The Warner Archive Collection

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by g053584398

I picked up loads of those releases from France and Poland. Why a Polish Ebay seller was selling French DVDs I don't know. Most of them don't have forced French subtitles though.

They were about half the price of importing Warner Archive releases too

[g053584398]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

They were about half the price of importing Warner Archive releases too

Yes they were. And unlike the US Warner Archive discs they were pressed DVDs as well.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by g053584398

Yes they were. And unlike the US Warner Archive discs they were pressed DVDs as well.

That's true.

I actually have Eye of the Devil only about two feet away from me as i type as i'd selected it in a pile to rewatch last week. Obviously i won't be doing that now if there's a slight chance i'll upgrade it in the coming months.

Although if i recall the dvd looked excellent anyway. Really crisp, clear black and white images.

[Nuno_Miranda]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

They were about half the price of importing Warner Archive releases too

In the early 2000s I bought quite a few French edition DVDs, and they were indeed a lot cheaper. Thing is, nowadays I find I really need the English subtitles, especially for older productions. Portuguese won't do or I'll be proofreading instead of watching the film. So the first thing I check is for those. Thankfully, nowadays it's rare the US/UK blu-ray release without English subs.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Cracking artwork for Isle of the Dead.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Children of the Damned is sneaking out on 9th October in the UK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Da...s=dvd&sr=1-226

[Rob4]

The Devil Doll is the US Halloween release - hopefully it will find its way to these shores sooner rather than later

[Susan Foreman]

'Looney Tunes Collectors Choice, Vol. 2'

Release date: November 28

Contents:
1. BEHIND THE MEAT-BALL (1945) Directed by Frank Tashlin
2. BROTHER BRAT (1944) Directed by Frank Tashlin - with Porky Pig
3. CATTY CORNERED (1953) Directed by Friz Freleng - with Tweety and Sylvester
4. CROSS COUNTRY DETOURS (1940) Directed by Tex Avery
5. DAFFY’S SOUTHERN EXPOSURE (1942) Directed by Norm McCabe - with Daffy Duck
6. DING DOG DADDY (1942) Directed by Friz Freleng
7. THE EAGER BEAVER (1946) Directed by Chuck Jones
8. FAIR AND WORM-ER (1946) Directed by Chuck Jones
9. FIN 'N CATTY (1943) Directed by Chuck Jones
10. FROM HAND TO MOUSE (1944) Directed by Chuck Jones
11. GHOST WANTED (1940) Directed by Chuck Jones
12. GREETINGS BAIT (1943) Directed by Friz Freleng - with Wacky Worm
13. HAMATEUR NIGHT (1939) Directed by Tex Avery - with Egghead
14. HARE-BREADTH HURRY (1963) Directed by Chuck Jones - with Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote
15. A HICK A SLICK AND A CHICK (1948) Directed by Arthur Davis
16. HISS AND MAKE UP (1948) Directed by Arthur Davis
17. A HOUND FOR TROUBLE (1951) Directed by Chuck Jones - with Charlie Dog
18. I WANNA BE A SAILOR (1937) Directed by Tex Avery
19. THE LEGHORN BLOWS AT MIDNIGHT (1950) Directed by Robert McKimson - with Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk
20. LICKETY-SPLAT (1961) Directed by Chuck Jones, Co-Directed by Abe Levitow - with Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote
21. ONE MEAT BRAWL (1947) Directed by Robert McKimson - with Porky Pig
22. THE PENGUIN PARADE (1938) Directed by Tex Avery
23. RABBIT RAMPAGE (1955) Directed by Chuck Jones - with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
24. THE REBEL WITHOUT CLAWS (1961) Directed by Friz Freleng - with Tweety and Sylvester
25. THE WACKY WORM (1941) Directed by Friz Freleng - with Wacky Worm

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

November 27th as part of the UK range - Sydney Lumet's Prince of the City.

"The first thing a cop learns is that he can't trust nobody but his partners," Detective Danny Ciello tells an assistant D.A. "I sleep with my wife, but I live with my partners. I will never give them up." From Robery Daley's riveting book about New York City police-corruption investigations, director/cowriter Sidney Lumet's film portrays a squad that pays a terrible price when one in its ranks does just that. Treat Williams (as Ciello, inspired by real-life undercover narcotics cop Robert Leuci), Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban and Lindsay Crouse give standout performance in this gripping film. Lumet also stands out, garnering the New York Film Critics Best Director Award and an Oscar Nomination (with Jay Presson Allen) for the screenplay.

On-Disc Special Features

Prince of the City: The Real Story

Theatrical Trailer

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prince-of-t...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

May 13th, 2024.

Passage to Marseille.

Humphrey Bogart reunites with director Michael Curtiz and other key Casablanca personnel (including co-stars Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet) for a tension-swept Passage to Marseille. Bogart plays Jean Matrac, a World War II French patriot who escapes Devil?s Island, survives a dangerous freighter voyage and becomes a gunner in the Free French Air Corps.

Passage sailed into theaters on stormy seas. Controversy surrounded the scene in which Matrac machine-guns the helpless survivors of a downed plane that attacked the freighter. That a soldier of freedom would act ignobly brought protests from religious and censorship groups. But, like Matrac facing a strafing dive-bomber, the studio held its ground. War could even dehumanize a hero. Domestic prints remained uncut.

On-Disc Special Features

Warner Night at the Movies 1944 Short Subjects Gallery: Vintage Newsreel, Oscar?-Winning* Patriotic Short
I Won?t Play, Oscar?-Nominated** Musical Short
Jammin? The Blues, Classic Cartoon
The Weakly Reporter
Trailers of Passage to Marseille and 1944?s Uncertain Glory
New Featurette The Free French: Unsung Victors
Breakdowns of 1944: Studio Blooper Reel