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post #1 of 34
7/28/06 at 12:15pm
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Hi everyone I am new here and reading some of these posts I am hearing some of you talk about upcoming Wb Signature Sets of stars like Paul NewMan, Flynn in 2007 and so on. I was wondering if any of you know any links or chat recordings I can look to so i can read to see what sets I can expect in the upcoming years thank you!
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post #2 of 34
7/28/06 at 12:26pm

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Welcome to the forum! Take a look at the link below which has several transripts from our discussions with various studios over the years.

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/chat/chat.html




Crawdaddy
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post #3 of 34
7/29/06 at 4:41am

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Still waiting for Natalie Wood......
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post #4 of 34
7/29/06 at 6:17pm
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I dont understand why they made a Ronald Reagan Signature Set, but not a Marlon Brando Signature set....Julius Caesar and Mutiny should be in it. Add three or two more movies and a cool documentary and we'll be set
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post #5 of 34
7/29/06 at 6:46pm

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Originally Posted by jackbogart
I dont understand why they made a Ronald Reagan Signature Set, but not a Marlon Brando Signature set....Julius Caesar and Mutiny should be in it. Add three or two more movies and a cool documentary and we'll be set

But there is a Marlon Brando signature set coming in 2006. It includes: The Formula, Reflections in a Golden Eye and Julius Caesar.

Then Mutiny on the Bounty is coming sometime this year as well.
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post #6 of 34
8/1/06 at 2:20am
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It is? WHy havent they announced it? Three films ? All Signature sets have had at least four movies. Why wont Mutiny be in the set?.
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post #7 of 34
8/1/06 at 3:37am

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Originally Posted by jackbogart
It is? WHy havent they announced it? Three films ? All Signature sets have had at least four movies. Why wont Mutiny be in the set?.

It depends how many titles Warners own. Perhaps the studio only owns four other Brando titles due for release, his other work may belong to other studios. Don't know the thinking on the Mutiny on The Bounty release, but Warners know what they are doing and have planned carefully.

As for the Paul Newman and Taylor/Burton Boxsets, we don't even know if they will be part of Warners Signature Collection series. of all the unreleased Paul Newman movies onto DVD, Warners own about ten - so you would expect the 2006 Newman collection would be big. Not sure about Taylor/Burton, except for the 2 disc Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf title to be re-released. Perhaps I might go and do a bit of research.
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post #8 of 34
8/1/06 at 3:37am

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Originally Posted by jackbogart
It is? WHy havent they announced it? Three films ? All Signature sets have had at least four movies. Why wont Mutiny be in the set?.
There is no official confirmation of the Brando signature box contents at this stage. My guess is Mutiny On The Bounty (1962) will be included in the box.
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post #9 of 34
8/3/06 at 12:35am
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Thanks guys! About the Paul Newman set it could include a 2 disc set of Cool Hand Luke possibly. As for Wb planning the sets carefully I argee, but whats up with the Henry Fonda Signature set? They are all the same DVDs just repacked!
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post #10 of 34
8/3/06 at 1:37am

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As far as we know, the Paul Newman boxset will contain; Harper, The Drowning Pool, Somebody Up There Likes Me and The Young Philadelphians. There are other titles involved, but we are not sure what they are. A SE 2 Disc for Cool Hand Luke is being tentatively planned for 2007. Not sure if this collection is part of Warners' Signature Collection Series.
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post #11 of 34
8/3/06 at 1:41am
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This is somewhat off topic, but why is Joan Crawford and Bette Davis part of the Signature Series? Kinda wierd, but love the box art for their sets too
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post #12 of 34
8/3/06 at 1:43am
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The Bogart and Bacall Signature Collection just came out. Big Sleep, Key Largo, Have or Have not and Dark PAssage is now available. It was a amazon exclusive but now I guess you can get it anywhere. The new ones have the plastic cases (not the cheaper cardboard ones that I got from the Amazon set).
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post #13 of 34
8/3/06 at 2:05am

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Originally Posted by jackbogart
This is somewhat off topic, but why is Joan Crawford and Bette Davis part of the Signature Series? Kinda wierd, but love the box art for their sets too

I think you will find that the Davis and Crawford Collections are part of Warners Legendary Classics Series, not the Signature series.

Go to www.whvdvdcollections.com and have a gander. Fantastic site.
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post #14 of 34
8/3/06 at 7:36am

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But where is that pre-code box set we've been hearing about, and what will be in it?

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/
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post #15 of 34
8/3/06 at 12:36pm
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yeha i know they're apart the legendary sets, but why not signature
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post #16 of 34
8/3/06 at 1:22pm

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Originally Posted by JohnPM
But where is that pre-code box set we've been hearing about, and what will be in it?

http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/

Thats what I was wondering, I thought at one point I had imagined the announcement.
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post #17 of 34
8/3/06 at 7:13pm

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Originally Posted by Lucas Anderson
As for the Paul Newman and Taylor/Burton Boxsets, we don't even know if they will be part of Warners Signature Collection series. of all the unreleased Paul Newman movies onto DVD, Warners own about ten - so you would expect the 2006 Newman collection would be big. Not sure about Taylor/Burton, except for the 2 disc Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf title to be re-released. Perhaps I might go and do a bit of research.

