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Mike Nader was the one signature I deliberately ignored getting for my collage. He didn't know how to act, and it showed (gad, he was awful in every scene he was in in BBB), but I read the producer took an interest in him.
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A brief interuption of the 1936 ads. This is a monthly calendar for the Albany Theatre for April 1937. I was doing some spring cleaning and came across this collectible. I thought you might like to see it.
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And just as a little plug, it got its TCM debut showing at the first TCM Film Festival in 2010. I am looking forward to what forgotten treasures we will see next week at the 3rd Film Festival (only 1 week away now!!!).
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More Olive releases on Blu, June 26th. They will also be available on DVD.
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I think I mentioned these, already, but just in case...I saw these at Costco yesterday:
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I am sure the intro is only about two minutes. "Limited commercials" means that instead of a commercial break every ten minutes, they will probably do the first breaks at about the 40-minute mark, then again about an hour and ten minutes in, then again just before the last thirty or so minutes.
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Unfortunately, it won't be on TCM. This is going to be on the USA Network this coming Saturday night at 8 pm Eastern (5 pm Pacific)..
There are few films that stir the heart and soul more than the 1962 classic To Kill A Mockingbird. To commemorate the Oscar-winning film’s 50th anniversary, President Barack Obama will introduce a special broadcast of a restored and digitally remastered print of the film on USA at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Saturday, April 7.
Starring Gregory Peck as the heroically decent Alabama lawyer Atticus Finch, and based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film will air with limited commercial interruption.
In a rare public statement, Lee said she was “deeply honored” that President Obama would be participating in celebrating the film. “I believe it remains the best translation of a book to film ever made,” she said, “and I’m proud to know that Gregory Peck’s portrayal of Atticus Finch lives on — in a world that needs him now more than ever.”
The event is part of the centennial celebration of Universal Pictures, which is resorting 13 classic titles from its past, including All Quiet on the Western Front, The Birds, Buck Privates, Dracula (1931), Dracula Spanish (1931), Frankenstein, Jaws, Schindler’s List, Out of Africa, Pillow Talk, Bride of Frankenstein, and The Sting. The remastered edition of To Kill a Mockingbird was released on Blu-ray in January.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/04/03/president-obama-to-kill-a-mockingbird/
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I think there is a misunderstanding about Olive, they didn't get the entire Republic collection. At this time, only the movie titles mentioned on the fiorst page are those believed to be licensed by Olive Fillms. No serials, none of their B-Westerns.
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Frankie Avalon, at the L.A. opening of Jersey Boys, and Marta Kristen. Bobbi Shaw is now an acting teacher and I sent her an index card to sign. And Donna Loren lives in Hawaii, selling her CDs which she will sign (and did). I also have an 8x10 picture from BBB signed by her somewhere in my collection, the part where she sings "It Only Hurts When I Cry." (The tiny signed pic of her in the collage is a CD cover she signed for me - unfortunately, the pic is from Muscle Beach Party.)
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Hi, TikiSoo,
Be careful of any salespeople telling you to get a Monster HDMI cable. "Monster" is the brand they normally try to sell people...because it costs from $30-$150. That's ridiculous. You can get an excellent HDMI 6-ft cable for about $5-$10 from any number of places. Check Amazon for things like this:
Out of 2,200 ratings by people, this has almost 2,000 five-stars ratings...and it is only $5.99.
By the way, if you are a Costco member and take a look at what Sony Blu players they have, many times they include the HDMI cable right in the box. That's one of the special things that Costco does (it will say on the outside of the box if there is one included). (And Costco has an incredibly easy return policy.)
Do you know what Sony model they have for $80? If you don't mind, I can check on different reviews of it before you buy, just to make sure it is not one a year or so older that curent models (the newer the models now, the better the speeds and, often, more features you will find you will like).
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Also I should mentioned I have taken to the format a bit more than krieger. I am currently at over 800+ Blus.
The bottom of the three rows of this photo are DVDs. Everything above that is Blu-ray. (Not to worry, I do have more DVDs, but they are on different shelving units.)
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I'd like to elaborate on krieger's answers...
1. There are still some titles that have DVDs for sale by themselves, as there are also some Blu-ray's for sale by themselves. The different packages are because the studio is trying to get your money by any means possible. As he mentioned, you can walk into a Best buy store and for the same title find a DVD for sale, and on another rack a Blu-ray/DVD combo package, or a more elaborate Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy somewhere else, or the ultimate at the moment, the 3d Blu-ray/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy.
2. Amazon is not the best place to search for a review of a Blu-ray. Part of the problem is that on the main page for an item, they don't list reviews in date order (you have to click on a link to do that), and some of the first reviews of a Blu title can be years old. Sometimes the reviews are of DVDs. Amazon hasn't gotten its act together on that yet. But also you might find a review of a title from a few years ago that says "Blu-ray sucks", and if it was around 2007 it could have been written by an an angry HD DVD supporter during the format wars (think Democrat/Republican wars today).
