New to Blu-ray in Europe only are: The Conqueror, Legend of the Lost, The Barbarian and the Geisha, and North to Alaska.
Circus World will be released in March... again Europe only.
Verified region-coding is unknown at this time but I have the titles on the way and will check.
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I should clarify that it's Three Girls Lost that has a missing reel, not Girls Demand Excitement.
BTW, the closing credits for the documentary The Duke at Fox says that the film is "available to own from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment", along with Men Without Women. It's either a glaring mistake or something is in the works. -
Here is the thread
FOUR SONS
including the video clip
And here is a link to the Girls Demand Excitement clips, which were edited together and a small bit of narration deleted. It's only 19 seconds.
http://members.shaw.ca/n_rough…rls_Demand_Excitement.wmv
or, for Mac users or those who prefer Flash:
http://members.shaw.ca/n_rough…rls_Demand_Excitement.flv
I would love to see the entire film, missing reel or not. -
Here is the thread
FOUR SONS
including the video clip
And here is a link to the Girls Demand Excitement clips, which were edited together and a small bit of narration deleted. It's only 19 seconds.
http://members.shaw.ca/n_rough…rls_Demand_Excitement.wmv
or, for Mac users or those who prefer Flash:
http://members.shaw.ca/n_rough…rls_Demand_Excitement.flv
I would love to see the entire film, missing reel or not. -
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Here is blu-ray.com's review of The Horse Soldiers:
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/…ers-Blu-ray/21665/#Review
From the screenshots with the review, this looks like a HUGE improvement over the DVD. I'll have to get it.
I watched the Comancheros Blu-ray and it looks great. Thumbs up.
Worthy of note for The Comancheros Blu-ray is the documentary The Duke at Fox, which confirms that he played a police officer in Four Sons (1928). I have a clip of that scene in my filmography, and some time ago it was debated whether this was indeed John Wayne. Someone here posted the clip on YouTube, too. Anyway, it's Wayne!
Also worthy of note in the documentary are two scenes from Girls Demand Excitement. Some dubious sites on the 'net say they have the entire film for download, but I don't trust them enough to pay and subscribe to confirm. It's certainly plausible since the film played at a New York festival in 2006, and someone may have used a camcorder.
For reasons unknown to me my webspace is down at the moment, but I'll put online the two scenes from Girls Demand Excitement. -
It needs a lot of restoration as I don't think it was graded properly by Republic when it was first released and any subsequent releases on film, video or DVD have not been without their faults.
It would be great if someone or an organisation took the task on as it would be a shame to lose this classic to future generations.
I believe that The Quiet Man was the best selling video in the UK when it was first released so a restored DVD release could be a money winner.
Even disregarding the print quality, The Quiet Man was released to DVD in the UK from an NTSC master which is never a good thing.
Somehow I think it'll eventually be released on Blu-ray. There are many John Wayne fans, of course, but there are many John Ford fans, too. The combination of the two is very marketable.
Turner Classic Movies recently showed The Horse Soldiers, and it's an entirely different print than what was released on DVD to the world. This new transfer is most likely what will end up on the soon-to-be-released Blu-ray. Hopefully The Quiet Man will get the same treatment. -
Just to revive this post back up. Has anyone seen this movie? I'd like an opinion on this. I think it is a pretty good movie. What is your opinion?
Cheers
Hondo
I think it's a gem of a movie. The dialogue and acting, especially from Walter Brennan, is a thing of beauty. I've watched the film a number of times, and the southern dialogue and gentle tone and simpleness create a wonderful story. The original author was born in Mississippi, and it shows in the film. -
There's that too, we could become Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid of pirates....
But really if you want a copy of War of the Wildcats so bad, check out the internet archive. www.archive.org which I assume is a legit place to get it.
Well... it's in the public domain then, or at least PR Studios and Internet Archive deem it so.
The print on the Internet Archive is definitely from the PAL DVD, which of course looks much better than the online version.
Maybe PR Studios downloaded it from there and burned it for the DVD-R release? Somehow that wouldn't surprise me.
I should start selling the lovely NTSC conversion I did <g>. I also did conversions of Lady for a Night (a lovely print) and Without Reservations (the US DVD is cut by about 6 minutes). -
I saw that release, but it should be noted that PR releases are DVD-R.
Just check out the reviews for the Captain America serial DVD.
Judging by some of the reviews I've read of PR Studios product, the quality will reflect their cover art.
DVD-R isn't an issue to me so long as the print quality is good, of course. Even Warner Brothers is releasing some burn-on-demand titles, although evidently their production method is different than what one would do at home.
Like some titles on eBay, it'll be interesting to see if War of the Wildcats gets pulled for legal reasons (if there's a basis for that). I would rather see Paramount release the film on DVD.
I can't even find the official website for PR Studios, although that could be my fault. Anyone know of it or have any insight into this company? -
It's important to note that this new version of Stagecoach is from an entirely different print than the Warner Brothers DVD, including the special edition. So the combination of Blu-ray and a better print will be something to behold.
Another new release to DVD is In Old Oklahoma/War of the Wildcats. The title has been available on Region 2 for a few years, from a very nice print from the official Republic library (including a few scenes not found in the American VHS release). People will remember that Paramount announced this title for Region 1 in 2006 but all we got was the cover art.
What's interesting to me is that the film is released on DVD (most likely DVD-R) by PR Studios, a public domain label. (The Amazon listing shows it as Region 1, so maybe it's a standard commercial DVD.) Hopefully the print quality won't be as bad as the cover art done by PR Studios. The running time shows as 97 minutes, so I'm wondering if PR did a PAL to NTSC conversion of the official PAL disc (which runs 97 minutes).
