The Warner Archive has announced seven new titles to debut on Blu-Ray in April: Green Dolphin Street (1947), Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940), Doctor X (1932), Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Quick Change (1990), Each Dawn I Die (1939), and Another Thin Man (1939). Details on these amazing films can be found below:
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Street Date: April 13, 2021
Synopsis: The Academy Award® winner about star-crossed love that spans the years – and the globe. After her triumph as the lunchroom temptress in the crime classic The Postman Always Rings Twice, Lana Turner expanded her range with Green Dolphin Street. Set in 19th century Europe and New Zealand, this sweeping romance tells the story of two beautiful sisters, one headstrong (Turner) and one gentle (Donna Reed), and of the man (Richard Hart) who marries one even though he loves the other. The film’s riptides of emotion are matched by breathtaking physical tumult: a fierce Maori uprising plus a catastrophic earthquake and tidal wave that earned the film a 1947 Oscar® for special effects. With its dramatic story and spectacular visuals, Green Dolphin Street drew huge audiences for epic moviemaking, being one of the top-ten box office hits of the year.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of preservation film elements!
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Run Time: 141:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Lux Radio Theater Broadcast; Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Street Date: April 13, 2021
Synopsis: The job – a career breakthrough – is supposed to go to hoofer Johnny Brett, but a mix-up in names gives it to his partner. Another example of Broadway hopes dashed? Not when Johnny is played by Fred Astaire. Sparkling Cole Porter songs, clever comedy and dance legends Astaire and Eleanor Powell make the final Broadway Melody (co-starring George Murphy) a film to remember. Powell’s nautical “All Ashore” routine (a/k/a I Am the Captain”), Astaire’s blissful “I’ve Got My Eyes on You” and Fred & Eleanor’s elaborate routine to Cole Porter’s classic “I Concentrate On You” are more than enough to please any fan. But they’re just a warm-up for the leads to tap one finale number into immortality: “Begin the Beguine,” introduced by Frank Sinatra in That’s Entertainment! with, “You can wait around and hope, but you’ll never see the likes of this again.”
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of Nitrate preservation elements!
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Run Time: 102:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Making-of Featurette: “Begin the Beguine” (hosted by Ann Miller); “Our Gang Comedies: The Big Premiere”; MGM Cartoon: “The Milky Way” ; Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Street Date: April 13, 2021
Synopsis: Is there a (mad) doctor in the house? “Yes!” shrieks Doctor X, filmed in rare two-strip Technicolor®. An eminent scientist aims to solve a murder spree by re-creating the crimes in a lab filled with all the dials, gizmos, bubbling beakers and crackling electrostatic charges essential to the genre. Lionel Atwill is Doctor Xavier, pre-King Kong scream queen Fay Wray is a distressed damsel and Lee Tracy snaps newshound patter, all under the direction of renowned Michael Curtiz. The new two-color Technicolor master was restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Foundation. Also includes the separately filmed B&W version (which has been restored and restored from its original nitrate camera negative) originally intended for small U.S. markets and International distribution, and which has been out of distribution for over 30 years.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from a new 4K restoration of the last-known surviving nitrate Technicolor print!
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Run Time: 76:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: COLOR; BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Alternate B&W version of feature; DOCTOR X (HD): UCLA Before & After Restoration featurette (HD); New documentary: “Monsters and Mayhem: The Horror Films of Michael Curtiz (HD); New feature commentary by author/film historian Alan K. Rode; Archival feature commentary by Scott MacQueen, head of preservation, UCLA Film and Television Archive. Original B&W Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Street Date: April 20, 2021
Synopsis: Betty Hutton (as Annie Oakley) and Howard Keel (as Frank Butler) star in this sharpshootin’ funfest based on the 1,147-performance Broadway smash boasting Irving Berlin’s beloved score, including “Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly,” “I Got the Sun in the Morning” and the anthemic “There’s No Business Like Show Business.” As produced by Arthur Freed, directed by George Sidney, and seen and heard in this new remastered HD presentation, this lavish, spirited production showcases songs and performances with bull’s-eye precision, earning an Oscar®* for adaptation scoring. The story is a brawling boy-meets-girl-meets-buckshot rivalry. But love finally triumphs when Annie proves that, yes, you can get a man with a gun!
