Warner Aarchive Announces November and December Releases
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Posted October 5, 2026 09:35 PM by Webmaster
Warner Archive has announced its November and December batch of releases. They are: Doctor Zhivago (1965), Johnny Eager (1941), The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947), The Music Man (1962), Double Wedding (1937), Bachelor Mother (1939), The Devil's Brother (1933), My Favorite Wife (1940), Bombshell (1933), Babes in Arms (1939), The Belle of New York (1952), The Charge at Feather River (1953), and The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series (1961).
Doctor Zhivago 4K Blu-ray
Description: A peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, David Lean directs Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and heart, torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into No Man's Land, the train ride into the Urals, an icebound dacha. Omar Sharif plays the title role, Julie Christie is his haunting, longtime love Lara, and both are caught up in the tidal wave of history. Hauntingly scored by Maurice Jarre (who earned one of the films five Academy Awards) and full of indelible performances, Doctor Zhivago is a masterpiece of cinema. Now newly remastered from an 8k scan of the original camera negative, with both a new Dolby Atmos audio soundtrack as well as the original 1965 Theatrical mix, this beloved classic looks and sounds as magnificent as the great filmmaker intended, and is presented in its original roadshow version.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Johnny Eager
Description: MGM's sleek and sizzling proto-noir masterwork matches the studio's leading man heartthrob with its top-tier glamour icon for a walk down a very dark, extremely dangerous street. Robert Taylor IS Johnny Eager, a cold-blooded racketeer recently paroled from the state penitentiary. To his gullible parole officer, Johnny's an honest, reformed citizen humbly driving a taxicab for a living. In reality lies a ruthless mastermind pulling the strings of a massive, illicit gambling syndicate and scheming to open a lucrative dog-racing track. When innocent, high-society sociology student Lisbeth Bard (Lana Turner) falls blindly under Johnny's magnetic spell, the criminal kingpin sees the ultimate leverage. Lisbeth happens to be the cherished stepdaughter of District Attorney John Benson Farrell, (played with gusto by Edward Arnold), Johnny's long-time nemesis and the very man who put him behind bars. The stakes are raised higher when Johnny plans to blackmail Farrell, using his own daughter as a pawn. But as explosive romantic sparks ignite between the underworld king and the debutante, Johnny's frozen heart threatens to pull down his entire empire. Brilliantly directed with hard-boiled style by Mervyn LeRoy and co-starring Van Heflin in a tour-de-force, Oscar®-winning performance as Johnny's tragically brilliant, alcoholic philosopher-partner and pickled conscience— the film stands tall as a gripping, lightning-paced golden-age crime melodrama.
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Description: Matrimony means different things for different people. For temperamental artist Geoffrey Carroll, it means he's in his element….and out of his mind. In their only on-screen pairing as leading man and leading lady, two of filmdom's all-time greats star in a psychological thriller rife with pelting rain and pealing bells, blackmail and murder and calculated dread. Humphrey Bogart stars as Geoffrey, who's making a habit of poisoning one wife and marrying another when the former no longer inspires his canvases. Barbara Stanwyck plays his current wife Sally, who puts two and two together and comes up with six – as in six feet under, the place she'll be if she continues to accept the glass that Geoffrey's regularly offers a nightcap. Alexis Smith also stars as the predatory neighbor who becomes the object of Geoffrey's thirst for feminine variety.