When I was watching TCM, they showed recently restored versions of The V.I.P's, The Comedians, and The Sandpiper. They looked stunning so they'll be in the Taylor/Burton set.
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post #18 of 34
8/3/06 at 7:14pm

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Originally Posted by Ollie Gatehouse
Thats what I was wondering, I thought at one point I had imagined the announcement.

and please let it be more than the 3 movies they mentioned. in the 2005 chat they sait the set was gonna be a big one.
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post #19 of 34
8/4/06 at 4:29pm

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That would be something I am really keen on as the Pre-Code Box
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post #20 of 34
8/5/06 at 6:33am

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I want these sets:

Barbara Stanwyck
-The Mad Miss Manton
-Night Nurse
-Two Mrs. Carrolls
-Ladies They Talk About/ Illicit (Double feature)
-So Big

Olivia de Havilland
-Four's A Crowd
-Anthony Adverse
-Light in the Piazza
-The Male Animal
-Princess O'Rourke

Lana Turner
-Green Dolphin Street
-Honky Tonk
-Slightly Dangerous
-Marriage Is A Private Affair
-Cass Timberlane

Hedy Lamarr
-I Take This Woman
-Comrade X
-White Cargo
-Her Highness and the Bellboy
-H.M. Pulham, Esq

Hepburn and Tracy (revised with new to dvd titles and previous releases in keepcases)
-Woman of the Year Deluxe SE
-Keeper of the Flame
-Without Love
-The Sea of Grass
-Adam's Rib
-Pat and Mike

Katharine Hepburn
-Morning Glory
-Sylvia Scarlett
-Undercurrent
-A Bill of Divorcement
-Song of Love

Mickey Rooney
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
-The Human Comedy
-Summer Holiday/ Ah Wilderness (double feature)
-Young Tom Edison/ Edsion, the Man (double feature)
-Words and Music
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post #21 of 34
8/5/06 at 12:48pm

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I'm with you Corey...I'd buy every single one of those!

Might as well post a few of my wants here as well, in case Warner's reading.

GENE KELLY:
Thousands Cheer (Kathryn Grayson, Mary Astor, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, etc, etc)
Living In A Big Way (Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger, Spring Byington)
The Pirate (Judy Garland, Walter Slezak, The Nicholas Brothers)
The Three Musketeers (June Allyson, Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Vincent Price)
Invitation To The Dance (Carol Haney, Tommy Rall, Tamara Toumanova)
Marjorie Morningstar (Natalie Wood, Claire Trevor, Ed Wynn)

JANE POWELL:
A Date With Judy (Wallace Beery, Liz Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat)
Nancy Goes To Rio (Ann Sothern, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern)
Two Weeks With Love (Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Debbie Reynolds)
Small Town Girl (Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Farley Granger)
Athena (Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves)
Hit The Deck (Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Walter Pidgeon, Russ Tamblyn)

JUNE ALLYSON:
Two Girls And A Sailor (Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson, Jimmy Durante, Lena Horne)
Her Highness And The Bellboy (Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, Rags Ragland)
Two Sisters From Boston (Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford)
The Secret Heart (Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, Lionel Barrymore)
High Barbaree (Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell)
The Opposite Sex (Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Blondell)

JOHN GARFIELD
Four Daughters (Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Frank McHugh)
Daughters Courageous (Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp)
Dust Be My Destiny (Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh)
Castle On The Hudson (Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith)
Saturday's Children (Anne Shirley, Claude Rains)
The Fallen Sparrow (Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak)

I'm listing other notable stars of these films, in a sneaky attempt to get fans of those actors rallying behind my box set ideas. Did it work?
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post #22 of 34
8/5/06 at 1:02pm

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Originally Posted by ChrisRose
I'm with you Corey...I'd buy every single one of those!

Might as well post a few of my wants here as well, in case Warner's reading.

GENE KELLY:
Thousands Cheer (Kathryn Grayson, Mary Astor, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, etc, etc)
Living In A Big Way (Marie McDonald, Charles Winninger, Spring Byington)
The Pirate (Judy Garland, Walter Slezak, The Nicholas Brothers)
The Three Musketeers (June Allyson, Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Vincent Price)
Invitation To The Dance (Carol Haney, Tommy Rall, Tamara Toumanova)
Marjorie Morningstar (Natalie Wood, Claire Trevor, Ed Wynn)

JANE POWELL:
A Date With Judy (Wallace Beery, Liz Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat)
Nancy Goes To Rio (Ann Sothern, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern)
Two Weeks With Love (Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Debbie Reynolds)
Small Town Girl (Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Farley Granger)
Athena (Debbie Reynolds, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Steve Reeves)
Hit The Deck (Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Walter Pidgeon, Russ Tamblyn)

JUNE ALLYSON:
Two Girls And A Sailor (Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson, Jimmy Durante, Lena Horne)
Her Highness And The Bellboy (Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, Rags Ragland)
Two Sisters From Boston (Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, Peter Lawford)
The Secret Heart (Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon, Lionel Barrymore)
High Barbaree (Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell)
The Opposite Sex (Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Blondell)

JOHN GARFIELD
Four Daughters (Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Frank McHugh)
Daughters Courageous (Priscilla Lane, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp)
Dust Be My Destiny (Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh)
Castle On The Hudson (Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Burgess Meredith)
Saturday's Children (Anne Shirley, Claude Rains)
The Fallen Sparrow (Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak)

I'm listing other notable stars of these films, in a sneaky attempt to get fans of those actors rallying behind my box set ideas. Did it work?

