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azjazzman wrote:Yay, Our Blushing Brides! I can't understand why they don't make a nice boxed set or package of the three Our Something Something films. From memory, the Warner Archive print of Our Dancing Daughters was a tad soft. Restoration? Well, we can dream ...
As far as I know, all prints of OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS are soft. I've seen a very old 16mm rental print and it was the same. Unless there is archival material sourced from a different 35mm print, I don't believe there is anything better.

Yep, and all existing prints of OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS have that printed in hair, too. MGM gets kudos for instituting a program fairly early on to transfer all their nitrate to safety film, but sad to say, their lab work was not all that great. I knew a fellow who worked in the MGM lab back in the 1960s and 70s and he said a lot of the work was rushed. MGM wanted the stuff copied, but they wanted it done quickly and spending the least amount of money.

The OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS nitrate was already starting to go and all that we are left with is the print you see on the Warner Archive DVD.

Harold Aherne wrote:One Night at Susie's (1930) with Billie Dove, Five and Ten (1931) with Marion Davies and The Man Who Played God (1932) with George Arliss are all up for pre-order as September releases, and so are the 1943 and 1953 films of The Desert Song.

-HA

Harold Aherne wrote:In addition to the Blu-Ray of Yankee Doodle Dandy, other Cagney titles released today (on DVD) are:

The St. Louis Kid (1934)
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
The Irish in Us (1935)
Boy Meets Girl (1938)

-HA

silentmovies742 wrote:

Harold Aherne wrote:One Night at Susie's (1930) with Billie Dove, Five and Ten (1931) with Marion Davies and The Man Who Played God (1932) with George Arliss are all up for pre-order as September releases, and so are the 1943 and 1953 films of The Desert Song.

-HA

The 1943 Desert Song will be very interesting to see!

David Alp wrote:

azjazzman wrote:Yay, Our Blushing Brides! I can't understand why they don't make a nice boxed set or package of the three Our Something Something films. From memory, the Warner Archive print of Our Dancing Daughters was a tad soft. Restoration? Well, we can dream ...
As far as I know, all prints of OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS are soft. I've seen a very old 16mm rental print and it was the same. Unless there is archival material sourced from a different 35mm print, I don't believe there is anything better.

Yep, and all existing prints of OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS have that printed in hair, too. MGM gets kudos for instituting a program fairly early on to transfer all their nitrate to safety film, but sad to say, their lab work was not all that great. I knew a fellow who worked in the MGM lab back in the 1960s and 70s and he said a lot of the work was rushed. MGM wanted the stuff copied, but they wanted it done quickly and spending the least amount of money.

The OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS nitrate was already starting to go and all that we are left with is the print you see on the Warner Archive DVD.

Oh my God!! Can you believe this... I actually watched "OUR DANCING DAUGHTERS" on my old DVD-R that someone from the US had copied for me in 2005! I've not watched it since then really??? Anyway, I put it on and was really disappointed with the quality, it was terrible. Loads of dirt particles everywhere, soft picture, jump splices, no stabilization of picture.

And YES -- I saw that "printed in Hair" that you mention in the bottom left hand corner of the screen!! I thought it was just my copy -- but you say it's actually on the official Warner Archive Collection copy too!??!?! That's really bad isn't it! I wonder why "Dancing Daughters" is in such bad condition, whereas the other two, "Modern Maidens" and "Blushing Brides" are in excellent condition?? Weird?

TheThinMan wrote:Waiting for Warners to release all the Joe Palooka movies. When?

bobfells wrote:Me too. WA offers payment by Paypal now but when I clicked on that option, nothing happened. I used old fashioned plastic.

Danny Burk wrote:I tried to use Paypal from both computer and iPad - no go. I'm reluctant to use a cc since my account was hacked via an order that I placed last year. I finally called and spoke to a person so that I could report the Paypal problem (which seemed to be the first that she'd heard of it), then placed the order using an alternate cc that I rarely use. At least my main cc won't be hacked, and I'll know definitely that this usage was the source of the problem since I haven't used that card since last year. Someone on HTF reported that his card was hacked after placing an order recently, so the problem is apparently still going on.

Little Caesar wrote:I'll wait for either Amazon or Deep Discount DVD to offer the Why Be Good DVD. I may be paying a few dollars more, but I'm still unnerved after having my credit card info hacked last year after purchasing from the WB website.

Little Caesar wrote:I'll wait for either Amazon or Deep Discount DVD to offer the Why Be Good DVD. I may be paying a few dollars more, but I'm still unnerved after having my credit card info hacked last year after purchasing from the WB website.

Changsham wrote:

Little Caesar wrote:I'll wait for either Amazon or Deep Discount DVD to offer the Why Be Good DVD. I may be paying a few dollars more, but I'm still unnerved after having my credit card info hacked last year after purchasing from the WB website.

I got a call from my bank earlier this year to tell me they cancelled my CC. They told me there was evidence my card was skimmed or details compromised almost immediately after I did a purchase with Deep Discount. Not sure what really happened as this was the only CC transaction I did in that period and it was online. The bank representative only questioned the Deep Discount purchase but gave no other details. Luckily though inconvenienced I did not lose money. I now always feel a lot safer with Paypal.

Little Caesar wrote:That's disturbing. I haven't used Deep Discount in well over a year. I'll have to consider the Paypal route with the Warner Archive.

Paul Penna wrote:FWIW, I used PayPal for Warner Archive's 5-for-$50 sale on Oct. 10 and it went through without a hitch.