20th Century Fox's CinemaScope films (1 Viewer)

[ptb2020]

Circle of Deception , a rather good WW2 thriller from 1960, had a showing on UK tv last week. Unfortunately it was full screen. I contacted the channel who told me it was sourced from a 16mm print as it is yet another lost film.

 

[ptb2020]

Could Disney taking over Fox be the reason the first movie released under the Twentieth Century Studios banner, The Call of the Wild, be more of a Disney animation than an action movie about a remarkable dog?

 

[PMF]

[...]
Beneath The 12 Mile Reef (rescued from public domain) Robert Wagner, Terry Moore ***
Adventures Of Hajji Baba John Derek, Elaine Stewart ***
Black Widow Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin ***
Broken Lance Spencer Tracy, Jean Peters ***
Desiree Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon ***
The Egyptian Gene Tierney, Victor Mature ***
Garden Of Evil Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward ***
Hell And High Water Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi ***
Three Coins In The Fountain Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire ***
House Of Bamboo Robert Ryan, Robert Stack ***
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing William Holden, Jennifer Jones ***
Man Called Peter Richard Todd, Jean Peters ***
The Rains Of Ranchipur Lana Turner, Richard Burton ***
Tall Men Clark Gable, Jane Russell ***
Untamed Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward ***
Violent Saturday Victor Mature, Sylvia Sidney***
Anastasia Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner ***
Hilda Crane Jean Simmons ***
Revolt Of Mamie Stover Jane Russell, Richard Egan ***
April Love Pat Boone, Shirley Jones ***
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum ***
No Down Payment Joanne Woodward, Tony Randall ***
Peyton Place Lana Turner, Hope Lange ***
River's Edge Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn ***
True Story Of Jesse James Robert Wagner, Hope Lange ***
Wayward Bus Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield ***
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall ***
The Bravados Gregory Peck, Joan Collins ***
Long Hot Summer Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ***
Roots Of Heaven Errol Flynn, Orson Welles ***
Ten North Frederick Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi ***
Young Lions Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift ***
Beloved Infidel Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr ***
Best Of Everything Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd ***
Blue Denim Carol Lynley, Brandon DeWilde ***
Journey To The Center Of The Earth James Mason, Pat Boone ***
Sound And The Fury Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward ***
Warlock Henry Fonda, Dorothy Malone***
Flaming Star Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden ***
From The Terrace Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ***
High Time Bing Crosby, Tuesday Weld ***
Let's Make Love Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand ***
Wild In The Country Elvis Presley, Tuesday Weld ***
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara ***
Satan Never Sleeps William Holden, Clifton Webb ***
State Fair Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin ***
Fate Is The Hunter Glenn Ford, Dorothy Malone ***
Blue Max George Peppard, James Mason ***
Our Man Flint James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb
Stagecoach Ann-Margret, Bing Crosby ***
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In the above quote box, I have edited Thomas T’s original list (which can be seen unabridged at the Page One header of this excellent thread) in order to highlight the remarkable contributions of BD offerings that came out of Twilight Time during their 9 year tenure. Being that this thread was established in 2007, which pre-dated the dawn of TT, we have here yet another representation as to why they will be missed for many years to come.

Thank you Thomas T, as your instructive thread and reference guide to CinemaScope films has navigated me well and; along with the late Mr. Redman; greatly enriched my personal library.

 

[Thomas T]

In the above quote box, I have edited Thomas T’s original list (which can be seen unabridged at the Page One header of this excellent thread) in order to highlight the remarkable contributions of BD offerings that came out of Twilight Time during their 9 year tenure. Being that this thread was established in 2007, which pre-dated the dawn of TT, we have here yet another representation as to why they will be missed for many years to come.

Thank you Thomas T, as your instructive thread and reference guide to CinemaScope films has navigated me well and; along with the late Mr. Redman; greatly enriched my personal library.

Nick Redman and TT was a boon to lovers of Fox's CinemaScope period. Titles like No Down Payment, Rains Of Ranchipur, Wayward Bus, Violent Saturday, Sound And The Fury and Adventures Of Hajji Baba that I never thought would see the light of day on blu. Who knows what other treasures we might have seen if not for Mr. Redman's untimely passing.

