I absolutely agree with Jessica about the wonderful work George
Feltenstein is doing at
Warner Brothers. Since November here at USC we have been acquiring
virtually all new DVDs
being issued by Warners Archives (as well as those by Fox Century
Archives and Olive.)
Invariably in wide assortment such as this, there is the occasional
"stinker" but overall
this is an extraordinarily rich collection of American films that are
finally making to DVD.
Hallelujah!
Cheers!
Anthony
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Anthony E. Anderson
Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
(213) [email protected]
"Wind, regen, zon, of kou,
Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou."
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On 4/11/2013 8:14 AM, Jessica Rosner wrote:
And a brief update. The problem with SISTER KENNY is not rights, it is
material. The wonderful George Feltenstein at WB who has done more to
put films out on DVD than ANYONE in the world, reports that the master
is very poor and for now the cost of getting and mastering new
material is prohibitive.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thanks Jessica.
Farhad
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[mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of
*Jessica Rosner
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*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [Videolib] When DVDs become available?
Unfortunately there is no way to know when any older film will
come out until it is announced. TALES OF MANHATTAN is FOX and they
did have it out on VHS so I would say eventually it will be out
possibly in the made on demand type system many studios are using
for older titles. I think SISTER KENNY may have rights issues.
Normally as an RKO release it would be owned by Warner Bros who
frankly would have put it out by now. I asked a friend there for
the story so I will report back but I suspect it has complicated
rights. Things are getting MUCH, MUCH better on studio library
titles and both of these I would rate as significant titles but in
general keep in mind studios have libraries of tens of thousands
of films and not all of them will make it to DVD.
Good Luck
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Moshiri, Farhad
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Does anyone know when the following films will be released on DVD?
Thanks.
Farhad Moshiri
Audiovisual Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, Texas
1.Tales of Manhattan (1942)
2.Sister Kenny (1946) with Rosalind Russell
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