Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays (1 Viewer)

[timk1041]

I just wanted to go on record to say that Kino would be my first choice to release these (though I said it was good news that Criterion was going to do Hail...)

Criterion takes way too long to release anything they acquire rights to and just a few each month. Anyway, I prefer Kino for classic releases. The transfers are really good and the artwork on the cases look great. They are constantly putting outstanding titles out.

 

[Filmgazer]

Wow! Thanks for the information!

Is there any chance that Kino-Lorber might release the two W.C. Fields films "Million Dollar Legs" (1932) and "International House" (1933), possibly with audio commentaries?

 

[JPCinema]

Watching Lucy Gallant in a stunning , clearly restored Vistavision print tonight on TCM…..it must in the pipeline for a blu ray release.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Watching Lucy Gallant in a stunning , clearly restored Vistavision print tonight on TCM…..it must in the pipeline for a blu ray release.

We can only hope that is true about it being in the pipeline. It was shocking watching Lucy Gallant look so good on my OLED. My last viewing of that movie was back in the early days of streaming when Amazon had a faded SD digital in 1.33 ratio that kept on buffering throughout the entirety of the stream.

 

[bujaki]

We can only hope that is true about it being in the pipeline. It was shocking watching Lucy Gallant look so good on my OLED. My last viewing of that movie was back in the early days of streaming when Amazon had a faded SD digital in 1.33 ratio that kept on buffering throughout the entirety of the stream.

Good film. How could it not be with Claire Trevor and Thelma Ritter in the cast? Remove a star or two due to the copout ending. I wonder if the novel ended the same way...

 

[cda1143]

After watching the opening scene of “Kiss the Blood off My Hands” on the Criterion channel, the great cinematography of Russel Metty prompted me to order the Kino disc. So glad I did. Excellent commentary by Jeremy Arnold - someone new to me. Hope to hear more by him. Well done Kino!

 

[Matt Hough]

I watched Lucy Gallant this afternoon, too, and you folks are right: it looks smashing (that fashion show climax really showed off those Edith Head creations to their best advantage). Ready for a disc release for sure. But that 1950's mentality about women's roles in society is really eye-rolling.

 

[Ray Faiola]

Paramount owns THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (due to remake) and EMKA/MCA Universal owns HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO. Universal also acquired the rights to MAD WEDNESDAY when they picked up the Howard Hughes library.

 

[LouA]

Is there any chance that Kino-Lorber might release the two W.C. Fields films "Million Dollar Legs" (1932) and "International House" (1933), possibly with audio commentaries?

I’d be up for those and any other Fields films which have yet to make it to Blu-ray.

 

[moviepas]

From the two preceding Universal wishlists I'd enthusiastically second the choice of "Ivy", starring Joan Fontaine as an Edwardian fashion-plate who dabbles in murder. It's on both lists.
Additionally, I'd be completely up for the also mentioned Frank Sinatra musical noir "Meet Danny Wilson. Shelley Winters is the gal on hand here and Raymond Burr does first-rate heavy duties,
And - like member Justin Ray - I wish the legal issues surrounding the spy comedy "A Man Could Get Killed" could be resolved. Star Melina Mercouri's in amusingly irresistible come-hither mode in this one. And the film also has an excellent soundtrack by Bert Kaempfert. whose mellow instrumental albums sold by the truckload during the 60's. For "A Man Could Get Killed" he composed a particularly beautiful melody which - when it was shortly afterwards given lyrics - became the wonderful worldwide Sinatra hit "Strangers in the Night".

Bert had a great German swing band and let us at about 56 years old.

 

[cda1143]

I’d be up for those and any other Fields films which have yet to make it to Blu-ray.

In the meantime Hail and Morgan's both have HD digitals which are definitely superior to the DVDs.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Paramount owns THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (due to remake) and EMKA/MCA Universal owns HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO. Universal also acquired the rights to MAD WEDNESDAY when they picked up the Howard Hughes library.

I liked Mad Wednesday and did enjoy Harold Lloyd’s funny performance and hope Kino might get the rights to release it on disc. My only copy of the film I have is a disc recording from a TCM broadcast and the print shown was in bad condition.

 

[Filmgazer]

In the meantime Hail and Morgan's both have HD digitals which are definitely superior to the DVDs.

That might indicate that both films are ready for Blu-ray releases.

 

[timk1041]

That might indicate that both films are ready for Blu-ray releases.

Let's hope so. Both are overdue.

 

[Vern Dias]

I'm curious as to what happened to the audio track on "The Lion In Winter"?

Where's the bass?

I have an older release and the difference in the title music is night and day.
The lowest octaves are totally missing on the new release.
It almost sounds as if someone forgot to apply the proper EQ when harvesting the audio from the original mag masters.

 

[LouA]

Bert had a great German swing band and let us at about 56 years old.

Decca in Europe have just released a large box set of all of Bert’s Decca albums. It’s getting good reviews at Amazon.
Bert is the one incidentally who turned down the Beatles after their Decca audition!

 

[Ray Faiola]

I liked Mad Wednesday and did enjoy Harold Lloyd’s funny performance and hope Kino might get the rights to release it on disc. My only copy of the film I have is a disc recording from a TCM broadcast and the print shown was in bad condition.

I have 16mm prints of both THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK (original release - the one TCM showed) and MAD WEDNESDAY (1950 tightened reissue). I did a side-by-side comparison of the two and uploaded it to Vimeo. Note the new footage of the singing horse created for the finale of MAD WEDNESDAY.

 

[moviepas]

Decca in Europe have just released a large box set of all of Bert’s Decca albums. It’s getting good reviews at Amazon.
Bert is the one incidentally who turned down the Beatles after their Decca audition!

I knew about the Beatles Decca. I worked for Decca in 1971. EMI & Decca used to cross distribute each others products around UK for a time.

 

[Corn Pop]

Would there ever be a chance of Kino-Lorber releasing the 1960 Otto Preminger film “Exodus” on blu-ray or 4K UHD? I think it’s an underrated film. I would love to see it with an audio commentary track and some special features. I know that Twilight Time released it on blu-ray back in 2016.

 

[mark brown]

Exodus needs a new scan!