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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

#1701 Post by EddieLarkin » Fri Sep 03, 2021 6:42 pm

swo17 wrote:
Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:23 pm
See my post here for a comprehensive availability/censorship guide. The only thing I'm not sure of: Have any of the cartoons on the BD volumes been censored?
I don't believe any of them were censored. Of the 27 shorts left to be released, I suspect this set will be all of them minus Uncle Tom's Cabaña and Half-Pint Pygmy, unfortunately.

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#1702 Post by swo17 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:14 pm

Which would let me ditch the French and Droopy sets entirely


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#1704 Post by swo17 » Tue Sep 07, 2021 12:38 pm

Wow, a bonus WB short and hint of a Volume 4!

EDIT: Volume 3 will have two other previously unavailable shorts, Cock-a-Doodle Dog and Cellbound. The MGM shorts still not assigned to a Blu-ray volume include:

Droopy's Good Deed
Homesteader Droopy
Henpecked Hoboes
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Half-Pint Pygmy
Lucky Ducky
Cat's Meow

At least a couple of these will probably remain buried forever, but I guess a Volume 4 could include the rest plus some of his other WB cartoons?

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#1705 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:38 pm

Warner Archive's response to a question on their Facebook page...
The Blu-ray is a new 2021 1080p remaster from a 4K scan of our best preservation elements. The minor footage M-G-M cut from the original negative which referenced Italy for a reissue during WWII has yet to be located, despite decades of searching. This is the first remaster in more than 20 years.

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#1706 Post by swo17 » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:47 pm

Which film are they talking about?

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#1707 Post by soundchaser » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:58 pm

A Night at the Opera

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#1708 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:59 pm

Silly me...
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#1709 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 10, 2021 6:58 pm


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#1710 Post by captveg » Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:02 pm

Someone should let that reviewer know that A Night in Casablanca is no longer with WB, and that ClassicFlix released a solid BD of it in Dec. 2020.

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#1711 Post by yoloswegmaster » Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:58 am

Mad Love will be released October 19:

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#1712 Post by L.A. » Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:35 pm


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#1713 Post by movielocke » Wed Sep 15, 2021 3:00 pm

JakeStewart wrote:
Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:51 pm
The Naked Spur is a 4K scan of the Technicolor negatives according to the Warner Archive Facebook page.
I saw this in a worn, but good color print back in 2005 ish at the egyptian. I remember being surprised at the time that the color wasn't that different from the VHS, meaning it didn't really pop. Looking forward to this restoration, because I'm guessing the one or two prints around used for telecine or that screening were probably one light quickies rather than reflective of original issue color timing.

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#1714 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Sep 21, 2021 6:29 pm

Coming October, so far...
Dinner at Eight
Eye of the Devil
and the previously announced Mad Love
should see 3 or 4 more titles named

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#1715 Post by JakeStewart » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:08 pm

They announced Night Shift, Tex Avery Screwball vol. 3, and Bedlam/The Ghost Ship prior to those three. This may be it.

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#1716 Post by domino harvey » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:35 pm

Dinner at Eight completes the Classic Comedies Collection box on Blu, doesn’t it?

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#1717 Post by Feego » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:45 pm

Stage Door is still MIA.

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#1718 Post by FrauBlucher » Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:55 pm

Libeled Lady - Warner Archive
The Philadelphia Story - Criterion
Dinner at Eight - Warner Archive
Bringing Up Baby - Criterion
To Be or Not to Be - Criterion
Stage Door - ? (my hunch it will be WAC)

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#1719 Post by captveg » Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:46 am

Also on 10/26:

Children of the Damned (1964)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

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#1720 Post by domino harvey » Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:47 pm

Here's my writeup for Children
domino harvey wrote:
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Children of the Damned (Anton M Leader 1964) I wasn’t a fan of Village of the Damned, which took a decent premise and refused to explore it in any interesting way. On paper this quasi-sequel sounds even more flimsy— six genius kids from around the world are discovered to hold historic intellectual capacity and are gathered together in London, where they immediately form a collective and threaten the military and diplomatic figures of their varied nations. But I was surprised at how effective the film was, alternating intimidating shots of the little brats looking ominously at assorted adults with wry bits of British comedy from two of the specialists who first discover the existence of the kids. The ending here is strange and fatalistic in an unexpected way, and I’m not sure what to make of it but I give it props for going in such an unusual direction. Recommended.

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#1721 Post by Tuco » Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:19 am

If anyone was worrying, Naked Spur is looking pretty good...and could somebody erect a monument to Robert Ryan?

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#1722 Post by FrauBlucher » Fri Sep 24, 2021 4:58 pm


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#1723 Post by FrauBlucher » Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:18 pm

bluray.com...A Night at the Opera... Margaret Dumont in 1080p, can't wait to watch this 🥸

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#1724 Post by Ribs » Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:12 am

November releases include some movies called Some Came Running and Fury, as well as The Last of Sheila, Thin Man Goes Home, National Velvet, and Party Girl.

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#1725 Post by reaky » Wed Sep 29, 2021 8:51 am

Popping on my stetson, “comme Dean Martin dans Some Came Running”.

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