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What about "The Lion And The Horse"? It's an ideal candidate for the Warner Archive Collection, but yet no release.
Thanks for that. It's been posted.
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A film I've been seeking for years is A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (1959), a stop-motion animation film created and directed by Czech animator Jiri Trnka. Better known for another stop-motion animated film, THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE (1949), Trnka achieved some international recognition.
DREAM, however, seems to have received only a scant release in the U.S. I managed to catch a few views of it once, on a Pittsburgh TV channel years ago. But, though I have sought high and low, I can't seem to find any indication of any kind of video release.
It had narration by Richard Burton, and voices supposedly supplied by the Royal Shakespeare Company. When I visited the Czech Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal, there were figures on display which Trnka used to make the film. (I was particularly impressed by his Oberon, an imposing bearded man, with antlers.) A book on the work of Trnka appeared some years later, with many color photos from the film. It must have been lovely, apparently the crowning work of the animator.
I'd love to at least see it, let alone own a copy, preferably in good condition.
(Interestingly, I later found a CD with music from EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE, though it didn't seem as powerful as the actual film tracks, which use a lovely solo violin for the nightingale's song.)
P.S.: At one point in the mid-60's, the magazine Diplomat did an article on the current popularity of the LORD OF THE RINGS books of Tolkien, mentioning that Trnka was slated to do an animated version of THE HOBBIT, complete with several pre-production paintings Trnka had done. Though this production came to nought, it stimulated a later correspondence I had with Professor Tolkien, himself, which lasted several years. Tolkien wrote that he liked Trnka's version of Smaug the dragon.
Thanks for mentioning this. It's been posted to the CC's Pinterest Board.
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Court Martial ITC/Universal TV series from 1965. Starring Peter Graves and Bradford Dillman as two military lawyers during WW2. I remember watching it as a 14/15 year old and it had strong stories and good acting and a stirring theme by Frank Cordell. Here's the opening title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvVnBnlpSjU
Finally caught up to a few of these I missed. Thanks for mentioning this. It's been posted.
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How is it possible that at least 3 of the Hammer Dracula films have been released on Blu-ray, but the first in the series, Horror of Dracula, cooooontinues to be unavailable. 
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Anybody remember the Judgment trilogy specials that were produced by Stanley Kramer that aired on A.B.C. from '74-75? The first "The Trial Of Julius And Ethel Rosenberg", which featured Allan Arbus as Julius Rosenberg, Brenda Vaccaro as Ethel Rosenberg, and Herschel Bernardi as their lawyer Emanuel Bloch, the second was "The Tiger Of Malaya - The Trial Of General Yamashita", and the third and only one on D.V.D. was "Judgement: The Court Martial Of Lieutenant William Calley" which starred Tony Musante as Calley, and is available on D.V.D. from Platinum Home Entertainment. I always wonder why they didn't put the first two on D.V.D..
The first two "specials" have been added to the Most Wanted on DVD or Blu-Ray Pinterest Board here: https://www.pinterest.com/TheCinemaCafe/the-community-chest-most-wanted-by-fans-on-dvd-or-/
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Say Bob,
Any idea of why SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954) film noir directed by Howard W. Koch and Edmond O'Brien has never (as far as I know) been issued on DVD? It has a fascinating premise with a screenplay by John C. Higgins the writer behind T-Men, Border Incident, He Walked by Night, Big House U.S.A. etc.
Oh and I'm pretty sure I've asked about this one before but was wondering if by some miracle chance you'd seen it pop up somewhere (say on one of the cable channels) or have any new thoughts as to why THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS (1960) has never been issued on DVD.
Thanks
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Feb 18, 2016 - 3:54 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Any idea of why SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954) film noir directed by Howard W. Koch and Edmond O'Brien has never (as far as I know) been issued on DVD? It has a fascinating premise with a screenplay by John C. Higgins the writer behind T-Men, Border Incident, He Walked by Night, Big House U.S.A. etc.
There was this notice posted at www.blu-ray.com a few months ago:
Shield for Murder Blu-ray
Posted November 5, 2015 04:11 PM by Webmaster
Kino International/Kino Lorber have revealed that they are planning to release on Blu-ray Howard W. Koch and Edmond O'Brien's noir thriller Shield for Murder (1954), starring Edmond O'Brien, John Agar, Marla English, Carolyn Jones, Claude Akins, and William Schallert. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market early next year.
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How about "The Resurrection Of Peter Proud"?
I assume that you are referring to the 1975 film THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD. That film was produced by Bing Crosby Productions (BCP) and distributed by American International. Although it was released in the U.S. on VHS and laserdisc, it has yet to appear on DVD, except on a Korean disc of suspect origin.
I suspect that the film is tied up in rights limbo. In 1987, BCP assigned video rights to the film to Viacom/Vestron, from which the 1987 VHS and 1990 laserdisc appeared. As of 1997, Viacom still held the video rights, while Orion Pictures had the theatrical rights to the film, via their acquisition of American International. But after that, things started getting complicated.
A news item in the 7 May 2002 Daily Variety announced that producer Scott Rudin had purchased the remake rights for THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD. Perhaps in support of this planned remake, in 2003 BCP assigned its rights to the novel and the film’s screenplay to Paramount Pictures. But no remake appeared. Then in 2009, the estate of author Max Ehrlich, who wrote the book on which the film was based, optioned the book to Columbia Pictures.
And that seems to be where things stand. With neither BCP nor Orion having current rights to the film’s underlying source material (the novel), this may be what is preventing a DVD/Blu-ray release.
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PARIS BLUES
MGM
released???
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And Arthur, add the '68 television adaptation of "A Hatful Of Rain" which featured Michael Parks, Sandy Dennis, Peter Falk, Don Stroud and Herschel Bernardi. It was produced by David Susskind's Talent Associates, and looked like an ideal candidate for Image Entertainment's "Broadway Theater Archive", but alas, no release.
This one has been listed. It's currently about 7 rows down on the extreme right hand side of the page: https://www.pinterest.com/TheCinemaCafe/the-community-chest-most-wanted-by-fans-on-dvd-or-/
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How about "The Resurrection Of Peter Proud"?
I assume that you are referring to the 1975 film THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD. That film was produced by Bing Crosby Productions (BCP) and distributed by American International. Although it was released in the U.S. on VHS and laserdisc, it has yet to appear on DVD, except on a Korean disc of suspect origin.
I suspect that the film is tied up in rights limbo. In 1987, BCP assigned video rights to the film to Viacom/Vestron, from which the 1987 VHS and 1990 laserdisc appeared. As of 1997, Viacom still held the video rights, while Orion Pictures had the theatrical rights to the film, via their acquisition of American International. But after that, things started getting complicated.
A news item in the 7 May 2002 Daily Variety announced that producer Scott Rudin had purchased the remake rights for THE REINCARNATION OF PETER PROUD. Perhaps in support of this planned remake, in 2003 BCP assigned its rights to the novel and the film’s screenplay to Paramount Pictures. But no remake appeared. Then in 2009, the estate of author Max Ehrlich, who wrote the book on which the film was based, optioned the book to Columbia Pictures.
And that seems to be where things stand. With neither BCP nor Orion having current rights to the film’s underlying source material (the novel), this may be what is preventing a DVD/Blu-ray release.
Thanks Bob for the info on this one. I have posted it with a note about the Korean DVD. And thanks again for the update regarding The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.
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