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Yes, absolutely . . . . . which is why I'm concerned.

I hope they do their research thoroughly and have a balanced perspective when deciding how to present their material.

Rhonda Fleming said in interviews that when she was offered her first movie role in Spellbound playing a nymphomaniac, she didn't know what the word meant and she had to look it up in the dictionary.

I disagree. DVD at its best is very good. There are many film-lovers who still regularly watch DVDs and who would be willing to buy a high quality DVD of title otherwise unavailable. I know, of course, that there are some people who feel it's beneath their dignity to watch a DVD, but no-one will...

The sensible compromise which has been suggested several times is for Warners to take the master which TCM uses and make that the basis of a MOD DVD. There is no point in Warner Archive damaging their reputation for consistently excellent discs by releasing in the Blu-ray format something...

. . . and on DVD!

It's high time I uploaded some pictures of Diana Dors into the Blondes thread!

There's no good reason why they can't release it on a DVD-R. Many of Warner Archives MOD discs come from seriously inadequate material. Judging by the comments from those who have seen TCM's showing, it is inconceivable that a DVD-R of Raintree County would be worse than, say, Saratoga Trunk or...

I have that Italian DVD. The picture quality is watchable but no more than that. The running time is given as 160 minutes and the aspect ratio is said to be 2.35:1. I haven't watched it recently but I'm confident Warner Archive could put out a better DVD-R if they wanted to.

I once saw a superb 70mm print of this film and I've never forgotten the experience. I find it hard to force myself to watch the inadequate Blu-ray disc.

. . . but I don't have a VHS video recorder! :)

We've had this debate before and more than once. The glaringly obvious course of action is for Warners to take this pretty good transfer and release it on a DVD. Some of their DVD-Rs are bloody awful. Raintree Country would be far better. What's the problem?

You are not alone in wondering why there is no DVD in Warner Archive's MOD series. Some of the discs in that MOD collection come from very poor elements, so I see no rational reason not to release Raintree County in that DVD-R format.

Exactly. I've been saying that for ages (and posted the idea here at HTF several times too :)) The only gleam of hope I have from Warners' otherwise inexplicable refusal to release this as part of their MOD program is that just possibly they're doing a Seven Brides For Seven Brothers on us...

Andrew, you seem to have a wonderful collection of film-related photos!

Yes, absolutely. I fully understand that Warner don't want to release what they have on Blu-ray disc because it wouldn't meet their very high standards. Anyone can understand that. But I don't understand why they don't release it on DVD. Many, many of their Warner Archive DVDs come from less...

I agree. I've just uploaded a photo of Merle Oberon to the Brunettes thread in the After Hours forum.

Andrew, many thanks for that.

I would very happily buy any such two disc DVD version. To repeat a point I've made several times already, having a legitimate DVD is better than not having a Blu-ray disc.

I'm in the Robert Harris camp when it comes to releasing sub-optimal material: release it on DVD where the faults won't be so obvious. I certainly agree that there is little point in hording films that people want to see.

Warner Archive are already achieving superb results by maintaining their very high Blu-ray standards. There is no evidence that they are running out of energy, ideas or material. I've recently watched Harper and The Drowning Pool Blu-ray discs. Both were excellent and beyond sensible criticism...

It's only with their current Blu-ray disc program that Warner Archive are so fastidious. With DVD-Rs they frequently release sub-optimal material.

What you saw endorses the point I made a long time ago that Warners already have a product they could release on DVD if they believe it not suitable for Blu-ray. At present Raintree County is not available even on a MOD disc!

One of these days I'm going to read that novel. There are some people who insist it's really good.

That's a good question and it occurred to me too when I read Bob Furmanek's post. I doubt we'll ever get a definitive answer

Hoping and expecting are two different things. I don't expect to see Raintree County on Blu-ray but I hope I'm proved wrong.

Anyone who wants to see Elizabeth Taylor looking really slim should watch Love Is better Than Ever. It's available on a Warner Archive DVD-R.

Great picture. One I haven't seen before. Many thanks.

Yes, very good point. I hadn't thought of that.

A long post in which you have thrown up a smoke screen and avoided the central issues. First, threads here at HTF frequently roam all over the place. There is no strict house rule here which demands that if the discussion moves away from the original topic, a new, separate thread must be...