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The Music Man 4K Blu-ray
Description: This magnificent film version of the Broadway smash remains an irresistible sky burst of Americana. Robert Preston recreates his Tony®-winning triumph as con artists Harold Hill, arriving in River City, Iowa to form a boy's band, much to the disapproval – and later delight of town librarian Marian Paroo (Academy-Award®-winner Shirley Jones). Buddy Hackett, Hermoine Gingold, Paul Ford and 7-year-old Ron Howard co-star. Meredith Willson's beloved score-featuring the unforgettable 76 Trombones and Till There Was You among other marvelous melodies-is orchestrated to brilliant Oscar® winning effect by Ray Heindorf. A huge success at the box-office, and beloved by audiences and critics alike, The Music Man shines anew with this spectacular restoration directly from its original Technirama® negative, looking even better than ever, and enriched with a spectacular Dolby Atmos soundtrack, as well as the original 1962 theatrical mix. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, the film was added by the Library of Congress to the National Film Registry in 2005
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Double Wedding
Description: William Powell and Myrna Loy, Hollywood's most effortlessly sophisticated screen partnership, venture beyond the urbane pleasures of The Thin Man into the exhilarating disorder of Double Wedding (1937). Loy is cast as Margit Andrew. the imperious owner of a fashionable boutique, runs everyone's life—particularly that of her pliable younger sister, Irene (Florence Rice), whom she intends to marry off to the resolutely timid Waldo Beaver (John Beal). Her immaculate plans go gloriously awry when Irene is captivated by Charlie Lodge (William Powell), a fast-talking bohemian artist who makes his home in a lavish automobile trailer. Margit marches in dismissing the interloper—and finds herself disconcertingly intrigued. Charlie answers with a campaign of inspired mischief, stiffening Waldo's spine while loosening Margit's iron grip on propriety. Double Wedding is a prime example of the timeless chemistry of its two stars at their very best.
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Bachelor Mother
Description: Unemployed Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas. Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including Polly's playboy ex-boss (David Niven), who offers her a job if she'll live up to her maternal duties. A paycheck would be handy, so Polly complies. Then the boss' tycoon Dad (Charles Coburn) assumes the infant is his secret grandson…and things really spin out of control. Buoyed by Rogers' irresistibly charming performance, Bachelor Mother is one of those rarities: a brilliantly cast comedy where everything – plot, pacing and dialogue (thanks to Garson Kanin's savvy direction and Norman Krasna's witty script) – is exactly, hilariously right.
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The Devil's Brother
Description: A dashing bandit terrorizes 18th century Italy. No, make that three bandits…. because "Stanlio" and "Ollio" have also decided to become fearless highwaymen. As luck (and a clever script) may have it, the pair try to rob a bandit who's truly fearless – Fra Diavolo- the Devil's Brother himself! Quickly gaining the upper hand, Fra Diavolo enlists the boys as dubious allies in his scheme to lighten the purses of an aristocrat (James Finlayson) and his gorgeous wife (Thelma Todd). In this sublimely funny and charming spoof of Auber's operetta, the music is excellent, the sets and costumes lavish, and the supporting cast are all top notch. But best of all are Stan and Ollie. Highlights include a hilarious drunk scene, a sequence in which Stanlio is ordered to hang poor Ollio, and two delightful feats of coordination by Stan; the games "kneesie-earsie-nosie" and "fingerwiggle". Truly The Devil's Brother is one of the most enjoyable classics starring classic filmdom's most beloved comedy duo.
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My Favorite Wife
Description: A funny thing happened to newlywed Nick Arden (Cary Grant) on his way to the honeymoon suite…. he meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife who was lost at sea seven years ago and pronounced dead. All aboard for a spinning marriage-go-round. Cary Grant, the screen's perfect combination of romantic hunk and comedy buffoon, plays the flabbergasted Nick. Radiant Irene Dunne (Grant's The Awful Truth and Penny Serenade co-star) plays the returned wife who cagily sets out to reclaim her former life. Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick add to the marital mix-up as Nick goes from having one wife to two to none and one. The right one. What romantic comedy has joined together let no one put asunder. Of all the giddy screwball12 comedies ever made, this remains an enduring favorite.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Bombshell