Also, a Blu is only as good as the master they are working from. There are some poor titles out there, such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, because the original film's master wasn't that great to begin with. But other titles can stun you like you wouldn't believe by how incredible the picture (and audio) quality is.
If you want to check out Blu reviews, I only really recommend three sites:
*Blu-ray.com*
Here's a link to their main page:
Here's a link to their review pages
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/reviews.php?letter=A&sortby=title
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*DVDBeaver*
Most recent reviews: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/new.htm
All Reviews: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/reviews.htm
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HighDefDigest
Main page: http://www.highdefdigest.com/
All reviews: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/reviews_alpha.html
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You didn't mention if you have an HDTV, but if you don't, you should hold off on getting a Blu player. However, if you do have an HDTV, you should get a Blu player ASAP! The quality of picture and sound is incredible (make sure you go through an HDMI cable, not the old component connections.
Prices for Blu-ray players are way down because so many different companies are offering them now. Back in the format wars, they were usually about $300 and up. Now, you can get a brand new model for about $60. Personally, I would tell you to buy a Sony Blu-ray player since they invented the format. The next thing is to make sure you get one that is future-proof (well, the immediate future, taht is). I was in Costco and they have a Sony 3D Blu-ray player on sale for $109. This also includes an internet connection so you can stream Netflix and other sources when you want. It plays Blu-rays, DVDs, and DVD-Rs (but that last item may vary depending on models), and 3D Blu-rays (but you need a 3D HDTV in order to play those).
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Rowan, that isn't a picture of Linda Evans. That's Donna Michelle, who played Animal. She was also a Playmate of the Year before that.
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Beach Blanket Bingo is my favorite of all the beach movies, and a few years ago I collected signatures of the main stars of the film and put together a framed collage of the cast. It hangs on my wall. All are original signatures, some of which I personally got.
Here's a closer look at the individual photos and signatures.
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Sans, they didn't buy the library, they just licensed it. So after a number of years, the rights will likely be up for grabs again.
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As far as the Olive films go, from what I have read they don't do restorations.
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I think the New Wave can extend into the late Sixties and even Seventies. I am not talking about big budget films like "Charge of the Light Brigade" or the David Lean films of the period, because I think they can not be called New Wave. But there are a number of films that might be called more "underground" that could fit in there. New Wave, for me, means not only the films like "Look Back In Anger" and "Room At The Top", which were likely the start of the change, it would also include the Swinging Sixties pictures like "Blow-Up" and the lesser-known films where independent filmmakers got their chance. (A number of these are available on BFI's Flipside DVD/Blu series.)
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> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote}Does the library have a malapropism section?
I am not sure if I know what you mean, unless you don't think a collection of films should be called a "library"? After all, what is a regular library but a collection of books? In either case, I would offer the following definitions of the word:
*a.* A place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, are kept for reading, reference, or lending.*b. A collection of such materials, especially when systematically arranged.**c.* A room in a private home for such a collection.*d.* An institution or foundation maintaining such a collection. -
Ball of Fire on DVD is out of print (it was not a Criterion release; last time around it was issued by MGM). So this would now open it up to a new DVD and/or Blu-ray release, or it could become part of the Warner Archive series. As a matter of fact, the titles on that list that have been on DVD would now all be out of print. I would expect that it is possible that Amazon would likely have to return any current ones they have (if any) to the last company to release them.
And the best news is that it could mean that WB does a film restoration.
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Amazing news!!!
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Matra Kristen was my favorite part of BBB. I had a chance to meet her ar a convention signing a few years ago and she is as lovely as ever.
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On the Hot Topics page, I just started a thread on how Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is licensing the Samuel Goldwyn film library and how Olive Films are licensing a number of Republic Studios' films.
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Burbank, Calif. (March 30, 2012) – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) and The Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Family Trust have entered into an agreement whereby Warner will license the North American distribution rights to some 70 titles from the Samuel Goldwyn Films library. The deal was announced today by Jeff Baker, Warner Executive Vice President and General Manager, Theatrical Catalog, and Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., founder of The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and the son of pioneer motion picture mogul Samuel Goldwyn.
The agreement represents nearly every film produced by the legendary producer, Samuel *Goldwyn, including some that have never before been available to the home entertainment market. Titles could be released on Blu-ray Disc™, DVD, electronic sell-through and VOD as early as the 4th quarter of this year. *Specific announcements to follow.
“The acquisition of the stellar Samuel Goldwyn library reaffirms WBHEG’s commitment to the classics and ownership through physical and digital distribution to consumers,” said Baker. “Our library, already boasting such crown jewels as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane and Casablanca to name just a few, will be strengthened even further with Goldwyn’s fine titles from American film history.”