Although this isn't an official release, it has UPC and EAN numbers. If the film is still under copyright (i.e. it was renewed after 28 years), then I would think Paramount's lawyers would send PR Studios a warning about selling their property, especially on Amazon which would attract more attention.
Regardless of the legal ramifications, War of the Wildcats is now available on Region 1 even though it's not an official release. But with UPC and EAN numbers, it's somewhat of an official commercial release.
I've ordered the film and will report back on the print quality. I have the official UK DVD, of which I did a high-quality PAL to NTSC conversion with TMPGEnc XPress and DGPulldown. This will be my benchmark for comparison. -
Hi Take a look at RoughRiders website he lists all JW films that are available on DVD & Blu ray or due for release
http://www.vanc.igs.net/~rough…ayne_dvd_filmography.html
Criterion is rumored to have Stagecoach coming to Blu-ray now that Warner Brothers' distribution rights have lapsed. It'll be a different (better) print than the one currently available on DVD. -
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Hi RR,
Accept my thanks now, for sharing the stills with Elly,
who shared them us all!!
I have Four Sons but it's been a while ago,
since I watched it.
The updated list, is at the top of this thread.
I finally watched Four Sons, with an eye for possibly seeing John Wayne in one of the streets scenes or as an 'officer' as listed in the IMDb.
Below is a link to a simple animation of something that caught my eye, an edited sequence of what looks to be John Wayne in a street scene.
Now, I'm not saying this is him. Such visual detective work is rather subjective in this particular case. I can only provide the evidence and a hunch that it might be Wayne. Chances are good, however, that it is not.
For those who view the sequence, please post your gut feeling and tell us your opinion. For me, when I see the police officer smile, I see John Wayne. But that's just me.
http://www.vanc.igs.net/~roughley/four_sons.html -
Hi Keith
Screen capture of what I think is JW in Drop kick
Hello, Elly
That isn't John Wayne.
Wayne is visible in another grandstand scene which is shown only once in the entire film. If you blink you might miss it. The sequence lasts for about 4.5 seconds.
In the 'uncredited' section (near the bottom) of my online filmography you'll find an animated graphic showing Wayne's sequence. -
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Hi RR,
Accept my thanks now, for sharing the stills with Elly,
who shared them us all!!
I have Four Sons but it's been a while ago,
since I watched it.
The updated list, is at the top of this thread.
A few comments about the list:
Men Without Women is available of course, as shown on television, but the print is incomplete since it's derived from a work print. Although it runs at 73 minutes, the film was copyrighted at 7,774' which is just over 86 minutes, but the general consensus is that it was originally 77 minutes. In the book John Ford: The Man and His Films, the author, Tag Gallagher, states, "The only known surviving prints are of a silent edition with intertitles. The talking version seems lost." But the book was published in 1988, probably before the work print was discovered and preserved by the Museum of Modern Art. So the work print has limited sound along with intertitles in an attempt to best recreate the original sound version. In summary, the film--the one in circulation--should be listed as incomplete.
The AFI has nothing to do with Adventure's End. A video dealer here in Canada told me on the phone that he knows of a collector who has a 16mm print of the film, but refuses to make it available on DVD or any other medium.
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, the 1933 version, is available. I saw it on eBay a few years ago but it disappeared, perhaps for copyright reasons (the music not the actual film). The Sigma Chi Fraternity has a video copy of the 1933 version. They want to make it available to others, but can't until they figure out the rights situation.
Annie Laurie is in circulation, too, since I've been told by a few people that someone out there has it but wants $200. -
Elly, thanks for sharing the stills with everyone.
Thanks to Rough Rider's and Elly's new information.
This list as at 11th. December 2009, has now been updated.
The stills were from me, Keith. I just couldn't resist looking for Wayne's scenes in Hangman's House and sharing them.
I've yet to watch Four Sons, but when I do (maybe tomorrow) has anyone actually spotted Wayne in the film as a guard, and if so where should I look with my finger ready on the pause trigger?
About the updated list...where can I find it? Sorry, it's probably obvious but I'm parched and lost in the Arizona desert <g>. -
How nice that would be and there are a few more that Fox could restore and release.
I have the restored Ford at fox collection which includes Four Sons and they did a great job with that.
Not to mention Hangman's House.
Here are some grabs showing Wayne's three speechless roles in the film, which I'm sure you've already seen:
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RoughRider, could you give a little more detail regarding that film festival . . . like where and when? That would be pretty exciting! It would be too much of a commute from the west coast, but perhaps some of our east coast members might be able to check it out . . . depending on where it is.
Chester
Girls Demand Excitement will be shown at the Fox Before the Code festival on December 18/19 at Film Forum, which is located at 209 W Houston Street, between 6th Avenue & Varick, in New York City.
http://www.filmforum.org/films/foxfilms.html#girls
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Like Arthur stated, I believe the four lost films are:
Three Girls Lost
Girls Demand Excitment
The Oregon Trail
Adventure's End
Baring a miracle, I don't believe we'll ever be able to see these.
Girls Demand Excitement will play in a New York film festival later this month.
Bring your camcorder <g>. -
In the more recent DVD versions of Green Berets do you still have to turn disc over or has it moved to being one sided?
The UK DVD of The Green Berets that I purchased late last year is a 'flipper' disc just like the US disc. -
If you look at the IMDb you'll notice Circus World and The Barbarian and the Geisha are also shown as being available in the US, just like Allegheny Uprising. But none of them are available. Sometimes Amazon gets wind of a DVD release then adds an entry with an ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). A good example is Circus World, which never materialized but the entry still exists. So I assume Amazon received some 'inside' buzz about the other titles and created entries for them.
Allegheny Uprising was first released on DVD in Japan in 1999 and then re-released with a different cover some time later. The film is available on an Italian DVD fom Columbia (Sony). Both are hard to get on this side of the pond.
