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JoeDoakes said:
Quote from the 4/9 Press Release: "These films have been remastered from the best available 35mm film elements. Initial quantities of this release will be traditionally replicated (pressed) in anticipation of high consumer demand." Wow! After all that grumbling about people even asking if a release was pressed or burned, and after obtaining the deletion of the HTF Warner Archive pressed vs. burned thread, WA actually comes out and finally states in the official press release that a title is going to be pressed and not burned. Cheers for their increased communication!
Could this be a response to a demand for pressed? Or it is economically more advantageous (more sales or cost effective) for them to delve into more pressed product -- at least for these multi-disc sets. Us 'duly condemned Naysayers' may be deserving of a little less scorn...
 

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I just signed up for the two-week free trial. Streamed an episode of "Jericho" (definitely not HD, looks like mastered from low-definition video masters) and the first half hour of the HD "The Horror of Dracula," which looks very good indeed. I have most of these on DVD already and the quality of streaming doesn't match DVD (even at the promised 1080p of the HD titles), but then I've never seen a streaming signal that did. Given that, looks good and it's a very enticing line-up.
 

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They have been releasing Pressed discs for any TV show or DVD set that they believe will be a bigger seller because it is cheaper to do a big batch of pressed discs compared to creating them one at a time as long as the title is a big seller for them. They have been doing this since the summer of 2012.
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Could this be a response to a demand for pressed? Or it is economically more advantageous (more sales or cost effective) for them to delve into more pressed product -- at least for these multi-disc sets. Us 'duly condemned Naysayers' may be deserving of a little less scorn...
 

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Ahead of this afternoon's mailing....

