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TCM/Sony: Big News!
Topic Started: Oct 10 2011, 10:21 AM (569 Views)
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Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) are joining forces on a new line of DVDs to be made available as part of the TCM Vault Collection. The offerings will include first-time DVD releases of classic films from the Columbia Pictures library. Among the DVD sets on tap will be a four-film collection of comedies starring Jean Arthur and introduced by TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz; a five-film set starring Humphrey Bogart; a large selection of cartoons from the United Productions of America (UPA) Jolly Frolics series, which includes the debut of the one-and-only Mr. Magoo and a special introduction and audio commentaries by film historian Leonard Maltin; as well as an intriguing collection of film noir thrillers, presented in partnership with The Film Foundation.

Like all films in the TCM Vault Collection, the new sets from SPHE are digitally remastered and include extensive on-screen bonus materials, including photos, posters, lobby cards and more. TCM Vault Collection sets are presented in beautiful gatefold packaging and available exclusively through TCM’s online store at http://shop.tcm.com.

The following sets from TCM and SPE are coming soon to the TCM Vault Collection:
• Jean Arthur Comedy Collection – This four-disc set featuring the winsome leading lady includes the gems The Public Menace (1935), Adventure in Manhattan (1936), More Than a Secretary (1936) and The Impatient Years (1944). TCM weekend daytime host Ben Mankiewicz provides a special introduction. Street date: Oct. 17, 2011.

• Humphrey Bogart Columbia Pictures Collection – This spectacular set includes five Bogie classics, including the early Bogart rarity Love Affair (1932) and his final film, The Harder They Fall (1956), a powerful story about a cynical press agent. Also included are Tokyo Joe (1949), Knock on Any Door (1949) and Sirocco (1951). Street date: November 2011.

• Film Noir Classics III – This third volume of the popular film noir collection, a collaboration with The Film Foundation, presents a slate of Columbia Pictures’ titles never before available on DVD, available for the first time through the TCM Vault Collection. The set includes Nina Foch and George Macready in My Name is Julia Ross (1946), Mickey Rooney and Dianne Foster in Drive a Crooked Road (1955), Broderick Crawford in The Mob (1951) and Brian Keith and Ginger Rogers in Tight Spot (1955) and Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield in The Burglar (1957). Columbia Pictures’ previous two film noir collections are also available through TCM’s online store. Street date: early 2012.

• UPA Jolly Frolics – This amazing DVD set includes, for the first time ever, 38 cartoons created by United Productions of America (UPA) and originally distributed by Columbia Pictures. The Jolly Frolics series began in 1949 with Ragtime Bear, which introduced audiences to the hilariously myopic Mr. Magoo. Included in this set are the Academy Award®-winning cartoon Rooty Tooty Toot (1952) and the Oscar®-nominated Madeline (1952) and Christopher Crumpet (1953). This set includes an abundance of bonus features, including introductions and audio commentaries by film historian and critic Leonard Maltin, who has written extensively on the history of animation. Street date: early 2012.

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There seem to be several ties lately between Sony and Time-Warner (TCM's parent). The Sony manufactured-on-demand releases are being made available via the Warner Archive as well as through Sony Pictures own web site and my guess is that Warner may be handling the manufacture for these disks. I suspect that these kinds of partnerships are needed.
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These films are turning up on TCM, for those who want to check 'em out. The one I like so far is My Name Is Julia Ross. Nice B damsel-in-distress pic with the great Nina Foch. I remember liking The Burglar for sheer sleaziness, but saw it long ago.
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Just so's you know, I'm workin' on them to get some Andy Clydes and other short subjects released, too...
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Great news Gravy and Thank You for trying to get even more stuff on board!
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The Noir set is coming out this week, the Jolly Frolics is set for the first week of March.
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Odd, but that Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III set detailed earlier in this thread has gone out of print; I wonder why? (The initial pressing was true DVD, and apparently they didn't do any others.) Used copies are going for a hundred or two hundred dollars (some guy on HTF just paid $99 and that was the cheapest he could find) so don't give yours to a yard sale if you wanna get rid of it.
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The market has gotten so strange. The money guys discontinue a title, put the remaining titles up for huge bux and then re-release on BLU a few years later, as with the Demy set. At one point you coulda paid almost 2 bills for Umbrellas. Diabolical people in that biz.
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