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Just wanted to drop Kudos to Warners on their chat and its details, truly the best studio when it comes to preserving their films and rights and taking care of their fan's interests. Biggest news for me was the old detectives including Charlie Chan, The Falcon, The Saint and Perry Mason...

Not trying to be sarcastic, but I swear Fox must have made a mistake in actually releasing a series detective from the 1940s ;) Anyhow, I would love to see many more of them as this is not even the best of the series! And, please bring on Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto!! Tom D.

Steve As always, your posts are on target,BUT remember we are still dealing with FOX and all of their idiotic thoughts and ramblings with regard to Mr. Moto and Charlie Chan. AS I have posted on here for 2 years, their is not logical or monetary reason not to release these films, they...

This topic and Fox's pig headedness makes me disgusted. How in the !!!! can 48 Bowery Boys films make it to release before Charlie Chan?????? Next thing you know, Warners will announce they are releasing the 11 Charlie Chan films they own before Fox. Unbelievable is about the only way to...

Hi Jeff or Brian, can you post the Studioworks email and the Tony at Ventura email so I can get my replacements! THANKS< Tom

Update to this thread, it is now being reported that there may be a "rights" issue to the Chan films for dvd distribution. Now, this one is way out of my ballpark, my question is how can a studio lose distribution rights to films they own????

Patrick, excellent idea, except Anchor Bay has approached along with MPI and one other I cannot remember, this is all taken from quotes from various classic mystery magazines during the Fox Movie Channel Chan debacle. FOX simply will NOT license them.(as quoted by the studios mentioned above)...

Robert, I just wish the reason Fox will not license them is that they wish to release them down the road, that would be fine by me, but I hope you understand my skepticism about that! Also, the other site was actually Bestbuy.com while I agree that does not represent the brick and mortars, I...

Robert, I was basing my MGM statement on 2 things: 1. Sales rankings on Amazon, Deepdiscountdvd and one other site which escapes me for the moment. And 2. While I cannot quote the individual due to privacy issues, a person who is well respected and heavily involved in the movie industry...

Time to get on my soapbox again. Will Fox ever listen to their classic mystery fans and release the Charlie Chan series and the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre?? They should take notes from MGM here in America(despite Fox's bogus statement, MGM MADE MONEY on the Chan set they released!)...

You will be pleasantly surprised to know that Miami Vice is slated for dvd release (see tvshowsondvd website). I also believe some of the original music will be replaced much like Wiseguy dvds and Dawson's Creek to name a few. While I am excited to get this on dvd, I am sure there will be some...

I have been wondering the same thing and like you have sent quite a few emails. I hope Anchor Bay does release the 2nd season, it is terrible advertising to say you are releasing the complete Crime Story and then never follow through, leaves a bad taste in my mouth for Anchor Bay. Tom

Great post, I agree, The Magician was a great show and you are correct that it sells quite well on ebay. I hope Paramount listens more than Fox does. I have been making a similar point regarding Charlie Chan/Mr. Moto series of films at fox. Hopefully the studios will start paying attention to...

Just wanted to update my post with the latest Charlie Chan Chanthology DVD Sales Rankings: Deep Discount DVD - 18th best seeler DVD Empire - 22nd best seller Amazon - 59th best seller It appears like the Fox executive would have "kept his shirt". You goofed up Fox Boy oh...

Steve, could not agree more. I believe if what I have seen is correct is that MGM is doing pretty good business with this DVD release of Charlie Chan. C'mon Fox, follow their lead!!! As you said, Fox stands to do really good business, since they restored their films and they are the best...

Mr. Blythe, I think its great that you take time out of your schedule to read these boards and sometimes answer! I wish all of the major studios (hint to Fox) took the time! We appreciate Paramount's work to date and look forward to future titles like maybe??? Get Smart> Thanks again, Tom...

It has been NOW officially announced, Charlie Chan will arrive to dvd in July!! I would love to hear a response from Fox on this one, if Peter Staddon at Fox is so worried about losing his shirt, WHY is MGM releasing the films?? MGM seems pretty successful to me, they can't be that dumb? I...

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I'd like to know about the Monogram Charlie Chan films they own, they should get these out there! Allied Artist did long ago around the beginning of VHS< so they definitely got them. Tom D.

Kudos to MGM for having the guts to issue a 6 Charlie Chan dvd boxset in July (news courtesy of dvddrive-in site) Maybe Fox will have to eat their "losing their shirt" words about releasing their restored Chans. What a ludicrous statement, oh well, Fox is missing out on earning a return on their...

I'd like to add the later Charlie Chan features from Monogram Studios starring Sidney Toler and Roland Winters and Mantan Moreland. A good chunk of Moreland's comic genius is buried in these films in some vault rotting away. Tom D.

AGREED, It is a load of horse puckey that Fox is trying to feed the video world with regard to Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto. Heck, I just know that MPI would be happy to release the films and so would Anchor Bay. NOW, the true question is will the Turner Folks ever get off the proverbial pot and...

AND I am sure they have been approached for the Mr. Moto rights also as I know at least 1 public domain company that tried to obtain them and was turned down w/out explanation. CRAP, that is what this is. Well, it gives me more "fuel" for my letter. Tom

Robert, I agree, you have hit the nail on the head. BUT It is still not going to stop me from sending a letter requesting their release or at the least license them out and let MPI or Anchor Bay do the release. This whole situation just stinks. I cannot believe the short sightedness of being...

Well, Peter Staddon has nixed the dvd releases of these films in last night's chat due to the potential of losing his shirt on the releases. While I respect the man, I am at an utter loss of words. Did Fox look at the bootleg sales of these films for the last 20 years thru mail order and EBAY...

That's right, I forgot about Hef! Rumor also has it that he has donated a large sum to restore 3 William Powell PHilo Vance films, which hopefully means Canary, Benson and Greene(God knows there are enough copies of Kennel out there!) Hopefully MPI will release these too.

Just would like to send out much deserved praise to both UCLA and MPI Home Video for the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes DVDS. The first collection looks and sounds terrific. It is nice to see some of the true classic series films make it to DVD. Kudos to UCLA for the restoration and Kudos to MPI...

I am starting to believe that rumor as nuts as it sounds, because I have this feeling Fox is "afraid" of something when it comes to these movies and I really do not believe it is the Asian activists either. The activists had no problem with dvd releases and they stated that numerous times, their...

Hi, let's not get into a debate about Fox's dvd catalog as a whole, my only point with this whole thread is that Charlie Chan And Mr. Moto will sell. Again, I am a numbers guy and if you want me to estimate the daily sales on ebay, it would be quite easy. Like I said earlier, only 1 Moto title...

Well, as usual when the subject of Mr. Moto or Charlie Chan comes up, Fox has no comment. I would love to know why this studio does not want to make money on these films??? Beyond reason, Tom D.