Fox Offers 100 New Classic Film Titles Digitally (1 Viewer)

Dear Fox: whatever film noirs you put on there I'll buy immediately

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/fox-100th-anniversary-century-digital-movies-martin-scorsese-1201607174/

I like this comment:

This is just basic studio BS to justify them not having to release things via physical media. Fox barely touches their catalog titles and has been licensing them out for years (not to mention the MGM catalog) to companies that care about their product, such as Shout Factory and Twilight Time. Fox even bailed on releasing The Simpsons on Blu-Ray, which has been a cash cow for them for the past decade. Mike Dunn is full of hot air— I’m sure a lot of filmmakers are overjoyed that their hard work is now being promoted by Fox to be viewed on your phone.

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In response to that silly comment, I would say "Sure, because digital can't possibly be watched on TVs and projectors; it's totally intended for mobile phones..."


A key point in that article is that 40% of digital sales are catalog titles, and since digital is growing rapidly, this means studios have greater incentive to restore/maintain and offer us more catalog titles. Instead of fixating on the medium involved, we should be concentrating on the fact that classic movies we enjoy are not going to die off along with physical disc.

^ Exactly. If these are deeper catalog titles that might not be cost effective in this current market to replicate on disc then I would rather have them digitally than not at all. And the $9.99 price compared to a $35 price Twilight Time would charge makes it even more palatable.

Full list from: http://www.homemediamagazine.com/fox/fox-releasing-100-classics-digitally-mark-100-years-36768


The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
Alien Nation (1988)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Baby, Take a Bow (1934)
Bad Girl (1931)
The Best of Everything (1959)
The Big Trail (1930)
The Black Watch (1929)
Black Widow (1954)
Blood and Sand (1941)
Blood and Wine (1996)
The Blue Bird (1940)
Born Reckless (1930)
The Bowery (1933)
Boy on a Dolphin (1957)
Call Northside 777 (1948)
The Call of the Wild (1935)
Can-Can (1960)
Captain From Castile (1947)
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
The Cock-Eyed World (1929)
Come to the Stable (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Crash Dive (1943)
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Dangerous Years (1948)
The Detective (1968)
Doctor Bull (1933)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Four Sons (1928)
Gay Deception (1935)
Greenwich Village (1944)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Hangman’s House (1928)
A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
Hello, Sister (1933)
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
In Old Arizona (1929)
It Happens Every Spring (1949)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Judge Priest (1934)
Just Pals (1920)
Kagemusha (1980)
Kentucky (1938)
The Keys to the Kingdom (1944)
King of Burlesque (1935)
Lillian Russell (1940)
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Man Hunt (1941)
Marilyn (1963)
Marines Let’s Go (1961)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Me and My Gal (1932)
Men Without Women (1930)
Metropolitan (1935)
Mister 880 (1950)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
The President’s Lady (1953)
Prince of Foxes (1949)
Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
A Private’s Affair (1959)
The Rains Came (1939)
The Red Dance (1928)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Rookie of the Year (1993)
Sailor’s Luck (1933)
Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay (1948)
The Seas Beneath (1931)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
The Star Chamber (1983)
State Fair (1933)
Street Angel (1928)
The Sun Also Rises (1957)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Sunrise (1927)
The Tall Men (1955)
Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)
Teenage Rebel (1956)
This Above All (1942)
Three Bad Men (1926)
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
Tobacco Road (1941)
Under Pressure (1935)
Up the River (1930)
Wizards (1977)
World Moves On (1934)
The Young Lions (1958)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Definitely some outstanding titles in there (including some of my favorite John Ford films), but as with Patrick I was personally hoping for more of Fox's incredible film noir library. The ones that are there are fine (Call Northside 777, House on 92nd Street) but definitely not their best titles. Would have loved to have seen stuff like Pickup on South Street, Leave Her to Heaven, Nightmare Alley, Kiss of Death, or Street With No Name. Hopefully these titles will sell well for them and we will eventually see more!

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/343381-twentieth-century-fox-will-make-100-films-available-digitally-for-the-first-time-ever/#entry4299988