 

[john a hunter]

Just watched Beneath the 12 mile reef.
Another nominee for the best CS transfer.
Gorgeous colour and that Herrman score!!!

 

[bujaki]

Nick Redman and TT was a boon to lovers of Fox's CinemaScope period. Titles like No Down Payment, Rains Of Ranchipur, Wayward Bus, Violent Saturday, Sound And The Fury and Adventures Of Hajji Baba that I never thought would see the light of day on blu. Who knows what other treasures we might have seen if not for Mr. Redman's untimely passing.

And the Mouse killing the Fox! Alas!

 

[cinemiracle]

With the release of the Joan Collins box set this week, all in CinemaScope, it seems quite possible within the next three years almost all of Fox's major CinemaScope films will see the light of day on DVD as there aren't that many left to go. Red available in R1, Blue available in R2, Black not available in R1 or R2 in anamorphic wide screen. *** indicates a blu ray release available (possibly OP now) in either R1 or R2, otherwise DVD only.

Beneath The 12 Mile Reef (rescued from public domain) Robert Wagner, Terry Moore ***
How To Marry A Millionaire Marilyn Monroe, Robert Mitchum ***
King Of The Khyber Rifles Tyrone Power, Terry Moore
The Robe Richard Burton, Jean Simmons ***
Adventures Of Hajji Baba John Derek, Elaine Stewart ***
Black Widow Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin ***
Broken Lance Spencer Tracy, Jean Peters ***
Carmen Jones Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte ***
Demetrius And The Gladiators Susan Hayward, Victor Mature ***
Desiree Marlon Brando, Merle Oberon ***
The Egyptian Gene Tierney, Victor Mature ***
Garden Of Evil Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward ***
Hell And High Water Richard Widmark, Bella Darvi ***
New Faces (rescued from public domain) Eartha Kitt, Paul Lynde
Night People Gregory Peck ***
Prince Valiant Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh ***
River Of No Return Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe ***
There's No Business Like Show Business Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe ***
Three Coins In The Fountain Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire ***
Woman's World Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray ***
Daddy Long Legs Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron ***
The Deep Blue Sea Vivien Leigh
Girl In The Red Velvet Swing Ray Milland, Joan Collins
Good Morning Miss Dove Jennifer Jones, Robert Stack
House Of Bamboo Robert Ryan, Robert Stack ***
How To Be Very Very Popular Betty Grable, Robert Cummings
Left Hand Of God Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney ***
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing William Holden, Jennifer Jones ***
Magnificent Matador Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn
Man Called Peter Richard Todd, Jean Peters ***
Prince Of Players Richard Burton
The Racers Kirk Douglas
The Rains Of Ranchipur Lana Turner, Richard Burton ***
Seven Cities Of Gold Anthony Quinn, Rita Moreno
Seven Year Itch Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell ***
Soldier Of Fortune Clark Gable, Susan Hayward ***
Tall Men Clark Gable, Jane Russell ***
That Lady Olivia DeHavilland, Paul Scofield
Untamed Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward ***
View From Pompey's Head Richard Egan, Dana Wynter
Violent Saturday Victor Mature, Sylvia Sidney ***
Virgin Queen Bette Davis, Joan Collins
White Feather Robert Wagner, Debra Paget ***
Anastasia Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner ***
Best Things In Life Are Free Ernest Borgnine, Gordon MacRae
Between Heaven And Hell Robert Wagner, Terry Moore ***
Bigger Than Life James Mason, Barbara Rush ***
Bottom Of The Bottle (Spain) Van Johnson
Bus Stop Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray ***
D Day The Sixth Of June Robert Taylor, Dana Wynter ***
