Warner Archive Podcast

Get ready for a triple dose of Richard Roundtree in three Shaft classics, an encounter with Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Tab Hunter and Rossana Podesta in the Italian fantasy The Golden Veil and more! We're chatting about Shaft's Big Score (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973) and the Shaft Triple Feature which includes the other two features as well as Shaft (1971), A Patch of Blue (1965) and The Golden Arrow (1962) on Blu-ray. TV new to DVD includes Perfect Strangers: The Complete Seventh and Eighth Seasons (1991-93) as well as the animated show Detention: The Complete Series (1999). Also new to DVD: Girl of the Port (1930), Beauty for Sale (1933), The Gridiron Flash (1934), Sinner Take All (1936), Make Way for a Lady (1936), Espionage (1937), and The Man Who Found Himself (1937).

Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) with Anne Bancroft and Jack Lemmon comes to Blu-ray, along with 9 rare and hard-to-find classics from the 30s and 40s coming to DVD for the first time including Strangers All (1935), South of Suez (1940), Three Cheers for the Irish (1940), Lady Scarface (1941), Let's Make Music (1941), Unexpected Uncle (1941), Gangway for Tomorrow (1943), The Gorilla Man (1943) and What A Blonde (1945). Back in print discs include A Star is Born (1954) and A Star is Born (1976) on Blu-ray and Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938: The Complete First Volume (1933-38) on DVD.

Summer Stock (1950) starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly along with Shameless: The Complete Season 9 (2018-19) come to Blu-ray. Classic movie raritites new to DVD include Harold Teen (1934), Man of Iron (1935), Three Men on a Horse (1936), Jailbreak (1936), New Moon (1931), Melody Cruise (1933) and The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

Is it a TV show or real? Frankenstein 1970 (1958) comes to Blu-ray! Hanna-Barbera's Paw Paws: The Complete Series (1985-86) comes to DVD along with MGM classics like Bridal Suite (1939), The Mighty McGurk (1947) and Little Mister Jim (1947). WB classics new to DVD include The Heart Of New York (1932), Over The Goal (1937), Sweepstakes Winner (1939) and The Cowboy Quarterback (1939). Back In print on DVD, the TV biopic, Sinatra (1992). Then we chat about our favorite Dog movies in our10 Years Of Warner Archive segment.

Tune in to hear about this week's releases, letters from our listeners, as well as a special anniversary segment about James Cagney. New Releases include: The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) and Cleopatra Jones (1973) on Blu-ray along with The Wayans Bros. S5 (1998-99), Beau Bandit (1930), Rockabye (1932), Headline Shooter (1933), Our Betters (1933), In Person (1935), Super-Sleuth (1937), Coquette (1929), Wise Girls (1929), Mysterious Island (1929), The Lady of Scandal (1930), Spring is Here (1930), Way Out West (1930), and Men of the North (1930) on DVD. The Jazz Singer (1927) is back in print on Blu-ray and Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (2001) along with Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere (2002) are back in print on DVD.

What is Warner Archive? In our very special 10th Anniversary Podcast we tell the story of how we came to be - from conception to inception and beyond! Then we go behind the scenes to discuss how we go into the archives and prepare movies and TV shows for release on your favorite format. But what does the future of Home Entertainment have in store for us? If you're a bit of a loss where to dive into our almost 400 podcast episodes, this one is a good place to start!

Listen to more details about each of this week's releases, letters from our listeners, as well as an anniversary segment about all the historic TV series we've released to completion. New to Blu-ray: Man from Atlantis (1977). TV on DVD: Alice Season 9 (1984-85), Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 (1993-94). Classics on DVD: A Woman of Affairs (1928), The Star Witness (1931), Night Court (1932), Snowed Under (1936), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), Broadway Musketeers (1938), Twice Blessed (1945) and Her Twelve Men (1954).

Tune in to hear more details about each of this week's releases, letters from four of our listeners, as well as a special segment dedicated to the recent passing of Ron Hutchinson where we reflect on his legacy at The Vitaphone Project. New To Blu-ray this week - Wild Rovers (1971), Year of the Dragon (1985) and Starsky and Hutch (2004). New TV on DVD includes Step by Step: The Complete Fourth Season (1994-95), What I Like About You: The Complete Fourth Season (2005-06) and Animal Kingdom: The Complete Third Season (2018). Back in Print TV includes Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (1980-81), Babylon 5 - Gathering/In the Beginning (1993, 1998) and Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales (2007). Back in Print films include The Jazz Singer (1927), Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940 Volume 2, Popeye the Sailor 1941-1943 Volume 3, Lady in the Lake (1946), Chamber of Horrors/The Brides of Fu Manchu Double Feature (1966), Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988), and The Man Without a Face (1993).

