Warner Archive has announced its November slate of releases. They are:
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941),
Silver River (1948),
The Miracle (1959),
It's Love I'm After (1937),
I Love You Again (1940),
The Iron Mistress (1952), and
At the Circus (1939).
The Bride Came C.O.D.
Description: Warner Bros. superstars Bette Davis and James Cagney headline this delightful comedy classic, a romp that shows both screen legends having a ball. Ten dollars a pound is the going rate for freight, so charter pilot Steve Collins (Cagney) figures he's owed $1,150, cash on delivery. His cargo is Joan Winfield, an heiress whose elopement with a musician is kiboshed when Steve kidnaps her so he can fly Joan to her irate father. But then Joan finds a parachute. Comedy comes from a mother lode of sources in the screwball farce headline by the ebullient pairing of Cagney and Davis, scripted by Julius J. and Philip G. Epstein (Casablanca, Arsenic and Old Lace) and a full of favorite supporting talents. The stars (in their second and final film together) spar with hairbrained zest, the story scoops along like butter and a hot pan and the happy result from start to end is C.O.D.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- WARNER NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 1941
- Short Subject Gallery:
- Vintage Newsreel
- Musical Shorts:
- "Carnival of Rhythm"
- "Forty Boys and a Song"
- Classic WB Cartoons:
- "Porky's Pooch"
- "Rhapsody in Rivets"
- "Saddle Silly
- Theatrical trailer for "Honeymoon For Three"
- Bonus cartoon: "The Bird Came C.O.D."
- Lux Radio Theater broadcast of "The Bride Came C.O.D." with Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr (1941)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
Silver River
Description: Under the inspired direction of the great Raoul Walsh, Errol Flynn delivers up one of his best dark dramatic performances in this tale of a good man gone bad. Union Army captain Mike McComb is tasked with the guarding of the army payroll at the onset of the battle of Gettysburg when his small squad is set upon by skirmishers. Fleeing the red patrol, McComb burns the money to keep it from Confederate hands and is court-martialed in disgrace for his command decision. McComb dispenses with duty and honor and vows to serve a new master – his desires. "The Man Who Burnt a Million" uses the army one last time to set up a stake and quickly conquers the silver market in Colorado. In his rise to power McComb, encounters the lovely – and married – Georgia Moore (Ann Sheridan), and the and the depths to which McComb will sink to capture her heart will sicken even him. But a former rummy with a penchant for poetry (Thomas Mitchell) may hold the key to McComb's redemption. Underscored by the great Max Steiner, Silver River is impressive Warner Bros. entertainment at its finest!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Classic WB Cartoons:
- "Rabbit Punch"
- "Two Gophers from Texas"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
The Miracle
Description: In Spain's convent of the valley of Mira Flores stands a symbol of sanctity: a statue of the Madonna. But one fateful day, the statue becomes more than a symbol. It becomes flesh and blood. One of the 20th Century's most popular stage productions, The Miracle hit the big screen filmed in the spectacular Technirama® format, and with a notable cast. Carroll Baker (Baby Doll) plays postulant nun Teresa. She forsakes the convent to rejoin the soldier she loves (Roger Moore in a role pre-dating The Saint and James Bond) and falls in with worldly gypsies headed by Roca (For Whom the Bell Tolls Oscar® winner, Katina Paxinou) and Flaco (Walter Slazak). During Teresa 's adventures, the Madonna miraculously takes her place in the convent. But Teresa 's hard road leads to a greater miracle: a changed repentant life. Directed by Irving Rapper (Now, Voyager) and scored by Elmer Bernstein, The Miracle is a captivating drama and grand spectacle.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 6K RESTORATION FROM THE TECHNIRAMA CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Classic Warner Bros. cartoons:
- "BONANZA BUNNY"
- "HARE-ABIAN NIGHTS"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
It's Love I'm After