Girl Can't Help It Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield
Hilda Crane Jean Simmons ***
Last Wagon Richard Widmark, Felicia Farr ***
Lieutenant Wore Skirts Tom Ewell, Rita Moreno
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley, Debra Paget ***
Man In The Gray Flannel Suit Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones ***
Man Who Never Was Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame
On The Threshhold Of Space John Hodiak
Proud Ones Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo ***
Revolt Of Mamie Stover Jane Russell, Richard Egan ***
Teenage Rebel Ginger Rogers
23 Paces To Baker Street Van Johnson, Vera Miles ***
Affair To Remember Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr ***
April Love Pat Boone, Shirley Jones ***
Bernardine Pat Boone, Terry Moore
Boy On A Dolphin Sophia Loren, Alan Ladd ***
China Gate Angie Dickinson, Nat King Cole
Desk Set Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn ***
Enemy Below Robert Mitchum, Curt Jurgens ***
Farewell To Arms Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones ***
Forty Guns Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Barry ***
Hatful Of Rain Eva Marie Saint, Anthony Franciosa
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum ***
Island In The Sun James Mason, Joan Fontaine
Kiss Them For Me Cary Grant, Suzy Parker
No Down Payment Joanne Woodward, Tony Randall ***
Oh Men Oh Women Ginger Rogers, Tony Randall
Peyton Place Lana Turner, Hope Lange ***
River's Edge Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn ***
Sea Wife Richard Burton, Joan Collins
Stopover Tokyo Robert Wagner, Joan Collins
Sun Also Rises Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner ***
Three Brave Men Ernest Borgnine
Three Faces Of Eve Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb ***
True Story Of Jesse James Robert Wagner, Hope Lange ***
Way Of The Gold Jeffrey Hunter, Sheree North
Wayward Bus Joan Collins, Jayne Mansfield ***
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall ***
Barbarian And The Geisha John Wayne ***
The Bravados Gregory Peck, Joan Collins ***
A Certain Smile Joan Fontaine, Rossano Brazzi
Fiend Who Walked The West Hugh O'Brian
The Fly Vincent Price, Patricia Owens ***
Fraulein Dana Wynter
From Hell To Texas (Germany) Don Murray, Dennis Hopper
Gift Of Love Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack
Harry Black And The Tiger (Spain) Stewart Granger, Barbara Rush
The Hunters Robert Mitchum, May Britt ***
In Love And War Robert Wagner, Hope Lange
Inn Of The Sixth Happiness Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat ***
Long Hot Summer Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ***
Mardi Gras Pat Boone, Sheree North
Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed Mickey Rooney, Dina Merrill
Rally Round The Flag Boys Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward
Roots Of Heaven Errol Flynn, Orson Welles ***
Sheriff Of Fractured Jaw Kenneth More, Jayne Mansfield
Ten North Frederick Gary Cooper, Diane Varsi ***
Young Lions Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift ***
Alligator People Beverly Garland, Lon Chaney Jr.
Beloved Infidel Gregory Peck, Deborah Kerr ***
Best Of Everything Hope Lange, Stephen Boyd ***
Blue Angel May Britt, Curt Jurgens
Blue Denim Carol Lynley, Brandon DeWilde ***
Compulsion Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell ***
Diary Of Anne Frank Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters ***
Five Gates To Hell Dolores Michaels, Patricia Owens
Holiday For Lovers Jane Wyman, Clifton Webb
Hound Dog Man Fabian, Carol Lynley
Journey To The Center Of The Earth James Mason, Pat Boone ***
Man Who Understood Women Henry Fonda, Leslie Caron
Private's Affair Barbara Eden, Sal Mineo
Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire
Say One For Me Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds
Sound And The Fury Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward ***
These Thousand Hills Don Murray, Lee Remick
Warlock Henry Fonda, Dorothy Malone ***
Woman Obsessed Susan Hayward
Crack In The Mirror Orson Welles
Desire In The Dust Joan Bennett, Martha Hyer
Esther And The King (Germany) (rescued from public domain) Joan Collins
Flame Over India (rescued from public domain) Lauren Bacall ***
Flaming Star Elvis Presley, Barbara Eden ***
From The Terrace Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward ***
High Time Bing Crosby, Tuesday Weld ***
Let's Make Love Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand ***
Lost World (England) Michael Rennie, Jill St. John ***
Marriage Go Round James Mason, Susan Hayward
Murder Inc Stuart Whitman, May Britt
North To Alaska John Wayne, Capucine ***
One Foot In Hell (Spain) Alan Ladd
Seven Thieves Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger ***
Sink The Bismarck Kenneth More, Dana Wynter ***
Sons And Lovers (Australia) Trevor Howard, Dean Stockwell
Story Of Ruth Elana Eden, Tom Tryon
Story On Page One Rita Hayworth, Anthony Franciosa
Third Voice Julie London, Edmond O'Brien
Wild River Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick ***
All Hands On Deck Pat Boone, Barbara Eden
Big Gamble Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco
The Comancheros John Wayne, Stuart Whitman ***
Francis Of Assisi Bradford Dillman, Dolores Hart
The Hustler Paul Newman, Piper Laurie ***
The Innocents Deborah Kerr ***
The Millionairess (availble only in P&S from Fox Lorber) Peter Sellers, Sophia Loren
Return To Peyton Place Carol Lynley, Jeff Chandler
Sanctuary Lee Remick, Yves Montand
Second Time Around Debbie Reynolds
Snow White And The Three Stooges Three Stooges, Patricia Medina
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine ***
Wild In The Country Elvis Presley, Tuesday Weld ***
Bachelor Flat Tuesday Weld, Celeste Holm
Cabinet Of Caligari Glynis Johns
Five Weeks In A Balloon (Germany) Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre ***
Hemingway's Adventures Of A Young Man Richard Beymer, Diane Baker
The Lion William Holden, Capucine
Lisa Stephen Boyd, Dolores Hart
Longest Day Richard Burton, Irina Demick ***
Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara ***
Satan Never Sleeps William Holden, Clifton Webb ***
State Fair Ann-Margret, Bobby Darin ***
Tender Is The Night (France) Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards ***
300 Spartans Richard Egan, Diane Baker ***
Condemned Of Altona Sophia Loren, Fredric March
Move Over Darling Doris Day, James Garner ***
Nine Hours To Rama (Spain) Jose Ferrer, Diane Baker
The Stripper Joanne Woodward, Claire Trevor
Take Her She's Mine (Germany) James Stewart, Sandra Dee
Yellow Canary Pat Boone, Barbara Eden
Fate Is The Hunter Glenn Ford, Dorothy Malone ***
Goodbye Charlie Debbie Reynolds, Tony Curtis
Guns At Batasi Richard Attenborough, Mia Farrow
Man In The Middle Robert Mitchum, France Nuyen
Pleasure Seekers Ann-Margret, Gene Tierney
Rio Conchos Anthony Franciosa
Shock Treatment Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowall
Third Secret Stephen Boyd, Diane Cilento ***
The Visit (Germany) Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn
What A Way To Go Shirley MacLaine, Gene Kelly ***
Dear Brigitte (Germany) James Stewart
Do Not Disturb Doris Day, Rod Taylor ***
High Wind In Jamaica (Germany) Anthony Quinn, James Coburn ***
John Goldfarb Please Come Home Shirley MacLaine, Peter Ustinov
The Reward Max Von Sydow, Yvette Mimieux
Von Ryan's Express Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard ***
Blue Max George Peppard, James Mason ***
Fantastic Voyage Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch ***
Our Man Flint James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb
Stagecoach Ann-Margret, Bing Crosby ***
Way Way Out (Spain) Jerry Lewis, Anita Ekberg
Caprice Doris Day, Richard Harris ***