Warner Brothers doesn't own MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR any longer. It reverted to its producer and lies somewhere between Paramount and Lion's gate, a it is part of the (former) NTA/Republic holdings.
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post #23 of 34
8/5/06 at 1:18pm

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Originally Posted by Roger Rollins
Warner Brothers doesn't own MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR any longer.

Okay...in that case, I'll replace it with the promised 2-disc special edition of An American In Paris. This is fun! Imagine actually having the job of choosing titles for Warner boxsets... how do I apply for that position?
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post #24 of 34
8/5/06 at 1:28pm

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Originally Posted by ChrisRose
Okay...in that case, I'll replace it with the promised 2-disc special edition of An American In Paris. This is fun! Imagine actually having the job of choosing titles for Warner boxsets... how do I apply for that position?

I've often wondered that myself. Basically you would have GF's position.
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post #25 of 34
8/6/06 at 12:28pm

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Doesn't this sound good?? They need to release garbo V2 with her remaining talkies:
-Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
-Inspiration
-Romance
-The Painted Veil
-Conquest
-As You Desire Me
-Two Faced Woman
along with The Garbo Silents Collection Volume 2 which would be a 3 disc set each with a double feature: Wild Orchids, The Single Standard, The Kiss, A Woman of Affairs, The Torrent and Love
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post #26 of 34
8/6/06 at 12:53pm

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Originally Posted by Corey
Doesn't this sound good?? They need to release garbo V2 with her remaining talkies:
-Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
-Inspiration
-Romance
-The Painted Veil
-Conquest
-As You Desire Me
-Two Faced Woman
along with The Garbo Silents Collection Volume 2 which would be a 3 disc set each with a double feature: Wild Orchids, The Single Standard, The Kiss, A Woman of Affairs, The Torrent and Love

or maby

vol.2
-Inspiration
-Romance
-The Painted Veil
-The Kiss
-Love
-The Single Standard

vol3
-Conquest
-As You Desire Me
-Two Faced Woman
-Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
-Wild Orchids
-A Woman of Affairs
-The Torrent
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post #27 of 34
8/6/06 at 2:14pm

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What happened to the Harlow boxset and the pre-code set which was due by the end of the year? Things are not looking good for these to be released this year since nearly all of Warner's 2006 releases have been announced, with just December remaining.
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post #28 of 34
8/6/06 at 2:54pm

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Originally Posted by Corey
When I was watching TCM, they showed recently restored versions of The V.I.P's, The Comedians, and The Sandpiper. They looked stunning so they'll be in the Taylor/Burton set.

Great news! Hopefully this means the set isn't too far away! I'm dying for it to be released.

Andy
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post #29 of 34
8/6/06 at 3:50pm

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I watched The V.I.P.'s on TCM to see what the fuss was over Taylor & Burton as a screen team. And I've concluded that they were well-matched. If you want to watch 2 blocks of wood. Seriously...non-emotive, stiff acting from both of them. I enjoyed the movie overall though - luckily there were many other characters/storylines to get into. Maggie Smith was great! She took a cliched part and gave it heart. So I'd buy The V.I.P.'s on it's own (it better not be a boxset exclusive!) but I think I'll pass on the Taylor/Burton set. Now that I've said that, it *will* be a boxset exclusive. But I shall not crumble! Still have my copy recorded off TCM, after all.

I do hope the Jean Harlow and pre-code boxsets are merely delayed, not cancelled. Read somewhere that Warner wasn't sure how marketable Harlow would be. Um...okaaaay. No use asking for a Marjorie Main collection then!
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post #30 of 34
8/6/06 at 4:17pm

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Originally Posted by ChrisRose
I watched The V.I.P.'s on TCM to see what the fuss was over Taylor & Burton as a screen team. And I've concluded that they were well-matched. If you want to watch 2 blocks of wood. Seriously...non-emotive, stiff acting from both of them. I enjoyed the movie overall though - luckily there were many other characters/storylines to get into. Maggie Smith was great! She took a cliched part and gave it heart. So I'd buy The V.I.P.'s on it's own (it better not be a boxset exclusive!) but I think I'll pass on the Taylor/Burton set. Now that I've said that, it *will* be a boxset exclusive. But I shall not crumble! Still have my copy recorded off TCM, after all.

I suggest you see, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (will be part of the set) or "The Taming of the Shrew" (from Sony/Columbia) before you completely write them off. Those two films solidified them as a truly amazing screen duo.
Andy
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