After a cut, I'm pasting the copy from the press release I've just received on these first-ever-on-DVD releases from Fox. As with any movie co-starring Cesar Romero, I'm intrigued to see My Lucky Star (1938) among other movies in which he co-stars with Sonja Henie, even if they are "Sonja Henie ice skating movies". I love that I can finally see another live-action performance from one of my favorite voice actors, Sterling Holloway, in Iceland (1943). I'm probably most specifically interested in the Robert Wagner/Terry Moore-starring Beneath the 12 Mile Reef (1953), billed as a Romeo and Juliet story concerning sponge divers.
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OOP Watch: Warner Archive Adds...Out of Print Paramount!
In an under-the-radar tweet among many others today, Warner Archive teased the best thing to result from WB Home Entertainment distributing the Paramount library: OOP DVD titles from Paramount are being re-released by Warner Archive Collection. I've embedded the "Oops"...or "OOPs", rather, video below, but here's the full list of titles revealed in the video, all of which routinely run for between $30-80 on the secondary market:
- The Naked Jungle
- The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Hello Down There
- Brother Sun Sister Moon
- The Brotherhood
- The Molly Maguires
- Back to the Beach
- Lifeguard
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
- White Dawn
- Anything Goes (1956)
- The Family Jewels
Warner Archive has confirmed to me directly that all previously-available extras will be preserved on these new releases.
Could this mean that more...many more OOP Paramount titles might soon escape?
Out of Print Watch tracks titles going in and out of print on physical disc, an event which either makes it much easier or drastically harder to find the movies you love at a reasonable (or any ) price.
Daily Grab 48: In For the Kill
A Holmes kick gave way to finally giving a good look at Sidney Lumet's excellent film adapted from Ira Levin's Deathtrap. One of the two hardest choices I've had as a stage actor was having to turn down the role of Clifford Anderson (the Christopher Reeve part) in lieu of doing an obscure David Mamet play called The Water Engine.
Deathtrap is only available on Blu-ray thanks to the great people at Warner Archive, who have started doing limited-batch Blu-rays like this and Gypsy (1962). The Hudsucker Proxy is coming soon from them on Blu-ray as well.
