Warner Bros Archive Wish List 2022 and Beyond!! (1 Viewer)

[ajabrams]

Criterion has a nice looking Blu-ray of The Asphalt Jungle.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2004 by film historian Drew Casper, featuring recordings of actor James Whitmore
- New interviews with film noir historian Eddie Muller and cinematographer John Bailey
- Archival footage of writer-director John Huston discussing the film
- Pharos of Chaos, a 1983 documentary about actor Sterling Hayden
- Episode of the television program City Lights from 1979 featuring John Huston
- Audio excerpts of archival interviews with Huston
- Excerpts from footage of the 1983 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony honoring Huston, featuring actor Sam Jaffe and the filmmaker
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O Brien - More!

Yup - forgot about the Criterion version -- and I own it! Thanks.

 

[mskaye]

Yup - forgot about the Criterion version -- and I own it! Thanks.

 

[RobertMG]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Just saw this and wanted to share with eveyone -

World-class sound and picture post production | De Lane Lea

World-class post production from the heart of Soho. With our rich heritage in sound post, and BAFTA and Oscar winning in-house talent, our track record includes some of the highest profile films of all time.

www.wbsl.com

This is the state of the art post production facility WB UK...very nice!!!

 

[cineMANIAC]

I'm more of a lover of post-1970 B movies and schlock so my interests lie primarily in films like The Pack and Ultimate Warrior. For the moment Warner only seems interested in Golden Age cinema

 

[Capt D McMars]

I'm more of a lover of post-1970 B movies and schlock so my interests lie primarily in films like The Pack and Ultimate Warrior. For the moment Warner only seems interested in Golden Age cinema

With WB aftercovid, it's like tryin to work this with a shovel...where do you start?!!

 

[Robin9]

I'm more of a lover of post-1970 B movies and schlock so my interests lie primarily in films like The Pack and Ultimate Warrior. For the moment Warner only seems interested in Golden Age cinema

I'm sure you must have noticed that Warner Archive is constantly being criticised for not releasing on Blu-ray disc far more films from the golden age!

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm sure you must have noticed that Warner Archive is constantly being criticised for not releasing on Blu-ray disc far more films from the golden age!

Warner Archive can't make everyone happy unless they're releasing ten times the current output across the different genres and film eras.

 

[Keith Cobby]

My period of interest is principally the 1940s and 50s, a few back to 1938 (Robin Hood), covers the film noir period (not much interested in neo noir), VistaVision and some other large format films. After this period most of the films I have wanted are on blu ray with upgrade to 4k happening slowly.

 

[Nick*Z]

Bathing Beauty
High Society
Red Dust
The Damned Don't Cry
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mickey Rooney)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Colman)
Marie Antoinette
That Midnight Kiss
Royal Wedding
The Belle of New York
Maytime
Naughty Marietta
Rose Marie (Nelson Eddie/Jeanette MacDonald version only)
Ryan's Daughter
Random Harvest
Holiday in Mexico
Mrs. Parkington
The White Cliffs of Dover
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Week-end at the Waldorf
Scaramouche
Captain Blood
They Died With Their Boots On
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Gunga Din
Mr. Skeffington
Babes in Arms
Babes on Broadway
Border Incident
Mystery Street
Old Acquaintance
Executive Suite
Small Town Girl
A Woman's Face
When Ladies Meet
The Valley of Decision
Adam's Rib
Life With Father
Madame Bovary
The Barkeleys of Broadway
The Great Ziegfeld
Rosalie
Easy to Love
Honky Tonk
Boom Town
Lassie Come Home
Thousands Cheer
Words and Music
Till The Clouds Roll By
Meet John Doe
Raintree County
Wonder Man
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Man Who Came To Dinner
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Cass Timberlane
Whistling in the Dark
Follow the Boys
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Thorn Birds
North & South Books I, II, and III
Light in the Piazza
The VIP's
A Date With Judy
The Yellow Rolls Royce
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Boy's Town
East Side West Side
Three Daring Daughters
Cabin in the Sky
Tea and Sympathy
I Love Melvin
The Swan
The Glass Slipper
The Chocolate Soldier
Flamingo Road
All This and Heaven Too
Hollywood Canteen
This is the Army
My Reputation
Humoresque
Kings Row
Storm Warning
The Corn is Green
The Hasty Heart

and remastered editions of
Gigi
Quo Vadis
Anchors Aweigh
The Philadelphia Story
On the Town
Doctor Zhivago
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
Driving Miss Daisy
Swing Time

 

[Matt Hough]

