You are correct. That IS what is meant when CBS refers to "syndication 4x3," which is their terminology for a syndication master offered in 4x3 screen format. It means that OUR MISS BROOKS is available to broadcasters from CBS only in an edited-for-syndication 22 minute version. It has nothing...
At least a couple of the season four "Hollywood" shows also missed having cut-from-the-syndication-print scenes restored to the shows themselves. The scenes are on the last disc in the season four set in the bonus features section. I don't remember whether or not CBS/Paramount officially used...
The Flying Deuces, despite being an RKO release, was never in Turner's hands. Rights to the film reverted to producer Boris Morros, who sold it to a company named Commonwealh Films, an outfit that apparently never bothered to renew the copyrights on anything they owned, consigning them all to...
Not to get too far off topic from Wheeler and Woolsey, but you might be interested in this blog post about Convention City, which discusses that film's fate. The relevant portion is at the bottom of the post...
"Syndication 4x3 HD" means that a series is available in high-definition in an edited-for-syndication version running approximately 22 minutes (for a half-hour series like Our Miss Brooks). "Network 4x3 HD" means that a series is available in high-def in its original, full-length network...
Those four episodes are still not included in the syndication package. They are "Bilko's 'Merry Widow'," "Bilko Stars Kay Kendall," "Bilko Presents McGuire Sisters," and "Bilko and the Crosbys."
Some FLYING NUN trivia that may interest you--or not. Both the season 1 DVD set and the current syndication package include the show's one hour pilot, which is what aired when the show debuted on ABC. However, there is also a short version of that pilot, edited to thirty minutes, which was what...
MCA didn't get the Hopalong Cassidy pictures, the Pine-Thomas productions, or about twenty-odd films based on Zane Gray stories. These were all sold elsewhere. Rights to some of Bob Hope's movies reverted to him at some point in the 1950s.
"Pre-48s" isn't quite accurate, since the sale to MCA...
I have lists of the 1929-1949 Paramount titles that were sold to MCA, based on Copyright Office Assignment Documents. Is there a specific title you were wondering about? I can tell you that MCA didn't get the Hopalong Cassidy pictures, the Pine-Thomas productions, the Bulldog Drummonds, and a...
Monogram/Allied Artists and British Pathe had a reciprocal distribution deal. British Pathe handled Monogram/Allied Artists product in the United Kingdom, and Monogram/Allied Artists handled British Pathe releases in the United States, usually through their Stratford Pictures subsidiary.Sean
I have to count myself among those to whom this policy makes no sense. How is a title being exclusive to a single brick-and-mortar chain one bit different than a title being exclusive to Shout Select, Warner Archive, or Time-Life? Certainly, these releases will be much more widely available and...
Actually, only two seasons of The Beulah Show were produced, each consisting of 39 episodes. Season one aired on ABC from October 3, 1950 through June 26, 1951. These episodes were repeated from July 3, 1951 through March 25, 1952. Season two aired from April 1, 1952 through December 23, 1952...
Picked up ABBOTT AND COSTELLO, VOL. 1 and THE BOB HOPE AND BING CROSBY ROAD TO COMEDY COLLECTION at Walmart tonight. Both are single-sided discs, four in the A&C set and two in the Hope-Crosby set.
I've never had any problem with the DVD-18s I own, but so many people have had trouble with them...
Don't take the term "pre-48" too literally. Universal owns quite a few Paramounts released in 1948 and 1949.
1948: "Albuquerque," "Beyond Glory," "Big Clock, The," "Dream Girl," "Emperor Waltz, The," "Foreign Affair, A," "Hatter's Castle," "Hazard," "Isn't It Romantic?" "Miss Tatlock's...
Found another edited episode, one I haven't seen mentioned. It's in the Lily Tomlin/Steve Lawrence episode, during the "Caged Dames" sketch. The edit occurs after 'Spike' (Carol), who is behind bars, shouts out, "I want to live!" She goes on to quote lyrics from an old song titled "I Want to...