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1930s and 1940s Universal announcements this weekend? My interest is piqued.

The problem is that Raymond Rohauer got his mitts on quite a few of them and finding the "unRohauerized" versions may be impossible.

What I remember most from Thunderbolt is the remarkably dark humor provided from Tully Marshall's character.

The film was done at least once before in 1929 with Richard Dix in the lead. I think that this earlier adaptation is PD so that could have made an interesting extra.

Of the three Durbin films, I've only seen It Started with Eve, but it's such a good film that I will be buying this collection on its strength alone.

The Eagle and the Hawk and Wings in the Dark, on the surface at least, could be also viable candidates for the Grant title since both films feature strong casts - Frederic March, Carole Lombard, and Jack Oakie in the former and Myrna Loy in the latter. I remember Wedding Present being a cute...

Another possibility for the WC Fields title is Follow the Boys. Reading between the lines of what was previously said (in other words, complete speculation on my part and I'm likely wrong), the Fields title seems to be one that could be left out of an otherwise complete Universal Fields...

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Any chance of "The Munsters" being the TV show? A fairly short run with only two seasons, and Universal has shown a willingness to license the property by licensing "Munster Go Home" to Shout.

"The Wedding March" is still with Paramount. Supposedly, Criterion has licensed the film, but that rumor goes back to 2007 at least. The Park Circus catalog shows that a DCP is available from Paramount so I'm not sure what the hold-up is. There are multiple recorded scores already available and...

Are there any Laura La Plante titles in this deal?

Wow! Exciting news to be sure. I'm especially glad to know that some silents are involved with this deal!

Let me join the chorus of those wanting more Roy Rogers. I bought the two Kino Rogers blu-rays on sale as complete blind buys. For years, I had avoided the whole B western genre as I thought the films looked hokey, but over the past year I've started watching them regularly and have found out...

How can you lose when you have Marjorie Main essentially playing a psychotic Ma Kettle?

Does the upcoming blu-ray of "Glorifying the American Girl" contain the original two-color sequences? With UCLA's participation, I would imagine that the color scenes will be present, but I just wanted to confirm. That should really be a big advertising and selling point since the PD versions...

I agree. Given Alloy's decidedly non-traditional scoring methods, I wish that disc producers would provide alternate options - even just a simple piano score - in addition to the Alloy scores. Normally I pre-order Kino's silents to fully support their efforts. This time I'll wait for one of...

If another deal is done with Universal, I'd like to see these following silents included: Sensation Seekers (1927) The Shakedown (1929) Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) Oh, Doctor! (1925) The Reckless Age (1924) What Happened to Jones (1926) Outside the Law (1920) These films have all been restored...

This is one of my "I'll believe it when I see it" issues. Here's the reason why I feel that way: "[BrianPB] Thanks for coming back. Warner continues to sit on a unrivaled cache of silent masterpieces which are begging for release. Examples would include von Stroheim's GREED (which made a...

Since Kino did a thorough search for the deleted scenes for its earlier DVD, I'm not holding out too much hope. I would love to see Myrna Loy's racy Mimi refrain. Still, hope springs eternal. Who would have thought the High Lama scenes in Lost Horizon could be thoroughly restored even just a few...

I just caught up with the last couple of pages of this thread, and, wow, there are some great releases coming. Reap the Wild Wind, The Good Fairy, The Lives of the Bengal Lancers, Love Me Tonight, etc. Keep up the good work, Kino!

Road to Utopia is my favorite of the Road series. Hope's last one-liner in the film, essentially making a joke of skirting the production code, always makes me laugh.

Finally got Old Ironsides in the mail yesterday. While I've only had the time to watch the first few minutes of the disc, I can say that the movie really looks great from what I have seen! I was disappointed that Gaylord Carter's score wasn't used for the film, but I can understand why it wasn't...

Have there been any delays with Old Ironsides? I just got an email from Amazon saying that the expected delivery date for my pre-order is sometime between early December and early January.

I hope that this Universal deal includes quite a few films that have never been been released on home video. Don't get me wrong - I would jump for joy if the WC Fields films were a part of the deal, but there is a certain excitement I feel when some completely unavailable vintage film finally...

The Laurel and Hardy films that desperately need home media attention are the silents. How much ransom is Corinth films demanding? The situation with the restored/reconstructed version of "The Battle of the Century" is particularly infuriating. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to attend...

I just watched my blu-ray of "The Covered Wagon," and I wanted to commend Kino for doing so well with the release. Just a few years ago, I had despaired of ever seeing disc releases for the copyrighted Paramount silents, but now here we are seeing high quality HD remasters of some of these great...