Well, okay, more than I thought but anyone care to bet that at least 75% of them will see the light of day?

Great list Thomas. I was lucky to have seen them all where I worked when they were originally released. If I remember correctly, JOHN GOLDFARB,PLEASE COME HOME was going to be our Xmas attraction but it was delayed world- wide due to a court case in the USA. It eventually was released after the court case was over,possibly the following year. There was a fear that Fox would never be allowed able to release the film
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[ptb2017fr]

Just had a double bill. Enemy Below, great transfer of this WW2 cat and mouse submarine chase movie, with Germans speaking heavily accented English, and lots of young future star faces on the American ship, and another great looking transfer of The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit, a soap opera, overlong movie, directed by Nunnally Johnson, one of the dullest directors ever let loose on a major studio movie, with lots of WW2 flashbacks that may have been Darryl Zanuck getting prepared to make The Longest Day a few years later. They talk of too many long movies being released these days but Man was 2 hours 32 minutes long and not the type of movie to be shown as a roadshow epic, and my goodness I found it hard to stick with its episodic jumping between office politics, slushy family drama, and war.

 

[Robin9]

Just had a double bill. Enemy Below, great transfer of this WW2 cat and mouse submarine chase movie, with Germans speaking heavily accented English, and lots of young future star faces on the American ship, and another great looking transfer of The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit, a soap opera, overlong movie, directed by Nunnally Johnson, one of the dullest directors ever let loose on a major studio movie, with lots of WW2 flashbacks that may have been Darryl Zanuck getting prepared to make The Longest Day a few years later. They talk of too many long movies being released these days but Man was 2 hours 32 minutes long and not the type of movie to be shown as a roadshow epic, and my goodness I found it hard to stick with its episodic jumping between office politics, slushy family drama, and war.

Where and how did you watch them? Streaming? On disc? On broadcast TV?

 

[Alan Tully]

There's a double Blu-ray pack of Flints: Our Man Flint (1966) & In Like Flint (1967) on Amazon France for 20 euro. It's from BQHL Éditions, they state region B, but I read somewhere that most BQHL Blu-ray are in fact all regions, but I dunno.

See on Amazon

 

[Greg Krewet]

There's a double Blu-ray pack of Flints: Our Man Flint (1966) & In Like Flint (1967) on Amazon France for 20 euro. It's from BQHL Éditions, they state region B, but I read somewhere that most BQHL Blu-ray are in fact all regions, but I dunno.

See on Amazon

A lot of the 20th century Fox films are broadcast on Roku Classic Reel channel including The Egyptian, Good Morning Miss Dove and others from Paramount and Columbia. It’s the only streaming service that has Cecils B Demille Story of Doctor Wassill and Columbia’s Young Doctors. I don’t know if these copies are legally cleared but they generally have good watchable copies of seldom available films

 

[ptb2017fr]

Where and how did you watch them? Streaming? On disc? On broadcast TV?

Disc. Sent by an American friend.

 

[ptb2017fr]

A lot of the 20th century Fox films are broadcast on Roku Classic Reel channel including The Egyptian, Good Morning Miss Dove and others from Paramount and Columbia. It’s the only streaming service that has Cecils B Demille Story of Doctor Wassill and Columbia’s Young Doctors. I don’t know if these copies are legally cleared but they generally have good watchable copies of seldom available films

There’s also on Amazon,fr a Blu Ray of The Virgin Queen for €19.99 and a triple box set of Tender Is The Night, Love is A Many Splendoured Thing, and Beloved Infidel for €29.99

 

[ptb2017fr]

Just after seeing an interview with Joan Collins detailing what she had to put up with when in Hollywood under contract at Fox I watched The Adventures of Hajji Baba, an absolutely awful Arabian Nights adventure, though clearly filmed in California, with handsome John Derek, later the “discoverer” of amongst others Ursula Andress and Bo Derek, surrounded by buxom females, few of whom had any acting talent whatsoever, but who no doubt pleased Spyros Skouras and Bud Adler the two old men running the studio who according to Joan took advantage of every pretty young actress unfortunate to cross their path. The movie is simply terrible. Were it not for the chance to cast so many actresses it doubt it would ever have got made. Avoid even out of curiosity! Why TT put it on Blu Ray is beyond me!

 

[Nick*Z]

Just after seeing an interview with Joan Collins detailing what she had to put up with when in Hollywood under contract at Fox I watched The Adventures of Hajji Baba, an absolutely awful Arabian Nights adventure, though clearly filmed in California, with handsome John Derek, later the “discoverer” of amongst others Ursula Andress and Bo Derek, surrounded by buxom females, few of whom had any acting talent whatsoever, but who no doubt pleased Spyros Skouras and Bud Adler the two old men running the studio who according to Joan took advantage of every pretty young actress unfortunate to cross their path. The movie is simply terrible. Were it not for the chance to cast so many actresses it doubt it would ever have got made. Avoid even out of curiosity! Why TT put it on Blu Ray is beyond me!

To each his own, I suppose, but yes - I found this one just plain bad taste meets bad acting, bad cinematography, and bad just about everything else. Normally I can find at least one quality, even from a stinker, that I admire, or think was valiantly put forth. But this one just failed to grab even my marginal interest. And especially since a lot of Fox 'scope' movies remain MIA, along with other Fox movies not in scope, I just think this one was a wasted opportunity where something better could have been substituted in its place. Would absolutely be thrilled to have the following Fox titles reach the light of day someday. PS - I realize a good many are NOT scope productions.

