What Warner DVD sets would YOU like to see? (2 Viewers)

[Robert Crawford]

She's a favorite of mine too and not so much due to her acting talent. A rather see "Lady in White" instead of one of those other lesser titles.





Crawdaddy

 

[DaveK]

Mark and Charles...
You forgot Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

I wouldn't be surprised if those movies are in the collection. Just as long as they leave out Easy to Wed and save it for a Lucille Ball collection.

 

[DaveK]

OK folks....it took a while to compile, but how about a

Women of Warners boxset
Bette Davis – All This and Heaven Too (1940)
Joan Crawford – Flamingo Road (1949)
Doris Day and Janis Paige – Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Olivia De Havilland – The Male Animal (1942)
Faye Emerson and Andrea King – Hotel Berlin (1945)
Ida Lupino and Joan Leslie – The Hard Way (1942)
Eleanor Parker – Caged (1950)
Ann Sheridan – Nora Prentiss (1947)
Alexis Smith – The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Jane Wyman – Johnny Belinda (1948)

What do you guys think???

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Well, this is what I think--

THE IDA LUPINO COLLECTION:

FIGHT FOR YOUR LADY (1937)
OUT OF THE FOG (1941)
THE HARD WAY (1942)
PILLOW TO POST (1945)
THE MAN I LOVE (1946)
DEEP VALLEY (1947)

THE JAMES STEWART COLLECTION:

THE STRATTON STORY (1949) --released
CARBINE WILLIAMS (1952)
THE NAKED SPUR (1953) --released
SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS (1957) --released
THE FBI STORY (1959) --released

THE ANTHONY MANN COLLECTION:

DESPERATE (1947)
BORDER INCIDENT (1949) --released
SIDE STREET (1950) --released
THE DEVIL'S DOORWAY (1950)
THE TALL TARGET (1951)

THE WB FILM NOIR COLLECTION VOL. 3:

TENSION (1949) --released
ACT OF VIOLENCE (1950) --released
HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951) --released
ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1952) --released
CRIME WAVE (1954) --released

THE WB FILM NOIR COLLECTION VOL. 4:

THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (1947)
THE DEVIL THUMBS A RIDE (1947)
THE THREAT (1949)
THE WINDOW (1949)
WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1956)

THE WB FILM NOIR COLLECTION VOL. 5:

STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940)
CRACK-UP (1946)
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949) --released
CRY DANGER (1951)
SPLIT SECOND (1953)

THE WB FILM NOIR COLLECTION VOL. 6:

JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943)
DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946)
BERLIN EXPRESS (1948)
FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949)
ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)

THE WB FILM NOIR COLLECTION VOL. 7:

THREE STRANGERS (1946)
BODYGUARD (1948)
THE CLAY PIGEON (1949)
I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI (1951)
ROADBLOCK (1951)

THE ROBERT MITCHUM COLLECTION VOL. 1:

BETRAYED (1944 aka WHEN STRANGERS MARRY)
RACHEL AND THE STRANGER (1948)
BLOOD ON THE MOON (1948)
THE BIG STEAL (1949) --released
THE LUSTY MEN (1952)

THE ROBERT MITCHUM COLLECTION VOL. 2:

THE SUNDOWNERS (1960) --released
HOME FROM THE HILL (1960) --released
RYAN’S DAUGHTER (1970) --released
GOING HOME (1971)
THE YAKUZA (1975) --released

THE RKO WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION:

ANNIE OAKLEY (1935)
BADMAN’S TERRITORY (1946)
STATION WEST (1948)
ROUGHSHOD (1949)
RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)
THE BIG SKY (1952, restored cut)

THE WB FIFTIES WESTERN CLASSICS COLLECTION:

WESTWARD THE WOMEN (1951)
CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER (1953)
ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO (1954)
THE BADLANDERS (1958)
THE LAW AND JAKE WADE (1958)

THE GARY COOPER COLLECTION:

SERGEANT YORK (1941) --released
MEET JOHN DOE (1941, Warner Bros' superior print)
TASK FORCE (1949)
THE FOUNTAINHEAD (1949) --released
THE WRECK OF THE MARY DEARE (1959) --released
THE HANGING TREE (1959)

THE WB CLASSIC CHRISTMAS COLLECTION:

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938, with short: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH LIONEL BARRYMORE as an extra) --released
CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) --released
A HOLIDAY AFFAIR (1949)

--plus a bonus 4th disc containing classic Christmas-themed shorts from the Warner/MGM/RKO catalogs:

* COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON (1930, Vitaphone short)
* THE CHRISTMAS PARTY (1931, with Jackie Cooper)
* ALIAS ST. NICK (1935, animated)
* THE PUPS CHRISTMAS (1936, Harmon-Ising cartoon)
* MGM CHRISTMAS TRAILER (1937, Judy Garland)
* THE CAPTAIN'S CHRISTMAS (1938, MGM Captain & The Kids cartoon)
* PEACE ON EARTH (1939, Harmon-Ising cartoon)
* BEDTIME FOR SNIFFLES (1940, Chuck Jones-directed cartoon)
* HOLIDAY GREETINGS 1941 (Lewis Stone)
* THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1941, Tom & Jerry cartoon)
* ONE HAM'S FAMILY (1943, Tex Avery-directed cartoon)
* MGM CHRISTMAS TRAILER (1945, Frank Sinatra)
* STAR IN THE NIGHT (1945, directed by Don Siegel)
* GIFT WRAPPED (1952, Sylvester & Tweety cartoon)

THE WB DIVINE INTERVENTION DVD COLLECTION:

GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (1933)
ON BORROWED TIME (1939)
A GUY NAMED JOE (1943)
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (1944) / OUTWARD BOUND (1930)
THE HORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1945)
ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD (1951) --released

THE WB HIGH ADVENTURE COLLECTION:

HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE (1953) --released
RUN FOR THE SUN (1956)
A BOY TEN FEET TALL (1963 aka SAMMY GOING SOUTH, uncut 118-minute version)
RAMPAGE (1963)
DARK OF THE SUN (1968)

THE WILLIAM POWELL COLLECTION:

JEWEL ROBBERY (1932) / ONE-WAY PASSAGE (1932)
HIGH PRESSURE (1932) / THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD (1936)
DOUBLE WEDDING (1937) --released
I LOVE YOU AGAIN (1940) --released
LOVE CRAZY (1941) --released
LIFE WITH FATHER (1947, Warner Bros’ superior print)

THE WB CLASSIC HORROR COLLECTION:

DOCTOR X (1932) --released
MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932) --released
MAD LOVE (1935) --released
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (1935) --released
DEVIL-DOLL (1936) --released
THE WALKING DEAD (1936)
RETURN OF DR. X (1939) --released
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (1945)
THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946)

THE JOEL MCCREA WESTERN COLLECTION:

COLORADO TERRITORY (1949)
STARS IN MY CROWN (1950)
THE OUTRIDERS (1950)
WICHITA (1955)
THE FIRST TEXAN (1956)

THE JAMES CAGNEY COLLECTION:

THE PICTURE SNATCHER (1933) / THE MAYOR OF HELL (1933) --coming in 2008
“G” MEN (1935) --released
EACH DAWN I DIE (1939)
THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE (1941)
THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D. (1941) --released

THE ERROL FLYNN COLLECTION VOL. 2:

DESPERATE JOURNEY (1942)
GENTLEMAN JIM (1942) --released
EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943)
ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN (1948) --released

THE GLENN FORD COLLECTION:

TERROR ON A TRAIN (1953)
THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE (1956)
RANSOM (1956)
THE SHEEPMAN (1958)
TORPEDO RUN (1958)

THE LIONEL BARRYMORE COLLECTION:

THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1929)
GUILTY HANDS (1931) / ARSENE LUPIN (1932)
RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS (1932)
THE STRANGER’S RETURN (1933) / SWEEPINGS (1933)
THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM (1935) / THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN (1936)

THE WB SEVENTIES CRIME THRILLER COLLECTION:

THE LAST RUN (1971)
THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972)
SITTING TARGET (1972)
THE OUTFIT (1973)
GOLD (1974)

THE ALLIED ARTISTS MONSTER MOVIE MELEE COLLECTION:

ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS (1957)
THE CYCLOPS (1957)
FROM HELL IT CAME (1957)
CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959)
THE GIANT BEHEMOTH (1959) --released

THE ALLIED ARTISTS HIDEOUS HORROR COLLECTION:

THE MAZE (1953)
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (1958)
MACABRE (1958)
THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1958, keep-case reissue)
THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960)

THE ALLIED ARTISTS SCI-FI SPECTACULARS COLLECTION:

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN (1956)
WORLD WITHOUT END (1956)
NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957)
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN (1958) --released
QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE (1958) --released

THE ALLIED ARTISTS CULT THRILLERS COLLECTION:

FACE OF FIRE (1959)
CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER (1962)
BLACK ZOO (1963)
THE STRANGLER (1964)
THE SORCERERS (1967)

THE WB SIXTIES SPY COLLECTION:

WHERE THE SPIES ARE (1965)
THE LIQUIDATOR (1966)
THE DOUBLE MAN (1967)
A MAN CALLED DAGGER (1967)
THE VENETIAN AFFAIR (1967)

THE WB FANTASY ADVENTURE COLLECTION:

ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT (1961)
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1961)
CAPTAIN SINDBAD (1963)
SHE (1965)
CAPTAIN NEMO & THE UNDERWATER CITY (1969)
WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1969)

THE JACK WEBB COLLECTION:

PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955)
THE D.I. (1957)
-30- (1959)

THE FU MANCHU COLLECTION:

FACE OF FU MANCHU (1965)
BRIDES OF FU MANCHU (1966)
VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU (1967)

THE WB SCIENCE FICTION COLLECTION:

THE POWER (1968)
THE ILLUSTRATED MAN (1969) --released
NO BLADE OF GRASS (1970)
THE TERMINAL MAN (1974)
DEMON SEED (1977) --released

THE WB SINISTER SUSPENSE COLLECTION:

NIGHT MUST FALL (1964)
HYSTERIA (1965)
OUR MOTHER’S HOUSE (1967)
THE EYE OF THE DEVIL (1967)
SHUTTERED ROOM (1967)

THE WB BOX OF FEAR COLLECTION:

CHAMBER OF HORRORS (1966)
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970)
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971)
DRACULA A.D. 1972 (1972) --released
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE (1973) --released

THE WB SCI-FI CULT CLASSICS COLLECTION:

FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER (1965) --released by Dark Sky Films
WILD, WILD PLANET (1965)
THE GREEN SLIME (1969)
TROG (1970) --released
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS (1972) --released

THE WB DIGITAL BLOCK OF CHEESE:

THE STORY OF MANKIND (1957)
THE BEAT GENERATION (1959)
BATTLE BENEATH THE EARTH (1967)
HOT RODS TO HELL (1967) --released
PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW (1971)

THE WB CLASSIC TV THRILLERS COLLECTION:

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973)
DYING ROOM ONLY (1973)
BAD RONALD (1974)
THE STRANGER WITHIN (1974)
WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? (1974)

*whew!*

See? Everything in its proper place...

 

[Armin Jager]

At least 50% of the suggestions are of the type which would bankrupt Warners as George Feltenstein said. One has to be realistic.

That's a great idea .

 

[Charles Ellis]

I'm surprised no one thought of this before:

The Historical Epics Collection
Quo Vadis
Anthony Adverse
Juarez
Marie Antionette
Cimmaron SE 2-disc edition with both versions

 

[Jack Theakston]

I'm sure this will probably show up down the line somewhere-- I would be interested in seeing a box set of Edward G. Robinson films, preferably ones that haven't already been released such as TWO SECONDS or THE HATCHET MAN. Robinson is a well enough known actor to warrent a signature set (unlike some that have been listed who get a "huh?" in my book).

Al Jolson isn't exactly selling material and doesn't excite the PC crowd, but it would be nice to see a quick and dirty box set of his films come out.

What really gets me about these releases are that there are films that Warners puts into the sets as the "seller" titles, completely overlooking the fact that 9/10 times, the set already has a popular-yet-unreleased title.

 

[ChrisPearson]

I'd say Jolie deserves the full lavish Warner treatment and to hell with the PC crowd.

 

[Robert Crawford]

He's not talking about those individuals.





Crawdaddy

 

[ChrisPearson]

Ah. I re-read Jack's comment in light of your post, Robert, and realise he meant those listed *in this thread*. :b Sorry, Jack, as you were – I too would take an Edward G Robinson box over many of those suggested here; good suggestion.

 

[Richard M S]

Wow, I love this thread. And let me be another person to say
I would buy this set in a heartbeat:

The Great MGM Flops Collection
PARNELL
ICE FOLLIES of 1939
KISSING BANDIT
SUMMER HOLIDAY
HOT RODS TO HELL
LIVING IN A BIG WAY

I would add THE MINIVER STORY to that list, except I would love to see it in this collection instead:

THE GREER GARSON COLLECTION
Remember
Blossoms In the Dust
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs. Miniver (SE)
The Miniver Story
The Valley of Decision
Madam Curie
That Forsyte Woman
Adventure
Sunrise at Campobello

In regard to that Esther Williams set, I would think (HOPE) it will be one of Warners big Christmas releases this year. Her films always sell well on EBAY, so there is certainly financial incentive. I just hope they include Duchess of Idaho (with both Lena Horne outtakes), Pagan Love Song (which has many outtakes) and that they include her 1942 propaganda short in which the devil makes a phone call to Hitler. I have never seen it, but it is titled Inflation.

