Warner Archive Podcast

What new to disc? Just in time for awards season, we're proud to present the seventh and final season of Growing Pains (1991-92) featuring 22 episodes with new co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio! Then we join the kids of Our Gang for their only feature film, General Spanky (1936). Dick Powell and Jane Greer star in the noir-oater Station West (1948), Other westerns discussed include Roughshod (1949), Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) and The Younger Brothers (1949) with Wayne Morris.

We start off the new year with four Carson and Morgan comedies including The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946), Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946), Two Guys from Texas (1948), as well as Jack Carson's solo turn in April Showers (1948) with Ann Sothren. Then we move on to Family Films with the classic Anne of Green Gables (1934) starring the irrepressible Anne Shirley, the GI Dog story My Pal Wolf (1944), Bad Boy (1949) starring Audie Murphy, The Littlest Hobo (1958) featuring the smartest wandering dog you ever saw, and finally the Girl-and-Her-Horse tale, Snowfire (1958).

Are you ready for the Very Best of Warner Archive in 2015? Looking for that special disc for that special someone? With a library the size of ours we thought you'd like a handy check list of some of the year's best releases and holiday favorites. And in this season of giving, don't forget about that most important person... YOU! Happy Holidays!

Are you ready for the Very Best of Warner Archive in 2015? Looking for that special disc for that special someone? With a library the size of ours we thought you'd like a handy check list of some of the year's best releases and holiday favorites. And in this season of giving, don't forget about that most important person... YOU! Happy Holidays!

This week we start with four wartime films about the horror and the homefront with Hitler's Children (1943), Hitler's Madman (1943), The Doughgirls (1944) and Pillow to Post (1945). Moving on to TV of the Season we cover Lawman Season 3 (1960-61) and George Lopez, The Complete Sixth Season (2007). Then we have a Blu Christmas with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) starring Chevy Chase and now remastered and in a Blu-ray Steelbook, as well as Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) both starring Leslie Nielsen and new to Blu-ray.

This week we start with four wartime films about the horror and the homefront with Hitler's Children (1943), Hitler's Madman (1943), The Doughgirls (1944) and Pillow to Post (1945). Moving on to TV of the Season we cover Lawman Season 3 (1960-61) and George Lopez, The Complete Sixth Season (2007). Then we have a Blu Christmas with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) starring Chevy Chase and now remastered and in a Blu-ray Steelbook, as well as Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) both starring Leslie Nielsen and new to Blu-ray.

New musicals include Everything I Have Is Yours (1952), The Merry Widow (1952) and Latin Lovers (1953) starring Lana Turner, and The Girl Most Likely (1958) starring Jane Powell. Silent screen superstar heartthrob Ramon Novarro makes his all-talking debut in Devil May Care (1929), followed by In Gay Madrid (1930), Daybreak (1931), Son of India (1931), The Son-Daughter (1932), Laughing Boy (1934) and his final MGM leading role in Night is Young (1935).

New musicals include Everything I Have Is Yours (1952), The Merry Widow (1952) and Latin Lovers (1953) starring Lana Turner, and The Girl Most Likely (1958) starring Jane Powell. Silent screen superstar heartthrob Ramon Novarro makes his all-talking debut in Devil May Care (1929), followed by In Gay Madrid (1930), Daybreak (1931), Son of India (1931), The Son-Daughter (1932), Laughing Boy (1934) and his final MGM leading role in Night is Young (1935).

This week we have three new blu-rays including Passage to Marseille (1944) with Bogart, the musical Deep in My Heart (1954) and DC's Justice League Unlimited Complete Series (2004-6). On DVD we have even more animation with the Rankin-Bass version of The Wind and the Willows (1987), Hanna-Barbera's Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985) and the final second season of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996-7). Then we tackle Mystery and Murder with Death on the Diamond (1934), Murder in the Private Car (1934), Murder in the Fleet (1935) and The Strangler (1964) starring Victor Buono.

This week we have three new blu-rays including Passage to Marseille (1944) with Bogart, the musical Deep in My Heart (1954) and DC's Justice League Unlimited Complete Series (2004-6). On DVD we have even more animation with the Rankin-Bass version of The Wind and the Willows (1987), Hanna-Barbera's Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985) and the final second season of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996-7). Then we tackle Mystery and Murder with Death on the Diamond (1934), Murder in the Private Car (1934), Murder in the Fleet (1935) and The Strangler (1964) starring Victor Buono.

We start off celebrating a very special Blu-ray set, Special Effects Collection, which includes Son of Kong (1933), Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and THEM! (1954) in widescreen. Then we move to contemporary TV on DVD with last year's Mom Season 2 and The Middle Season 6. Then we dive into a new five film collection of pre-code DVDs with Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 9 which includes Big City Blues , Hell's Highway, The Cabin in the Cotton with Bette Davis, When Ladies Meet and I Sell Anything. Finally we end with the classic comedies The Chief (1934), It's in the Air (1935), Man-Proof (1938), and Hotel Paradiso (1966).

We start off celebrating a very special Blu-ray set, Special Effects Collection, which includes Son of Kong (1933), Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) and THEM! (1954) in widescreen. Then we move to contemporary TV on DVD with last year's Mom Season 2 and The Middle Season 6. Then we dive into a new five film collection of pre-code DVDs with Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 9 which includes Big City Blues , Hell's Highway, The Cabin in the Cotton with Bette Davis, When Ladies Meet and I Sell Anything. Finally we end with the classic comedies The Chief (1934), It's in the Air (1935), Man-Proof (1938), and Hotel Paradiso (1966).

We start off with the Seavers in Growing Pains Season 6, then move on to a few starring Irene Dunne including Consolation Marriage (1931), Ann Vickers (1933), Sweet Adeline (1934), and Never a Dull Moment (1950). Then we talk about the great John Barrymore in The Mad Genius (1931) and The Great Man Votes (1939). Finally we discuss the more contemporary films Independence Day (1983) and Rapa Nui (1983).

We start off with the Seavers in Growing Pains Season 6, then move on to a few starring Irene Dunne including Consolation Marriage (1931), Ann Vickers (1933), Sweet Adeline (1934), and Never a Dull Moment (1950). Then we talk about the great John Barrymore in The Mad Genius (1931) and The Great Man Votes (1939). Finally we discuss the more contemporary films Independence Day (1983) and Rapa Nui (1983).

New blu-rays include John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Escape From Alcatraz (1979) starring Clint Eastwood, Witness (1985), Kiss the Girls (1997), Along Came a Spider (2001), 15 Minutes (2001), the puppet classic Team America: World Police (2004) and Matchstick Men (2003) starring Nicholas Cage. Wild Bill rides again on DVD with the Wild Bill Elliot Western Collection (1951-54) collecting six of his westerns together. Then we tackle seven dark noir-y sramas including Public Hero Number 1 (1935), Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948), Flaxy Martin (1949), Shadow on the Wall (1950), Cry of the Hunted (1953), Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955) and The Safecracker (1958). Finally we say good bye to BlueBell with Hart of Dixie, the Fourth (and final) Season (2014-15).