Description: Bette Davis and Leslie Howard made quite an impression as co-stars in two standout classics of the 1930s: "Of Human Bondage" (1934) and The Petrified Forest (1936) showcased their impressive dramatic talents. For their third (and final) film together, serious drama takes a back seat to zany comedy packed with generous wit in "It's Love I'm After". Star-struck Marsha West (Olivia de Havilland) could care less that famed thespian Basil Underwood (Leslie Howard) is vain and discourteous while staying at her family 's mansion. "What are manners? She exclaims. "Little rules for little people." What she doesn't know is that Basil is acting, playing the cad - so that Marsha will turn her attention to her devoted Henry (Patric Knowles). And as for fiery actress Joyce Arden (Bette Davis) who is Basil's on again-off again fiancé? She might have an unexpected role to play in this loopy charade! Highlights of the screwball skewering of romance and stagecraft include the whispered asides – bitter as an apothecary's poison – during Howard and Davis playing of the Romeo and Juliet death scene, Curtain up!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Classic Warner Bros. cartoons:
- "PORKY'S BUILDING"
- "PORKY'S BADTIME STORY"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
I Love You Again
Description: Take a refreshing plot with a novel twist, add line after line of wonderfully saucy dialogue, garnish with top – notch direction by W.S. Van Dyke II, and the result is one of the brightest, romantic comedies ever essayed by the irresistible team of William Powell and Myrna Loy. In this wildly original tale (by Charles Lederer, George Oppenheimer, and Harry Kurnitz) Mr. Powell plays a big-city confidence man who awakens from a nine-year amnesia to discover he has become the manager of a small town pottery works, joined by the Elks and married Miss Loy. Partnered in a phony oil scam, he continues the charade only to find Miss Loy's about to divorce him for being such a fuddy-duddy! His problem: How to get the dough, avoid discovery and re-win the heart of his wife. The result is an unpredictable mileage of swift gags and clever one-liners. William Powell and Myrna Loy. Screen legends, and a barrel of fun!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Lux Radio Theater broadcast with Myrna Loy and Cary Grant (6/30/1941)
- FITZPATRICK TRAVELTALKS Short Subject "CAVALCADE OF SAN FRANCISCO"
- MGM CARTOON "The Milky Way"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
The Iron Mistress
Description: After 10 successful years under contract to Paramount Pictures, Hollywood superstar Alan Ladd became a "free agent", and brought his box-office power to Warner Bros. to film this biography the famed pioneer Jim Bowie, beautifully photographed in stunning Technicolor®. Ladd stars as Bowie, who is a homespun gent, learning the courtly ways of 1825 southern society. He's wearing only the finest suits and cravats. Proving himself in business and at the gaming table. And should the occasion call for it, he keeps handy the specially made blade – tempered with meteorite steel – that would make his name forever a part of American lore. Yet despite Bowie's prowess in a world of dandies and ruffians, he may be overmatched in the ways of the heart. He's fallen for lovely Jubalon de Bornay. (Virginia Mayo), the magnolia bell fancied by men of means, from Natchez to New Orleans. Will her beauty be the only weapon more powerful than Bowie's Iron Mistress blade?
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- WB Cartoons:
- "Cracked Quack"
- "Hare Lift"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.
At the Circus
Description: A classic of comic insanity, At the Circus races, along at an hilarious, logic-defying pace, reaching literally the highest point in all of the Marx Brothers' films with a scene in which the zany trio – as well as Margaret Dumont and a gorilla on the loose - wind up swinging wildly from the trapeze. When a loan shark and two circus performers set out to steal "Wilson's Wonder Circus" from its rightful owner, two circus attendants (Chico and Harpo) enlist the help of a lawyer. Their choice is Attorney Loophole (Groucho), himself on the lam from the law. The three make several crazy attempts to retrieve the cash needed to save the show – including one unforgettable episode with Groucho, trying to snatch a wallet from the bosom of a lovely circus star (Eve Arden). The film also includes wonderful songs written by "The Wizard of Oz" tunesmiths Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, including Groucho's unforgettable "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady". Offering a laugh a minute to one and all, At the Circus is "broad, ribald fun…studded with gag sequences that will catch maximum laughs" (Variety)
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM from the best preservation elements
- MGM OUR GANG COMEDIES SHORT "Dog Daze"
- MGM CARTOON "Jitterbug Follies"
- Leo is On the Air Radio Promo (audio only)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 18.