Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

[knives]

Surprised they didn’t include this.

[domino harvey]

When I saw Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I thought for sure it was going to be the Minnelli one! Awful month of releases.... Magilla Gorilla, good lord man

[jt938]

When I saw Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, I thought for sure it was going to be the Minnelli one! Awful month of releases.... Magilla Gorilla, good lord man

Agreed. Especially considering the long wait time.

[Blutarsky]

Personally happy that Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (and for that a matter a silent film of some stature) is getting a release. Hopefully The Crowd, The Wind, and Greed are other famous silent titles they will be releasing.

[swo17]

Four Horsemen is a well-regarded silent and they release so few of them that I'll gladly support it

[ianthemovie]

And Four Horseman comes with a Carl Davis score, no less! That gives me hope that they'll keep his score whenever they finally get to releasing The Crowd .

[felipe]

Personally happy that Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (and for that a matter a silent film of some stature) is getting a release. Hopefully The Crowd, The Wind, and Greed are other famous silent titles they will be releasing.

Is Criterion not interested in these classic silents? I can't believe Warner would be willing to license much bigger titles but not The Crowd.

[Matt]

Criterion can only release what Warner Bros. chooses to restore.

Awful month of releases.... Magilla Gorilla, good lord man

Seemed like a typical Warner Archive release slate for me. A couple of "oh cool" releases and a couple of "ooooookay" releases.

[captveg]

WAC gets praise and grief from all corners, which to me indicates they do a good job reaching a variety of interests. I don't care for the HB animation releases myself but those fans are certainly out there.

[domino harvey]

I'm sorry but if you want Magilla Gorilla on Blu-ray you should be in jail

[jheez]

On the latest Extras podcast, George said that their big silents have been licensed to one of their partners for awhile. …so Criterion.

[Peacock]

Ah so no wonder we haven’t got them.

I often wonder though if Rick’s reconstruction of Greed was even HD? Does anyone know? If not perhaps one holdup for that title is they are having to scan all the photographs again, and hand colour the gold elements etc.

[hearthesilence]

I have to find it again to confirm, but I bought the reconstruction on iTunes years ago and IIRC it was indeed in HD.

[Peacock]

Thank you, I forgot all about that iTunes download!

[Stefan Andersson]

On a Star is Born (1937), art deco design in three-strip Technicolor, and, at the end, discussion of differences between 1937 and 1946 prints and the WAC bluray:
https://drivingfordeco.com/a-star-is-bo ... ghty-five/

Relevant discussion here:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... 151/page-7

[Stefan Andersson]

Update on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921):

"According to George Feltenstein on “The Extras” podcast they scanned Kevin Brownlow’s 35mm restoration in 4K and also scanned other prints that had extra scenes that Kevin’s print was missing or that looked better. It will have Carl Davis’ score with some minor adjustments."

Source:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36927

[Finch]

New WAC titles getting announced. Updating this post one title at a time

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WACKY RACES: The Complete Series (1968)
RUNNING TIME: 408 minutes
COLOR
2 BD-50
NOT RATED
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.33.1 with side mattes
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Special Features TBA
It’s the Hanna-Barbera favorite making its remastered Blu-ray debut! Start your engines! Diabolical do-badder Dick Dastardly, his snickering canine cohort Muttley and their Mean Machine take on you and all comers for all the fast and furious fun of the complete animated series Wacky Races. Gear up to keep pace with this dimwitted duo as well as their rivals: Peter Perfect in his Turbo Terrific, Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chucgabug, the Ant Hill Mob in the Bulletproof Bomb and glamorous Penelope Pitstop in her pink Compact Pussycat. Fasten your seat belts for all 17 original episodes plus Hilarious, High-Speed Extras that will keep you awake at the wheel straight through to the Finish Line!



