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 Posted:   Dec 8, 2022 - 9:15 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Per Home Theatre Forum, the first releases of 2023 will be:

Our Dancing Daughters
Wife Versus Secretary
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
Rancho Notorious
The Long, Long Trailer

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 8, 2022 - 12:39 PM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

It's interesting that in Warner Bros centennial year (100 years), the first five Archive releases aren't Warner films, 4x MGM & 1x RKO. Warner are planning a lot of special releases of their films next year to celebrate (& I'd think a lot of 4K releases), but I don't think they'll be on the Archive label. It looks like they have their own logo for these releases. I hope we find out a bit more about it in the next few weeks.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 8, 2022 - 1:13 PM   
 By:   eriknelson   (Member)

THE LONG, LONG, TRAILER is such a wonderful movie. I've seen it many times and it still makes me laugh. Minnelli's direction of Lucy and Desi was inspired.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 14, 2022 - 6:15 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

During a discussion of a potential restoration of Porgy and Bess, Robert Harris gave a rather disheartening overview of the state of the Samuel Goldwyn library, which could explain why we’ve had so few Goldwyn releases:

My apologies for not being aware. Your passion for fillum will keep you going.

Just so that you fully understand - the black & white nitrate original negatives, fine grains and lavenders were all junked decades ago. The only silent film preserved on safety was Barbara Worth.

The Technicolor negatives are rotting.

The majority of the Goldwyn reference prints, inclusive of dye transfer, were stolen. As were the majority of safety fine grains held in the UK, after they made their way back to the Colonies.

It isn’t a pretty picture.

The reality is that Porgy & Bess is the least of their problems.

A good start would be repatriating what was purloined.


Post 86 below:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/omg-just-received-this-from-gershwin-estate-1959-porgy-and-bess-they-want-it-restored.377943/page-5

 
 Posted:   Dec 18, 2022 - 6:59 PM   
 By:   drivingmissdaisy   (Member)

THE LONG, LONG, TRAILER is such a wonderful movie. I've seen it many times and it still makes me laugh. Minnelli's direction of Lucy and Desi was inspired.

Agree! Can’t wait for this one too!

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 3, 2023 - 11:24 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

A new Extras podcast with George Feltenstein is now online. A user on the Blu-ray.com forum made a transcript of a portion talking about the timeline between a film’s approval and it’s actual release, which contains some potentially good news for lovers of sword and sandals epics:

Varies a lot, so George cannot give an exact timeline: some are either in scanning, color correction, sound restoration, or frame by frame picture restoration at any moment. George says as a good example (he won’t be title specific but feels people can guess), but about two-three years ago, we commissioned a release of a “very well-regarded sword and sandals CinemaScope film from the 1950s.” They brought in an unfortunately problematic interpositive, and then the secondary element they brought it was also problematic, so it needed to be put on hold, and now it will hopefully finally happen from the OCN and B & W separation positives to get it released in hopefully 2023. Every time they work with an OCN or master element, it must be scanned at 4K for preservation purposes. It’s a “conga line” at the scanners, with sometimes 6-20 films in the queue to be scanned. Amidst that, they could also be doing “14 seasons of a classic TV series with 30 episodes each”, for example. Some titles are a breeze, and have no issues. Some have issues – there was 1 movie they wanted to remaster for DVD 13 years ago that they still haven’t been able do do anything with because a reel of the OCN is missing. It’s not WB’s fault, but that of the company before that made it. George says he should have never said it was coming back in 2010 on Facebook, it was a huge mistake, as then he knew it was, but then complications happened. This is why they “play things close to the hip”, as they don’t want to have disappointment follows. George mentions he said something offhand on an HTF chat 17 years ago, about a release that looked like it was going to happen, until a week later when George’s boss at the time slashed their release schedule to use the profits from catalog titles to make direct to video horror/slasher films. Years after though, George says he got complaints like “you promised!”, but George says we only share info, and if we get “kicked in the caboose”, we apologize. People are very passionate about this (George says he understands, he is too) but we don’t want to promise what we can’t deliver. There were so many films just this year where George thought the elements were great, then go to inspect and that the preservation elements made in the last decade weren’t so hot.

https://www.theextras.tv/podcasts/blog-post-wacmailjan-010223

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 20, 2023 - 1:36 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Per the below podcast, no new announcements until March (six titles will be released then), though George Feltenstein assures that nothing has been removed from the schedule.

https://www.theextras.tv/podcasts/blog-post-wacjanpt2-012023?fbclid=IwAR2mloFBAkF2XnfpuH4f3ZpKR8aLBUdV65cGG9d-h9xtr55VcKAia8WsLIQ

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 23, 2023 - 1:31 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Warner Archive releases of Camille and I’ll Cry Tomorrow have just been announced at Home Theater Forum.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/camille-1936-blu-ray-warner-archive-collections-available-for-preorder.378332/

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/warner-archive-announcement-ill-cry-tomorrow-1955-blu-ray.378333/

Edit: Tim Millard of the Extras has announced the other four titles for March:

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Flamingo Road
Neptune’s Daughter
The Prince and the Showgirl

(Post 5292)

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/warner-archive-announcements-thread.355802/page-265

 
 Posted:   Jan 27, 2023 - 5:58 AM   
 By:   johnjohnson   (Member)

Just to add to it, here's the announcement.

