battlebeast
Senior HTF Member
Is Olive Films dead?
Yes, I asked the same question awhile back. No one seems to know it seems. They haven't put anything out in quite some time. The last few releases they had were foreign films If I remember correctly. It'd be a loss for me, as they released a few of my favorite titles over the years and the transfers were mostly pretty good. Escape from Zahrain and Strategic Air Command were two of the ones I was real happy about. I also bought the "Signature" Father Goose and Operation Petticoat.
The biggest disappointment for me is how Olive handled the Beach Party films. They put out very nice blu-ray editions of Beach Blanket Bingo and Muscle Beach Party but then never followed through with the rest of the series. At this point I doubt we'll see the bulk of the series since Olive is MIA and the Kino rep on another forum mentioned that the company passed on releasing the films when given the chance. That's a shame since MGM handled the films clumsily during the DVD era - some had nice anamorphic transfers, but some like How To Stuff A Wild Bikini were non-anamorphic.
That was remedied when Fox released a MOD of How To Stuff A Wild Bikini in 2014 which features a nice anamorphic transfer.
Is Olive Films dead?
Saw The Quiet Man a few days ago and made me think if Olive Films is still releasing anything recently?