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CLEAN AND SOBER (1988)
RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes
COLOR
BD-50
RATED R
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.85:1
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Contains the Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman
Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
When the comic star of Night Shift and Beetlejuice tackled his first dramatic role, the result was one of Michael Keaton’s best performances ever, earning the National Society of Film Critics Best Actor Award*. Keaton plays real-estate broker Darryl Pointer whose cocaine habit consumes him until he enters a local detox program promising direction and privacy. It also guarantees one thing more: the toughest battle of his life. Powerfully directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and boasting other great performances from Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman and M. Emmet Walsh, Clean and Sober is a hard-hitting study of beating personal demons…one day at a time.



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THREE THE HARD WAY (1974)
RUNNING TIME: 97 Minutes
COLOR
BD-50
RATED R
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.85:1
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH

Contains the Original Theatrical Trailer

Cast: Jim Brown, Fred Williamson, Jim Kelly
Directed by Gordon Parks, Jr.

At the height of their big-screen popularity, three 1970s superstars head the cast of the action-thriller THREE THE HARD WAY. Directed with style and panache by Gordon Parks, Jr.(Super Fly), audience favorites Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Jim Kelly command the screen as a trio with a mission: They’re out to stop a secret white supremacist organization that plans to contaminate the water supplies of Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. with a substance that is a lethal poison only to the Black population. Three The Hard Way provides stands as an audience favorite of its era. Long only seen in an edited 89 minute version, this new Blu-ray presentation restores the film to its original 97 minute theatrical version, with our new master derived from a 4K scan of the original camera negative. Get in on the action with this blaxploitation classic!



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SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952)
RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes
COLOR
BD-50
NOT RATED
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Special Features: Classic Cartoons: FEED THE KITTY and RABBIT'S KIN, Joe McDoakes Short: SO YOU WANT TO ENJOY LIFE, Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast: Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian
Directed by Andre de Toth
Academy Award winner Gary Cooper stars as a Union officer in the United States' Civil War who goes undercover--pretending to be court-martialed--to uncover who is stealing army horses and selling them to the South before they can hijack a delivery of the new Springfield Rifle. While delivering a shipment of horses desperately needed to mount a big offensive in the United States' Civil War, Union Major Lex Kearny (Cooper) is overwhelmed by a band of Confederate raiders. Rather than risk the lives of his men, he sounds retreat, leaving the precious cargo behind--for which he faces a court-martial. But this is only a ploy to send Kearny underground to find who has been stealing horses from the Union Army. Kearny's mission remains so secret that even his wife (Phyllis Thaxter) believes he has gone renegade, and she surrenders evidence that implicates him as a Southern spy. Now, can Kearny stop the gang of traitorous horse thieves before he is sentenced to death for espionage?



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SIDE STREET (1950)
RUNNING TIME: 83 Minutes
B&W
BD-50
NOT RATED
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.33.1
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Special Features: Feature Commentary by Richard Schickel, Featurette "Where Temptation Lurks", Crime Does Not Pay Short "The Luckiest Guy in the World", Classic Cartoons: "Goggle-Fishing Bear” (HD) and “Polka Dot Puss” (HD), Original Theatrical Trailer
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig
Directed by Anthony Mann
This thrilling Anthony Mann-directed film noir classis follows a part-time postal clerk who, in a moment of desperation, takes what he thinks is $200 but finds himself wanted by the police and the underworld for stealing a $30,000 intended blackmail payment. New York City postal worker Joe Norson (Farley Granger) wants nothing more than to provide a comfortable life for himself and his wife (Cathy O'Donnell), who is pregnant. Out of frustration he steals $30,000 from the shady lawyer Victor Backett (Edmon Ryan). However, the theft has higher stakes than Joe could have imagined: Backett extorted the money from Emil Lorrison (Paul Harvey), an innocent man whom he framed in a sex scandal and later murdered. Trying to hide the money from his wife, Joe gives it to his friend Nick Drumman (Edwin Max) for safekeeping. When Joe attempts to retrieve the money and return it to Backett, he finds himself caught up in a murderous web. A spectacular car chase brings a climax to the film, which was largely shot at various iconic New York locations, including Central Park, Stuyvesant Town, Battery Park, the Bellevue Hospital morgue, the Polyclinic maternity ward, Wall Street, Bowling Green Park, the Fulton Fish Market, the Queensboro Bridge and a Greenwich Village nightclub. SIDE STREET is a must-see noir, now looking better than ever as it does on this new blu-ray release!



