGM Short, 1945)
•Trailer
On the Town
Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra star in this fun-filled spectacular musical about three sailors who wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City. Tech specs have yet to be detailed. Special features include:
•Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (MGM Short, 1949)
•Doggone Tired (MGM Cartoon, 1949)
•Trailer
Guys and Dolls
When Sky Masterson is challenged to take a missionary to Havana, he finds himself falling in love. But will she return his love when she realizes the trip was a ploy? The film is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround. Special features include:
•The Goldwyn Touch
•From Stage to Screen
•More Guys and Dolls Stories
•Musical Performances
•Trailer
Ocean's 11
The famous "Rat Pack" is never hipper or funnier than in this, the ultimate Las Vegas movie -- quoted, copied and paid homage to in every movie since. The film is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio Mono. Special features include:
•Audio Commentary with Frank Sinatra Jr. and Angie Dickinson
•"The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" Clip, with Guest Host Frank Sinatra
•Tropicana Museum Vignette
•Vegas Map
•Easter Egg
•Two Trailers
Robin and the 7 Hoods
In Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Tech specs have yet to be detailed. Special features include:
•Audio Commentary by Frank Sinatra Jr.
•What They Did to Robin Hood
•Robin Hood Makes Good (WB Cartoon, 1939)
•Robin Hood Daffy (WB Cartoon, 1958)
•Rabbit Hood (WB Cartoon, 1949)
•Trailer
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15880
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Jan 20, 2015 - 8:25 PM
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manderley
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There are other Sinatra films that can be used to fill out box sets. 4 FOR TEXAS is another Warners film. Warners controls MGM's IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN, THE KISSING BANDIT, NEVER SO FEW, SOME CAME RUNNING; and THE TENDER TRAP. Also Filmways' THE FIRST DEADLY SIN, RKO's HIGHER AND HIGHER, THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS, and STEP LIVELY. And if they want to scrape the bottom of the barrel, Warners also controls MGM's DIRTY DINGUS MAGEE and RKO's DOUBLE DYNAMITE.
THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS was an independent production released by RKO in the 1940s. As a financial failure, it was eventually taken over by the lending bank and added to the so-called Bank of America package which eventually was absorbed into NTA Pictures for distribution to television in the early 1950s.
As such it is now in the Viacom/Paramount library and was sub-licensed to Olive Films which recently released a Blu-ray of the title. Thus, it is not a property not now or ever available to Warners.
But it doesn't really matter. Warners has access to far more Sinatra films than they'll ever consider for Blu-ray mastering.
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