Bathing Beauty
High Society
Red Dust
The Damned Don't Cry
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mickey Rooney)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Colman)
Marie Antoinette
That Midnight Kiss
Royal Wedding
The Belle of New York
Maytime
Naughty Marietta
Rose Marie (Nelson Eddie/Jeanette MacDonald version only)
Ryan's Daughter
Random Harvest
Holiday in Mexico
Mrs. Parkington
The White Cliffs of Dover
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Week-end at the Waldorf
Scaramouche
Captain Blood
They Died With Their Boots On
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Gunga Din
Mr. Skeffington
Babes in Arms
Babes on Broadway
Border Incident
Mystery Street
Old Acquaintance
Executive Suite
Small Town Girl
A Woman's Face
When Ladies Meet
The Valley of Decision
Adam's Rib
Life With Father
Madame Bovary
The Barkeleys of Broadway
The Great Ziegfeld
Rosalie
Easy to Love
Honky Tonk
Boom Town
Lassie Come Home
Thousands Cheer
Words and Music
Till The Clouds Roll By
Meet John Doe
Raintree County
Wonder Man
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Man Who Came To Dinner
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Cass Timberlane
Whistling in the Dark
Follow the Boys
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Thorn Birds
North & South Books I, II, and III
Light in the Piazza
The VIP's
A Date With Judy
The Yellow Rolls Royce
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Boy's Town
East Side West Side
Three Daring Daughters
Cabin in the Sky
Tea and Sympathy
I Love Melvin
The Swan
The Glass Slipper
The Chocolate Soldier
Flamingo Road
All This and Heaven Too
Hollywood Canteen
This is the Army
My Reputation
Humoresque
Kings Row
Storm Warning
The Corn is Green
The Hasty Heart

and remastered editions of
Gigi
Quo Vadis
Anchors Aweigh
The Philadelphia Story
On the Town
Doctor Zhivago
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
Driving Miss Daisy
Swing Time

Argh! That long list of fabulous titles, and I don't see Two Weeks with Love anywhere!

 

[Nick*Z]

Argh! That long list of fabulous titles, and I don't see Two Weeks with Love anywhere!

Matt: I could have provided a list at least 3 times as long, on which I most definitely would have included Two Weeks with Love, along with

The Toast of New Orleans
Small Town Girl
Give a Girl a Break
Personal Property
Saratoga
The Girl of the Golden West
Rio Rita
Test Pilot
China Seas
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Evelyn Prentice
Broadway Melody of 1936/38
Lady Be Good
The Merry Widow (both versions)
The Student Prince
Dancing Lady
Idiot's Delight
Possessed
A Day at the Races
Captains Courageous
A Yank at Oxford
Anna Karenina
Camille
Tarzan the Ape Man
Letty Lynton
Double Wedding
The Picture Snatcher
The Roaring Twenties
Gold Diggers of 1935/37
Gentleman Jim
The Prince and the Pauper
The Singing Nun
The Life of Emile Zola
Footsteps in the Dark
A Stolen Life
The Great Lie
In This Our Life
Cinderella Jones
The Enchanted Cottage
Vivacious Lady
Alice Adams
Little Women (both versions)
The Gay Divorcee
Follow the Fleet
The Little Foxes
Kitty Foyle
Ball of Fire
I Walked With A Zombie
The 7th Victim
Higher and Higher
Up In Arms
I Remember Mama
Dream Wife
Clash by Night
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
The Narrow Margin
Starlift
Macao
Angel Face
The Great Waltz
Honolulu
Young Dr. Kildare
Love Crazy
The Human Comedy
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Easy to Wed
Cynthia
The Flame and the Arrow
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Springfield Rifle
The Spirit of St. Louis
A Summer Place
Nancy Goes to Rio
Young Bess

along with remastered editions of
A Star is Born (1954) (in 4K)
The Bishop's Wife
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Music Man (in 4K)

...you get my point. Concessions have to be made. In my opinion, this would be my 'second tier' list of choices for consideration, after tier one had already been satisfied.

 

[TheSteig]

It might be easier to just write "everything" There isnt a single WAC or WHV title on DVD that I wouldn't upgrade. Some Id like on HD more than others but honestly Ill upgrade anything!

 

[RichMurphy]

Matt: I could have provided a list at least 3 times as long, on which I most definitely would have included Two Weeks with Love, along with

The Toast of New Orleans
Small Town Girl
Give a Girl a Break
Personal Property
Saratoga
The Girl of the Golden West
Rio Rita
Test Pilot
China Seas
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Evelyn Prentice
Broadway Melody of 1936/38
Lady Be Good
The Merry Widow (both versions)
The Student Prince
Dancing Lady
Idiot's Delight
Possessed
A Day at the Races
Captains Courageous
A Yank at Oxford
Anna Karenina
Camille
Tarzan the Ape Man
Letty Lynton
Double Wedding
The Picture Snatcher
The Roaring Twenties
Gold Diggers of 1935/37
Gentleman Jim
The Prince and the Pauper
The Singing Nun
The Life of Emile Zola
Footsteps in the Dark
A Stolen Life
The Great Lie
In This Our Life
Cinderella Jones
The Enchanted Cottage
Vivacious Lady
Alice Adams
Little Women (both versions)
The Gay Divorcee
Follow the Fleet
The Little Foxes
Kitty Foyle
Ball of Fire
I Walked With A Zombie
The 7th Victim
Higher and Higher
Up In Arms
I Remember Mama
Dream Wife
Clash by Night
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
The Narrow Margin
Starlift
Macao
Angel Face
The Great Waltz
Honolulu
Young Dr. Kildare
Love Crazy
The Human Comedy
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Easy to Wed
Cynthia
The Flame and the Arrow
Captain Horatio Hornblower
Springfield Rifle
The Spirit of St. Louis
A Summer Place
Nancy Goes to Rio
Young Bess

