This has been a productive month for WAC
On Blu-Ray
Brigadoon
The Law And Jake Wade
The Illustrated Man
Innocent Blood
Waiting For Guffman
The Hidden
Longmire (Season 5)
On DVD
Porky Pig 101
I hope future months are as productive
I suppose there were no responses to your hint since it was informally announced at the TCM Festival in April (with associated thread here on HTF).
I'm just waiting for the formal announcement with date and preorder listing
So,
What has happened to WHV?
Last year was supposed to be a BIG year for Classics
But we really only got four collections
Musicals
1939
Sinatra
Sci-Fi/Horror.
The last announcement was in June (eight months ago).
The last release was in October (four months ago).
So far nothing coming for...
While I am happy about the releases we've had this year, I am disappointed with the schedule/frequency.
I wish someone would tell WB that there are 12 months in a year, not 6.
We have not had an announcement since June, and given that we are into October (and probably past the lead-in for the...
I still don't see how these response apply to my question about keeping the release schedule a secret.
To address RAH's last point, if two titles show up in the same month, and I can only afford one, the the other becomes a future purchase - not a lost sale. In fact, advance knowledge allows...
Why?
I mean this sincerely. How does releasing Warner's plan for (what has been stated over-and-over-and-over) a niche market release (proprietary catalog titles), in any way, shape, or form influence the decision making of Universal, or MGM, or Sony, or Criterion, or Image, or Shout, etc...
Actually from that list, only Bogart hasn't had a new release (yet).
By my count, we've had:
three new musicals (2 MGM, one WB) in the Musicals box
three new musicals (2 MGM, one WB) in the Sinatra box
two new dramas, one new comedy, one new western (2 WB, 1 MGM, 1 RKO) in the 1939 box
two...
Oh, and just in case there is a contest ...
To Have And Have Not - 1944 - Howard Hawks - Sidney Hickox
The Big Sleep - 1946 - Howard Hawks - Sid Hickox
Dark Passage - 1947 - Delmer Daves - Sid Hickox
Key Largo - 1948 - John Huston - Karl Freund
There, I think I covered the bases :D