Warner Archive Announces May Releases
HomeWarner Archive Announces May Releases
Posted April 17, 2023 05:35 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced its May batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: King Solomon's Mines (1950), Hey There, It's Yogi Bear (1964), Queen Christina (1933), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), and Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1 (1930-1969).
King Solomon's Mines
Description: Before there was Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain, the stalwart hero of H. Rider Haggard's classic 1885 novel that has been filmed four times. Stewart Granger plays Quartermain in this 1950 M-G-M adaptation that was nominated for the Best Picture Oscarฎ, and won the awards for Best Color CInematography and Best Editing. Deborah Kerr plays the plain Englishwoman who hires Quartermain to lead the hunt for her missing husband, even though no safari has ever returned from uninhabited regions their expeditions must cross. Part adventure, part spectacle and filmed amid the awesome splendor and peril of untamed Africa, King Solomon's Mines is a film to treasure.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Spring is in the air, and love is in bloom for Cindy Bear! When Yogi (who's smarter than the average...) Bear plays "Robin Hood", Ranger Smith ships him away from Jellystone Park to the San Diego Zoo. Or so he thinks. Cindy hitches a ride to find Yogi in California and ends up a captive of the Chisling Bros. in Missouri! Yogi and Boo-Boo rush to her rescue and "cannot fail with Yogi on the trail!" And neither can you with this enduring family favorite, which was Hanna-Barbera's first animated theatrical feature film.
Cast: Starring the voice of DAWS BUTLER as Yogi, DON MESSICK as Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith, and JULIE BENNETT as Cindy Bear
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Greta Garbo stars in one of her greatest roles, as the 17th century Swedish queen fiercely devoted to her country who fights at the head of her army like a man but who loves like a woman--Queen Christina. Crowned queen when she was five years old, the beautiful Christina (Garbo) leads a sexually ambiguous life as she fights to defend her Protestant country against the Counterreformation, dressing as a man and vowing to live as a bachelor. Christina has built her country into a formidable military power, defeating the armies of the Vatican and threatening Russia, and she has agreed to wed the King of Spain--not for love, but to guarantee her country's peace and security. But Christina loses her heart to the King's ambassador (John Gilbert)--and she must choose between her duty to her country and the man she loves. Directed with his own unique style by Rouben Mamoulian, this M-G-M classic endures as a masterpiece of classic cinema.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Who will be the next Mrs. Corbett? Will it be the chic designer? The Miss Montana Pageant hopeful? The headstrong lady across the hall? It's a big decision for any boy to make for his recently divorced Dad. Like father, like son. You'll like 'em both when renowned child actor Ronny Howard portrays Eddie, and Glenn Ford is his Dad. Vincente Minnelli (Father of the Bride, Gigi) directs, using his flair for vivid colors and balancing the film's humor with the real sense of loss a family feels over a loved one's passing. Shirley Jones, Dina Merrill, and Stella Stevens portray the prospects under Eddie's self-appointed scrutiny. The amiable Courtship continued years later with a same-titled TV series starring Bill Bixby.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Made in the hopeful post-World War II era that produced such classics of social conscience as The Search and Intruder in the Dust, this provocative film is a fable for its time -- and ours. It tells the supernatural-tinged story of an orphan who finds a safe haven in small-town America until the day his hair turns green. Then the townfolk turn against him, frightened by the change they cannot understand. A call for tolerance, an inspiring statement that "different" doesn't mean "threatening," The Boy with Green Hair boasts a fine cast (Robert Ryan, Pat O'Brien, Dean Stockwell), a popular theme song (Nature Boy) and the feature-film debut of director Joseph Losey (The Servant, The Go-Between).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Mae Doyle is a good-time girl, but now times are bad. Weary of too much booze and too many men, she returns to her girlhood home, the fishing village of Monterey, California. There she finds security as the wife of a devoted and dull fisherman - and passion in the arms of his provocative best friend. Film noir master Fritz Lang (The Big Heat, Ministry of Fear) directs four towering talents - Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan and rising star Marilyn Monroe - in a stark tale of lives burnished by human emotion and shattered by human failings. Intense and powerfully realistic, Clash by Night (from a Clifford Odets play) is about many towns, many families. Serene on the surface. Roiling with desperation underneath.
Border Incident
Descripton: U.S. Agent Jack Bearnes lies in an open field, shot and beaten. A giant, harrowing machine suddenly roars to life, its blades biting into the earth. Terrified, Bearnes tries to crawl away. But the machine crawls faster. As searing as a shot of tequila down a dust-parched throat, this steely thriller stars Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy as agents from each side of the Mexico-California border. Their job: Catch the thieves, murderers and moneymen who prey on illegal aliens desperate to make a few Americano dollars sweating as farm laborers. Anthony Mann (Winchester '73, The Naked Spur) directs, turning his lens to the beauty and the terror of stark desert wastelands. Blending classic film noir with a surprisingly contemporary plot, Border Incident is a relentless, cutting-edge gem of the genre.