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THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944) Jean Negulesco began his remarkable run of classic noirs by knocking it out of the park with this winning adaptation of a novel by nightmaster Eric Ambler. Also making his debut is Zachary Scott as the titular criminal Dimitrios. But it’s Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, here in the middle of their remarkable pairings (The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, Background to Danger, Passage to Marseilles, The Conspirators, Three Strangers, and The Verdict) who send this Citizen Kane of criminal portraits into the cinematic stratosphere. Lorre, in one of his rare turns as lead, clearly delights in the role, revealing his penchant for mordant comedy and dry delivery. And Greenstreet gives added depth to his traditional malignant mastermind character as this film’s heavy’s heart proves stronger than his head. Faye Emerson, as the gal done wrong, proves an apt match. This long awaited DVD release is Newly Remastered.
*Note: Available for pre-order 4/24/2013, to be released 5/7/2013 THE FALL GUY (1947) Noir scribe supreme Cornell Woolrich’s short story “Cocaine” provides the basis for this crime thriller starring Leo Penn and Robert Armstrong. Penn plays Tom Cochrane, a traumatized WWII vet who comes to after a night of one too many, with blood on his hands and fragmented memories of a young blonde’s murder. After skipping out of the drunk tank, the now-fugitive Tom turns to his brother-in-law cop to find out if Tom’s really a liquored up ladykiller or doped up patsy who’s been fitted for the frame. Also stars noir mainstay Elisha Cook, Jr, and Teala Loring. Directed by Reginald Le Borg, with Walter Mirisch producing. Newly Remastered A DANGEROUS PROFESSION (1949) George Raft stars in this cracker of a crime picture that takes place in the rarified world of bail bondsmen. Under the narration of police detective Nick Ferrone (the great Jim Backus), the viewer is introduced to ex-cop cum bail bond broker Vince Kane (Raft) and his partner Joe Farley (Pat O’Brien in prime “Wise up, ya dope” mode). In short order there’s a cop killed, an ex-flame, a patsy, and Vince on the hook for 9 Gs. With his partner pressuring him to drop the case, Kane is under the gun to unravel a net of graft, robbery and murder to order to get at the truth. Even if it costs him a crack at the dame that got away (Ella Raines). Directed by Ted Tetzlaff. Newly Remastered DUFFY OF SAN QUENTIN (1954) Warner Bros. eschews traditional hagiographic biopic tendencies to stay true to its ripped from the headlines social reform roots for this powerful prison flick. Culled from the literary works of real-life San Quentin Warden Quentin T. Duffy, the film moves the spotlight from warden reformer to inmate Edward “Romeo” Harper, his sometimes ally, sometimes enemy. As the inmate tries to adjust to life inside a changing prison — including the arrival of a female nurse (Joanne Dru) — he begins to get a handle on his demons. Just then, the prosecutor (George Macready) responsible for his institutional hell gets sentenced to the same prison…Also stars Maureen O’Sullivan as Mrs. Duffy. Directed by Walter Doniger. Newly Remastered
*Note: Available for pre-order 4/24/2013, to be released 5/7/2013 LOOPHOLE (1954) Allied Artists gets an “A” for this prime piece of “innocent man” noir. Barry Sullivan plays a bank teller whose life gets up-ended thanks to a daring robbery by a little man with a big plan. Noir pit-bull Charles McGraw plays the insurance agent who Javerts the accused teller’s every Les Misérables step, nearly stealing the picture, while Sullivan’s Mike Donovan is busy trying to solve the crime. Dorothy Malone plays Mike’s stand-by-your-man spouse, character great Don Beddoe plays the man behind the frame and Mary Beth Hughes is the deadly dame behind it all. Directed by Harold D. Schuster. Newly Remastered FBI CODE 98 (1963) A pre-cursor of sorts to The FBI (even co-starring future Erskine agent William Reynolds), FBI Code 98 equally mixes domestic drama and police procedural as a trio of top-flight aerospace computer magnates find themselves sharing a flight with a bomb booby-trapped suitcase. While the feds move with scientific precision through the clues, the trio of millionaire industrialists sift through their lives, loves, infidelities and lies to try to discover which of them may be responsible for the attempt. Taut and fast paced, while taking time for a languid inspection of the lurid, FBI Code 98 plays as if Agent Erskine were thrown into the world of Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce. Joining Reynolds on the fed side is Philip Carey as the AIC, while Maverick’s Jack Kelly, Ray Danton, and Andrew Duggan play the high-flying computermen. Also stars Jack Cassidy, Vaughn Taylor, and Peggy McCay. Newly Remastered
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BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY, VOLUME ONE (1949-51) Monogram pictures made an inspired choice when it opted to adapt the Stratemeyer Syndicate’s (Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys and Tom Swift) series of books with Bomba the Jungle Boy and paired it up with Tarzan’s own now grown “Boy”, Johnny Sheffield. Under the leadership of newbie producer Walter Mirisch, the series skillfully blends stock photography, imaginative scripts and teen romance to deliver A-list fun on a B-list budget proving to be a smash hit for the studio. Fellow former child-star Peggy Ann Garner provides for Bomba’s jungle distraction in the inaugural installment, while other guests of note to be found in the first six films in the series include Allene Roberts, Donald Woods, Paul Guilfoyle, Sue England, Woody Strode, and Donna Martell. Silent-to-TV-era journeyman Ford Beebe directs all six. Set includes: Bomba, The Jungle Boy (1949), Bomba on Panther Island (1949), The Lost Volcano (1950), Bomba and the Hidden City (1950), The Lion Hunters (1951), Elephant Stampede (1951) These films have been remastered from the best available 35mm film elements.
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THE ROMAN HOLIDAYS, THE COMPLETE SERIES (1972) Somewhere between the pre-hysterical Hanna Barbera’s Stone Age of The Flintstones and the fantastic future of The Jetsons lie The Roman Holidays, tackling family life circa AD 63. Augustus “Gus” Holiday (Dave Willock) is the man of the clan, lovely and level-headed spouse Laurie (Shirley Mitchell) keeps things on an even keel while teen-age trouble maker Happius (Stanley Livingston) and child prodigy Precocia (Pamelyn Ferdin) threaten to break the Pax Familia. Housed at the humble Venus de Milo Arms, the Holidays face constant threats from their aptly named landlord Mr. Evictus (Dom DeLuise, in his toon debut) while Gus gets equally harried by his boss, Mr. Tycoonius (Hal Smith) at the Forum Construction Company. It’s a good thing he gets to come home to a Roman’s best friend — his pet lion, Brutus (Daws Butler)! So hop aboard your chariot — it’s time to pay a visit to The Roman Holidays! 2-Disc, 13-Episode Collection
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Besides the Mask of Dimitrios which I always loved, there are a couple of other noir titles I don't remember ever seeing that I will buy eventually down the road.
 

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So happy to see the much-anticipated "The Mask of Dimitrios." With the three noirs by Jean Negulesco released last year, Warner Archive has given us a meaty chunk of his early career and shown his knack for stylish (and just a little romantic) film noir, and his elegant touch to shadowy stories and the dark corners of human nature.
 

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Looking forward to Bomba Vol 1. and The Mask of Dimitrios (highly requested, that one). A pretty good week.
 

