A heck of a lot of ground to cover, as Warner owns so much. First off, a big ***THANK YOU*** to WB for giving the DVD nod to the following in 2003:
RED BADGE OF COURAGE
A PATCH OF BLUE
OBJECTIVE: BURMA
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
THE MISSION
THE CRIMSON PIRATE
SCARAMOUCHE
KIM
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD
HOUSE OF WAX/MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
THE HAUNTING
WAIT UNTIL DARK
THE OMEGA MAN
WHERE EAGLES DARE
TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY
THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
VALLEY OF GWANGI
THE BLACK SCORPION
LOONEY TUNES
Many WB-controlled films seem to be in the works already; I'll definitely be buying these when they street:
KING KONG
HIGH SIERRA
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
SUSPICION
DIAL M FOR MURDER
THE WRONG MAN
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ('32 & '41 versions)
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE ('46)
THE WIND AND THE LION
GOODBYE MR. CHIPS
BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK
THIN MAN sequels
FREAKS
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
As for my other WB wants, here 'tis (broken down to the various studio holdings under the WB umbrella--
Warner Bros:
* SERGEANT YORK ('41)
* THE SEA WOLF ('42)
* CRIME WAVE ('54)
* THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT ('40)
* WHITE HEAT ('49)
* GENTLEMAN JIM ('42)
* LIFE WITH FATHER ('47, there are 'public domain" DVDs of this gem out there, but only Warner has the great Technicolor print that is occasionally shown on TCM)
* COLORADO TERRITORY ('48)
* DEEP VALLEY ('47)
* THREE STRANGERS ('46)
* OUT OF THE FOG ('41)
* THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. ('41)
* THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE ('41)
* THE MAYOR OF HELL ('33)
* DESPERATE JOURNEY ('42)
* THE FLAME & THE ARROW ('49)
* HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE ('50)
* THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY ('54)
* SEVEN MEN FROM NOW ('56)
* TRACK OF THE CAT ('54)
* THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS ('56)
* THE F.B.I. STORY ('59)
* THE NUN'S STORY ('59)
* I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE F.B.I. ('51)
* PETE KELLY'S BLUES ('55)
* THE D.I. ('57)
* -30- ('59)
* DR. X ('32)
* THE WALKING DEAD ('36)
* THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS ('46)
* WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH ('69)
* DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE ('68)
* TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA ('70)
* FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED ('69)
* THE FACE OF FU MANCHU ('65)
* THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU ('66)
* THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU ('68)
* RAMPAGE ('63)
* THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE ('70)
* THE WILD BUNCH ('69, remastered as a dual-layer DVD)
* THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING ('75, ditto)
* Season sets of the original MAVERICK tv series (1957-62)
* All the JOE MCDOAKES (a.k.a. BEHIND THE 8-BALL) movie shorts of the 1940s & 1950s (SO YOU WANT TO GIVE UP SMOKING, SO YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR HAIR, SO YOU WANT TO BE IN PICTURES, SO YOU WANT TO PLAY THE HORSES, etc)
RKO:
* MIGHTY JOE YOUNG ('49)
* SON OF KONG ('33)
* GUNGA DIN ('39)
* OUT OF THE PAST ('47)
* I REMEMBER MAMA ('48)
* THE BIG SKY ('52)
* ANNIE OAKLEY ('36)
* FORT APACHE ('48)
* THE GREAT MAN VOTES ('39)
* STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR ('40)
* MURDER MY SWEET ('44)
* THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME ('47)
* THE THREAT ('49)
* DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE ('47)
* BODY GUARD ('48)
* FOLLOW ME QUIETLY ('49)
* THE CLAY PIGEON ('49)
* ARMORED CAR ROBBERY ('50)
* THE NARROW MARGIN ('52)
* RACHEL AND THE STRANGER ('48)
* RANCHO NOTORIOUS ('52)
* HIS KIND OF WOMAN ('51)
* BORN TO KILL ('47)
* CAT PEOPLE ('42)
* I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE ('43)
* THE LEOPARD MAN ('43)
* THE SEVENTH VICTIM ('43)
* GHOST SHIP ('43)
* CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE ('44)
* ISLE OF THE DEAD ('45)
* THE BODY SNATCHER ('45)
* BEDLAM ('46)
* FIVE CAME BACK ('39)
* THE SET-UP ('49)
* BLOOD ON THE MOON ('48)
* THE BIG STEAL ('49)
* A HOLIDAY AFFAIR ('49)
* RUN FOR THE SUN ('56)
* THE WHIP HAND ('51)
* SPLIT SECOND ('53)
MGM:
* THE CAMERAMAN ('28)
* SPITE MARRIAGE ('29)
* WEST OF ZANZIBAR ('27) and KONGO ('32)
* THE UNHOLY THREE ('25 & '30 versions)
* THE UNKNOWN ('28)
* TELL IT TO THE MARINES ('25)
* BEN HUR ('26)
* GREED ('25)
* THE CROWD ('28)
* THE BIG PARADE
* MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1929)
* DAVID COPPERFIELD ('35)
* MAD LOVE ('35)
* DEVIL-DOLL ('36)
* MASK OF FU MANCHU ('32)
* RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE ('35)
* HELL'S HEROES ('30) and THREE GODFATHERS ('36)
* FURY ('36)
* ON BORROWED TIME ('39)
* LOVE CRAZY ('41)
* THE NAKED SPUR ('53)
* STARS IN MY CROWN ('50)
* THE HAPPY YEARS ('50)
* THE STRATTON STORY ('47)
* CARBINE WILLIAMS ('52)
* BORDER INCIDENT ('49)
* SIDE STREET ('50)
* THE TALL TARGET ('51)
* ACT OF VIOLENCE ('49)
* KING SOLOMON'S MINES ('50)
* WESTWARD THE WOMEN ('52)
* RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY ('62)
* POINT BLANK ('67)
* DARK OF THE SUN ('68)
* NO BLADE OF GRASS ('70)
* FORBIDDEN PLANET: SE ('56)
* VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED ('60)
* CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED ('63)
* THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS ('66)
* THE GREEN SLIME ('69)
* THE CAREY TREATMENT ('72)
* COLOSSUS OF RHODES ('60)
* All of Tex Avery's MGM cartoons, plus the handful of non-Avery Droopy cartoons directed by Dick Lundy and Michael Lah (the Lah cartoons were all in Cinemascope, so 2.35:1 enhanced widescreen for those)
* All the MGM "CAPTAIN & THE KIDS" and "COUNT SCREWLOOSE" cartoons
Allied Artists:
* GOLD ('74)
* NOT OF THIS EARTH ('57)
* THE GIANT BEHEMOTH ('59)
* CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER ('59)
* ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS ('57)
* WORLD WITOUT END ('56)
* MACABRE ('58)
* THE HYPNOTIC EYE ('60)
* CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER ('62, a.k.a. SOULS FOR SALE)
* QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE ('58)
* FROM HELL IT CAME ('57)
* THE MAZE ('54)
* CONVICTS FOUR ('62)
* ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN ('58)
Misc WB holdings:
* I MARRIED A WITCH ('42)
* HELL DRIVERS ('57)
* ALL AT SEA ('57, a.k.a. BARNACLE BILL)
* BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE ('56, a.k.a. PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE)
* ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT ('57, a.k.a. NIGHT AMBUSH)
* A BOY TEN FEET TALL ('63)
* DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK ('73)
* All Max Fleischer & 1940s Famous Studios POPEYE cartoons
* JONNY QUEST (complete season set of the 1964-65 animated series)
* THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (complete season set of this 1968 animated series)
--Of course, this is my long-term want list, since I'm not heir to the Bill Gates or Warren Buffett fortunes...
