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There has been talk. I believe that WB said this is being worked on in one of the previous chats, but there is not set timeline to the best of my knowledge.

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I heard the same thing as Eric. Supposedly, it's coming someday. It's a sure-buy for me when/if they're released.

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The Hardy movies show on TCM fairly often so I wouldn't read too much into the upcoming airings. From what I have seen on TCM the prints are pretty worn; it's very likely serious restoration is needed for this series.

Warners has indicated in the past several years that numerous series are in the pipeline (Hardy, Kildare, Bowery Boys, Lex Barker Tarzan, Maisie, Saint/Falcon, Mason, Chan et al). It must be a very costly and time consuming process getting these prepped for home video especially considering that certain of these are RKO or Monogram titles that were not well maintained.

Their focus in 2008 has been on musicals and westerns. Perhaps 2009 or 2010 will be the year of the "B series"?

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actually I though this would have been out by now, following the Garland/Rooney set, also with the up dating old signature sets, where is the Garland set, with a 2 disc Star is Born

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I have loved this series since i first saw them aired in the early 90's on TNT...At this point, if complete boxed sets are not possible, I would certainly buy a box that had a few ANDY, DR KILDARE, MAISY altogether...rather than never have them see the light of day again.

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I currently have Love Finds Andy Hardy on DVD and a few others on VHS. I imagine that they would take quite a bit of remastering work, and would be particularly time consuming since there are 16 films (not counting any shorts or anything), so I imagine it will take a while to get them all put together and ready for release.

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I'd love for WHV to release a 2nd Judy Garland set with:

-Little Nellie Kelly
-Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
-A Star Is Born SE
-Listen Darling
-Everybody Sing

and a Mickey Rooney set with:

-Summer Holiday
-Killer McCoy
-The Human Comedy
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
-A Yank at Eton

Yeah, where ARE the Andy Hardy films? Our entire family loves these films. I remember awhile back Warner had mentioned that these would be released but haven't heard any news on the progress.

Would like to see a nice boxed set with the "Warner Night at the Movies" extras along with the two shorts "Christmas with the Hardys" and "Andy Hardy's Dilemma" included.

Not only would I love this set (as standard DVDs and not DVD-Rs) for myself but would like to get them for my Mom (who adores this series) while she can still enjoy them. She is in her early 70s and not getting any younger...

I think Andy, Maisie, and Dr. Kildaire will all show up at the Warner Archive someday. Perhaps they will do a Value Pack for each series. Sad that Warner Archive has reduced the discount on the Value Packs to 40%.

 

In December 2010 Mickey Rooney is the Star of the Month on TCM. All the Andy Hardy movies will be shown December 16 in reverse order starting woth Andy Hardy Comes Home at 6 am and ending with A Familly Affair on December 17 at 7:15 AM. Set your DVR accordingly.

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I think we can be confident that this is the plan, but in the meantime my DVR will stay tuned to TCM.

 

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Thanks for the info re the Andy Hardy series. Too bad that they may end up as a "Warner Archive Release". Was hoping for something similar to the "Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney Collection" that Warner released but guess I will have to settle for what is produced.

Will definitely set my DVR for the dates mentioned...
 

 

Wow, thanks for the great heads up! I will definitely set the TiVo for that. Wish WB would release a wonderful box set of this great series.

 

 

Thanks for the TCM info on this series.

 

This is another set, if it became available remastered, I'd pay top $'s for it.  I agree about the odds of it getting the MOD treatment eventually.  I was hoping that this series along with another one of my "holy grails" (Blondie series)  would be able to get in under the last of the golden era of the classic pressed-releases/DVD mkt.

This series is slowly inching its way to "Holy Grail" status. Have patiently been waiting years for this. I really hope it doesn't go Warner Archive (but my fear is that it will) because it is worthy of a regular dvd release. Does anyone know if this is at least still being worked on?

Thanks TCM for giving us the complete Andy Hardy series. Now Warner, will you give us a great box set with some wonderful extras, PLEASE???

Reading through past chats, the most recent reference I could find was from 2007 (see below).  Obviously this never happened, but it sounds like Warner has a product "in the can" (or nearly so) just waiting for release.   Mickey Rooney's 90th birthday earlier this year would have been a great marketing tie-in so the lack of release suggests other hurdles than just economic.  The TCM prints can be a bit rough; perhaps the elements needed a more costly restoration than anticipated. 

 

In any event, I hope in depth interviews with Mr. Rooney that could serve as a basis for a feature documentary on the series have already taken place.

 

[Nick_Feduccia] Thanks so much for this opportunity! What are the chances of seeing some Andy Hardy boxed sets much in the vein of the Tarzan boxed sets any time soon?

[WARNER] We will do more than one Hardy volume, and the first one will hit in 2008. There will be cool extras, too!

 

Blondie would have difficulty with the rights. Though the films were produced by Columbia, King Features controls the rights to the characters. Not sure if King Features owns the rights to the films. They may, as I remember at one time the films were shown on TV Sunday mornings missing the original Columbia opening titles. Or it could be a situation like Popeye or Batman where one company owns the films but another company owns the characters.

 

I believe in one chat Warner Bros said they were going to put out the rest of Judy Garland's MGM films at the same time as the blu ray of A Star is Born so that they would have a cross promotion. That would have included 2 of the 3 Hardy films in which she appeared. Apparently the plans changed.

 

 

 

When Warners released Everybody Sing in the Warner Archive, my hopes for a box set of early Judy films (including Little Nellie Kelly which I thankfully have on laserdisc) faded.

