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post #211 of 3526
3/23/09 at 11:18am

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Originally Posted by CinéKarine
From ClassicFlix.com:

Four titles that show in the video promo on their site, but have yet to be listed:

Thousands Cheer (1943) - Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, Mary Astor and lots of Cameos

The Strawberry Blonde (1941) - James Cagney, Olivia deHavilliand, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale and Jack Carson

Four Daughters (1938) - The Lane Sisters with John Garfield and Claude Rains

Bright Leaf (1950) - Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson and Donald Crisp

OMG....I want all of those. You could literally spend thousands on these films which is why they should lower the prices.
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post #212 of 3526
3/23/09 at 11:34am

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I am really excited about today's... I mean, yesterday's announcement, but there are a lot of films that I've never seen that I'm not sure if I want to spend $20 on sight-unseen. So I wonder...
Will these titles be available for rental on Netflix???
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post #213 of 3526
3/23/09 at 11:36am

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Originally Posted by CinéKarine

By the way, the TCM exclusives sold through MoviesUnlimited shipped to Canada and quite possibly to other countries too (I did not check), maybe that would be another way to get them out to international customers?.

I think you will find that one or two stores, like MoviesUnlimited and CreepClassics, were offering "exclusive" discs by simply buying and reselling them. In the case of some of the Best Buy only ones, which were initially in-store-only, this meant the proprietors were quite literally visiting Best Buys and buying multiple copies.

This was deeply frowned upon by the stores in question, and was stopped - by limiting customers to only a few copies each, but I think they also contacted the mentioned stores and told them not to do it again, because later exclusives up for pre-order, were withdrawn.
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post #214 of 3526
3/23/09 at 11:43am
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Originally Posted by Nebiroth
I think you will find that one or two stores, like MoviesUnlimited and CreepClassics, were offering "exclusive" discs by simply buying and reselling them. In the case of some of the Best Buy only ones, which were initially in-store-only, this meant the proprietors were quite literally visiting Best Buys and buying multiple copies.

This was deeply frowned upon by the stores in question, and was stopped - by limiting customers to only a few copies each, but I think they also contacted the mentioned stores and told them not to do it again, because later exclusives up for pre-order, were withdrawn.

In the case of MoviesUnlimited, it was not so, as the TCM page for the set took me right to the M-U website IF I recall properly. So there must have been some kind of an agreement there. What I am sure of is that I went on the TCM website to order the set and that it WAS possible to ship to Canada, whether it was actually through M-U or not.
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post #215 of 3526
3/23/09 at 11:48am

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Any chance to pay via PayPal for some that don't have a credit card? I think there should be alternate means for all!
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post #216 of 3526
3/23/09 at 12:21pm
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I had not checked the WBShop since yesterday, but I just noticed some titles which have been added since then:

Lots of early Katharine Hepburn:
Spitfire (34)
The Little Minister (34) - buying this one for sure!!!
Break of Hearts (35)
Christopher Strong (33)

Also Bright Leaf (50) with Gary Cooper

Perhaps there are more "recent" ones that I missed since the titles meant nothing to me.
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post #217 of 3526
3/23/09 at 12:25pm

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Originally Posted by BillyFeldman
Yes, be sure to introduce that note of unwarranted panic to the discussion.
I only brought it up once people were claiming some ordering anomalies. If anyone actually panics because of such a statement they need to R-E-L-A-X.
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post #218 of 3526
3/23/09 at 12:35pm

re: Warner Archive Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by CinéKarine
I had not checked the WBShop since yesterday, but I just noticed some titles which have been added since then:

Lots of early Katharine Hepburn:
Spitfire (34)
The Little Minister (34) - buying this one for sure!!!
Break of Hearts (35)
Christopher Strong (33)

Also Bright Leaf (50) with Gary Cooper

Perhaps there are more "recent" ones that I missed since the titles meant nothing to me.
The number of titles has gone up from 140 to 150 and now 155.






Crawdaddy
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post #219 of 3526
3/23/09 at 12:39pm

re: Warner Archive Discussion Thread

Now Warner needs to work on their buggy website.
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post #220 of 3526
3/23/09 at 12:57pm

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didn't they just revamp their site?

this thread is long, has any1 talked about replicating these titles to blu-ray? i never bought into DVD as a format in the first place.
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post #221 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:05pm

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If these titles can't sell on DVD through normal replication/distribution a Blu-ray release is no where near plausible.
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post #222 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:18pm

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i get all the logistics of why ($) but man it'd be awesome if they ever did that. =P. download and SD DVD is horrible quality =P
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post #223 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:18pm

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Originally Posted by Brandon Conway
If these titles can't sell on DVD through normal replication/distribution a Blu-ray release is no where near plausible.

I think this initiative gives added weight to the opinion of those of us who think that Blu-ray will never totally replace DVD. More likely Blu-ray will stay a niche product concentrating on top sellers such as current films and those relatively few classics which sell in big numbers.
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post #224 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:25pm

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I haven't tried to order anything yet. I know a number of people in the USA. I saw somewhere on their website (which does not stay in the cache) that the billing address must be the same as the credit card address. I have an AMEXCO card. When one orders, is their also a mail-address in addition to the billing address( or where to send it)?
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post #225 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:28pm

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i never bought into DVD as a format in the first place

It's the format, what is there to buy into?

