Warner Archive Announces March Releases
HomeWarner Archive Announces March Releases
Posted January 24, 2022 06:42 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced that it will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog this March. They are: Captains of the Clouds (1942), A Star Is Born (1937), and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962).
A Star Is Born
Description: Producer David O. Selznick turned his attention to Hollywood with this 1937 original classic directed by William A. Wellman. Its Academy Award-winning screenplay co-written by Dorothy Parker tells the story of hopeful, young would-be actress Esther Blodgett (Academy Award winner Janet Gaynor) whose career is launched by movie star Norman Maine (Academy Award winner Fredric March), who also wins the young actress' heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him. Remade three times in years ahead, this original version has finally undergone a meticulous restoration and has been remastered from its original nitrate Technicolor camera negatives, especially for this Warner Archive Blu-ray release. The result is a sterling presentation of a landmark in film history for this new restored edition.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: The incomparable James Cagney stars with Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall and Alan Hale in his first Technicolor feature, once again reunited with Warner Bros.' legendary Michael Curtiz at the helm. Cagney portrays pilot Brian MacLean, a hot-shot Canadian pilot who is just as adept at stealing flying jobs from his competition as he is at stealing their girlfriend's hearts. But when he hears a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill about the looming Nazi threat, MacLean enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force . . . only to find his superior is a man from whom he stole both a job and a girl--and to encounter action and adventure in aerial combat over the North Atlantic. This was the first Hollywood production to be filmed almost entirely on location in Canada, and was released right after the U.S. entered WWII.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.
Technical Specs:
A Star Is Born
Description: Producer David O. Selznick turned his attention to Hollywood with this 1937 original classic directed by William A. Wellman. Its Academy Award-winning screenplay co-written by Dorothy Parker tells the story of hopeful, young would-be actress Esther Blodgett (Academy Award winner Janet Gaynor) whose career is launched by movie star Norman Maine (Academy Award winner Fredric March), who also wins the young actress' heart. Esther becomes leading lady Vicki Lester and Mrs. Norman Maine, but as Maine's career flounders, he sinks into an abyss of alcoholism. Esther chooses to sacrifice her stardom to care for her husband, but he will not allow Esther to abandon her dreams for him. Remade three times in years ahead, this original version has finally undergone a meticulous restoration and has been remastered from its original nitrate Technicolor camera negatives, especially for this Warner Archive Blu-ray release. The result is a sterling presentation of a landmark in film history for this new restored edition.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NITRATE TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
- Two Lux Radio Theater broadcasts - Audio only:
- Janet Gaynor and Robert Montgomery (9/13/37)
- Judy Garland and Walter Pidgeon (12/28/42)
- Classic WB cartoon: A Star is Hatched (1938)
- Classic WB shorts:
- Mal Hallett & His Orchestra (1937)
- Taking the Count (1937)
- Alibi Mark (1937)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: The incomparable James Cagney stars with Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall and Alan Hale in his first Technicolor feature, once again reunited with Warner Bros.' legendary Michael Curtiz at the helm. Cagney portrays pilot Brian MacLean, a hot-shot Canadian pilot who is just as adept at stealing flying jobs from his competition as he is at stealing their girlfriend's hearts. But when he hears a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill about the looming Nazi threat, MacLean enlists in the Royal Canadian Air Force . . . only to find his superior is a man from whom he stole both a job and a girl--and to encounter action and adventure in aerial combat over the North Atlantic. This was the first Hollywood production to be filmed almost entirely on location in Canada, and was released right after the U.S. entered WWII.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL NITRATE TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
- 1942 Newsreel
- Vintage 1942 Color WB Short: "Rocky Mountain Big Game
- Classic Bugs Bunny cartoons:
- What's Cookin', Doc?
- Hold the Lion, Please
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and Jacob Grimm (Karl Boehm) are writing a historical manuscript for a local duke (Oscar Homolka), but the project is late because Wilhelm spends his time gathering fairy tales. When Wilhelm drops part of the manuscript in a creek, catches pneumonia while retrieving it. Near death, he dreams of various characters that want to be written -- and upon his recovery, a shaken Jacob agrees to work on a book of fairy tales with him, beginning the brothers' illustrious career.
Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL CINERAMA NEGATIVES
- TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION
- Restored CINERAMA image letterboxed
- Aspect Ratio 16x9 2.85 Letterbox
- Optional English subtitles
- Restored CINERAMA image in SMILEBOX format, to approximate the curved theater screen experience in the home
- Aspect Ratio 16x9 2.85 Smilebox
- Audio Specs DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround
- 140 Minutes-Roadshow presentation with Overture, Intermission , Entr'acte, and Exit Music.
- Optional English subtitles
- NEW featurettes:
- Resuing a Fantasy Classic
- The Epic Art of The Brothers Grimm
- The Wonderful Career of George Pal
- Multiple trailers and audio pieces
- AND A LOT MORE...