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1
Description: From deep inside the Warner Bros. vault comes an anthology chock full of animation gold! Restored, remastered and uncut, the shorts in Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1 have been carefully selected for discerning fans. Enjoy the finest and funniest golden-era cartoons with the brilliance of high-definition audio and video. These treasures feature A-listers like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat and Porky Pig, just to name a few. Even better, included among these 20 shorts are classics that have never before been released on home video. Whether you grew up with them or you're introducing them to a new generation, these timeless and iconic characters will keep fans of all ages young at heart.
Includes the below animated shorts:
BEANSTALK BUNNY - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd (1954, Chuck Jones)
THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN The Three Bears (1949, Chuck Jones)
CATCH AS CATS CAN Sylvester (1947, Arthur Davis)
CRACKED QUACK -Daffy Duck & Porky Pig (1952, Friz Freleng)
DAFFY DOODLES Daffy Duck & Porky Pig (1946, Robert McKimson)
DOGGONE CATS Sylvester (1947, Arthur Davis)
THE FOXY DUCKLING (1947, Arthur Davis)
A FRACTURED LEGHORN Foghorn Leghorn (1950, Robert McKimson)
GREEDY FOR TWEETY Tweety & Sylvester (1957, Friz Freleng)
HIP-HIP-HURRY! Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote (1958, Chuck Jones)
HIS BITTER HALF Daffy Duck (1950, Friz Freleng)
HOT ROD AND REEL Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote (1959, Chuck Jones)
LITTLE ORPHAN AIREDALE Porky Pig and Charlie Dog (1947, Friz Freleng)
A MOUSE DIVIDED Sylvester (1953, Friz Freleng)
PLOP GOES THE WEASEL Foghorn Leghorn (1953, Robert McKimson)
STOOGE FOR A MOUSE Sylvester (1950, Friz Freleng)
TALE OF TWO MICE Babbit & Catstello (1945, Frank Tashlin)
TWO GOPHERS FROM TEXAS Goofy Gophers (1947, Arthur Davis)
UNRULY HARE, THE - Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd (1945, Frank Tashlin)
WHAT'S BREWIN' BRUIN? The Three Bears (1947, Chuck Jones)
King Solomon's Mines
Description: Before there was Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain, the stalwart hero of H. Rider Haggard's classic 1885 novel that has been filmed four times. Stewart Granger plays Quartermain in this 1950 M-G-M adaptation that was nominated for the Best Picture Oscarฎ, and won the awards for Best Color CInematography and Best Editing. Deborah Kerr plays the plain Englishwoman who hires Quartermain to lead the hunt for her missing husband, even though no safari has ever returned from uninhabited regions their expeditions must cross. Part adventure, part spectacle and filmed amid the awesome splendor and peril of untamed Africa, King Solomon's Mines is a film to treasure.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
- Jungle Safari - Behind-the-Scenes featurette
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Spring is in the air, and love is in bloom for Cindy Bear! When Yogi (who's smarter than the average...) Bear plays "Robin Hood", Ranger Smith ships him away from Jellystone Park to the San Diego Zoo. Or so he thinks. Cindy hitches a ride to find Yogi in California and ends up a captive of the Chisling Bros. in Missouri! Yogi and Boo-Boo rush to her rescue and "cannot fail with Yogi on the trail!" And neither can you with this enduring family favorite, which was Hanna-Barbera's first animated theatrical feature film.
