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Still it's treatment over the years by MGM is THE embarrassment.

This soundtrack came out in 2009 when it was thought that RAH was going to get the film restored. Sure do wish it meant something but feel it is old news.

Nothing about this film is an embarrassment, except the way MGM has treated it the last few years.

Same here, I have transfered many Laserdiscs to DVD without a problem, including my The Alamo Roadshow version.

When it opened in 1948 it listed 1278 seats in Film Journal. Many neighborhood theatres have found uses as concert venues and performing arts houses, but lose their motion picture ability. It's nice they stay around, but it would be better if there was someway they could remain showing film or...

And the theatre is still standing and used for performing arts. It is said to seat 1200 as a theatre. Not sure if any seats were lost when the TODD-AO screen was installed, but it would have been a great venue for the Premiere.

From Boxoffice Mag.

I would tend to think that a film becoming public domain quicker would stifle any reason to preserve an asset. If Warner did not have control over their titles from the 30's, would we have had a Blu-ray of The Wizard Of Oz or Gone With The Wind or would we have the Archive Collection...

When it was the final days of Laser, I was lucky enough to grab a couple of laserdisc players at a good deal. Now I still have one in a box waiting for it's turn. It's the restored, re-edited, director's cut, of films like THE ALAMO, IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, HAWAII, 1776, LOST HORIZON...

Lasers are still like a bottle of fine wine.

If anyone would know it would be Mr. Harris.

Thanks for setting me straight. I guess I thought he elements for the general release were in better shape. This is really bad news all the way around.

But the question is which version? The general release which has good elements or the roadshow release which is in restoration hell. There will more than likely be a Blu-ray release of the title but the cut general release version that is on DVD. The roadshow version was released on laserdisc...

I see I miss-typed. I was alluding that I thought someone in Singapore just made a DVD copy of the laser (or VHS). I truly believe that it is bootlegged, but surely they would not do that over there. Mr. Harris I do hope you are successful in restoring the film. Your dedication is our only hope.

I would bet this is just a DVD copy of the laserdisc transfer.

I read that Ford paid John a visit on the set of the film and was giving him so many pointers on how to direct it that John asked him to direct some of the Mexican Army shots to get him off is back. Ford actually went and did this.

  The articles do seem brighter, but the underlining tone of all three, is where is the money coming from to make new films? Without that funding there is no MGM.   I too still have the Roadshow laser version of the Alamo. I will hold on to that until either a DVD comes out or my laser...