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Ditto - the 20s, 30s, and 40s titles aren't at all obscure to me - I've never heard of most from the 60s and later and have zero interest in the majority of them!
I am going to double ditto here. I have several WA titles, but most are pre-1970. One on One and Freebie & The Bean are the only two out of the dozen or so titles that are 70's and up that they released, sorry forgot I got Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark also. I can not help my self when I see a title that is from the 30's, 40's or 50's. The film making in those decades is a treat to enjoy with plot and characters that are not pushed by effects and violence as the 70's titles started to evolve into.
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I just finished watching GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS and enjoyed it as a poor man's Busby Berkeley (he had nothing to do with this). I did enjoy Joan Davis and have also enjoyed her in the Abbott & Costello film, HOLD THAT GHOST and with Shirley Temple in JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
So with that said, how about RKO's SHOW BUSINESS and IT YOU KNEW SUZIE in the Archives. Joan and Eddie Cantor, maybe a little over done, but still as good as Ham on Rye.
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Joan Davis was not in WHO DONE IT?--I suspect that you're thinking of Mary Wickes.
You are correct, but I was not thinking of Mary Wicks, I think I was thinking about JUST AROUND THE CORNER and it came out Who Done It (total mental disconnect). I would also love to see WA put out AROUND THE WORLD, where Miss Davis starred with the great Kay Kyser.
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CAUGHT is owned by LionsGate, and CEILING ZERO has some copyright issues.
And both are available outside the States: Ceiling Zero from Warner France under the title: "Brumes", for example.
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Correct on all accounts, except Lionsgate did not buy out Republic. They have leased the films from Paramount Pictures for a period of 15 years, with about 10 years left. Spelling Entertainment purchased the Republic library and then leased them to Artisn Entertainment. When Lionsgate bought Artisn the Republic films went with it for about 6 months. The films then reverted back to Paramount and about 3 months latter (after announcing several DVD titles that never were released) they leased the films back to Lionsgate. Which really has not done a thing with them and are contemptuous, as you point out.
The most complicated and interesting history is about who owns what films. With the news today that MGM has to sell and no one wants them except for their library, the history of ownership is about to be more complicated. Think of the titles that could be included in the Warner Archive if they end up with the library? All of those great AIP films that have not seen the light of day, let alone the early Samuel Goldwyn titles.
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Lionsgate is a poor steward of its catalog but, to its credit, it quickly issued a replacement program for THE DEAD.
That is good news. They finally heard the consumer.
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Any yet they've done very little with the library at all
That is the strangest part of the whole thing. Lionsgate has the third largest film library, behind Warners and MGM, and they just sit on it and what they do release is in need of new transfers or they release it not in OAR. It just is so frustrating that there are so many good films that just sit and rot.
It scares the hell out of me that they are looking at the MGM library and are planning on making a bid for it.
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That is the strangest part of the whole thing. Lionsgate has the third largest film library, behind Warners and MGM, and they just sit on it and what they do release is in need of new transfers or they release it not in OAR. It just is so frustrating that there are so many good films that just sit and rot.
It scares the hell out of me that they are looking at the MGM library and are planning on making a bid for it.
Lionsgate continues to license and sit on both the Republic library and the Granada/ITC library precisely because it makes them look big, i.e. when they go to banks for financing for their new movies, they can say "Look at this huge backlog of movies we control." It's kinda like if you have a friend with nice furniture but no interest in using it in his house - you pay him to put that furniture in your house, and then you go to the bank and declare that furniture as if it were part of your entire estate, and then you can make home improvements...but you're not displaying that furniture either.
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Lionsgate continues to license and sit on both the Republic library and the Granada/ITC library precisely because it makes them look big, i.e. when they go to banks for financing for their new movies, they can say "Look at this huge backlog of movies we control." It's kinda like if you have a friend with nice furniture but no interest in using it in his house - you pay him to put that furniture in your house, and then you go to the bank and declare that furniture as if it were part of your entire estate, and then you can make home improvements...but you're not displaying that furniture either.
But the furniture is at least being used. The Library is not and it seems that film libraries are devaluing. Lionsgate could into the same position as MGM by not exploiting the library. They say it is valuable, but if not used you see no value. The banks can even see that.
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