Cast: Starring the voice of DAWS BUTLER as Yogi, DON MESSICK as Boo-Boo and Ranger Smith, and JULIE BENNETT as Cindy Bear
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- 1961 Special episode from "The Yogi Bear Show"
- YOGI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY (HD)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Greta Garbo stars in one of her greatest roles, as the 17th century Swedish queen fiercely devoted to her country who fights at the head of her army like a man but who loves like a woman--Queen Christina. Crowned queen when she was five years old, the beautiful Christina (Garbo) leads a sexually ambiguous life as she fights to defend her Protestant country against the Counterreformation, dressing as a man and vowing to live as a bachelor. Christina has built her country into a formidable military power, defeating the armies of the Vatican and threatening Russia, and she has agreed to wed the King of Spain--not for love, but to guarantee her country's peace and security. But Christina loses her heart to the King's ambassador (John Gilbert)--and she must choose between her duty to her country and the man she loves. Directed with his own unique style by Rouben Mamoulian, this M-G-M classic endures as a masterpiece of classic cinema.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE BEST SURVIVING NITRATE ELEMENTS
- Episode of "M-G-M Parade" Television series on the career of Greta Garbo at the studio
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Who will be the next Mrs. Corbett? Will it be the chic designer? The Miss Montana Pageant hopeful? The headstrong lady across the hall? It's a big decision for any boy to make for his recently divorced Dad. Like father, like son. You'll like 'em both when renowned child actor Ronny Howard portrays Eddie, and Glenn Ford is his Dad. Vincente Minnelli (Father of the Bride, Gigi) directs, using his flair for vivid colors and balancing the film's humor with the real sense of loss a family feels over a loved one's passing. Shirley Jones, Dina Merrill, and Stella Stevens portray the prospects under Eddie's self-appointed scrutiny. The amiable Courtship continued years later with a same-titled TV series starring Bill Bixby.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Classic M-G-M Tom and Jerry cartoon "Penthouse Mouse"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Made in the hopeful post-World War II era that produced such classics of social conscience as The Search and Intruder in the Dust, this provocative film is a fable for its time -- and ours. It tells the supernatural-tinged story of an orphan who finds a safe haven in small-town America until the day his hair turns green. Then the townfolk turn against him, frightened by the change they cannot understand. A call for tolerance, an inspiring statement that "different" doesn't mean "threatening," The Boy with Green Hair boasts a fine cast (Robert Ryan, Pat O'Brien, Dean Stockwell), a popular theme song (Nature Boy) and the feature-film debut of director Joseph Losey (The Servant, The Go-Between).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
- Classic short subject "A Really Important Person" (with Dean Stockwell)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Description: Mae Doyle is a good-time girl, but now times are bad. Weary of too much booze and too many men, she returns to her girlhood home, the fishing village of Monterey, California. There she finds security as the wife of a devoted and dull fisherman - and passion in the arms of his provocative best friend. Film noir master Fritz Lang (The Big Heat, Ministry of Fear) directs four towering talents - Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan and rising star Marilyn Monroe - in a stark tale of lives burnished by human emotion and shattered by human failings. Intense and powerfully realistic, Clash by Night (from a Clifford Odets play) is about many towns, many families. Serene on the surface. Roiling with desperation underneath.
Border Incident
Descripton: U.S. Agent Jack Bearnes lies in an open field, shot and beaten. A giant, harrowing machine suddenly roars to life, its blades biting into the earth. Terrified, Bearnes tries to crawl away. But the machine crawls faster. As searing as a shot of tequila down a dust-parched throat, this steely thriller stars Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy as agents from each side of the Mexico-California border. Their job: Catch the thieves, murderers and moneymen who prey on illegal aliens desperate to make a few Americano dollars sweating as farm laborers. Anthony Mann (Winchester '73, The Naked Spur) directs, turning his lens to the beauty and the terror of stark desert wastelands. Blending classic film noir with a surprisingly contemporary plot, Border Incident is a relentless, cutting-edge gem of the genre.
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 1
Description: From deep inside the Warner Bros. vault comes an anthology chock full of animation gold! Restored, remastered and uncut, the shorts in Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1 have been carefully selected for discerning fans. Enjoy the finest and funniest golden-era cartoons with the brilliance of high-definition audio and video. These treasures feature A-listers like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the Cat and Porky Pig, just to name a few. Even better, included among these 20 shorts are classics that have never before been released on home video. Whether you grew up with them or you're introducing them to a new generation, these timeless and iconic characters will keep fans of all ages young at heart.
Includes the below animated shorts:
BEANSTALK BUNNY - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd (1954, Chuck Jones)
THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN The Three Bears (1949, Chuck Jones)
CATCH AS CATS CAN Sylvester (1947, Arthur Davis)
CRACKED QUACK -Daffy Duck & Porky Pig (1952, Friz Freleng)
DAFFY DOODLES Daffy Duck & Porky Pig (1946, Robert McKimson)
DOGGONE CATS Sylvester (1947, Arthur Davis)
THE FOXY DUCKLING (1947, Arthur Davis)
A FRACTURED LEGHORN Foghorn Leghorn (1950, Robert McKimson)
GREEDY FOR TWEETY Tweety & Sylvester (1957, Friz Freleng)
HIP-HIP-HURRY! Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote (1958, Chuck Jones)
HIS BITTER HALF Daffy Duck (1950, Friz Freleng)
HOT ROD AND REEL Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote (1959, Chuck Jones)
LITTLE ORPHAN AIREDALE Porky Pig and Charlie Dog (1947, Friz Freleng)
A MOUSE DIVIDED Sylvester (1953, Friz Freleng)
PLOP GOES THE WEASEL Foghorn Leghorn (1953, Robert McKimson)
STOOGE FOR A MOUSE Sylvester (1950, Friz Freleng)
TALE OF TWO MICE Babbit & Catstello (1945, Frank Tashlin)
TWO GOPHERS FROM TEXAS Goofy Gophers (1947, Arthur Davis)
UNRULY HARE, THE - Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd (1945, Frank Tashlin)
WHAT'S BREWIN' BRUIN? The Three Bears (1947, Chuck Jones)