If there is a questionable format... well that would be Bluray.
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post #226 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:36pm

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Originally Posted by JediFonger
didn't they just revamp their site?
Yes, and it's still as slow and buggy as when WHV launched it.
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post #227 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:50pm

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I was able to place two orders just fine. I'm so excited!!!! :-) The estimated delivery date is this Friday, but I doubt I'll get the discs then. Still, just knowing I have my place in line is great.
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post #228 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:52pm

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Originally Posted by JediFonger
this thread is long, has any1 talked about replicating these titles to blu-ray? i never bought into DVD as a format in the first place.
Give DVD another year or two, it might yet catch on.

Seriously though, if the studio doesn't think it would be cost effective to replicate these titles on DVD en-mass, you'd be lucky to see these on Blu in 10 years, if ever.

Although, thinking about it, if this is a way to get around low demand, then one would have to assume some kind of burn solution for Blu would address the same issue. The only real problem is that so much more of the catalog would have to be considered low demand, but the principle would still hold.
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post #229 of 3526
3/23/09 at 1:54pm

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Here are some titles I've wanted for a long time. Maybe with this On Demand thing they might actually get released.

Beyond the Forest (1949-Bette Davis)
The Boy Friend (1971-Twiggy-Ken Russell)
The Chapman Report (1962-Jane Fonda)
Claudelle Inglish (1961-Diane McBain/Arthur Kennedy)
The Cobweb (1955-Lauren Bacall/Richard Widmark)
Go Naked in the World (1961-Gina Lollobrigida/Anthony Franciosa)
In the Cool of the Day (1963-Jane Fonda/Angela Lansbury)
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968-Kim Novak-Robert Aldrich)
Light in the Piazza (1962-Olivia de Havilland)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1968-Katharine Hepburn)
Mary, Mary (1963-Debbie Reynolds)
Penelope (1966-Natalie Wood)
Sincerely Yours (1955-Liberace/Dorothy Malone)
Too Much, Too Soon (1958-Dorothy Malone)
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post #230 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:03pm

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Feltenstein says that orders have swamped the web site:

Article here.
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post #231 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:14pm

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Originally Posted by Paul Penna
Feltenstein says that orders have swamped the web site:

Article here.

Quote:
George said the hugely ambitious goal is to make Warners' entire 5000-title catalogue, including hundreds of titles from MGM, RKO and other studios, available, a project that "may take 10 years to accomplish.'' He said the initial offering, which will be supplemented by at least 20 features each and every month -- around 450 are scheduled for the end of 2010 -- was chosen from among titles most requested by fans, as well as titles for which the studios has the good masters. "There's are at least a couple of thousand people who want each of these titles out there,'' he says,."And we wanted to put out titles that look as good as our regular commercial releases.''

I think the chat tonight will be really interesting
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post #232 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:14pm

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Penna
Feltenstein says that orders have swamped the web site:

Article here.

thanks for the article. mission to moscow is coming. I hope Norma Shearer's Escape is in the pipeline, too.

what time does the chat start?
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post #233 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:23pm

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Originally Posted by Corey
what time does the chat start?


Live Chat with Warner Home Video
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post #234 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:24pm

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Originally Posted by Corey
thanks for the article. mission to moscow is coming.

This was my most desperately wanted title.

Pity I can't order it.
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post #235 of 3526
3/23/09 at 2:53pm

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Originally Posted by streeter
I am really excited about today's... I mean, yesterday's announcement, but there are a lot of films that I've never seen that I'm not sure if I want to spend $20 on sight-unseen. So I wonder...
Will these titles be available for rental on Netflix???
Maybe not Netflix, but ClassicFlix.com says they will be renting them out (they rent to U.S. only).

Classicflix.com Blog: WARNER OPENS FLOODGATES! 115 Classics Coming to DVD
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post #236 of 3526
3/23/09 at 3:14pm

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This is really good news. I hope that the archives include some of the Monogram Lugosi films that WB owns like VOODOO MAN and RETURN OF THE APE MAN. This may be the only way to get nice copies of some of these movies, so bring 'em on!
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post #237 of 3526
3/23/09 at 3:23pm

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Has anyone had trouble trying to connect to the chat. Every time I try to connect, it tells me that it has been terminated. I want to be apart of the chat or at least read it well it is happening. Help
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post #238 of 3526
3/23/09 at 3:28pm

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Jason:

Try using the JavaChat instead of the web side.
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post #239 of 3526
3/23/09 at 3:34pm

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I tried Java chat, but after downloading a plugin it doesn't go anywhere. There is no link to this chat from this point on.
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post #240 of 3526
3/23/09 at 3:36pm

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What browser are you using? What OS?

Have you tried downloading an IRC client like mIRC for Windows or Snak for the Mac?
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