VHS - Videos Havent Seen in years. What is the last VHS (or Beta) tape you have watched? Which will (1 Viewer)

[Robin9]

The File On Thelma Jordan yesterday.
It's a really good movie and most people who like old movies want this one on DVD or Blu-ray. As far as I know, there has never been an explanation why it is still unavailable. I'd buy a pressed disc immediately. Why currently owns the copyright?

 

[Adam Gregorich]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People a few years ago. Wife wanted to watch it out of the blue on St. Pats day. I pulled the VCR out of the rack and bought the DVD the next day. I had to take the VCR out of storage last month to import our wedding video into my PC so I can burn to DVD.

 

[Chuck Pennington]

Maybe someone more versed in this can answer me why many of the very nice Anchor Bay releases from the ABC library (which include the Selznick films) , dd not maintain their quality when MGM rereleased them? Even the Selznick Hitchcocks looked inferior to their AB counterparts until the recent BluRay.

I disagree on that one. NOTORIOUS was actually missing around a minute of dialog on the AB release, and the Blu-ray releases utilize the same transfers as were released on MGM DVD a few years back. The Blu-ray releases look better due to their higher inherent resolution, but the transfers were done several years ago in HD and then downconverted for the MGM DVD releases. I don't have anything to say about the other Selznick/ABC titles, but as far as those three Hitchcocks are concerned, I disagree.

 

[Louis Letizia]

NOTORIOUS was actually missing around a minute of dialog on the AB release,

This changes everything! Very good to know-thanks. Of course the Blurays would look much better anyway

 

[Louis Letizia]

The File On Thelma Jordan yesterday.
It's a really good movie and most people who like old movies want this one on DVD or Blu-ray. As far as I know, there has never been an explanation why it is still unavailable. I'd buy a pressed disc immediately. Why currently owns the copyright?

Paramount owns this very good movie. I don't think it was ever on vhs either. This would be a perfect fit for Olive.
Another one that bypassed vhs altogether that would make a great disc was Fox's underrated The Story on Page One. Rita Hayworth was very good in this.

 

[Charles H]

LET'S DANCE for us Astaire-Frank Loesser-Betty Hutton completists and FOREVER FEMALE for us William Holden-Ginger Rogers completists
....And the extended version of TALES OF MANHATTAN (with a lot of nobodies). FMC is showing it on 6/16.