Description: Hollywood turns the cameras on itself in the ultimate pre-Code satire of the studio system! Before "meta-cinema" was even a term, M-G-M delivered a wildly hilarious, and uninhibited look at itself with Bombshell. Already a screen superstar at the age of 22, Jean Harlow's skill as a masterful comedienne creates a career-defining performance of self-parody as Lola Burns, a glamorous, platinum-blonde movie star utterly suffocated by her own celebrity. Surrounded by a parasitic entourage—including a freeloading father (Frank Morgan), an obnoxious brother (Ted Healy), and a thieving secretary—Lola's biggest headache is E.J. "Space" Hanlon (Lee Tracy), a hyperactive, fast-talking studio press agent who stops at absolutely nothing to fabricate outrageous headlines and keep her name in the gossip rags. When Lola finally rebels against the madness surrounding her image to seek out a "normal" life—even trying to adopt a baby and falling for an eccentric blue-blood poet (Franchot Tone)—the studio's machinery aggressively manipulates her back into the spotlight. Directed with relentless momentum by Victor Fleming and featuring a sparkling supporting cast including Pat O'Brien and Una Merkel, Bombshell remains a landmark piece of self-revelatory satire.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Babes in Arms
Description: A young and captivating Judy Garland, and that bundle of energy Mickey Rooney are the sweethearts in Babes In Arms. This swing time song-and-dance hit, based on the Broadway smash by Rodgers and Hart, also received an Oscar® nomination for its score. Rooney plays Mickey Moran, the multi-talented son of a famous vaudeville team. When his parents – and others in the community - hit the financial skids, he rounds up all the neighborhood stage kids and puts on a lavish show to raise money. The future looks bright until a sudden hurricane literally washes the whole enterprise away on opening night! What follows is a turn of events leading to a smashing finale that would set the stage for future Rooney/Garland 'backstage musicals' (most directed by Busby Berkeley) which would propel the stars' careers and forever entrench them in the hearts of film fans for generations.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Belle of New York
Description: The incomparable Fred Astaire teams with lithe and beguiling Vera-Ellen in this lavish, turn-of-the-century Technicolor® musical delight. Cast as a free – spirited playboy, Astaire narrowly escapes marriage to a showbiz siren before chancing upon a delectable Bowery mission worker (Vera – Ellen). This time, buoyed by the wings of "true love", he finds himself literally dancing on air– up, up, and away, above the city rooftops, and onto the Washington Square arch! To prove his worth to the skeptical "Daughter of the Right" (it's the up trotters who needs saving nowadays" he tells her), Astaire goes to work, first is a streetcar conductor, then as a song-and-dance waiter at a fancy restaurant. While trying to resolve their differences, the stars performed dazzling dance routines to Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren's warmly nostalgic score. Among the highlights are a spectacular sequence inspired by colorful "Currier and Ives" artwork, Vera Ellen's sublime "Naughty but Nice" and Astaire's knockout and iconic performance of "I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man."
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The Charge at Feather River 3D/2D Blu-ray
Description: Prepare yourself for a thrilling frontier adventure as the Golden Age of Hollywood 3D comes charging into your living room! Directed by Gordon Douglas, The Charge at Feather River stars rugged Guy Madison as a cavalry scout tasked with leading ragtag "Guardhouse Brigade" deep into hostile territory to rescue two captive women. Originally designed to maximize the theatrical 3-D craze of the 1950s, this hard-hitting Western throws you right into the middle of the action—putting you on the receiving end of flying arrows, lances, and tomahawks that leap right off the screen! Now, the Warner Archive Collection brings this exciting 3D classic to Blu-ray in a jaw-dropping presentation. The feature has been painstakingly restored from the original Left-Eye and Right-Eye 35mm camera negatives, aligning the classic dual-strip production elements with modern digital precision to deliver an unparalleled stereoscopic experience. Highlighted by an energetic score by the great Max Steiner, the frontier never felt so dangerously authentic! As a special bonus, this presentation (which also comes with a traditional 2-D disc) features the one and only Warner Bros. golden age cartoon made in the 3-D process, BUGS BUNNY in LUMBER JACK-RABBIT!
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The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series
Description: Not only was Yogi Bear (introduced on "The Huckleberry Hound Show") "smarter than the average bear," but his popularity also got him – along with sidekick Boo Boo – his own series, seen here in its restored and remastered 34-episode entirety. Beloved for his Robin Hood-like antics and endlessly inventive schemes to swipe "pic-a-nic" baskets, Yogi is arguably the first outlaw cartoon hero. Although a comic straight man, Park Ranger Smith, with tireless yet futile attempts to enforce Jellystone's "Do Not Feed the Bears" rule, undoubtedly deserved more credit. Fans will also recall series co-stars Snagglepuss the lion ("Exit, stage right!") and Yakky Doodle, the devilishly "innocent" quackster with the famed lament "I wost my mommy!" A new release to be treasured by every Hanna-Barbera fan!
