Just wanted to drop Kudos to Warners on their chat and its details, truly the best studio when it comes to preserving their films and rights and taking care of their fan's interests. Biggest news for me was the old detectives including Charlie Chan, The Falcon, The Saint and Perry Mason...
Time to get on my soapbox again. Will Fox ever listen to their classic mystery fans and release the Charlie Chan series and the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre?? They should take notes from MGM here in America(despite Fox's bogus statement, MGM MADE MONEY on the Chan set they released!)...
Mr. Blythe, I think its great that you take time out of your schedule to read these boards and sometimes answer! I wish all of the major studios (hint to Fox) took the time! We appreciate Paramount's work to date and look forward to future titles like maybe??? Get Smart> Thanks again, Tom...
Kudos to MGM for having the guts to issue a 6 Charlie Chan dvd boxset in July (news courtesy of dvddrive-in site) Maybe Fox will have to eat their "losing their shirt" words about releasing their restored Chans. What a ludicrous statement, oh well, Fox is missing out on earning a return on their...
Well, Peter Staddon has nixed the dvd releases of these films in last night's chat due to the potential of losing his shirt on the releases. While I respect the man, I am at an utter loss of words. Did Fox look at the bootleg sales of these films for the last 20 years thru mail order and EBAY...
Just would like to send out much deserved praise to both UCLA and MPI Home Video for the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes DVDS. The first collection looks and sounds terrific. It is nice to see some of the true classic series films make it to DVD. Kudos to UCLA for the restoration and Kudos to MPI...
Hi, this is an appeal to FOX to release the entire Charlie Chan film catalog from the 1930's and 1940's as well as the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre. They have all been restored and not seen in this condition since their release. They would be awesome for dvd. They would also sell, all...