Pre-Order The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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The Groom Wore Spurs

 

[Thomas T]

It's a public domain title. Hopefully, the transfer has been spruced up! The Amazon link tells us nothing other than it's being distributed by Allied Vaughan, a company I know nothing about.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

It's a public domain title. Hopefully, the transfer has been spruced up! The Amazon link tells us nothing other than it's being distributed by Allied Vaughan, a company I know nothing about.

I had second thoughts about posting this, but it's a catalog title I figured someone would be interested in. Had thought perhaps this was a Universal title as they often release stuff like this.

 

[Rodney]

I’m interested due to it having Ginger Rogers, but I don’t know anything about the film or the distributor Shoreline Entertainment. They claim to have a few classic films; https://shorelineentertainment.com/portfolio//classic-film/

 

[richardburton84]

Yeah, I’d never heard of either the film or Shoreline Entertainment until today. And learning that the film is PD makes me wary of purchasing it.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I’m interested due to it having Ginger Rogers, but I don’t know anything about the film or the distributor Shoreline Entertainment. They claim to have a few classic films; https://shorelineentertainment.com/portfolio//classic-film/

Thanks for pointing that distributor out. I did not initially catch that.

 

[Capt D McMars]

It appears that this outfit service many movie app companies that offer older PD product, as well as physical media, thru various sub-brands and under thier SLE moniker. They don't seem to be declairing much in the way of restoration to these films...

 

[richardburton84]

Shoreline Entertainment apparently have a clip of the film on Vimeo, which I assume will be the transfer they’ll be using. While the picture quality isn’t too bad, it’s not particularly good either.

 

[Robert Harris]

If that’s a representation of the Blu-ray, it appears to be a PD 16mm print in overall decent shape. But why not license the film, if possible?

 

[Malcolm R]

Probably it would cost additional money to produce and result in minimal additional sales.

 

[timk1041]

A surprise! It's a Universal-Int'l title too from the 50's. I thought perhaps Kino might have something like this on their upcoming schedule. There is supposed to be a new deal between them for this year. Hoping for more Universal titles like this. There are so many good ones yet just from that decade alone.

 

[filmnoirguy]

My go-to critic Leonard Maltin gives it 2 1/2 stars and calls it a "Lightly likable comedy."

 

[dukiejosh54]

I was able to find one review for this blu-ray and it doesn't sound great.

"As a fan of classic cinema, I see discs of various quality. However, The Groom Wore Spurs looks like someone found a kinescope or a prehistoric cam feed and placed it on the Blu-ray. Whenever I hear someone say that restoration doesn’t matter, I’m going to whip out this disc. Normally, I’m way more giving on A/V Quality matters than my compatriots. So, it took a lot for me to call out this 1080p transfer."
https://andersonvision.com/the-groom-wore-spurs-1951-blu-ray-review/

 

[Rodney]

Thanks for posting that review. I wanted to purchase this disc, as I have never seen this film, but I had concerns about this distributor and it looks like my concerns were valid. I'll pass on this one.