Flicker Alley

[JPJ]

Eddie Muller´s introduction to Repeat Performance(1947,Alfred L.Werker),a film noir with a supernatural element,is now on YouTube.He confirms that Flicker Alley is going to release it later this year on blu.

[What A Disgrace]

Flicker Alley's new calendar confirms deluxe Blu-ray releases of the following films...

Gallery of Monsters (Jaque Catelain, 1924)
Repeat Performance (Alfred L. Werker , 1947)
The Signal Tower (Clarence Brown, 1924)
The City Without Jews (H.K. Breslauer, 1924)
The Beast Must Die (Román Viñoly Barreto, 1952)
The Juleen Compton Collection (Stranded - 1965, The Plastic Dome of Norma Jean - 1966, Buckeye and Blue - 1988)

And a MOD release of William S. Hart'2 1917 film The Narrow Trail. They also announced Paul Leni's Waxworks and a double feature release of Richard Oswald's Different From The Others and Laws of Love, but do not specify the format.

[domino harvey]

Holy shit, Juleen Compton! The only reference in Luc Moullet’s Brigitte et Brigitte I had to look up because her films completely disappeared from circulation after the sixties, even on back channels

[What A Disgrace]

Its worth noting that Jaque Catelain is the star of several films by Marcel L'Herbier, including L'Inhumaine and Eldorado, in addition to directing two films.

[senseabove]

The Signal Tower got really good reactions at last year’s Silent Film fest... Glad I’ll have the opportunity to catch it after a cold made me miss it then.

[Saturnome]

This is amazing. Juleen Compton's films and Signal Tower have been on my wishlist for so long. I'll certainly take Gallery of Monsters too. The people at Flicker Alley are something else.

[L.A.]

The Beast Must Die sounds nice, Argentine film noir sure is rare. What I would also like to see on home video is The Black Vampire because it is inspired by Fritz Lang’s M.

[CantelopeSkiz]

Eddie Muller's Film Noir Foundation has done restorations of both The Black Vampire(El Vampiro Negro) and The Bitter Stems(Los Tallos Amargos), so it should only be a matter of time before somebody releases them on home video. Flicker Alley would be my bet of which studio is most likely to do so.

[whaleallright]

that's a fantastic lineup of films. I hope they make a little money off these!

[BrianInAtlanta]

Been watching the Pudovkin set chronologically. I was hoping someone here had seen it and could give me some more information. CHESS FEVER is in very good shape but MOTHER is rough and looks like a 1970's restoration (?) Certain shots come from a print in slightly better quality than the South American sections of METROPOLIS.

[Glowingwabbit]

Been watching the Pudovkin set chronologically. I was hoping someone here had seen it and could give me some more information. CHESS FEVER is in very good shape but MOTHER is rough and looks like a 1970's restoration (?) Certain shots come from a print in slightly better quality than the South American sections of METROPOLIS.

I don't have access to the copy I pre-ordered yet (of course I get most of my packages sent to work, so I won't be getting my copy until after this quarantine ends), but it is my understanding that only Storm Over Asia has a new remaster. I assume in the case of Mother, either the restoration is simply too expensive or there are no longer elements available to do a newer restoration.

[BrianInAtlanta]

Watched THE END OF ST. PETERSBURG and STORM OVER ASIA. Both look restored. PETERSBURG has a little flickering in it but is very watchable and the best copy of it I've seen.

[L.A.]

The Bolshevik Trilogy - Three Films by Vsevolod Pudovkin coming in March.

Beaver.

[Nw_jahrles]

Kristin Thompson's thoughts on the set

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2020/ ... ovkin-gap/

She basically states that better quality prints exist for Mother and The End of St. Petersburg is cropped, so the image is off-center. She reiterates that it's the best they've looked so far, but it is definitely a flawed set.

[L.A.]

The City Without Jews (1924) coming July 14th.

[dustybooks]

I've been enjoying the Bolshevik Trilogy release though I'm disappointed by how bad Mother still looks, as noted earlier in the thread. However I just want to mention that Chess Fever (still great, and I'm so glad it's on the set) includes surely one of the best title cards of all time, "Finally, someone else who hates chess!"

[dustybooks]

Sorry for two posts in a row, but Peter Bagrov's commentary on Storm Over Asia on that release is excellent. (So is the film, which I'd never seen.)

[L.A.]

In honor of its nomination for the DVD Awards at #IlCinemaRitrovato, Flicker Alley's stunning FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE Blu-ray and DVD is currently 20%! Use discount code JULY2020. Offer available until July 31.

[Adam X]

I was able to use this code on Trapped.

[L.A.]

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett / Waxworks (1924) coming November 3rd.

[L.A.]

The City Without Jews (1924) coming July 14th.

Beaver.

[L.A.]

Chicago (Frank Urson, 1927) coming to Blu on October 6th. BD-R probably though.

[FrauBlucher]

Das Wachsfigurenkabinett / Waxworks (1924) coming November 3rd.

Beaver.... looks lovely

[L.A.]

Laurel or Hardy: Early Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy coming in January.

[soundchaser]

According to the latest newsletter, the two Mary Pickford films are leaving the Flicker Alley catalog “soon.”

(There’s also going to be a site-wide Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale with 20% off everything minus pre-orders and (probably) MOD releases.)