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Doctor Zhivago 4K Blu-ray
Description: A peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, David Lean directs Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and heart, torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into No Man's Land, the train ride into the Urals, an icebound dacha. Omar Sharif plays the title role, Julie Christie is his haunting, longtime love Lara, and both are caught up in the tidal wave of history. Hauntingly scored by Maurice Jarre (who earned one of the films five Academy Awards) and full of indelible performances, Doctor Zhivago is a masterpiece of cinema. Now newly remastered from an 8k scan of the original camera negative, with both a new Dolby Atmos audio soundtrack as well as the original 1965 Theatrical mix, this beloved classic looks and sounds as magnificent as the great filmmaker intended, and is presented in its original roadshow version.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- FOUR-DISC (TWO 4K BLU-RAYS/TWO BLU-RAYS) COMBO PACK RELEASE
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM AN 8K SCAN OF THE ORIGINAL ROADSHOW VERSION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK, plus Original theatrical mix (1965)
- Audio Commentary by Omar Sharif, Rod Steiger and Lady Sandra Lean
- Featurettes: Doctor Zhivago: A Celebration
- The Making of Doctor Zhivago
- New York Press Interviews
- Behind the Camera with David Lean
- David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
- Pasternak
- Moscow in Madrid
- Geraldine Chaplin Screen Test
- This Is Geraldine Chaplin
- This Is Julie Christie
- This is Omar Sharif
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Johnny Eager
Description: MGM's sleek and sizzling proto-noir masterwork matches the studio's leading man heartthrob with its top-tier glamour icon for a walk down a very dark, extremely dangerous street. Robert Taylor IS Johnny Eager, a cold-blooded racketeer recently paroled from the state penitentiary. To his gullible parole officer, Johnny's an honest, reformed citizen humbly driving a taxicab for a living. In reality lies a ruthless mastermind pulling the strings of a massive, illicit gambling syndicate and scheming to open a lucrative dog-racing track. When innocent, high-society sociology student Lisbeth Bard (Lana Turner) falls blindly under Johnny's magnetic spell, the criminal kingpin sees the ultimate leverage. Lisbeth happens to be the cherished stepdaughter of District Attorney John Benson Farrell, (played with gusto by Edward Arnold), Johnny's long-time nemesis and the very man who put him behind bars. The stakes are raised higher when Johnny plans to blackmail Farrell, using his own daughter as a pawn. But as explosive romantic sparks ignite between the underworld king and the debutante, Johnny's frozen heart threatens to pull down his entire empire. Brilliantly directed with hard-boiled style by Mervyn LeRoy and co-starring Van Heflin in a tour-de-force, Oscar®-winning performance as Johnny's tragically brilliant, alcoholic philosopher-partner and pickled conscience— the film stands tall as a gripping, lightning-paced golden-age crime melodrama.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- MGM Pete Smith Specialty "HOW TO HOLD YOUR HUSBAND BACK"
- MGM Crime Does Not Pay short "COFFINS ON WHEELS"
- Lux Radio Theater broadcast with Robert Taylor and Susan Peters (1/21/1946)
- MGM Theatre of the Air broadcast with Van Heflin (10/21/49)
- Original theatrical trailer
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Description: Matrimony means different things for different people. For temperamental artist Geoffrey Carroll, it means he's in his element….and out of his mind. In their only on-screen pairing as leading man and leading lady, two of filmdom's all-time greats star in a psychological thriller rife with pelting rain and pealing bells, blackmail and murder and calculated dread. Humphrey Bogart stars as Geoffrey, who's making a habit of poisoning one wife and marrying another when the former no longer inspires his canvases. Barbara Stanwyck plays his current wife Sally, who puts two and two together and comes up with six – as in six feet under, the place she'll be if she continues to accept the glass that Geoffrey's regularly offers a nightcap. Alexis Smith also stars as the predatory neighbor who becomes the object of Geoffrey's thirst for feminine variety.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Warner Bros. short "A BOY AND HIS DOG"
- Warner Bros. Cartoon SLICK HARE
- Classic radio programs:
- Humphrey Bogart in DEAD MAN
- Humphrey Bogart guests on the KRAFT MUSIC HALL
