Elvis Presley films on Bluray... (1 Viewer)

[LouA]

My three most wanted are from Paramount:

ROUSTABOUT
LOVING YOU
KING CREOLE

The HD streaming version of IHATWF looks mighty fine - great Blu-ray potential. This was another of the Elvis films I had in 35mm and has always been a favorite.

All good titles . Let's hope all 30 + Elvis films make it to Blu-ray !

 

[ABritch]

All good titles . Let's hope all 30 + Elvis films make it to Blu-ray !

When you say “had” what happened to the prints?
Did you ever have a 35mm print of Girls Girls Girls?

 

[John Hermes]

When you say “had” what happened to the prints?
Did you ever have a 35mm print of Girls Girls Girls?

I did have an IB Tech print of GGG. It had a lot of wear and tear but the color was out of this world - nothing like you'd ever see on video.
We used to show the films at a sound and lighting stage building which was two stories high inside. We placed the 35mm projector upstairs in an office, and made a projection port in the wall to isolate the projector noise from downstairs where the audience sat. It had a 1000 watt xenon lamphouse and projected onto a 20-foot screen which we could mask for any ratio. We showed 35mm down there for about ten years and, boy, was it fun. Around 2001, my friend who leased the building retired and didn't renew his lease. After that, we didn't have a place to show the films, so I sold them (and the projector) and got a home theater projector setup going at my house.

 

[ABritch]

I did have an IB Tech print of GGG. It had a lot of wear and tear but the color was out of this world - nothing like you'd ever see on video.
We used to show the films at a sound and lighting stage building which was two stories high inside. We placed the 35mm projector upstairs in an office, and made a projection port in the wall to isolate the projector noise from downstairs where the audience sat. It had a 1000 watt xenon lamphouse and projected onto a 20-foot screen which we could mask for any ratio. We showed 35mm down there for about ten years and, boy, was it fun. Around 2001, my friend who leased the building retired and didn't renew his lease. After that, we didn't have a place to show the films, so I sold them (and the projector) and got a home theater projector setup going at my house.

that does sound like a lot of fun!
my reason for asking about GGG was; as the story goes - after the prints had been struck Hal Wallis had two songs cut out of the first reel of each print to speed up the pace, the film was reduced from 106 to 97 minutes. You can see where one song was cut as the edit is jarring. it was when Elvis was walking the leading lady home after rescuing her at the nightclub, next to a lampost he sang "Where Do You Come From".

Following that, he sang "I Don't Want To" at dusk standing on the edge of his boat (10 seconds of this is in the trailer). There was always hope that a print survived intact, do you remember if your 35mm print had these songs? Thank you.

 

[John Hermes]

that does sound like a lot of fun!
my reason for asking about GGG was; as the story goes - after the prints had been struck Hal Wallis had two songs cut out of the first reel of each print to speed up the pace, the film was reduced from 106 to 97 minutes. You can see where one song was cut as the edit is jarring. it was when Elvis was walking the leading lady home after rescuing her at the nightclub, next to a lampost he sang "Where Do You Come From".

Following that, he sang "I Don't Want To" at dusk standing on the edge of his boat (10 seconds of this is in the trailer). There was always hope that a print survived intact, do you remember if your 35mm print had these songs? Thank you.

No, my print did not have those songs. I have never seen them in any showing. They are on the soundtrack album, of course.

 

[Chuckcharl]

I had a 35mm IB Tech print of G!G!G! and the color and contrast was out of this world. I dream of a Paramount Elvis boxset with all the films remastered and adding a restored VistaVision Loving You from its current owner as well.

 

[Kyrsten Brad]

I had a 35mm IB Tech print of G!G!G! and the color and contrast was out of this world. I dream of a Paramount Elvis boxset with all the films remastered and adding a restored VistaVision Loving You from its current owner as well.

Can you drop any hints on who that current owner is?

 

[John Hermes]

Can you drop any hints on who that current owner is?

I'm not sure on that one. The last I knew it was NBC.

 

[Chuckcharl]

I have the TICKLE ME Blu-ray, the quality is terrific!

