Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

[therewillbeblus]

Presenting Lily Mars!

A strong month overall

[domino harvey]

Wow! What a month

[FrauBlucher]

That's 11 titles this month. I hope they keep up the volume

[soundchaser]

Presenting Lily Mars!

Nobody has an excuse for skipping this one on the Musicals List now!

[FrauBlucher]

Now 12. They just added Random Harvest

[therewillbeblus]

It just keeps getting better

[domino harvey]

Now 12. They just added Random Harvest

One of my ten most wanted WB DVD upgrades!

[FrauBlucher]

Now 12. They just added Random Harvest

One of my ten most wanted WB DVD upgrades!

Do you have a write up on this?

[domino harvey]

Yep!

Random Harvest A well-crafted and handsome film that will drive the plot-obsessed mad but treat the rest of us more kindly, this is yet another strong nominee from one of the Academy's best years. Released in any other year, Garson would've been a Best Actress shoo-in for playing The Greer Garson role (too bad she was already nominated and would win this year for her best variation on the part). This is really Ronald Colman’s movie though, and he walks away with it, particularly in the first act when his shell-shocked amnesiac can barely spit out a sentence. The look of sadness on his face, like a neglected puppy, sells it all.

[Matt]

The two I want most (Random Harvest, Presenting Lily Mars) are from "best preservation elements" and not the OCNs, but I'm sure they will still look miles better than the existing DVDs which are both 20 years old. Crime Wave is from the OCN and should look phenomenal.

[therewillbeblus]

Crime Wave is great for many reasons, but I think the way it's shot is my favorite trait. Just the opening gas station shootout alone is a visual feast. Can't wait to see it in HD

[swo17]

I tried playing Presenting Lily Mars a year or two ago and the disc wouldn't play at all. Not sure if it was disc rot or I just had a bad disc

[Finch]

So nice to see Warner Archive keep digging into the pre codes library. William Dieterle's Jewel Robbery next please!

[reaky]

Any thoughts on Lilly Turner or The Keyhole? I fancy both.

[Maltic]

Great announcements.

Regarding the plot of Random Harvest, I believe Bordwell uses it in Reinventing Hollywood as one of his (many) examples of complex "modernist" storytelling in Hollywood post-Citizen Kane. I guess he's fond of it as an example precisely because it's a middlebrow Oscar drama, and not some wacky B film noir...

[domino harvey]

Any thoughts on Lilly Turner or The Keyhole? I fancy both.

I don’t think either ever had a DVD release, even via the Archives

[domino harvey]

COMING TO BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON JUNE 30th!
NEW 2026 1080pHD MASTERS FROM 4K SCANS OF BEST PRESERVATION ELEMENTS

LETTY LYNTON
MSRP $24.98
BD-50
Running Time: 84 Minutes
B&W
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
SUBTITLES: ENGLISH SDH

Special Features: Feature length documentary: IRVING THALBERG: PRINCE OF HOLLYWOOD; Audio-only Joan Crawford radio appearances: GOOD NEWS of 1938 (5/19/1938); LUX RADIO THEATER-A DOLL’S HOUSE (6/6/1938); GOOD NEWS of 1939 (10/20/1938); THE SILVER THEATER-THE TRAIN RIDE (5/7/1939); GULF SCREEN GUILD THEATER-NONE SHALL PART US (10/15/1939)

Interestingly this will also receive a DVD release on the same day

[FrauBlucher]

Well, this is exciting. An early announcement ... We could see the rest of the announcements tomorrow or Friday

COMING FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION IN A 4K/UHD COMBO ON SEPT. 2nd!

NEW 2026 4K UHD HDR MASTER FROM 4K SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL NITRATE CAMERA NEGATIVE!

OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
MSRP: $29.98
BD100/BD50-Two disc 4K/Blu-ray combo pack
B&W
DOLBY VISION
Running Time 97 Minutes
NOT RATED Aspect Ratio: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
Disc authoring and compression by Fidelity in Motion
Directed by Jacques Tourneur

Cast: Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Jane Greer, Rhonda Fleming

Special features: Introduction by Turner Classic Movies “NOIR ALLEY” host EDDIE MULLER, Feature-length commentary by Film noir author/specialist JAMES URSINI; Audio-only: Robert Mitchum radio appearances: HALLMARK PLATHOUSE: “WE WERE EXPENING YOU AT DAKAR” 2/27/1947, SUSPENSE “DEATH AT LIVE OAK” 5/16/1947, SUSPENSE “THE STORY OF MARKHAM’S DEATH” 10/2/1947, and Kirk Douglas on SUSPENSE “COMMUNITY PROPERTY” (4/10/1947)

[Finch]

Thank you George! Wonderful announcement.

[andyli]

There's also a quickly removed annoucement for Pennies from Heaven (1981).

COMING TO BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION ON AUGUST 25th
NEW 2026 1080p HD MASTER FROM 4K SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN (1981)
MSRP: $24.98
COLOR
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 1.85:1
Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
Subtitles: ENGLISH SDH
RATED R
Directed by Herbert Ross
Cast: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Christopher Walken, John McMartin, Vernel Bagneris.

SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene-specific audio commentary by film critic Peter Rainer; 20th anniversary cast & crew reunion discussion; Original Theatrical Trailer
” I want to live in a world where the song come true” Arthur Parker says. In that world, bank tellers would eagerly hand out sacks of Depression-era dough to him, ever cloud would have a silver lining and Arthur’s loveless marriage to Joan would give way to boop boop-a-doop bliss with passionate Eileen. Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Jessica Harper form the triangle of this razzle-dazzler in which lip-synched 1930s songs contrast with characters’ lives. Herbert Ross directed Dennis Potter’s big-screen adaptation of his landmark BBC TV miniseries, filming on sets that recreate Depression-era artwork and bring a savvy touch to vibrant musical numbers. See Christopher Walken strip to Let’s Misbehave. Fall under the spell of a Martin/Peters homage to Astaire and Rogers. Every penny is on the screen and looks like a million.

[FrauBlucher]

If the OUT OF THE PAST Blu-ray is better than the 2014 version I will definitely splurge

[FrauBlucher]

Here they come….
We know OUT OF THE PAST 4K and
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN
now…
WAG THE DOG
MONTANA (1950)
SARGEANT RUTLEDGE

[domino harvey]

Bring on more rotted Ford DVDs, especially since that’s the worst one movie-wise so it’s all uphill from here!

[Beloved Aunt]

SPECIAL FEATURES: Scene-specific audio commentary by film critic Peter Rainer; 20th anniversary cast & crew reunion discussion; Original Theatrical Trailer

I've always loved the fact that Warners sees fit to include a commentary on the release by a critic (who I've never heard of before or since) who Steve Martin, in the other on-disc extra that isn't the trailer, openly mocks for being (according to Steve Martin) a weird, maladroit loser.

[FrauBlucher]

Bring on more rotted Ford DVDs, especially since that’s the worst one movie-wise so it’s all uphill from here!

I do want THE INFORMER just to see that last shot looking pristine