THE BOWERY BOYS on DVD: continuing discussion of Warner's eventual release plans (NEW UPDATE 10/2 Po (1 Viewer)

[Tony Bensley]

A big round of thanks to GregoryMesh for magnanimously posting THE BOWERY BOYS, VOLUME 4 Front Cover!

CHEERS!

 

[DeWilson]

I'd say the 15 Trailers are just the tip of the iceberg, as these are all on just one of the discs! There could be Trailers of all 48 included, perhaps?

That would be great - 37 of them have been up on TCM.com (Along with the two Lugosi/East Side Kids Film trailers) So I wonder if they have all 48.

 

[Tony Bensley]

That would be great - 37 of them have been up on TCM.com (Along with the two Lugosi/East Side Kids Film trailers) So I wonder if they have all 48.

Hi DeWilson!

Assuming that trailers for all 48 Bowery Boys Films exist, with 15 Trailers just on Disc 2, I don't think it's at all an unreasonable assumption that Volume 4 will have all of these! I will however, state that the inclusion of any Bowery Boys "Coming Distractions" in this final set is indeed, a rather nice surprise!

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[JeffT.]

Well the end is in sight.

Somehow JAIL BUSTERS (1955) just doesn't seem like an appropriate finish for Leo Gorcey but there is still enough good material to make this set enjoyable viewing. I'm glad that Leo Gorcey continued to be featured on the packaging design which is as it should be.

Likewise 48 Bowery Boys films just doesn't seem enough because they all go so fast. But dimishing returns, declining interest, contracts up for renewal everything seemed to be working against continuation. Had Leo Gorcey and Bernard Gorcey remained the series might have continued a little longer than it did.

It appears that each disc in this volume 4 set contains additonal bonus theatrical trailers which is great.



Jeff T.

 

[Randy Korstick]

Wow I'm away for a few days and then boom it comes out. Looks like I should have left for a few days a couple months back
Really happy this is finally coming out and the trailers are a nice touch but it looks like my request to include a 1.66:1 copy of Private Eyes came a little too late as this set was most likely finalized about 2 months ago.
I believe this set contains the most widescreen movies with 7 out of 12. I wonder if that also added to the delay on this set. So glad the wait is over. Having all 48 Bowery Boys movies on Home Video has been a dream for me since 1985.

 

[ahollis]

Having all 48 Bowery Boys movies on Home Video has been a dream for me since 1985.

And mine too, Randy. Three years ago in perpetration for some sort of release I bought a book on the Bowery Boys films and now it's very dog eared.

 

[Tony Bensley]

Wow I'm away for a few days and then boom it comes out. Looks like I should have left for a few days a couple months back
Really happy this is finally coming out and the trailers are a nice touch but it looks like my request to include a 1.66:1 copy of Private Eyes came a little too late as this set was most likely finalized about 2 months ago.
I believe this set contains the most widescreen movies with 7 out of 12. I wonder if that also added to the delay on this set. So glad the wait is over. Having all 48 Bowery Boys movies on Home Video has been a dream for me since 1985.

Hi Randy!

Nah! Me tinks it wuz dat "Missduh X," or somethin' like dat!"

All kidding aside, it appears that you would have preferred a Widescreen PRIVATE EYES to the Trailers. Admittedly, this would have been more consistent with the Warner Archive's choosing to go Letterbox with all of the other Bowery Boys Widescreen era Titles, though I still consider it a pardonable offence on Warner's part. Just based on their inclusion of the Trailers, they do appear to have accepted input from the many related posts in this longstanding thread! PRIVATE EYES will just have to remain the lone example (In terms of this marvelous collection, at least!) of how the Full Frame Uncropped Matte Versions that were later shown on Television would have looked!

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[Randy Korstick]

Hi Tony
Yes I would have preferred a widescreen Private Eyes to the trailers but it is a very minor thing. I never dreamed we would get the other 16 Bowery Boys Widescreen films in 1.85:1 vs. 1.37:1.
So much more to be grateful for than disappointed in.

Hi Randy!

Nah! Me tinks it wuz dat "Missduh X," or somethin' like dat!"

All kidding aside, it appears that you would have preferred a Widescreen PRIVATE EYES to the Trailers. Admittedly, this would have been more consistent with the Warner Archive's choosing to go Letterbox with all of the other Bowery Boys Widescreen era Titles, though I still consider it a pardonable offence on Warner's part. Just based on their inclusion of the Trailers, they do appear to have accepted input from the many related posts in this longstanding thread! PRIVATE EYES will just have to remain the lone example (In terms of this marvelous collection, at least!) of how the Full Frame Uncropped Matte Versions that were later shown on Television would have looked!

