A "fun" poll re: the Warners Archives (1 Viewer)

[Thomas T]

The constant bickering and whining over what the Warners Archives chooses to release vs. what they do release seems a never ending topic in this section of the HTF. So in the spirit of fun as opposed to more bickering, I've arbitrarily listed 20 titles that Warners has the rights to, 10 "classics" and 10 that no one would call classic. The idea is to vote for the 10 that you would like (or at least interested in) to see Warners release on blu ray. Please stick to the titles on the list. This is not a "Titles I personally want to see Warners release on blu ray" thread. I'm just interested to see where the HTF consensus goes, the classics that allegedly everybody wants or the "pulp" that sells. The arbitrary titles:

Captain Sindbad (sic) (1963) with Guy Williams (6 votes)
Girl Happy (1965) with Elvis Presley (7 votes)
Holiday In Mexico (1946) with Jane Powell (7 votes)
Hot Rods To Hell (1967) with Dana Andrews (5 votes)
House Of Dark Shadows (1970) with Joan Bennett (4 votes)
Kansas City Bomber (1972) with Raquel Welch (4 votes)
The Liquidator (1965) with Rod Taylor (9 votes)
Lovely To Look At (1952) with Kathryn Grayson (8 votes)
Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer (7 votes)
Mrs. Parkington (1944) with Greer Garson (5 votes)
New Moon (1940) with Jeanette MacDonald (6 votes)
Rosalie (1937) with Eleanor Powell (7 votes)
Sandokan The Great (1963) with Steve Reeves (3 votes)
She (1965) with Ursula Andress (11 votes)
Skyjacked (1972) with Charlton Heston (8 votes)
Strawberry Statement (1970) with Bruce Davison (1 vote)
Student Prince (1954) with Edmund Purdom (8 votes)
Susan And God (1940) with Joan Crawford (7 votes)
Thrill Of A Romance (1945) with Esther Williams (8 votes)
White Cliffs Of Dover (1944) with Irene Dunne (6 votes)

 

[Worth]

Skyjacked
She
The Liquidator
House of Dark Shadows
Hot Rods to Hell
Captain Sindbad
Kansas City Bomber
Girl Happy
Sandokan the Great
White Cliffs of Dover

 

[Thomas T]

My own 10 (although I'm only really interested in 7 of the 10) in alphabetical order:

Holiday In Mexico
Hot Rods To Hell
House Of Dark Shadows
Kansas City Bomber
The Liqudator
Lovely To Look At
She
Skyjacked
Strawberry Statement
Student Prince

 

[BobO'Link]

There are only 2 from that list I'd purchase:

Captain Sinbad
She

 

[Joel Arndt]

Holiday In Mexico (1946) with Jane Powell
Lovely To Look At (1952) with Kathryn Grayson
Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer
New Moon (1940) with Jeanette MacDonald
Rosalie (1937) with Eleanor Powell
Skyjacked (1972) with Charlton Heston
Student Prince (1954) with Edmund Purdom
Susan And God (1940) with Joan Crawford
Thrill Of A Romance (1945) with Esther Williams
White Cliffs Of Dover (1944) with Irene Dunne

 

[Astairefan]

My list, in order of most wanted to least (although if anybody from WAC is listening, they would all be day 1, full price purchases as long as the releases are spaced out enough):

Lovely To Look At
New Moon (1940)
Rosalie
Student Prince
Holiday In Mexico
Thrill Of A Romance

The only other movie on that list would be Girl Happy, although that is low enough on the list that would only be a 4 for $44 sale for me.

 

[DannyLewis]

My list (in no preference order):

Holiday In Mexico (1946) with Jane Powell
Lovely To Look At (1952) with Kathryn Grayson
Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer
Mrs. Parkington (1944) with Greer Garson
New Moon (1940) with Jeanette MacDonald
Rosalie (1937) with Eleanor Powell
Student Prince (1954) with Edmund Purdom
Susan And God (1940) with Joan Crawford
Thrill Of A Romance (1945) with Esther Williams
White Cliffs Of Dover (1944) with Irene Dunne

 

[ScottHM]

I would consider these.

Marie Antoinette (1938)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Susan And God (1940)
Thrill Of A Romance (1945)
White Cliffs Of Dover (1944)

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[Arthur Powell]

House of Dark Shadows is already on blu, but the WB blu may be out of print judging from it's Amazon page. That would make it ripe for a WAC reissue. To be honest, I'm one of those who would like to see WAC put out a lot more pre-1950 titles, but I would be hard pressed to select any "must have" titles from that particular list. Perhaps that just shows that beyond a few major titles we'll never find consensus on what we want as a whole. Being a Buster Keaton completest, maybe New Moon since Keaton was supposed to have a supporting role, but for some reason his scenes were cut with the exception of a "blink and you miss it" cameo at the film's beginning.

 

[Randy Korstick]

House of Dark Shadows is available on Blu Ray by WHV as is Night of Dark Shadows

 

[Alan Tully]

I'm going to bicker and whine about that list, it's not fit for purpose. I only want one title on it, She (1965). No Warner Archive releases for me so far this year, let's see what the second half of 2019 brings (if only they'd ask me, I'd mark their card).

 

[Randy Korstick]

What I would buy on this list on Blu Ray:
Captain Sindbad
Girl Happy
The Liqidator
Lovely to Look At
She
Skyjacked

 

[Thomas T]

House of Dark Shadows is already on blu, but the WB blu may be out of print judging from it's Amazon page. That would make it ripe for a WAC reissue. To be honest, I'm one of those who would like to see WAC put out a lot more pre-1950 titles, but I would be hard pressed to select any "must have" titles from that particular list. Perhaps that just shows that beyond a few major titles we'll never find consensus on what we want as a whole. Being a Buster Keaton completest, maybe New Moon since Keaton was supposed to have a supporting role, but for some reason his scenes were cut with the exception of a "blink and you miss it" cameo at the film's beginning.

House Of Dark Shadows is out of print. Amazon is selling used copies for $38 and $93 for a sealed blu ray. It's not sold at all at the Warners shop.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Maybe on the Dark Shadows movies. Generally, there's a lot I would like from Warner Archive but none of it is on your list.

 

[Konstantinos]

Captain Sindbad (sic) (1963) with Guy Williams
The Liquidator (1965) with Rod Taylor
Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer
Sandokan The Great (1963) with Steve Reeves
Student Prince (1954) with Edmund Purdom

 

[RichMurphy]

Rosalie and She for me.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

From that list I have The Liquidator on DVD so that would be nice on blu-ray.

 

[skylark68]

Captain Sindbad
Sandokan the Great
The Liquidator
Skyjacked
Kansas City Bomber


No one ever accused me of having good taste though. I was one of the few apparently that applauded the release of Colossus of Rhodes awhile back.

 

[Mark-P]

Where's the poll? I don't see anywhere to cast votes above the thread.

 

[Simon Lewis]

Where's the poll? I don't see anywhere to cast votes above the thread.

I think you just reply with your list of titles and then Thomas T adds them up.