Star!
The Rains Came
Alexander's Ragtime Band
In Old Chicago
Down Argentine Way
Weekend in Havana
King of Khyber Rifles
Broken Lance
Prince of Players
Soldiers of Fortune
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
The Left Hand of God
Good Morning Miss Dove
The Last Wagon
Say One For Me
Can-Can
Sink the Bizmark
The Millionairess

as well as color corrected releases of
The King and I
Desk Set
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Garden of Evil
An Affair to Remember
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Carousel
River of No Return
The Blue Max

 

[Alan Tully]

A lot of the 20th century Fox films are broadcast on Roku Classic Reel channel including The Egyptian, Good Morning Miss Dove and others from Paramount and Columbia. It’s the only streaming service that has Cecils B Demille Story of Doctor Wassill and Columbia’s Young Doctors. I don’t know if these copies are legally cleared but they generally have good watchable copies of seldom available films

Sorry to move away from 20th Century Fox for a post, but just to say that Universal are releasing an all regions Blu-ray of The Story Of Doctor Wassill on March 26th next year, of course I don't know how it will look.

Por el Valle de las Sombras (BD) [Blu-ray]: Amazon.es: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Cecil B. DeMille, Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Paramount Pictures: Cine y Series TV

 

[Ejanss]

as well as color corrected releases of
The King and I

What's the problem with King & I, for someone who didn't buy the collected R&H boxsets?

Disney Movie Club is now diving into their Fox catalog, and we're finally getting individual releases of the non-"Sound of Music" Fox R&H Musicals (maybe we did earlier, and I hadn't been paying attention), and I noticed that my DVD hadn't been upgraded since the 00's.

 

[ptb2017fr]

To each his own, I suppose, but yes - I found this one just plain bad taste meets bad acting, bad cinematography, and bad just about everything else. Normally I can find at least one quality, even from a stinker, that I admire, or think was valiantly put forth. But this one just failed to grab even my marginal interest. And especially since a lot of Fox 'scope' movies remain MIA, along with other Fox movies not in scope, I just think this one was a wasted opportunity where something better could have been substituted in its place. Would absolutely be thrilled to have the following Fox titles reach the light of day someday. PS - I realize a good many are NOT scope productions.

Star!
The Rains Came
Alexander's Ragtime Band
In Old Chicago
Down Argentine Way
Weekend in Havana
King of Khyber Rifles
Broken Lance
Prince of Players
Soldiers of Fortune
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit
The Left Hand of God
Good Morning Miss Dove
The Last Wagon
Say One For Me
Can-Can
Sink the Bizmark
The Millionairess

as well as color corrected releases of
The King and I
Desk Set
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Garden of Evil
An Affair to Remember
Heaven Knows Mr. Allison
Carousel
River of No Return
The Blue Max

Sink the Bismark has been on Blu Ray for some time, and The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit and Soldier of Fortune are both on Blu in the US. While I agree about Inn of the Sixth Happiness not being totally wonderful colour I like my Blu Ray of Blue Max and Desk Set a lot.

anecdote. I was lucky enough to work with Ursula Andress twice. Lovely, not just beautiful, but very intelligent and funny lady. One day I mentioned Blue Max and she told me how upset she’d been with George Peppard. “ I was naked in bed with him and he never even got an erection!”

 

[JoshZ]

What's the problem with King & I, for someone who didn't buy the collected R&H boxsets?

The King & I is one of several Fox CinemaScope titles whose colors skew heavily towards blue on the Blu-ray release.

 

[DannyLewis]

Sink the Bismark has been on Blu Ray for some time, and The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit and Soldier of Fortune are both on Blu in the US. While I agree about Inn of the Sixth Happiness not being totally wonderful colour I like my Blu Ray of Blue Max and Desk Set a lot.

anecdote. I was lucky enough to work with Ursula Andress twice. Lovely, not just beautiful, but very intelligent and funny lady. One day I mentioned Blue Max and she told me how upset she’d been with George Peppard. “ I was naked in bed with him and he never even got an erection!”

Neither The Man In The Gray Flannel Suit and Soldier of Fortune are on Bluray in the US.

As far as I know, of these two, only Soldier got a Bluray release and only in Germany.