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[Tony Bensley]

Hi Tony
Yes I would have preferred a widescreen Private Eyes to the trailers but it is a very minor thing. I never dreamed we would get the other 16 Bowery Boys Widescreen films in 1.85:1 vs. 1.37:1.
So much more to be grateful for than disappointed in.

Hi Randy!

Or even a complete Bowery Boys Collection in ANY Media Format!

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[Tony Bensley]

THE BOWERY BOYS, VOLUME 4 is now available for preorder at TCM.com for shipping on August 26!

http://shop.tcm.com/the-bowery-boys-collection-vol-4-dvd/detail.php?p=654867&v=tcm_warner-archive-collection_new-releases

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[DeWilson]

Now they need to finish off the Charlie Chan films

 

[LouA]

Now they need to finish off the Charlie Chan films

Is this possible ? Aren't some of the Charlie Chan films lost?

 

[Tony Bensley]

Is this possible ? Aren't some of the Charlie Chan films lost?

Hi Lou!

I recall reading in one of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guides that four of the early Charlie Chan's unfortunately are no longer able to be seen. Perhaps DeWilson was referring to some unreleased CC Titles that are known to exist? I admit to not being up on this.

CHEERS!

Tony

 

[Steve...O]

What DeWilson is referring to are the last three Monogram Chans that await release. WHV has released, to retail, two very nice sets of 4 Monograms each. Much like the Bowery Boys, these releases were delayed due to element issues. Fox had good success with their Chan releases and WHV publically stated their first Chan Monogram set did well which is why set two came to retail as well.

Hopefuly these three films will also come to retail as well as this will ensure quality discs with English subtitles, etc. (The four missing films are Fox efforts and are from very early in the run.)

On topic....it's great that, at long last, the BB films are complete although it is unfortunate that they didn't make retail. I still think they would have done ok as a normal release, particularly online and at Walmarts, etc. but I defer to WHV's marketing data.

 

[ahollis]

As well as at Moviesunlimited.com...http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/product.asp?sku=D64080

TCM and Movies Unlimited are pretty the same. The have an agreement to cross sell their available titles and MU handles sales, handling, and shipping for TCM.

 

[ahollis]

BOWERY BOYS VOLUME 4 to be released tomorrow from WAC. http://l.email-warnerbros.com/YesConnect/HtmlMessagePreview?a=Wi9L0-sj0xq20R6tqoS4eNaw&msgVersion=web

 

[Tony Bensley]

OK, according to the liner notes on the Warner Archive, there are Trailers on Discs 1 and 2, with 24 Trailers (Not all 48, as I had speculated in previous posts.) in total, and all in their correct Aspect Ratios (I wonder whether the PRIVATE EYES Trailer is included? HMMMM!!). Based on the 15 Trailers that are listed on the Disc 2 menu (As shown on the Warner Archive YouTube Teaser.), there must be only 9 on the first.

This poses an interesting question: Could the reason that the Warner Archive put more Trailers on Disc 2 than Disc 1 be because the total running time for the 3 Films on the Second DVD is a bit shorter than on the first Disc, and they didn't want to unduly compromise the bit-rate by cramming too much content on any one DVD?

By the way, while THE BOWERY BOYS, VOLUME 4 Set is now available for shipping from TCM as of today (August 26.), while Pre-Orders from Movies Unlimited don't ship out until September 5. However, the current price-point at MU is $8 less ($39.99) than TCM's ($47.99).

CHEERS!

 

[Tony Bensley]

THE BOWERY BOYS, VOLUME 4 is now available to order at the Warner Archive for $39.95:
http://shop.warnerarchive.com/product/code/1000491288.do?adid=082614WACNR&ref=EW082614&utm_source=crm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EWACNR140826

CHEERS!

 

[Gary OS]

I recall reading in one of Leonard Maltin's Movie Guides that four of the early Charlie Chan's unfortunately are no longer able to be seen.

I guess I should finally let the studio have my four prints of those lost Chans. I've kept them to myself long enough.

So happy to hear the Bowery Boys are being completed!


Gary "Steve O knows what a huge fan of CC I am, so I hope we do see the final 3 Chan films released soon" O.

 

[Randy Korstick]

My set is on order. With a little luck I may get it by Saturday. Looking forward to seeing how Mr. Hex looks. I kept the TCM copy of this film saved on my DVR all this time just to compare it when it finally came out. It will be nice to see Spy Chasers with the reels in the correct order.