Pre-Order Santa Fe Trail (Warner Archive Collection) (1940) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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[Andrew Budgell]

Between this and The Screaming Woman from Kino, it's shaping up to be a great fall for Olivia de Havilland fans!

 

[borisfw]

Didn't know this one was coming . Nice.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Didn't know this one was coming . Nice.

WA must have finally found some decent elements to work from.

 

[Andrew Budgell]

Hopefully this public domain title seeing the light of day on Blu-ray bodes well for a release of their recent remaster of Life With Father.

 

[Justin Ray]

Hopefully this public domain title seeing the light of day on Blu-ray bodes well for a release of their recent remaster of Life With Father.

My thoughts exactly

 

[Richard M S]

Outstanding!

 

[Randy Korstick]

This is a pleasant surprise a good Errol Flynn movie that never had a good home video release because of the public domain status. I didn't think they would do this one because of that. Hope they continue the Errol Flynn movies. At least a dozen more I would buy.

 

[jim_falconer]

Excellent film…very happy to hear it’s getting a release onto high def

 

[richardburton84]

Following the lines of Andrew’s first post in this thread, it’s certainly proving to be a good year for Errol Flynn films with Elizabeth and Essex, Objective Burma, and now this. I recall seeing this film in the 5th Grade when my social studies class was studying the Civil War. I don’t remember a whole lot about the film, but I recall liking it so it’ll be nice to revisit this in a quality transfer.

That said, I also hope this leads to more PD films getting the Archive treatment.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I was a bigger fan of this movie when I was younger than I am now in my senior years. This movie is on my "100 favorite westerns" list and after watching it again a couple of months ago, I was thinking of replacing it on that list. I'll be purchasing this Blu-ray so another viewing with a much better video and audio presentations might cause me to change my mind despite some misgivings I have about the film.

 

[Richard Gallagher]

I was a bigger fan of this movie when I was younger than I am now in my senior years. This movie is on my "100 favorite westerns" list and after watching it again a couple of months ago, I was thinking of replacing it on that list. I'll be purchasing this Blu-ray so another viewing with a much better video and audio presentations might cause me to change my mind despite some misgivings I have about the film.

I have the Roan DVD, which probably is the best of the multiple PD versions out there.

As for the film, Maltin's guide captures it succinctly: "Worthless as history, but amid the rubble are some good action scenes." The idea that Jeb Stuart and George Armstrong Custer were classmates at West Point is laughable, considering that they actually graduated seven years apart. Still, the film is enjoyable and I will be getting the Blu-ray.

 

[lark144]

I was a bigger fan of this movie when I was younger than I am now in my senior years. This movie is on my "100 favorite westerns" list and after watching it again a couple of months ago, I was thinking of replacing it on that list. I'll be purchasing this Blu-ray so another viewing with a much better video and audio presentations might cause me to change my mind despite some misgivings I have about the film.

It's going to have the same flaws, especially all the historical inaccuracies which irritate me no end, and that ridiculous, meandering script which has nothing to do with the Santa Fe Trail, but it's a big-budget follow-up to "Dodge City", a top of the line Warners Western staring Flynn and directed by Curtiz, with great action sequences (probably by B. Reeves Eason) which I think are superior to those in "Dodge City" and it should look stunning. As far as I'm concerned, an essential purchase if one is interested in classic Warner Brothers or Michael Curtiz.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Wow! One of my favorite Flynn films I’ve wanted for years. Never on DVD. Thanks WA!

 

[JoeDoakes]

It's going to have the same flaws, especially all the historical inaccuracies which irritate me no end, and that ridiculous, meandering script which has nothing to do with the Santa Fe Trail, but it's a big-budget follow-up to "Dodge City", a top of the line Warners Western staring Flynn and directed by Curtiz, with great action sequences (probably by B. Reeves Eason) which I think are superior to those in "Dodge City" and it should look stunning. As far as I'm concerned, an essential purchase if one is interested in classic Warner Brothers or Michael Curtiz.

Historical inaccuracies in classic films? Come on. Who are you kidding? Those old studios were totally focused on realism.

 

[lark144]

Historical inaccuracies in classic films? Come on. Who are you kidding? Those old studios were totally focused on realism.

I don't know. I've tapped those ruby heels together so often, and to no avail.

But in the case of "Santa Fe Trail", those historical inaccuracies aren't only egregious, they make no logical sense, even in the context of a make-believe world, as it's confusing and inept, instead of convincing. so they get in the way of my enjoying the film, and the film's virtues--some of the acting, especially Raymond Massey, Michael Curtiz' brisk direction, Sol Polito's cinematography and the action scenes-- are in spite of the script, and the imaginary world it tries, and utterly fails, to create.

 

[JoeDoakes]

I don't know. I've tapped those ruby heels together so often, and to no avail.

But in the case of "Santa Fe Trail", those historical inaccuracies aren't only egregious, they make no logical sense, even in the context of a make-believe world, as it's confusing and inept, instead of convincing. so they get in the way of my enjoying the film, and the film's virtues--some of the acting, especially Raymond Massey, Michael Curtiz' brisk direction, Sol Polito's cinematography and the action scenes-- are in spite of the script, and the imaginary world it tries, and utterly fails, to create.

I recall reading an essay about The Searchers where the author was complaining that the American Indian artifacts shown were from the wrong tribe. I wasn’t bothered.

 

[John Skoda]

Do they still have the original "Vitasound" tracks for this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitasound

 

[Gary OS]

Now if WB can just get Flynn's best western out on Blu-ray I'll be set.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Now if WB can just get Flynn's best western out on Blu-ray I'll be set.

Which is?