Warner Archive will add six new titles to its Blu-ray catalog this March. They are: Camille (1936), I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), Flamingo Road (1949), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), and Neptune's Daughter (1949).

https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=32016

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 27, 2023 - 6:31 AM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

Yeah, nothing for me there, Gold Diggers Of 1933 was the last Archive film I bought, but I'm sure they'll be a few gems released this year. The sword & sandals film is probably Land Of The Pharaohs (1956) or just maybe Helen Of Troy (1956), I'll be happy with either of them (happier still with both), both are in Warnercolor which I understand is a bit problematic now, but the Warnercolor, Mister Roberts (1955) turned out just fine.

 
 
 Posted:   Jan 27, 2023 - 9:46 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Yeah, nothing for me there, Gold Diggers Of 1933 was the last Archive film I bought, but I'm sure they'll be a few gems released this year. The sword & sandals film is probably Land Of The Pharaohs (1956) or just maybe Helen Of Troy (1956), I'll be happy with either of them (happier still with both), both are in Warnercolor which I understand is a bit problematic now, but the Warnercolor, Mister Roberts (1955) turned out just fine.

Yeah, I’m absolutely convinced that the sword-and-sandals film is one of those two. The only other CinemaScope sword-and-sandals films in Warner’s possession that I can think of are The Silver Chalice and The Prodigal, neither of which are really “well regarded.”

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 16, 2023 - 9:33 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

April releases have been announced via The Extras:

Safe in Hell
One Way Passage
The Strawberry Blonde
Storm Warning
A Lion is in the Streets

https://www.stitcher.com/show/632049/episode/300663547

The podcast also confirms that The Roaring Twenties will be coming at some point.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 16, 2023 - 11:12 AM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

Ha, none of those for me...again (my last WAC was Ivanhoe a year ago).

I have The Roaring Twenties on DVD & it looks damn good, I don't think I'd bother with a Blu-ray.

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 22, 2023 - 2:17 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Looks like we’ll be getting both Land of the Pharaohs and Helen of Troy with regards to the previously hinted sword-and-sandals film per the below article, which mentions new HD transfers for both films (Pharaohs also having a Martin Scorsese introduction).

https://deadline.com/2023/03/warner-bros-100th-anniversary-tcm-movie-programming-1235307202/

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 23, 2023 - 7:22 AM   
 By:   Rameau   (Member)

Looks like we’ll be getting both Land of the Pharaohs and Helen of Troy with regards to the previously hinted sword-and-sandals film per the below article, which mentions new HD transfers for both films (Pharaohs also having a Martin Scorsese introduction).

https://deadline.com/2023/03/warner-bros-100th-anniversary-tcm-movie-programming-1235307202/


Ha, I was going to post this, & of course you beat me to it. Great news, Pharaohs & Helen are two of my most wanted Warner titles (I do love a good old fashioned CGI free ancient world epic).

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 24, 2023 - 12:56 AM   
 By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member)

The Warner Archive is having a Blu-ray sale in recognition of its 14th Anniversary. Until March 31st, 4 Blu-rays are $49 + shipping. Additional titles are $12.25 each. Promo code is ARCHIVE14

https://www.moviezyng.com/warner-sale?microstoreid=158&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20230323_HE-WAC_WarnerAnniversary&utm_source=sfmc

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 24, 2023 - 12:42 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

I guess The Extras will be handing Archive announcements, for the time being, at least. This was posted over on Home Theater Forum:



https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/warner-archive-announcements-thread.355802/page-286#post-5219459

 
 
 Posted:   Mar 27, 2023 - 6:17 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

First set of announcements for May announced via The Extras:

Border Incident
Clash By Night

with an additional announcement of a Looney Tunes: Collector’s Choice Volume I Blu-Ray

https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-extras/episode/exclusive-warner-archive-may-part-1-release-announcement-301179873

Hoping the two epics get announced in Part II.

 
 
 Posted:   Apr 16, 2023 - 3:38 PM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Part II of the May announcements will be tomorrow at 11:00 AM EST.



Will update this post tomorrow when the titles are revealed.

Edit: The podcast is up and the remaining May titles are:

Queen Christina
The Boy With Green Hair
King Solomon’s Mines
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1781599/12647338-exclusive-warner-archive-may-part-2-release-announcement

Guess we’ll have to wait at least another month for Land of the Pharaohs and Helen of Troy.

 
 
 Posted:   May 10, 2023 - 9:09 AM   
 By:   TacktheCobbler   (Member)

Per Home Theatre Forum, June’s releases are:

The Damned Don’t Cry
Caged
Angel Face
Dangerous When Wet
Land of the Pharaohs (particularly happy about this one!)
The Old Man and the Sea

Hopefully, we’ll have Helen of Troy in July’s release batch.

 
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