Classic Flix to Release the Complete Tracy and Sawyer Military Comedies

[R Michael Pyle]

Don't know if anyone here has mentioned this yet:


"All 6 Dodo and Ames Films Finally Make it to Home Video:

ClassicFlix is pleased to announce Volume 1 of our Complete Hal Roach Streamliners Collection: The Tracy and Sawyer Military Comedies.

Due to street on March 31st, 2020, this set marks the first official Home Video release of all six delightful military comedies, with their final film, Cinecolor produced Here Comes Trouble (1948) - specifically remastered in color from a 35mm print for this set."

[Mike Gebert]

Wow, there's something I never heard of. Joe Sawyer I know as a character actor.

[Bob Furmanek]

The great Dudley Dickerson has a wonderful scene in HERE COMES TROUBLE!

[s.w.a.c.]

Does anyone know if TCM has ever shown any of these? Always liked Sawyer as a familiar face, but haven't seen any of these. And thanks to looking him up on IMDb, I learn he was Canadian, which I didn't know before.

[boblipton]

They showed them a few years ago. I see I saw Hay Foot and Fall In in January 2007. I seem to recall them showing up more recently, but I felt no need to review them.

Bob

[Bert Greene]

I first encountered the two Lippert titles that William Tracy and Joe Sawyer were re-teamed in, on a late-late-show about forty years ago. "As You Were" and "Mr. Walkie Talkie," I believe. Took a number of years before even I learned of the Roach streamliners.

Anyway, I'll certain pick up the release. I'm a sucker for anything like this. I'd pick up volumes of any of the Roach streamliners... the Rogers/Beery Jr. stuff, the William Bendix cab-driver ones, the Bobby Watson "Hitler" ones, the two with Marjorie Woodward, etc.

[Marr&Colton]

I will look forward to the other Hal Roach Streamliners---the non-military titles.
Personally, I never enjoyed military comedies. While Joe Sawyer is a great character actor, I never found
William Tracy as a great movie personality.

[maliejandra]

Interesting! I never heard of these before. But I am interested in seeing them for sure.