along with remastered editions of
A Star is Born (1954) (in 4K)
The Bishop's Wife
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Music Man (in 4K)

...you get my point. Concessions have to be made. In my opinion, this would be my 'second tier' list of choices for consideration, after tier one had already been satisfied.

I presume you meant the 1938 version of The Great Waltz, but I would love to see the 1972 version, preferably on Blu but at least on DVD. To my knowledge, it was never released on home video. While dramatically inept, it would make for a spectacular audio-visual experience, especially if the European stereo tracks could be located.

 

[PaulRossen]

Don’t see much love for my number 1 request…

Audrey Hepburn in The Nun’s Story

 

[uncledougie]

Don’t see much love for my number 1 request…

Audrey Hepburn in The Nun’s Story

I’ll gladly second the request for The Nun’s Story. It had a beautifully affecting performance by Hepburn (as with all her roles, but this is one of her very best), sensitive direction from Fred Zinnemann, another beautiful Franz Waxman score, and excellent supporting performances by Peter Finch, Peggy Ashcroft and many others. Not sure why it’s not better known, but it’s a film I’ve admired and enjoyed for many years.

 

[Matt Hough]

I’ll gladly second the request for The Nun’s Story. It had a beautifully affecting performance by Hepburn (as with all her roles, but this is one of her very best), sensitive direction from Fred Zinnemann, another beautiful Franz Waxman score, and excellent supporting performances by Peter Finch, Peggy Ashcroft and many others. Not sure why it’s not better known, but it’s a film I’ve admired and enjoyed for many years.

Me, too. I bought the HD streaming version so I could watch it in its (current) best possible condition, but I'm sure a WA Blu-ray would up the ante, and I want it! One of my all-time favorite films.

 

[RobertMG]

Bathing Beauty
High Society
Red Dust
The Damned Don't Cry
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mickey Rooney)
The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Colman)
Marie Antoinette
That Midnight Kiss
Royal Wedding
The Belle of New York
Maytime
Naughty Marietta
Rose Marie (Nelson Eddie/Jeanette MacDonald version only)
Ryan's Daughter
Random Harvest
Holiday in Mexico
Mrs. Parkington
The White Cliffs of Dover
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Week-end at the Waldorf
Scaramouche
Captain Blood
They Died With Their Boots On
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Gunga Din
Mr. Skeffington
Babes in Arms
Babes on Broadway
Border Incident
Mystery Street
Old Acquaintance
Executive Suite
Small Town Girl
A Woman's Face
When Ladies Meet
The Valley of Decision
Adam's Rib
Life With Father
Madame Bovary
The Barkeleys of Broadway
The Great Ziegfeld
Rosalie
Easy to Love
Honky Tonk
Boom Town
Lassie Come Home
Thousands Cheer
Words and Music
Till The Clouds Roll By
Meet John Doe
Raintree County
Wonder Man
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Man Who Came To Dinner
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Cass Timberlane
Whistling in the Dark
Follow the Boys
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Thorn Birds
North & South Books I, II, and III
Light in the Piazza
The VIP's
A Date With Judy
The Yellow Rolls Royce
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Boy's Town
East Side West Side
Three Daring Daughters
Cabin in the Sky
Tea and Sympathy
I Love Melvin
The Swan
The Glass Slipper
The Chocolate Soldier
Flamingo Road
All This and Heaven Too
Hollywood Canteen
This is the Army
My Reputation
Humoresque
Kings Row
Storm Warning
The Corn is Green
The Hasty Heart

and remastered editions of
Gigi
Quo Vadis
Anchors Aweigh
The Philadelphia Story
On the Town
Doctor Zhivago
Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet
Driving Miss Daisy
Swing Time

Great list we might see a nice chunk released if WAC does 5 a month Swing Time with Criterion The Man Who Came To Dinner will be this year - any Goldwyn title might not happen is the deal with WB still on?

 

[Garysb]

"The Man I Love " with Ida Lupino

 

[Interdimensional]

Warner Archive can't make everyone happy unless they're releasing ten times the current output across the different genres and film eras.

That's a good idea.

Well maybe not 10x, but an increase in output would certainly be welcome. At the current rate too many titles will simply never make it.