Warner Bros. To *Not* Exit Physical Media Production (1 Viewer)

[Thomas T]

Warner Archive even released a Deanna Durbin film!

That's what I love about the Archives. They cater to everybody. We get great classics like The Thin Man, The Sea Hawk, 7 Brides For 7 Brothers and The Yearling as well as cult trash like The Green Slime, Queen Of Outer Space and Deanna Durbin!

 

[Aunt Peg]

'For now" is certainly worrying to a degree. But so long as they are making a profit I would like to think they would keep it going. But if sales decline over the years and it is no longer making coin for them I feel there is no doubt they will drop it.

 

[PMF]

Aren’t people stacking up anyway?

I was trying to do my WAC stack, but then my stashes of money became bewilderingly scant.

 

[Alan Tully]

Don't panic!

But I hope some of my most requested titles appear this year.

 

[Robin9]

Warner Archive even released a Deanna Durbin film!

Really? Which film was that?

 

[Robert Harris]

I was going to remain mute about this fine reporting, but will merely say this:

Sometimes one is best reading The Washington Post or New York Times for actual news stories, based on things such as facts.

For those seeking info on the latest Elvis appearances, carry on.

 

[bujaki]

Really? Which film was that?

It's a Date (1940), directed by William Seiter and co-starring Kay Francis and Walter Pidgeon. MGM remade it as a Jane Powell vehicle; hence it's WA provenance.

 

[Conrad_SSS]

FYI

 

[AlexNH]

FYI
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So did he screw up or did people misinterpret him? (I'm asking seriously).

 

[DVBRD]

So did he screw up or did people misinterpret him? (I'm asking seriously).

The latter.

 

[Robert Crawford]

So did he screw up or did people misinterpret him? (I'm asking seriously).

I think it's a little of both as proper communication is a two-way street, especially in the social media realm when any little thing can be misconstrued so easily as you're communicating to an unknown mass of people.

 

[battlebeast]

Warner Archive even released a Deanna Durbin film!

Which one?

 

[bujaki]

Which one?

1940's It's a Date.

 

[Robert Crawford]

1940's It's a Date.

Yup!

See on Amazon

 

[Joel Arndt]

This is the largest promotional push It's a Date has received since 1940. BTW, I own the disc.

 

[Scott Voth]

My fear is that once everything is only available electronically, it will be easy to remove it if it all of a sudden isn't politically correct. Atleast if you have a physical disc, they can't censor it. I never thought it would come to this in America but when they start going after Pepe LePew and Elmer Fudd what is next?

 

[JC Riesenbeck]

This headline is not only misleading but stupid. Beck didn't get it right. From this nonsensical headline, one would believe Warner's has given up making physical media completely and that is not the case. They are simply going to use different avenues of distribution and as usual with the American Public, all this handwringing in this thread proves the clickbait headline worked.

 

[LouA]

My fear is that once everything is only available electronically, it will be easy to remove it if it all of a sudden isn't politically correct. Atleast if you have a physical disc, they can't censor it. I never thought it would come to this in America but when they start going after Pepe LePew and Elmer Fudd what is next?

Or disappear simply because the person in charge doesn’t like the show or doesn’t know anything about it or want to know anything about it!

 

[rojobin]

Warner Archive even released a Deanna Durbin film!

Deanna Durbin was with Universal wasn't she?. I only seen her with MGM in the short: Every Sunday (1936)..
We watched her grow up in Universal Pictures..

 

[Paul Penna]

This headline is not only misleading but stupid. Beck didn't get it right. From this nonsensical headline, one would believe Warner's has given up making physical media completely and that is not the case. They are simply going to use different avenues of distribution and as usual with the American Public, all this handwringing in this thread proves the clickbait headline worked.

If you're referring to the article linked in the first post of this thread, Jerry Beck didn't write it.