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

[borisfw]

Great Imposter is a pretty good biopic with Tony Curtis . Also interested in the Cooper movie Desire with Dietrich . Not to mention Skylark with Milland and Colbert . I did just record that off TCM . Also plenty of Yvonne DeCarlo .

 

[Richard Gallagher]

DESIRE is wonderful - a slick and witty Lubitsch-like comedy with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, directed by Borzage.

Lubitsch was the producer, so his influence is all over it.

If you have a region-free player you can get it for about $10 from Amazon U.K.

 

[Mike*HTF]

Desire is delightful and Romanoff and Juliet is a mostly clever Cold War take on Romeo and Juliet. (Ustinov is wonderful)

 

[classicmovieguy]

Yes I'm looking forward to seeing "Romanoff and Juliet" - love Sandra Dee.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Frenchman's Creek was directed by Mitchell Leisen and has a terrific cast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchman's_Creek_(film)). It will be added to my list of Universal Vault titles to buy (if I can find the money).

 

[ahollis]

Hey Universal - how about some Olsen and JohnsonHELLZAPOPPIN

 

[Randy Korstick]

I'll second the Olsen and Johnson and add the Universal Ritz Brothers movies. I don't understand why both of these have been buried by Universal never having had official VHS, Laserdisc or DVD releases.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I'll second the Olsen and Johnson and add the Universal Ritz Brothers movies. I don't understand why both of these have been buried by Universal never having had official VHS, Laserdisc or DVD releases.

My understanding is that there were rights issues, at least with Hellzapoppin, which had been a Broadway musical. That's what Wikipedia has said: "Copyright issues involving the original stage production have forced the film version out of general circulation in the United States, although a European DVD has entered circulation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsen_and_Johnson). It's probably the same reason the original 1936 film of Anything Goes has never been officially released. Perhaps Universal could release Crazy House and some of their later films, however.

 

[ahollis]

My understanding is that there were rights issues, at least with Hellzapoppin, which had been a Broadway musical. That's what Wikipedia has said: "Copyright issues involving the original stage production have forced the film version out of general circulation in the United States, although a European DVD has entered circulation." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsen_and_Johnson). It's probably the same reason the original 1936 film of Anything Goes has never been officially released. Perhaps Universal could release Crazy House and some of their later films, however.

There was a UK DVD release about eight years ago which I have but the Pal speed shows.

 

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According to past Chicago TV Guides WGN Channel 9 broadcasted all four Universal Olsen and Johnson films a total of three times each, but only in 1958-59, afterwards the films completely disappeared until AMC aired “Crazy House” in the early 90s.

 

[John Morgan]

According to past Chicago TV Guides WGN Channel 9 broadcasted all four Universal Olsen and Johnson films a total of three times each, but only in 1958-59, afterwards the films completely disappeared until AMC aired “Crazy House” in the early 90s.

All the Olsen and Johnson Universal films were on television in the late 50s and 60s. Way back when laser was at its peak they had one of those studio days at Dave's Laser Disc place in Los Angeles. I asked the Universal representative and he said a 4 film laser set was planned, but ran into difficulties with HELLZAPOPPIN'. I think Jerry Lewis was mentioned as part owner of that film or at least content. I guess they thought that without their signature film, they would wait until it could be cleared.

 

[JPCinema]

I can't find THE GREAT IMPOSTER up for order on Amazon.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I can't find THE GREAT IMPOSTER up for order on Amazon.

The Amazon search engine has been performing poorly recently for some bizarre reason. I found this by searching for Universal Vault instead of the title: http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Impostor-Tony-Curtis/dp/B00N47NQ0W/ref=sr_1_57?ie=UTF8&qid=1409757717&sr=8-57&keywords=universal+vault

 

[borisfw]

I ordered The Imposter for $17.99 today on Amazon .

 

[kingfish]

hoping for red ball express.

 

[Reed Grele]

Funny. I was just watching a you tube of "You Bet Your Life" a few days ago, and Ferdinand W. Demara was one of the contestants. I haven't seen the Tony Curtis film in over 40 years. I'll be ordering.

 

[MarkA]

They just released "The Truth About Spring" with Hayley Mills. This was #1 on my wish list!!!

 

[Thomas T]

I just got my copy of Romanoff And Juliet in this morning's mail and the news isn't good. It's a full frame open matte transfer rather than anamorphic wide screen. The transfer itself is on the soft side so zooming it only makes it look worse. Still, as a huge Sandra Dee fan (she was a major part of my adolescence) I'm glad to have it but .........

 

[rdimucci]

I wish that Universal would release a MOD of RED SKY AT MORNING (but only if it's the original theatrical version, not the bastardized TV edit).

The original version may no longer exist. When the American Film Institute sought out a print of the film to view for its cataloging project, the only print that could be located was missing 10 minutes.

 

[JPCinema]

Having talked to Richard Thomas about the whereabouts of RED SKY AT MORNING. He said that it was due to music rights issues...and he also wish that it could be released on DVD or Blu Ray.