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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2021 10:42 pm
by EddieLarkin
swo17 wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:23 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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 12:14 am
by swo17
Which would let me ditch the French and Droopy sets entirely

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:22 pm
by captveg

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:38 pm
by swo17
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?

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:38 pm
by FrauBlucher
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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:47 pm
by swo17
Which film are they talking about?

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:58 pm
by soundchaser
A Night at the Opera

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:59 pm
by FrauBlucher
Silly me...
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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:58 pm
by FrauBlucher

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:02 am
by captveg
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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:58 pm
by yoloswegmaster
Mad Love will be released October 19:

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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:35 pm
by L.A.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 7:00 pm
by movielocke
JakeStewart wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:51 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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 10:29 pm
by FrauBlucher
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

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:08 am
by JakeStewart
They announced Night Shift, Tex Avery Screwball vol. 3, and Bedlam/The Ghost Ship prior to those three. This may be it.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:35 am
by domino harvey
Dinner at Eight completes the Classic Comedies Collection box on Blu, doesn’t it?

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:45 am
by Feego
Stage Door is still MIA.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 12:55 am
by FrauBlucher
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)

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 1:46 pm
by captveg
Also on 10/26:

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

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:47 pm
by domino harvey
Here's my writeup for Children
domino harvey wrote: Sun Jul 03, 2016 1:29 pmChildren 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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:19 am
by Tuco
If anyone was worrying, Naked Spur is looking pretty good...and could somebody erect a monument to Robert Ryan?

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:58 pm
by FrauBlucher

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:18 pm
by FrauBlucher
bluray.com...A Night at the Opera... Margaret Dumont in 1080p, can't wait to watch this 🥸

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:12 pm
by Ribs
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.

Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:51 pm
by reaky
Popping on my stetson, “comme Dean Martin dans Some Came Running”.