- Barbara Stanwyck guests on the JACK BENNY SHOW
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Music Man 4K Blu-ray
Description: This magnificent film version of the Broadway smash remains an irresistible sky burst of Americana. Robert Preston recreates his Tony®-winning triumph as con artists Harold Hill, arriving in River City, Iowa to form a boy's band, much to the disapproval – and later delight of town librarian Marian Paroo (Academy-Award®-winner Shirley Jones). Buddy Hackett, Hermoine Gingold, Paul Ford and 7-year-old Ron Howard co-star. Meredith Willson's beloved score-featuring the unforgettable 76 Trombones and Till There Was You among other marvelous melodies-is orchestrated to brilliant Oscar® winning effect by Ray Heindorf. A huge success at the box-office, and beloved by audiences and critics alike, The Music Man shines anew with this spectacular restoration directly from its original Technirama® negative, looking even better than ever, and enriched with a spectacular Dolby Atmos soundtrack, as well as the original 1962 theatrical mix. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, the film was added by the Library of Congress to the National Film Registry in 2005
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- TWO-DISC (4K BLU-RAYS/BLU-RAY) COMBO PACK RELEASE
- 4K RESTORATION FROM A 13.5 SCAN OF THE TECHNIRAMA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY ATMOS AUDIO TRACK, plus Original theatrical mix (1962)
- New audio commentary by Author and Theater Critic Ron Fassler
- Archival documentary RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY: THE MAKING OF 'The Music Man'
- Archival introduction by Shirley Jones
- Original full-length theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Double Wedding
Description: William Powell and Myrna Loy, Hollywood's most effortlessly sophisticated screen partnership, venture beyond the urbane pleasures of The Thin Man into the exhilarating disorder of Double Wedding (1937). Loy is cast as Margit Andrew. the imperious owner of a fashionable boutique, runs everyone's life—particularly that of her pliable younger sister, Irene (Florence Rice), whom she intends to marry off to the resolutely timid Waldo Beaver (John Beal). Her immaculate plans go gloriously awry when Irene is captivated by Charlie Lodge (William Powell), a fast-talking bohemian artist who makes his home in a lavish automobile trailer. Margit marches in dismissing the interloper—and finds herself disconcertingly intrigued. Charlie answers with a campaign of inspired mischief, stiffening Waldo's spine while loosening Margit's iron grip on propriety. Double Wedding is a prime example of the timeless chemistry of its two stars at their very best.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE BEST PRESERVATION ELEMENTS
- Classic M-G-M cartoon LITTLE BUCK CHEESER
- Classic M-G-M Technicolor short CINEMA CIRCUS
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Bachelor Mother
Description: Unemployed Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas. Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including Polly's playboy ex-boss (David Niven), who offers her a job if she'll live up to her maternal duties. A paycheck would be handy, so Polly complies. Then the boss' tycoon Dad (Charles Coburn) assumes the infant is his secret grandson…and things really spin out of control. Buoyed by Rogers' irresistibly charming performance, Bachelor Mother is one of those rarities: a brilliantly cast comedy where everything – plot, pacing and dialogue (thanks to Garson Kanin's savvy direction and Norman Krasna's witty script) – is exactly, hilariously right.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- POPEYE CARTOONS:
- NEVER SOCK A BABY
- POPEYE THE SAILOR - ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP
- BACHELOR MOTHER Radio Broadcasts:
- LUX RADIO THEATER with GINGER ROGERS and FREDRIC MARCH (1/22/1940)
- SCREEN GUILD THEATER with ANN SOTHERN and FRED MacMURRAY (11/23/1942)
- SCREEN DIRECTOR'S PLAYHOUSE with LUCILLE BALL (4/28/1949)
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Devil's Brother