The Samuel Goldwyn Films library includes nearly four decades of classic films, all personally produced by Goldwyn for his Samuel Goldwyn Productions between 1925 and 1955. Top titles to be added to the WBHEG library, already the largest in the world, include The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture, which increases the number of WBHEG library’s Best Picture Oscar® winners to 22, the most of any other single studio. Other highlights include William Wyler’s 1939 drama, Wuthering Heights starring Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven, The Pride of the Yankees starring Gary Cooper, Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine, and Hans Christian Andersen starring Danny Kaye. Additionally, eight Gary Cooper films are included in the Goldwyn library, which also boasts films from some of the most acclaimed directors in screen history including Wyler, Howard Hawks and John Ford.
According to Sam Goldwyn Jr., “I could not be more pleased to have our library in such esteemed and capable hands. Warner Bros. has had an exceptional reputation going back to the days of my father. The idea that our treasured titles such as Wuthering Heights, The Best Years of Our Lives, and dozens of others will be handled with such passion and care could not make me happier.”
The agreement, covering U.S. and Canada, includes all home video, electronic sell-through, and transactional VOD rights.
SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS LIBRARY:
THE ADVENTURES OF MARCO POLO
ARROWSMITH
THE AWAKENING*
BALL OF FIRE
BARBARY COAST
BELOVED ENEMY
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
THE BISHOP’S WIFE
BULLDOG DRUMMOND
COME AND GET IT
CONDEMNED
THE COWBOY AND THE LADY
CYNARA
CYTHEREA*
DARK ANGEL*
DEAD END
THE DEVIL DANCER*
THE DEVIL TO PAY!
DODSWORTH
EDGE OF DOOM
ENCHANTMENT
THE GOLDWYN FOLLIES
GUYS AND DOLLS
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
HIS SUPREME MOMENT*
IN HOLLYWOOD WITH POTASH & PERLMUTTER*
I WANT YOU
THE KID FROM BROOKLYN
THE KID FROM SPAIN
KID MILLIONS
THE LITTLE FOXES
THE MAGIC FLAME*
THE MASQUERADER
MY FOOLISH HEART
NANA
THE NIGHT OF LOVE*
ONE HEAVENLY NIGHT
OUR VERY OWN
PALMY DAYS
PARTNERS AGAIN, WITH POTASH & PERLMUTTER*
POTASH AND PERLMUTTER*
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES
THE PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE
RAFFLES
RAFFLES (1930)
THE REAL GLORY
THE RESCUE*
ROMAN SCANDALS
ROSEANNA MCCOY
THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY
SECRETS
A SONG IS BORN
SPLENDOR
STELLA DALLAS
STELLA DALLAS (1925)*
STRIKE ME PINK
TARNISH*
THESE THREE
THEY GOT ME COVERED
THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC
A THIEF IN PARADISE*
THIS IS HEAVEN*
TWO LOVERS
THE UNHOLY GARDEN
UP IN ARMS
WE LIVE AGAIN
THE WEDDING NIGHT
THE WESTERNER
WHOOPEE!
THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH*
WOMAN CHASES MAN
WONDER MAN
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
*silent film
And on a similar note, Olive Films is licensing a number of Republic Studios' films. The ones they have apparently gotten for DVD and/or Blu-ray are:
J'Accuse (1938)
Bound
Reuben, Reuben
Cujo
Trust
Comment Ca Va?
Ici et ailleurs
The Stationmaster's Wife
The Magic Christian
Dorian Gray (1970)
The Pawnbroker
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Devil's Widow
High School Confidential!
Johnny Guitar
Indescreet
She Devil
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
Cry Vengeance
Beware My Lovely
High Noon
Rio Grande
The Quiet Man
The Sound Of Fury
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
The Men
Caught
Letter From An Unknown Woman
Macbeth
Force Of Evil
Secret Beyond The Door
The Lost Moment
Three Secrets
Stranger On The Prowl
The Sun Shines Bright
Private Hell
China Gate
Body And Soul
Pursued
Ramrod
Ruthless
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Angel And The Badman
Cloak And Dagger
Cry Danger
The Enforcer
Bullfighter And The Lady
Only The Valiant
The Diary Of A Chambermaid
Strangers In The Night
The Devil And Miss Jones
One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Johnny Come Lately
Blood On The Sun
The Bells Of St. Mary
Magnificent Doll
That's My Man
Magic Town
The Other Love
Sleep, My Love
Champion
Home Of The Brave
Copacabana
Operation Petticoat
The Grass Is Greener
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Amazon has the newly released Blu of Frank Capra's Lady For A Day for $14.99, which is 50% off the list price.
Special Sales of Classic Titles on DVD & Blu-ray
in Classic Film DVD Reviews
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Some more at Costco for $16.99 (saw these ones at the Burbank store)
And these twin packs are $7.99 each (the one at the top is The Story of Ruth/One Night With the King)