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So, I looked at the Warner Archive to order THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS and it does not seem to be listed - they do show the other four noirish movies as new releases (FBI CODE 98 is included). Did anyone manage to find and order DIMITRIOS?
 

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Wade Sowers said:
So, I looked at the Warner Archive to order THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS and it does not seem to be listed - they do show the other four noirish movies as new releases (FBI CODE 98 is included). Did anyone manage to find and order DIMITRIOS?
Note where it said this:
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Yes, thanks, I finally noticed that notation the second time around - I'll need to read these "New Releases" emails with a bit more care if they are going to announce stuff that is actually not a "New Release" but more of a "Coming Attraction" - wonder why it wasn't just saved for the "New Releases" email on, you know, 5/7? - oh well, another film by Negulesco is worth a little wait.
 

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FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD VOLUME 7 (1932-33) After wetting your whistles with the sin-sational sin-ema found in Forbidden Hollywood Volume 6 earlier this month, we’re here to finish you off in high style! Forbidden Hollywood Volume 7 contains some of the most requested titles in the series, including the DVD debuts of a couple of pictures that were instrumental in the launch of Forbidden Hollywood back in the dinosaur days of VHS! Volume 7 includes the following four fab-tastic flickers, all Newly Remastered! Note: initial quantities of this release will be traditionally replicated (pressed) in anticipation of high consumer demand. THE HATCHET MAN (1932) William Wellman directs Edward G. Robinson in this gangster tale with a difference as we trade in the gats for hatchets, and the syndicate for the Tongs. Robinson plays an honorable hatchet man, agent of last resort for the Tongs, whose duties force him to make a terrible sacrifice — his oldest friend. Willed his friend’s daughter (Loretta Young), he raises, then romances her, but it’s a path that may lead to his ruin since the Tong he’s tied to seems determined to drag him back in. Once past any modern doubts about the casting, viewers are met with yet another engaging, engrossing and gripping William Wellman picture that dares to find humanity in the darkest corners. SKYSCRAPER SOULS (1932) Warren William plays a ruthless magnate who stoops to anything in order to maintain control of his multi-story masterpiece. Director Edgar Selwyn populates the skyscraper’s upper-floor/lower floor soapworks with a cast that still dazzles and delights eight decades later. Maureen O’Sullivan, fresh from the jungle as Jane, is the alluring ingénue who floats between floors; Norman Foster is the first floor bank clerk whose nerve may exceed his brain, Wallace Ford and Anita Page provide an extra-marital B-story, while Verree Teasdale plays the secretary/mistress of Williams’ David Dwight — an astonishing scoundrel that glues all the transgressions together and seduces us all. EMPLOYEES’ ENTRANCE (1933) More multi-floor mature merriment under the wicked gaze of Warren William in this Roy Del Ruth directed department store expose. William plays hard driving store manager Kurt Anderson who finds no sense in sentiment as he pursues sex and cents with cynical ease. Loretta Young plays the desperate damsel willing to pay the price of employment, while Wallace Ford plays the up and comer caught between ambition and desire. And discerning cinema mavens will note that an uncredited Allen Jenkins provides leavening mirth as harried store detective Sweeney. EX-LADY (1933) Bette Davis graduates to topliner in this risqué comedy romance that dares looks at adult relations without the benefit of marriage. Bette plays Helen Bauer, a headstrong and thoroughly liberated graphic artist. Gene Raymond plays adman/live-in lover Don Peterson who piles on the nuptial pressure after a scathing scolding from Helen’s Old World papa (Alphonse Ethier). Following a honeymoon in Cuba (with a pre-coital dance hall sequence that still steals your breath) the couple finds married life might be more than they can bear. Then Helen suggests they open up the marriage to outside distractions by going back to ‘just going out.’ Monroe Owsley plays the masculine distraction, while Kay Strozzi provides the distaff distraction. Claire Dodd and a fabulous Frank McHugh provide comedic counterpoint as a very confused couple.
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EIGHT IS ENOUGH, THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1978-79) Eight is Enough’s third season starts off with a change — a brand new theme song, sung by star Grant Goodeve! The title theme promises “a portrait of the happiness that we feel and always will” matching the show’s focus on the upbeat side of familial bonds. However, the roller-coaster nature of “the changing times” in American society was well-reflected in the ten-sided prism that is the Bradford clan as the family grapples with youth culture (Tommy’s dual dating personas of “Disco Kid” vs. “Mellow Man”), teen pregnancy (a young Rosanna Arquette guest stars), gender roles (“The War Between the Bradfords”), and ageism (with Abe Vigoda). This 28-Episode collection also includes notable guests such as Jack Elam, Noah Beery Jr., and James Cromwell.