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LILI (1953)
RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes
COLOR
BD-50
RATED G
Aspect Ratio 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio DTS HD-MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH

Special Features: Classic M-G-M Cartoons: THE IMPOSSIBLE POSSUM (HD), PECOS PEST(HD), PUPPY TALE(HD), Original Theatrical Trailer

Cast : Leslie Caron, Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont
Directed by Charles Walters.

Orphan Lili Daurier joins a carnival and falls under the spell of its star, a suave magician. But it is the show's crippled, embittered puppeteer who truly loves Lili, a love he can express only through his puppets. "It is not often that the word 'enchanting' can accurately be applied to a musical," Clive Hirschhorn wrote in The Hollywood Musical, "but it was the best way to describe Lili, as well as Leslie Caron's genuinely touching performance." Nominated for six Academy Awards® , Lili offers sentiment without sugar, simplicity without banality and a lyrical heart that beats to an Oscar -winning Bronislau Kaper score highlighted by Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo and an imaginative sequence of Caron dancing with her beloved puppets come to life. Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Amanda Blake and Kurt Kasznar also star.
Enjoy this beloved classic as never before in all its Technicolor glory.

[hearthesilence]

I had Side Street as part of Warner's old two-fer DVD, which I ditched after They Live by Night (the other film) was reissued by Criterion. Good to see it's getting a belated Blu-ray upgrade, and from a brand-new 4K scan to boot.

I've always wanted to check out Clean and Sober given the praise Keaton got for his performance. I feel like the film's reputation hasn't grown and it's arguably become somewhat obscure, but I've seen so many films with Keaton, I'm curious to see a performance that may very well be great and surprising.

[Finch]

I'm in for Side Street and maybe Wacky Races.

[Red Screamer]

I caught up with Side Street recently and found it pretty subpar for Mann, but I quite liked Jean Hagan’s scene.

But a great day for domino and twbblus, the world’s two biggest Lili fans. It’s also a Jacques Lourcelles favorite. It should be a treat in HD.

[therewillbeblus]

domino is the OG fan, but yes, a wonderful announcement! I'm glad they're keeping after Mann but I do wish they'd get to some of his better work. Clean and Sober is also a terrific film about addiction, for anyone interested in an authentic look at that

[felipe]

On the latest Extras podcast, George said that their big silents have been licensed to one of their partners for awhile. …so Criterion.

What would their big silents be at this point? Greed, The Crowd and possibly The Wind?

[TechnicolorAcid]

On the latest Extras podcast, George said that their big silents have been licensed to one of their partners for awhile. …so Criterion.

What would their big silents be at this point? Greed, The Crowd and possibly The Wind?

There’s a couple Lon Chaney vehicles that deserve a good release (West of Zanzibar and He Who Got Slapped being the most needing of a Blu-Ray), while The Merry Widow, The Flesh and the Devil, Show People, The Patsy, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Don Juan, and So This Is Paris all are stuck on DVD.

[CSM126]

Clean and Sober is a masterpiece and I will definitely snap that up. This will be its first home video release in widescreen too. I had been hoping against hope that one of the boutiques would pick it up for a nice special edition release, but I’m grateful to get it in HD at all.

Keaton and Morgan Freeman are both really fantastic and M. Emmet Walsh is reliably solid as an AA sponsor who gets to lay some truths on Keaton’s character near the end in a wonderful speech.

One of the best addiction dramas ever made.

[therewillbeblus]

It's worth noting that I've never met anyone in recovery who's seen the film and hasn't felt it to be both accurate and of substantial quality. Doesn't mean it's everyone's story, but it's a genuine engagement with the disease

I haven't seen the film in a very long time but, aside from at least two tragic moments, I recall the film being very fun - a well-balanced addiction drama with some comedic touches