Not 3D though Bob, waiting longer for Loving You on Bluray than I did for Those Redheads

 

[LouA]

Wild In the Country coming from Twilight Time , Change Of Habit coming via a European BD.
Loving You in limbo due to heavy costs to use the songs . I still hope it will happen .

 

[Chuckcharl]

Looking more and more doubtful that his absolute best movie, in VistaVision, gorgeous Technicolour and definitely his best songs will ever appear on Blu-ray in my lifetime (ain't got long left) UNLESS someone, somewhere is suddenly going to announce an imminent release of LOVING YOU...........PLEASE

 

[Vintage Horror]

I agree LOVING YOU is as good as it gets!

 

[ABritch]

I agree LOVING YOU is as good as it gets!

I contacted Screen Archives asking for cancellation confirmation or news on the Blu-ray release of Loving You, their reply;

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Good morning,
The title was canceled due to issues with obtaining rights to the music among a few other things.

Regarding “a few other things”

That was the wording sent to us by Redwind Productions so we are not privy to the further issues they experienced trying to release this title.

Sincerely,
Katie

Screen Archives Entertainment
PO BOX 550
Linden, VA 22642
540-635-2575
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This is such a huge disappointment. Bigger to me than anything regarding Elvis this year. I was looking forward to this so much.

 

[Sa5150]

I contacted Screen Archives asking for cancellation confirmation or news on the Blu-ray release of Loving You, their reply;

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Good morning,
The title was canceled due to issues with obtaining rights to the music among a few other things.

Regarding “a few other things”

That was the wording sent to us by Redwind Productions so we are not privy to the further issues they experienced trying to release this title.

Sincerely,
Katie

Screen Archives Entertainment
PO BOX 550
Linden, VA 22642
540-635-2575
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This is such a huge disappointment. Bigger to me than anything regarding Elvis this year. I was looking forward to this so much.

That's a great bummer , I thought for sure it was coming out , it even had a release date

 

[Sa5150]

How are all the German blu-ray releases compared to they really expensive and quite dull covers from twilight time ? I may just do a big Amazon Germany order and grab all the Elvis blu-rays as long as the quality is equal . I did read that the UK label final cut of "follow your dream " seems to offer better picture quality over the Twilight time disc .

 

[Chuckcharl]

That's a great bummer , I thought for sure it was coming out , it even had a release date

Terrible news, the one movie that has Elvis singing some of his best rockin' songs, True VistaVision & Technicolor showing him in a great part and we ain't gonna get it.

 

[Sa5150]

Trying to find some nice high resolution blu-ray/dvd artwork to print up a bluray cover for the 68 NBC special . I bought the 5cd 2 blurays set and ended up selling the box with the cds . I really only wanted the blu-rays and the thing was just massive like my Godzilla set . I don't know why they make such huge things as if we have room to display this stuff. I have them in a 14mm 2 disc clear case amray . Anyone have a source for bluray dvd covers ?

Any news on upcoming Elvis blu-rays . It's been sometime , Nothing about "Loving you" or any others ? I have all the German Imports .

 

[Vintage Horror]

Trying to find some nice high resolution blu-ray/dvd artwork to print up a bluray cover for the 68 NBC special . I bought the 5cd 2 blurays set and ended up selling the box with the cds . I really only wanted the blu-rays and the thing was just massive like my Godzilla set . I don't know why they make such huge things as if we have room to display this stuff. I have them in a 14mm 2 disc clear case amray . Anyone have a source for bluray dvd covers ?

Any news on upcoming Elvis blu-rays . It's been sometime , Nothing about "Loving you" or any others ? I have all the German Imports .

Steve, you say you have "ALL the German imports"... can you list ALL? Thanks!

 

[Sa5150]

Tickle Me & Change of Habit are the only ones not available here .
You can as well get Flaming star , Wild in the Country , Follow that dream , Kid Galahad , Frankie and Johnny and Clambake .
On some the German ones have better artwork and the covers reverse to hide that ugly green rating logo . Too bad the writing isn't in English though . I would expect more from Germany and Exclusive media /Koch before we get anything in the states .

 

[Vintage Horror]

Obviously for those in this thread who do not already know Paramount has released KING CREOLE on Blu-ray. Just wanted to update that since I didn't see it mentioned.