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of original nitrate Technicolor negatives!
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Run Time: 107:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Sound Quality: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: COLOR
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Susan Lucci retrospective & intro piece (from 2000 DVD release); Outtakes: Let’s Go West Again-Betty Hutton, Doin’ What Comes Natur’lly-Judy Garland, I’m an Indian, Too-Judy Garland, Colonel Buffalo Bill with Howard Keel and Frank Morgan; Stereo audio pre-recording session tracks including There’s No Business Like Show Business featuring Judy Garland; Theatrical Re-issue Trailer (HD)
Quick Change (1990)
Street Date: April 27, 2021
Synopsis: The star of Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day headlines and codirects this uproarious Big Apple heist-and-pursuit caper. Bill Murray plays Grimm, a frazzled urbanite who disguises himself as a clown – and sets out to rob a bank. Geena Davis and Randy Quaid play accomplices in Grimm’s daring scheme and Jason Robards is the blustery cop caught up in Grimm’s “Clown Day Afternoon.” Swiping a million bucks is a snap compared to getting out of town. Grimm and cohorts commandeer a car, a cab, a bus, a baggage tram and a plane (and encounter future stars Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub in hilarious supporting roles) to make what becomes a less-than-merry escape. But for comedy lovers, Quick Change is a ticket to ride!
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master!
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Run Time: 88:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Sound Quality: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN
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Product Color: COLOR
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Disc Configuration: BD 25
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Special Feature: Theatrical Trailer
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Street Date: April 27, 2021
Synopsis: Framed for manslaughter after he breaks a story about city corruption, reporter Frank Ross is sure he’ll prove his innocence and walk out of prison a free man. But that’s not how the system works at Rocky Point Penitentiary. There, cellblock guards are vicious, the jute-mill labor is endless, and the powers Ross fought on the outside conspire to keep him in. Frank’s hope is turned to hopelessness. And he’s starting to crack. Two of the screen’s famed tough guys star in this prison movie that casts a reform-minded eye on the brutalizing effects of life in the slammer. James Cagney “hits a white-hot peak as [Ross,] the embittered, stir-crazy fall guy” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide). And George Raft (Cagney’s friend since their vaudeville days) portrays racketeer Hood Stacey, who may hold the key to springing Ross.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of best surviving nitrate preservation elements!
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Run Time: 92:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Warner Night at the Movies including 1939 Short Subjects Gallery: Vintage Newsreel, WB Technicolor Short: “A Day at Santa Anita”, WB Cartoon: “Detouring America”; Retrospective featurette: “Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films” ; Feature Commentary by Film Historian Haden Guest; Breakdowns of 1939: Studio Blooper Reel; WB Cartoon: “Each Dawn I Crow”; Radio show w/George Raft & Franchot Tone; Trailer for “Wings of the Navy” and Original Theatrical Trailer for Each Dawn I Die (HD)
Another Thin Man (1939)
Street Date: April 27, 2021
Synopsis: Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They’re just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there’s a new hood: parenthood. A birthday – make that boithday – party that some of da boys hold for infant Nick Jr. is part of the fun in this third film in the witty series. The case begins when the Charles family arrives for a weekend with a Long Island industrialist who fears someone wants to kill him. Sure enough, his fears come true. Nick (William Powell) is among the suspects. Asta scrams with what may be the murder weapon. And Nora (Myrna Loy) has her own ideas about the case and sneaks off to a nightclub to ferret out a clue. “Madam, how long have you been leading this double life?” Nick asks. “Just since we’ve been married,” she replies.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of best surviving preservation elements!
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Run Time: 102:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4×3 FULL FRAME
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: MGM Musical Short: Love on Tap; Classic MGM Cartoon: The Bookworm
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