Description: A dashing bandit terrorizes 18th century Italy. No, make that three bandits…. because "Stanlio" and "Ollio" have also decided to become fearless highwaymen. As luck (and a clever script) may have it, the pair try to rob a bandit who's truly fearless – Fra Diavolo- the Devil's Brother himself! Quickly gaining the upper hand, Fra Diavolo enlists the boys as dubious allies in his scheme to lighten the purses of an aristocrat (James Finlayson) and his gorgeous wife (Thelma Todd). In this sublimely funny and charming spoof of Auber's operetta, the music is excellent, the sets and costumes lavish, and the supporting cast are all top notch. But best of all are Stan and Ollie. Highlights include a hilarious drunk scene, a sequence in which Stanlio is ordered to hang poor Ollio, and two delightful feats of coordination by Stan; the games "kneesie-earsie-nosie" and "fingerwiggle". Truly The Devil's Brother is one of the most enjoyable classics starring classic filmdom's most beloved comedy duo.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE BEST PRESERVATION ELEMENTS
- Commentary by Laurel and Hardy aficionados Leonard Maltin and Richard W. Bann
- MGM Short Subject "HELLO, POP"
- Laurel and Hardy excerpts from "HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929", "THE ROGUE SONG" and "PICK A STAR"
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
My Favorite Wife
Description: A funny thing happened to newlywed Nick Arden (Cary Grant) on his way to the honeymoon suite…. he meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife who was lost at sea seven years ago and pronounced dead. All aboard for a spinning marriage-go-round. Cary Grant, the screen's perfect combination of romantic hunk and comedy buffoon, plays the flabbergasted Nick. Radiant Irene Dunne (Grant's The Awful Truth and Penny Serenade co-star) plays the returned wife who cagily sets out to reclaim her former life. Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick add to the marital mix-up as Nick goes from having one wife to two to none and one. The right one. What romantic comedy has joined together let no one put asunder. Of all the giddy screwball12 comedies ever made, this remains an enduring favorite.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM NITRATE PROTECTION ELEMENTS
- Classic cartoon "PORKY'S SNOOZE REEL"
- Classic Robert Benchley short "HOME MOVIES"
- Four radio adaptations:
- Lux Radio Theater with Rosalind Russell and Laurene Olivier (12/9/1940)
- Screen Guild Theater with Irene Dunne and Robert Montgomery (3/23/1941)
- Screen Guild Theater with Greer Garson (11/12/1945)
- Screen Director's Playhouse with Cary Grant, Irene Dunne and Garson Kanin (12/7/1950)
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Bombshell
Description: Hollywood turns the cameras on itself in the ultimate pre-Code satire of the studio system! Before "meta-cinema" was even a term, M-G-M delivered a wildly hilarious, and uninhibited look at itself with Bombshell. Already a screen superstar at the age of 22, Jean Harlow's skill as a masterful comedienne creates a career-defining performance of self-parody as Lola Burns, a glamorous, platinum-blonde movie star utterly suffocated by her own celebrity. Surrounded by a parasitic entourage—including a freeloading father (Frank Morgan), an obnoxious brother (Ted Healy), and a thieving secretary—Lola's biggest headache is E.J. "Space" Hanlon (Lee Tracy), a hyperactive, fast-talking studio press agent who stops at absolutely nothing to fabricate outrageous headlines and keep her name in the gossip rags. When Lola finally rebels against the madness surrounding her image to seek out a "normal" life—even trying to adopt a baby and falling for an eccentric blue-blood poet (Franchot Tone)—the studio's machinery aggressively manipulates her back into the spotlight. Directed with relentless momentum by Victor Fleming and featuring a sparkling supporting cast including Pat O'Brien and Una Merkel, Bombshell remains a landmark piece of self-revelatory satire.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM SAFETY PRESERVATION ELEMENTS
- Classic MGM short "MENU"
- Classic cartoon "BEAU BOSKO"
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Babes in Arms
Description: A young and captivating Judy Garland, and that bundle of energy Mickey Rooney are the sweethearts in Babes In Arms. This swing time song-and-dance hit, based on the Broadway smash by Rodgers and Hart, also received an Oscar® nomination for its score. Rooney plays Mickey Moran, the multi-talented son of a famous vaudeville team. When his parents – and others in the community - hit the financial skids, he rounds up all the neighborhood stage kids and puts on a lavish show to raise money. The future looks bright until a sudden hurricane literally washes the whole enterprise away on opening night! What follows is a turn of events leading to a smashing finale that would set the stage for future Rooney/Garland 'backstage musicals' (most directed by Busby Berkeley) which would propel the stars' careers and forever entrench them in the hearts of film fans for generations.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM NITRATE PROTECTION ELEMENTS
