There's one Paramount I'd love to see - Henry Winkler's "The One and Only" (1978) directed by Carl Reiner (Between "Oh, God" and "The Jerk") - I don't think it ever got a DVD release...and come to think of it, was it ever on VHS/Beta?
Anyone think the Paramount deal includes some REPUBLIC titles that the studio owns? As you all most likely know, Paramount owns the Republic Library...I'm not hoping on Serials (would be nice for an OFFICAL box set of the 3 "Rocketman" serials or The "Spy Smasher" compilation film Ben Burtt put...
Warners has "The other half" of Monogram (From 1946-1947) through the end of the Allied Artist era - Lorimar had ended up with it in the 1970's, then when Warners purchased Lorimar-Telepictures, they ended up with it. Which is how they ended up with some great Allied Artist era 1950's-1960's...
You know, the MR.WONG situation makes me wonder what they hold as the best masters on the Monograms in general - Safety Fine-Grains made at some point due to the nitrate issue, original nitrate negatives, high quality 35mm prints, 16mm tv negatives made in the late 1940's-early 1950's, etc.
I...
MGM owns most of The 1936-1946 Monograms, and we can assume (As seen by the "Mr.Wong" series) They also still hold some (all?) elements to films that are now in the public domain. (Even if underlying rights such as music or other elements can block 100% official releases) I honestly thought the...
Kino-Lorber: You guys mentioned on the announcements page that you guys have 6 Noir boxes in the works. Not asking about titles, but how do you guys come up with what films will be in what sets?
Is is based on known interest, stars, years, studios - or what is cleared and available at that...