Universal Vault Series - Amazon.com exclusive DVD-Rs (1 Viewer)

[Richard Gallagher]

Hello all,I've been a longtime reader of the HTF, but have not felt compelled to post anything...until now.It appears that Universal has decided to remove several of their MOD discs from Amazon and a few are already selling at outrageous prices, through third parties.To list only a few, Cobra Woman, Resurrection, Kitten With A Whip, Ruggles Of Red Gap, Shoot Out, You Gotta Stay Happy, and Tomahawk are no longer available through Amazon.Universal has been poor at communicating the addition of new offerings and now cannot be trusted to keep their current MODs available.

That sucks. As far as I know, Warner Archive has never had a title go out of print.

However, you might like to know that DVD Planet has a region-free import of Cobra Woman priced at $12.81. The reviews at Amazon UK rave about the picture quality.

http://www.dvdplanet.com/buy/dvd/cobra-woman_2579099

 

[Thomas T]

As far as I know, Warner Archive has never had a title go out of print.

Ice Palace (1960) with Richard Burton and Robert Ryan is no longer available in the Warner Archives though I suspect it didn't so much go out of print as removed because of legal issues with the Ferber estate.

 

[John Hermes]

Ice Palace (1960) with Richard Burton and Robert Ryan is no longer available in the Warner Archives though I suspect it didn't so much go out of print as removed because of legal issues with the Ferber estate.

The guy on Warner Archive Facebook did say it was a rights issue. That movie needs to be remastered anyway and issued on a dual-layer disc next time. Too many minutes for a single-layer DVD as before.

 

[Clyde's Place]

I'm just sensing some kind of a problem between Universal and Amazon in regards to this program. Since these are supposed to be burn on demand, how could they go OOP if that wasn't the case? That and the fact that it was so many titles in the space of a week, two at the most. And it would almost appear that 3rd party sellers knew something was afoot. If you search through the Amazon/Universal coolection, you'll find a ton of these movies have suddenly left the building. So anybody know what's going on?And of course, as I mentioned previously, The Chalk Garden has not been shipped although it carries the same delivery date in my orders. No word from Amazon.

 

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The Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection, which includes Cat and the Canary, along with five other pressed titles, is presently selling on Amazon for just under $30, while the stand alone MOD Vault Series of CATC is going for around $130!

 

[JoHud]

That sucks. As far as I know, Warner Archive has never had a title go out of print.

They have for a select few (less that 1%), but its always been do to the expiration of an 3rd party license, not just randomly going OOP. None of these Universal discs should be running into licensing problems.

Really sucks as I was planning on buying Shoot Out soon. Might have to go R2 on that one now.

 

[davidHartzog]

I too was going to get Shoot Out one of these days. I guess that Bond film was right, tomorrow never comes.

 

[Bob Cashill]

Tomorrow never dies...unlike the Universal MOD program.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

The Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection, which includes Cat and the Canary, along with five other pressed titles, is presently selling on Amazon for just under $30, while the stand alone MOD Vault Series of CATC is going for around $130!

I discovered that last week when I was looking for Cat and the Canary. The other titles in the set are Thanks For the Memory, The Ghost Breakers, Nothing But the Truth, Road to Morocco, and The Paleface. Buying the box set was a no-brainer.

Another Universal Vault title I was looking at was Five Graves to Cairo, priced at $20.00. Then I discovered that the pressed TCM double feature of Five Graves to Cairo and A Foreign Affair is available from TCM for $25.00. Amazon has the double feature priced at $56, but it's still $25 at TCM.

 

[Robin9]

I discovered that last week when I was looking for Cat and the Canary. The other titles in the set are Thanks For the Memory, The Ghost Breakers, Nothing But the Truth, Road to Morocco, and The Paleface. Buying the box set was a no-brainer.

What is the picture quality of this box-set? I'd be interested in having those titles but only in high quality.

 

[mdnitoil]

What is the picture quality of this box-set? I'd be interested in having those titles but only in high quality.

The picture quality is superior for the most part, with the exception of Ghost Breakers. For whatever reason, that came out dupey like it was from a bad VHS master. Ironically, Universal put out a standalone Ghost Breakers years before that was perfect. When I purchased my set, I held on to my standalone.

 

[Robin9]

The picture quality is superior for the most part, with the exception of Ghost Breakers. For whatever reason, that came out dupey like it was from a bad VHS master. Ironically, Universal put out a standalone Ghost Breakers years before that was perfect. When I purchased my set, I held on to my standalone.

Thank you. I'll order this at once. That's a real bargain price.

 

[moviefanatic1979]

I read somewhere on the net that Kitten With a Whip is coming to BLU.
I may be wrong though.

 

[kingfish]

i wonder if we will get the naked and the dead in time for december 7.

 

[Bob Cashill]

That's a Warner Bros. release.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

Thank you. I'll order this at once. That's a real bargain price.

And the stand alone DVD of The Ghost Breakers is still available at Amazon for $11.

 

[cadavra]

I suspect a rights issue. [NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE.]

You suspect correctly. I asked a contact at Universal about it; he says the underlying story rights have expired and renewing them is "not a priority right now." A shame, as it's one of my favorite DeMilles.

Mike S.

 

[Robin9]

You suspect correctly. I asked a contact at Universal about it; he says the underlying story rights have expired and renewing them is "not a priority right now." A shame, as it's one of my favorite DeMilles.

Mike S.

I have a big request. Please ask your contact at Universal to check the copyright situation with Universal's 1968 film The Hell With Heroes. The film has disappeared and there have long been rumors that the copyright has expired. Many thanks in advance.

 

[davidHartzog]

I would sure like to have that one, Rod Taylor being one of my favorites.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Apparently, some of the early Universal Vault issues are no longer available. These include Ruggles of Red Gap, Death Takes a Holiday, and House of Seven Gables. Does anyone know what's going on with them?