- Archival introduction by Mickey Rooney
- Audio Commentary by Author and film historian John Fricke
- M-G-M Our Gang Short "DUEL PERSONALITIES"
- M-G-M Cartoon "THE MAN MAESTRO"
- 1939 NEWSREEL
- Audio only bonuses:
- LEO IS ON THE AIR radio promo and three radio broadcasts
- GULF SCREEN GUILD THEATER-VARIETY with Garland and Rooney (9/24/1939)
- BABES IN ARMS with Garland and Rooney (11/9/1941)
- Excerpt from MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE (7/2/1941) with Garland and Rooney
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Belle of New York
Description: The incomparable Fred Astaire teams with lithe and beguiling Vera-Ellen in this lavish, turn-of-the-century Technicolor® musical delight. Cast as a free – spirited playboy, Astaire narrowly escapes marriage to a showbiz siren before chancing upon a delectable Bowery mission worker (Vera – Ellen). This time, buoyed by the wings of "true love", he finds himself literally dancing on air– up, up, and away, above the city rooftops, and onto the Washington Square arch! To prove his worth to the skeptical "Daughter of the Right" (it's the up trotters who needs saving nowadays" he tells her), Astaire goes to work, first is a streetcar conductor, then as a song-and-dance waiter at a fancy restaurant. While trying to resolve their differences, the stars performed dazzling dance routines to Johnny Mercer and Harry Warren's warmly nostalgic score. Among the highlights are a spectacular sequence inspired by colorful "Currier and Ives" artwork, Vera Ellen's sublime "Naughty but Nice" and Astaire's knockout and iconic performance of "I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man."
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE TECHNICOLOR NEGATIVES
- Outtake of alternate version of Fred Astaire's "I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man"
- MGM Short "MUSICQUIZ"
- MGM Cartoon "BUSY BODY BEAR"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Charge at Feather River 3D/2D Blu-ray
Description: Prepare yourself for a thrilling frontier adventure as the Golden Age of Hollywood 3D comes charging into your living room! Directed by Gordon Douglas, The Charge at Feather River stars rugged Guy Madison as a cavalry scout tasked with leading ragtag "Guardhouse Brigade" deep into hostile territory to rescue two captive women. Originally designed to maximize the theatrical 3-D craze of the 1950s, this hard-hitting Western throws you right into the middle of the action—putting you on the receiving end of flying arrows, lances, and tomahawks that leap right off the screen! Now, the Warner Archive Collection brings this exciting 3D classic to Blu-ray in a jaw-dropping presentation. The feature has been painstakingly restored from the original Left-Eye and Right-Eye 35mm camera negatives, aligning the classic dual-strip production elements with modern digital precision to deliver an unparalleled stereoscopic experience. Highlighted by an energetic score by the great Max Steiner, the frontier never felt so dangerously authentic! As a special bonus, this presentation (which also comes with a traditional 2-D disc) features the one and only Warner Bros. golden age cartoon made in the 3-D process, BUGS BUNNY in LUMBER JACK-RABBIT!
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- TWO-DISC (ONE STEREOSCOPIC 3D BLU-RAY/ONE 2D BLU-RAY) SET
- NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL LEFT EYE/RIGHT EYE CAMERA NEGATIVES
- BUGS BUNNY in "LUMBER JACK-RABBIT" in 3-D! Newly restored and remastered (2-D version also included)
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
The Yogi Bear Show: The Complete Series
Description: Not only was Yogi Bear (introduced on "The Huckleberry Hound Show") "smarter than the average bear," but his popularity also got him – along with sidekick Boo Boo – his own series, seen here in its restored and remastered 34-episode entirety. Beloved for his Robin Hood-like antics and endlessly inventive schemes to swipe "pic-a-nic" baskets, Yogi is arguably the first outlaw cartoon hero. Although a comic straight man, Park Ranger Smith, with tireless yet futile attempts to enforce Jellystone's "Do Not Feed the Bears" rule, undoubtedly deserved more credit. Fans will also recall series co-stars Snagglepuss the lion ("Exit, stage right!") and Yakky Doodle, the devilishly "innocent" quackster with the famed lament "I wost my mommy!" A new release to be treasured by every Hanna-Barbera fan!
Technical Specs:
- SIX-DISC SET (34 EPISODES)
- NEW 4K RESTORATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVES
- Optional English SDH subtitles for each episode