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COMMAND DECISION (1949) Clark Gable heads a superstar cast packed to the heavens with talent including Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, Edward Arnold, John Hodiak, Edward Arnold and Marshall Thompson. Directed by Sam Wood from the stage play by William Wister Haines, Command Decision is a riveting look at the desk bound side of war, as Gable’s air force general must grapple with sending squadrons of the country’s finest to their deaths deep inside Nazi controlled Europe during a critical juncture in 1943. Miklós Rózsa’s superb score further elevates the action. LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955) Howard Hawks goes all in for this sweeping CinemaScope WarnerColor sand saga. But there is a secret lurking behind the spectacular compositions, exotic costumes, hundreds of extras, and stunning set design — Hawks created a full-color historical epic film noir. One man (Jack Hawkins), guided by greed, builds an empire by force of arms. At the height of his power he is seduced by a beauty (Joan Collins) whose passion for gold pushes her to dare anything. As each of the lovers pursues plunder above all else, they spin a web of intrigue that proves their doom. (See?) Also, catch Collins in a sheer, Egyptian two-piece. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (1962) As “Kitchen Sink” drama collided with European New Wave, film makers like Tony Richardson were boldly introducing Britain to “New Cinema”. Adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his acclaimed short story, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner combines class consciousness, social realism, dramatic existentialism and non-linear narrative to depict the forces that drove a young working class kid to delinquency. With Tom Courtenay, Michael Redgrave and John Thaw. THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE’S FATHER (1963) Drawn from the same source as the beloved (and available via WAC) Bill Bixby series, this swinging early sixties sex and family comedy ably demonstrates maestro Minnelli’s deft hand at any and all styles and genres of film. Glenn Ford plays the dapper and recently widowed radio exec. Jerry Van Dyke plays the exec’s DJ pal. Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens and Dina Merrill play the three potential new Mrs. Eddie’s Fathers and Ron Howard astonishes with his warm, and very human and heartbreaking performance as little Eddie. FREEJACK (1992) Emilio Estevez gets the ultimate repo, man, as a racecar stud who gets “bonejacked” from 1992 to the far-flung dystopian future of 2009. Remember that just four years ago Bonejackers were brought forward in time from the moment of their deaths to provide new bodies for rich minds housed in the cybernetic “spiritual switchboard”. But this bonejack escapes, and even the horrors of 2009’s Park Slope won’t be able to stop this freejack. Also stars Mick Jagger, David Johansen (that’s the New York Dolls AND the Rolling Stones!), Anthony Hopkins and Rene Russo.
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Brooklyn! In anticipation of our DVD re-issue later this month, on Friday, May 3 we’re co-presenting with BAMcinematek a 35mm screening of CRUISING (1980) — including a Q&A with trailblazing director William Friedkin himself! (And these A’s are bound to be interesting…) When NYPD detective Steve Burns (Pacino) goes undercover in the leather bar underground to catch an S&M serial killer targeting gay men, he finds himself starting to like his new role maybe a little too much.
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What happened to the Walter Pidgeon Nick Carter films? They disappeared from my wishlist.

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ScottHM said:
What happened to the Walter Pidgeon Nick Carter films? They disappeared from my wishlist.

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I noticed the same thing on my wishlist. Maybe they identified a production problem that requires fixing. Has anyone been advised that their copy is defective?
 

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ScottHM said:
What happened to the Walter Pidgeon Nick Carter films? They disappeared from my wishlist.
From the WAC Facebook page, responding to a customer who reported a problem with the Nick Carter disc:
Thanks for reporting this - our master check discs were fine, but we see the defect you are reporting on subsequent manufactured discs. We are working on fixing the defect and hope to resolve soon. Once fixed, we will replace.
 

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Great ,my Nick Carter set is suppose to come tomorrow . I guess I can expect an issue with this disc .
 

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It addition to the other discs that have already been listed on preorder (1960's Popeye Vol 1, Tenth Avenue Girl) , the original Penrod and Sam (1931) and the long-awaited release of The Secret Garden (1949) are also slated for a May 7 release date.

Also, The Mask of Dimitrios appears to have been pushed back to a May 21 release date.
 

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JoHud said:
Also, The Mask of Dimitrios appears to have been pushed back to a May 21 release date.
I've waited several years. I can easily wait another few days! :)
 

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