Warner Archive Blu-ray Announcements
The Warner Archive Collection announced and detailed several upcoming Blu-rays on their Facebook page today. This includes a collection of the four previously released films co-starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, as well as one of the best sci-fi films of the 1950s. Most of these discs are expected later in November, but the release dates are not yet set in stone.
Here are the official announcements from the Warner Archive Facebook page:
PBOGART AND BACALL: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (1944, 1946, 1947, 1948)
Run Time 420:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4 X 3 FULL FRAME
Product Color BLACK & WHITE
Disc Configuration 4-BD 50
- TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944)
BD50
1.37:1
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English Mono; Subtitles: English SDH, Francais & Espanol
100 Min
Special Features: Vintage Merrie Melodies Short “Bacall to Arms” (Remastered in HD); “A Love Story: the Story of To Have and Have Not” featurette; Lux Radio Broadcast starring Bogart and Bacall; Theatrical Trailer (HD) - THE BIG SLEEP (1946)
BD-50
B&W-114 Min.
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 – Spanish, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 – French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SDH
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Alternate 1945 Pre-release Version with previously unissued INTRODUCTION by UCLA Film Preservation Officer Robert Gitt
THE BIG SLEEP 1945/1946 COMPARISONS – Uncut Robert Gitt “Lecture” Version (30 Minutes). Nearly twice the length of the Comparisons feature as seen on DVD. - DARK PASSAGE (1947)
BD50
1.37:1
DTS-HD Master Audio: English 2.0 Mono, Dolby Digital: Français 2.0 Mono & Español 2.0 Mono (Both Castillian & Latin)
Subtitles: English SDH, Français & Español
Special Features:
“Hold Your Breath and Cross Your Fingers: The Story of Dark Passage” Featurette
“Slick Hare” Theatrical Animated Short (HD)
Theatrical Trailer (HD) - KEY LARGO (1948)
B&W-105 Min.
BD-50
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 – Spanish, DOLBY DIGITAL 2.0 – French
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SDH
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Theatrical Trailer (HD)
This sizzling four-film collection celebrates two of Hollywood’s greatest: the on- and off-camera team of tough guy Humphrey Bogart and cool gal Lauren Bacall. Their love of their craft, as well as each other, and the gift of their timeless talent are showcased in this glorious 4-disc set, full of action, laughs, suspense, danger and, above all, a romance that forever sparks a flame in the hearts of all movie fans.
TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE (1959)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 87:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 25
Theatrical Trailer (HD)
The mighty Lord of the Apes (Gordon Scott) is on a deadly trail. He’s determined to find the diamond hunters (including Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery) who brought terror and death to a peaceful village. But as much as Tarzan is a tracker and avenger, he’s also a protector. An irresponsible gadfly from the so-called civilized world intrudes on his quest, and Tarzan knows he cannot leave her to fend for herself.
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure is widely applauded as one of the best and most grownup films in the entire film annals of the jungle lord’s exploits. It’s “a superior action yarn shot on location in Africa, more adult than most of its predecessors. Tarzan has a much expanded vocabulary” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide).
THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (1951)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 87:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1, 4 X 3
Product Color B&W
Disc Configuration BD 25
Original Theatrical Trailer (SD)
Theatrical Re-Release Trailer (HD)
Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen spaceling inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after the murderous being (a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness) emerges from icy captivity. Will other creatures soon follow? The famed final words of this film are both warning and answer: “Keep watching the skies!” A snappy ensemble. An eerie theremin-infused Dimitri Tiomkin score. Rising suspense. Crisp Christian Nyby direction. All merge in an edgy classic produced by Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby, Rio Bravo) and filled with Hawksian trademarks of rapid-fire dialogue and of people united by do-or-die stress. Keep watching the skies and the screen. Don’t miss a moment of “one of the best sci-fi thrillers of the ‘50s” (John Stanley, Creature Features).
MAME (1974)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 131:00
Subtitles English SDH
Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
Aspect Ratio 16 X 9 LETTERBOX, 2.40:1
Product Color COLOR
Disc Configuration BD 50
Special Features:
Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Vintage Featurette
You’re invited to party hearty – and in fabulous style – with this lavish 1974 screen version of the beloved Broadway musical. Lucille Ball brings star sparkle to the title role, a high-living grande dame who’s outlandishly eccentric and, when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew, fiercely loving. Veterans of the New York stage original join her: Beatrice Arthur as best friend Vera, Jane Connell as prim governessAgnes, choreographer Onna White and director Gene Saks. As Mame’s husband Beauregard, Robert Preston (The Music Man) sings “Loving You,” written specially for the film. Jerry Herman’s songs, from “It’s Today” to “We Need a Little Christmas” to “If He Walked into My Life,” rank among the best show tunes ever. For a grand time, bring home Mame.
DARK OF THE SUN (1968)
NEW 2018 1080p HD MASTER
Run Time 100:00
Subtitles English SDH
DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 MONO- English
16 X 9 LETTERBOX, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO – 2.35:1
COLOR
BD 50
Special Features
Theatrical Trailer (HD)
New Commentary by Trailers From Hell’s Larry Karaszewski and Josh Olson with Brian Saur and Elric D. Kane
Take elite commandos, send them on a do-or-die assignment – and sit back and watch the action explode. The men-on-a-mission formula that worked in 1967’s The Dirty Dozen and in Where Eagles Dare (released in the U.S. in 1969) provides another salvo of volatile screen adventure with this strike force saga released in 1968. Rod Taylor and Jim Brown are among a mercenary unit rolling on a steam train across the Congo, headed for the dual tasks of rescuing civilians imperiled by rebels and recovering a cache of diamonds. The film’s violence is fierce, unforgiving, ahead of its time. Quentin Tarantino would offer a tribute of sorts to this red-blooded wallop of a cult fave by using part of its compelling score in Inglourious Basterds (2009).
