Garv’s Pick of the Week: Tom & Jerry Golden Collection Volume One
For the release week of March 17th:
Garv’s Pick of the Week: Tom & Jerry Golden Collection Volume One [Blu-ray / Warner Archive]: When one thinks of the great animation studios of the golden age of Hollywood, Disney and Warner Brothers immediately spring to mind. However, in the 1940s the Best Animated Short Oscar was awarded to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer more than any other studio; and all but one of those awards were for cartoons starring a blue-gray cat and a brown mouse. This is a reissue of a long-out-of-print Blu-ray set of the first 37 Tom & Jerry cartoons (1940-1948), which was originally released in 2011. The original set was one of the most beautiful animation packages ever presented on disc. It has been commanding inflated prices from re-sellers, so this is your chance to own these classic cartoons at a reasonable price. Hopefully, this is an indication that the Warner Archive is working on the much-anticipated Volume Two. A word of caution — The cartoons are presented uncut, preserving politically incorrect content, including ethnic stereotypes that were a product of their time.
Additional Titles of Interest —
Universal Horror Collection Volume 4 [Blu-ray / Scream Factory]: Scream Factory’s series of HD upgrades of lesser-known Universal horror films continues. This bundle of Blu-rays includes Night Key (1937), Night Monster (1942), The Climax (1944), and House of Horrors (1946).
Man in the Shadow [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Jeff Chandler butts heads with Orson Welles is this modern day Western thriller.
The Stalking Moon [Blu-ray / Warner Archive]: Gregory Peck reteams with his To Kill a Mockingbird director for this 1968 Western. Eva Marie Saint and Robert Forster co-star.
Force 10 From Navarone [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Harrison Ford’s first film after Star Wars was this belated sequel to The Guns of Navarone.
Alice Guy Blanche Vol. 1: The Gaumont Years, Alice Guy Blanche Vol. 2: The Solax Years, and The Intrigue: The Films of Julia Crawford Ivers [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Kino Lorber is featuring Hollywood’s earliest female directors with these Blu-ray sets of silents from as early as 1897.
