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Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 9:33 pm
by domino harvey
Two Mrs Carrolls is Bogart’s worst film. Unconscionable choice
domino harvey wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:38 pm
the Two Mrs Carrolls (Peter Godfrey 1947) A film so bad that Warners sat on it for years waiting for Bogart to be popular enough for it to not matter to audiences. Bogart and Barbara Stanwyck are the unlikely pairing at the center of this ripoff of
Suspicion and
Gaslight, with Bogart's worst performance (I haven't seen them all but there's no possible way he was ever worse than this)
and one of the worst child performances ever captured. Lots of milestones here, none of them positive.
domino harvey wrote: Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:25 pm
Johnny Eager's probably more a gangster film than noir, but nevertheless, it's a real crackerjack with a fun Robert Taylor performance-- I'm starting to wonder if I've had such a negative view of Taylor just because his best roles are buried in TCM/Archive limbo? Van Heflin’s drunktank act is a little tired, though surprise surprise, the Academy gave him an Oscar for it. This one has some clever setpieces and good interplay between worlds of deception and is a nice entry in the tail-end of the gangster genre. It is also a better film than anything in the last two Gangster sets-- seriously, someone wanted
Picture Snatcher over this?
My Favorite Wife leaves only Destination Tokyo and the Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer left from the Cary Grant Signature box, so I assume/hope they’re on the docket
And Babes in Arms means they’re willing to release the blackface Mickey and Judy musicals, so I’m sure the other one is coming soon too
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 9:46 pm
by soundchaser
WAC giveth, etc.
After last month's announcements, I'm ok with an objectively disastrous slate.
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 9:58 pm
by domino harvey
It is objectively funny that the Blu-ray.com forum is calling this an amazing month
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 10:16 pm
by starmanof51
domino harvey wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2026 9:58 pm
It is objectively funny that the Blu-ray.com forum is calling this an amazing month
I went from this thread to theirs and a real laugh
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 10:24 pm
by James Stock
domino harvey wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2026 9:58 pm
It is objectively funny that the Blu-ray.com forum is calling this an amazing month
They say that every month.
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 10:25 pm
by domino harvey
WTF I just learned that like many of us, Van Heflin is an Oklahoman. He even went to OU! Granted he won in an absolutely miserable year of contenders (I like Bendix better but they were never giving him an Oscar) but I guess I can feel a little better about it now
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 11:31 pm
by FrauBlucher
James Stock wrote: Mon Oct 05, 2026 7:46 pm
Such a random choice for a 4K.
Not really. Their wheelhouse for UHD releases are musicals and/or technicolor (or whatever they call their process). I totally expected this.
A blah month
Re: Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2026 11:46 pm
by domino harvey
I will say, something about My Favorite Wife really repels me, as do the two remakes (Move Over, Darling and the aborted Monroe one). Like, everything about it is too weird and otherwise traumatic to possibly be all that funny, and it’s not really clear why they kept trying to make it work