Tune in to our special segment on Tarzan's legacy in our library, more details about each of this week's releases, and hear letters from two of our listeners answered in depth. New To Blu-ray this week - The Giant Behemoth (1959), Tarzan Goes to India (1962) and Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963). New to DVD movies and shows include The Wayans Bros.: The Complete Fourth Season (1994-95), Unashamed (1932), Professional Sweetheart (1933), Without Orders (1936), Woman Wanted (1936), Heart Of The North (1938), They Met In Argentina (1941), The Tuttles Of Tahiti (1942), Soldiers Three (1951) and You For Me (1952).

The Prize (1963) with Paul Newman and Judgment Night (1993) with Emilio Estevez and Dennis Leary come to Blu-ray. Classics New to DVD include Men Must Fight (1933), Pacific Liner (1939) and Assignment in Brittany (1943). Back in Print on DVD - Watch on the Rhine (1943), A Little Romance (1979), Deadly Friend (1986) and Osmosis Jones (2001). Then we start a new segment called10 Years of Warner Archive, where we talk about some of the other 3500 previous releases we've come out with that are still available - including 25 films starring Paul Newman. Finally with wrap up answering two actual letters written by listeners like you!

This week, join us for our yearly holiday party where discuss the Best of 2018, drink imaginary beverages, ruminate on upcoming releases as well as reveal some of our January releases and plans for next year's 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash. Happy Holidays!

Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World (1951) crashes into Blu-ray this month as well as Horror Of Dracula (1958) and Popeye The Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 (1943-45) both new to Blu-ray and DVD. The Sea Hawk (1940) starring Errol Flynn and Dark of the Sun (1968) starring Rod Taylor are also both new to Blu. New Blu-ray and DVD TV Movies and series include The Blue Knight (1973) on Blu-Ray and Longmire: The Sixth and Final Season (2017) on Blu-Ray as well as Perfect Strangers: The Complete Sixth Season (1990-91) on DVD. The Dog of Flanders (1999) is presented for the first time in widescreen DVD. Back In Print DVDs include Night and Day (1946), This Time for Keeps (1947), Designing Woman (1957), Bombers B-52 (1957), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), The Gumball Rally (1976), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), This is Elvis - Special Edition (1981) and The Marva Collins Story (1990).

World-renowned animation historian Jerry Beck joins the Podcast to discuss Technicolor Popeye cartoons of the mid-40s collected on Blu-ray and DVD for the very first time. POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s, VOLUME 1 (1943-45) Back at last and bolder than ever,14 classic Popeye, all uncut, return to port after being lost in the Sargasso of seldom seen for decades. The 1940s brought new sights and sounds to America's favorite cartoon star. In addition to regulars Olive Oyl and Bluto, Popeye resumes his riotous relationship with shipmate Shorty as well as his naughty nephews Pip-Eye, Poop-eye, Peep-eye and Pup-eye. With the addition of full color, the cartoonists were now free to let loose with journeys to exotic lands, and give Popeye a fresh stock of new friends and foes.

New Films on Blu-ray include Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970), Mame (1974) starring Lucille Ball. New TV to Blu-ray includes The 100: The Complete Fifth Season (2018) and Christmas Story - Live! (2017). New TV on DVD includes Step by Step: The Complete Third Season (1993-94) as well as What I Like About You: The Complete Third Season (2004-05). Classics new to DVD include Her Kind of Man (1946), Janie/Janie Gets Married Double Feature (1944,1946) and Wings for the Eagle (1942). Back in Print DVDs and Blu-rays include Cabaret (1972) on Blu-ray as well as The Stratton Story (1949), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), The FBI Story (1959), None but the Brave (1965) and Inside Daisy Clover (1966) on DVD.

Classics New to Blu-ray include Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) with Gordon Scott and Hammer's The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) with Christopher Lee . TV New to DVD includes the TV drama Mr. Novak: The Complete First Season (1963-64) and Classics New to DVD include 13th Chair Double Feature (1929, 1937), Passion Flower (1930), Divorce in the Family (1932), Hide-Out (1934) and Man of the People (1937). Bogart and Bacall: The Complete Collection (1944, 1946, 1947, 1948) includes To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo in a single collection. TV back in print on DVD includes Babylon 5: The Complete First Season (1994), Babylon 5: The Legend Of The Rangers (2001), and Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Complete Uncensored First Season (1998). Classics back in print on DVD includes The Broadway Melody (1929), The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer (1947), The Fountainhead (1949), and Ninotchka (1939)