 

[Joe Karlosi]

Warner's doing excellent work, and I'm so glad the Val Lewton set is coming. But I would like to see them get out more of the Vintage Horror Titles, many of which have been mentioned, such as:


Dr X (Warner, 1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu (MGM, 1932) -UNCUT VERSION!!
Mad Love (MGM, 1935)
Mark of the Vampire (MGM, 1935)
The Devil Doll (MGM, 1935)
The Walking Dead (Warner, 1936)
The Return of Dr X (Warner, 1939)
The Spiral Staircase (RKO, 1945)
The Beast With Five Fingers (Warner, 1946)
THE GIANT BEHEMOTH
FROM HELL IT CAME
THE GREEN SLIME
TROG
FRANKENSTEIN 1970
THE CYCLOPS
ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN

* Just a suggestion here, but Warner has three films featuring Boris Karloff, and could make a "Karloff Collection":

FRANKENSTEIN 1970
THE WALKING DEAD
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (uncut version)

*Throw in Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre along with Karloff and you've got a "Masters of Horror" Set:

FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (Karloff)
THE WALKING DEAD (Karloff)
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (Karloff)
MARK OF THE VAMPIRE (Lugosi)
BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (Lorre)
MAD LOVE (Lorre)


*Hey, Peter M. Fitzgerald -- I just saw your list; nice ideas there!

 

[Charles H]

Actually, THE MINIVER STORY is a very interesting film--more compelling and authentic than its predecessor if only by virtue of its supporting cast (Leo Genn, James Fox, Peter Finch) and its post-War London location shooting. Garson herself loathed the "StiffUpperLip"-pery of the original and volunteered to do the sequel only if they killed off MRS. MINIVER.
Any MGM flop collection mandates the inclusion of JUPITER'S DARLING (1955), an underwater musical about Hannibal's invasion of Rome, that concluded Esther Williams' career at MGM and almost single-handedly finished off the musical genre at MGM. Perhaps Ms. Williams could provide a commentary.
One of the great things about Fox dvds is how candid they are about their fiascos from an objective historical point of view (CLEOPATRA, MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE). Personally, I would take a release of SUMMER HOLIDAY under any circumstances (flop; paired with AH! WILDERNESS; Mickey Rooney or Arthur Freed collections). Great score, great Americana, inventive direction by Rouben Mamoulian, fine camerawork!!...And a great 4th of July movie!

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Thanks, Joe. One thing about a title you listed, THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE (1946); though originally distributed by RKO to theaters, it was a Selznick picture, thus now in the Disney/ABC library. Disney/ABC loaned that package of films out to Anchor Bay for R1 DVD release several years ago (though that DVD is now out-of-print).

THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE is now, at least temporarily, in Sony/MGM's hands, since Disney/ABC has licensed that part of its catalog to them now (i.e. HELL IN THE PACIFIC, JUNIOR BONNER, CHARLY, PORTRAIT OF JENNIE, A MINUTE TO PRAY A SECOND TO DIE, THE NIGHT STALKER/THE NIGHT STRANGLER, etc). The deal Disney made with MGM was prior to Sony's aquisition of the MGM company, so I'm not sure if the Sony/MGM merger has any impact on that Disney sublicense, at this point.

Confusing, ain't it?

 

[Richard M S]

LOL, I love this thread. I wonder which suggested box set will be the next one announced from Warners, and how "close" it will come to someone's wish list.

 

[Paul_Scott]

i hope we'll see this 12 months from now for her birthday in '06

i heard the Thin Man Collection was selling very well over on Amazon- hopefully that will be a sign to the studio to release the non TM pairings of Loy & Powell in another set not too far down the line (like next year, wink wink)

 

[Bob Cashill]

Did anyone mention a Peter Lorre/Sydney Greenstreet box set, with the likes of THREE STRANGERS (with the late Geraldine Fitzgerald) and THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS? Well, I'm mentioning it now.

 

[john mcfadden]

The Tex Avery collection - Uncut and complete .Does MGM still own these ?

 

[Mark Edward Heuck]

It has not been as well publicized, but WB also has rights on films from the Otto Preminger estate, and aside from ADVISE AND CONSENT (which was in the "Controversial Classics" box) and THE CARDINAL (which got a two-disc treatment), they could make a great box set containing:

ANGEL FACE
THE MOON IS BLUE
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM
SAINT JOAN
and maybe THE CARDINAL reformatted to a standard keepcase.

 

[MarcoBiscotti]

WB owns them.