 

Has anyone heard any rumblings about a Andy Hardy boxset?

The Warner Archive Collection's Facebook page provided this information several weeks ago:
Followed by

Looks like they are working on a comprehensive set and are looking to remaster the entire series.

Personally, the only mystery remains is if it will include the public domain Love Laughs at Andy Hardy and if they will include the already released Love Finds Andy Hardy for completeness sake (I hope "yes" for the former and "no" for the latter).

Thanks for this tidbit - does this Archive Facebook indicate whether this is a retail release (preferable) or a DVD-R release?  From other threads it has been indicated that WA Facebook also comments on retail releases where relevant.

 

With all the work being done on these films one would hope that this would be a retail release with applicable participation by Mr. Rooney, Ms. Rutherford, et al.

I assume that means that this will be an Archive release?

That really stinks......but at least I didn't sell off my one Andy Hardy movie in anticipation. The sad part is that it will be the only one that I will own.

I'm betting on a WA release on these. It's possible extra features could be included, especially for something as long awaited as this, and I imagine there is still time to let them know that extra features would be preferable in a release like this.

I would also assume an archive release. With the closing of Tower Records, Borders etc. there really aren't any national retailers that would be willing to carry this. Best Buy, Walmart, K - Mart, Target, Barnes and Noble etc. are not going to carry B&W B movies from the 30's and 40's. anymore. Sad but true. If its only available on line it will be a DVD R . Still hope springs eternal that a Jean Harlow set will be released on pressed discs. The Clark Gable films released to the archive this week did not include any of his unreleased films with Harlow. There is still hope.

TRACY & HEPBURN just came out a few months ago, right?. My guess is they were closely watching how that sold.

Boy I miss the days of walking into a Tower Records and Video and seeing stacks of DVD collections and the same goes for the Virgin Music Stores.  Always going through the racks looking for that elusive title I did not know was out.  I always felt that an Andy Hardy DVD Collection Volume 1 & Volume 2 was only a couple of months away and I would be seeing that in the stacks of new released and sitting next to it would be more copies of the Garland & Rooney Collection.  Times have really changed, but at least the Archive costs are less than what we were paying for Laserdics. 

Sadly, those days seem to be gone. I was in Best Buy last night and they didn't even stock Some Like It Hot or American Graffiti on Blu-ray! These are two major classic catalog titles that they would only allow you to purchase online. I then attempted to order The Cincinatti Kid on blu and Night Flight instore and was told that the warehouse didn't stock them for store delivery---online only. I guess stores will only stock day/date titles from here on out. All the stores that supported the catalog business model are now gone.

I would love the Andy Hardy series, Jean Harlow and those major silents Warner has yet to release on pressed retail discs with features, but what can we seriously expect if stores won't stock them? I'm wondering if online sales through Amazon have reached a point where sales through that site alone can justify the production of pressed discs? I don't think I can think of a major retailer who will stock these titles, save for maybe Barnes & Noble.

Andy Hardy coming from WAC

 

Well Warner Archive announced the Andy Hardy Autographed Collection Volume 1, and the Autographed copies have already sold out.

FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE WEBSITE:

Andy Hardy, the original teen supreme, comes careening to your screen in the first of a series of collections! MGM’s 1937 adaptation of Aurania Rouverol’s play Skidding, A Family Affair, proved such a stunning success that production commenced on a series inspired by it almost immediately. Carrying over three of A Family Affair’s cast members (Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy, Cecilia Parker as sister Marian, and Sara Haden as Aunt Milly), the Hardy series was launched in 1937 with You’re Only Young Once and the addition of Lewis Stone (Judge Hardy), Fay Holden (Mrs. Hardy) and Ann Rutherford (Polly Benedict). It was not long before Rooney’s boundless energy and talent stole the show (and the hearts of teenage girls all over the USA), and Andy Hardy took over the series. Not that anyone minded!

This collection features a sextet of sensational picks from the Hardy series, none of which have ever been available on DVD, some not available in any format. Each film comes packaged in its own DVD case, complete with artwork based on the original posters. Each film has either been newly remastered, or digitally upgraded from a recent progressive master source, specifically for this new DVD release. All best-available film elements have been used in the creation of this collection, and athough none of these films have been 'fully restored', the result is a distinct improvement in quality for each picture, and the first new work done to any of these films in over 20 years.

You’re Only Young Once (1937) On vacation with his family on California’s Catalina Island, Andy Hardy falls head over swim fins for a sophisticated young beauty (Eleanor Lynn). Judge Hardy warns his son that she is too fast for him.

Out West with the Hardys (1938) The Hardys out west! While Judge Hardy gets into a legal wrangle to save an old friend’s ranch, Andy tries to turn a bronco into a jalopy and Marian tries to lasso herself a cowpoke.

Judge Hardy and Son (1939) Tasked by Judge Hardy with locating the estranged daughter of an elderly immigrant couple, Andy Hardy finds himself juggling four different girls when his mother falls seriously ill. With Maria Ouspenskaya.

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940) When Andy falls for the picture of a glamorous debutante (Diana Lewis) he tags along with Judge Hardy’s crusade to save a NYC orphanage in hopes of meeting her. Lucky for Andy he has gal pal Betsy Booth (Judy Garland) around to help out.

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) All set to graduate from high school and Andy flunks his English exam – in spite of the fact that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary (captivating Kathryn Grayson in her screen debut).

Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941) After graduating from high school, Andy heads for New York, giddy with visions of high finance, chic women and posh nightclubs. But the big city is tough on a small-town boy. With Judy Garland in her final appearance as Betsy Booth.