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TCM first showed "Remember the Night" around Christmas a couple of years ago, and IIRC that print looked fine. I'm not an expert on the fire at Universal and what might have been lost in it, but ever since the fire TCM has run the poorer version of the film with the MCA logo several times.
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Dan's right. The transfer of "Remember the Night" TCM ran years ago was much nicer than the one they've run since the fire. I've often wondered if this was a coincidence.
I think we are starting to realize just how much was lost in the Universal fire. It was scary to learn that the original tape master (from UCLA's nitrate print, since deteriorated) of
Island of Lost Souls may have been destroyed. That may have been the highest quality element left on that film.
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On a postive note here are some of Paramount films controlled by Universal on TCM in January.
The Egg and I
Blue Skies
It's a Gift
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
If I had A Million
All My Sons
Five Graves to Cairo
The Scarlett Empress
The Major and The Minor
The Heiress
To Each His Own
Foreign Affair
The Roads to Singapore, Zanibar, Morocco, and Utopia
Ma and Pa Kettle
There are probably others that I missed.
I guess I am being picky, but The Egg & I and the Ma & Pa Kettle Series are true born Universal Pictures and indicative of the type of films the company was making in the late 40's and early 50's as was the Abbott & Costello films. I would love to see some great transfers of the Henry Aldrich series from Paramount. This series is truly rare and pretty good. It was sort of Paramount's answer to the MGM Andy Hardy series.
Concerning the fire last year, what was destroyed was video transfers and 35mm prints used for retro screenings. All negatives and other one-of-a-kind prints were stored off site in a climate controlled storage facility. If there is sup-par print being show now instead of a better transfer shown earlier, then that means the better transfer could have been destroyed and Universal has not made a new transfer yet. I understand that Universal has said that they will reprint what was lost, but it will take time. A gorgeous print of Thoroughly Modern Millie was destroyed and they have not reprinted it yet.
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Hoping this is not too much of a derailment, but as long as we're talking pre-'48 Paramount movies, I'll ask this question here:
I caught part of a movie on a TV station years ago that had the pre-48 Paramount package, and maybe some pre-48 WB's and RKO's too, but I'm very certain it was a Paramount movie. There was a musical number where one woman was singing in a nightclub while another did a ballet dance nearby, flanked by chorus girls in sour-faced masks. Eventually, the masked girls surround the main dancer, and when they disperse, she is on the floor wearing an identical mask to them. I've been googling all manner of permutations of B&W movie, masked dancers, etc, to no avail; there were suggestsions of DAMES and SHALL WE DANCE, but I know it's not them, and when I posed this to someone else, they suggested LADY IN THE DARK, but that's a color film.
Any hunches?
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Has anyone heard any more news about the five Paramount Horror/Mystery titles that were to come out this month from Universal as an exclusive to TCM.
We heard, we saw art work, then nothing. Is this going to happen or not? I think I will put my money on not.
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Hopefully the Deanna Durbin movies we haven't already gotten. That would be wonderful.
More Deanna Durbin would be most welcomed! Over the last year I have been seeing more of her movies and they are addicting! I wouldn't even mind another Sweetheart collection!
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RafaelPires Oh, I hope this does not mean Remember the Night will get a DVD-R edition, please!!!!!! This one really needs to released in a proper pressed disc edition!
I agree! This movie is terrific! I would think Barbara Stanwyck would sell.... she tends to have a following. A Christmas movie with the stars of Double Indemnity... could a holiday movie be any better? I think not! This movie needs a proper release!
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Yes, why ARE we - they could easily be doing limited pressing. :) 1000-2000 units :)
I think the speculation is that the TCM RKO Lost Film series was DVD-r. And since TCM is a part of Time Warner they could just be taking a cue from the Warner Archives. I think more people expect these to be DVD-r than don't. I would love to see these pressed, but I am not going to hold my breath.
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TCM uses Movies Unlimited as their agent.
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TCM uses Movies Unlimited as their agent.
I am going to clarify myself some. TCM and Movie Unlimited have an agreement where DVD's sold through TCM website are handled (order, payment, shipping) by Movies Unlimited. They both share in the income generated from the sales. It is a perfect relationship that seems to work well. Even now you can go direct to the Movies Unlimited site and order the Warner Archive titles and the Lost Films of RKO that TCM advertises. When the Universal Horrors and Remember the Night are released then you will see it on the TCM and Movies Unlimited web sites.
I do not think that the Universal Fire had anything to do with not hearing any news on either of the projects. They never would have gone so far as obtaining the rights to release the films and advertise as coming without checking the source materials first. What you will see are DVD-r discs with a high price point, even higher than the WA. I suspect the price to be around $24.99 as the RKO films were and a price break for the horrors when bundled.
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Any more news about this beside the ad in the monthy TCM mag?
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