The Warner Archive has announced five new titles to debut on Blu-Ray in March: The Great Caruso (1951), Damn Yankees (1958), Crossfire (1947), Isle of the Dead (1945) and The Bermuda Depths (1978). Details on these amazing films can be found below:
The Great Caruso (1951)
Street Date: March 9, 2021
Synopsis: Bravo, Enrico! Bravo, Mario! Renowned tenor Mario Lanza portrays his longtime singing idol Enrico Caruso in the crowd-pleasing musical that was 1951’s #4 box-office hit. Suggested by Dorothy Caruso’s biography of her husband, The Great Caruso rings out with aural pleasures (27 musical selections) and shines with the grandeur of a life lovingly refracted through the Hollywood biopic lens. The music (by Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi and more) emphasizes works most closely associated with Caruso. The story, spanning Caruso’s Naples boyhood to worldwide acclaim and tragedy-stricken final performance, touches on the down-to-earth character traits that spread the singer’s fame beyond the black-tie society of Metropolitan Opera connoisseurs. Nominated for three 1951 Academy Awards®, the movie won for Best Sound Recording.
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: 109:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Audio Specs: MONO – English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1, 4 X 3
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Product Color: COLOR
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Documentary “Mario Lanza: Singing to the Gods”; Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Damn Yankees (1958)
Street Date: March 16, 2021
Synopsis: Step up to the plate for Damn Yankees, the rousing movie of the 1,019-performance Broadway grand slam that imports nearly all the original New York lineup, including Tony® Award-winning stars Gwen Verdon as luscious vamp Lola and Ray Walston as her slyly Satanic boss Applegate. Hollywood’s Tab Hunter suits up as potential lost soul and Washington Senators slugger Joe Hardy, revealing a freewheeling fun side unseen in previous roles. The Pajama Game duo of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross serve up an out-of-the-park home-run score, including “Whatever Lola Wants” and “Heart.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of preservation separation masters!
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Run Time: 111:00
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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: 1.85:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN
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Product Color: COLOR
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Theatrical Trailer (HD), International Theatrical Trailer (HD)
Street Date: March 16, 2021
Synopsis: Years of police work have taught Detective Finlay that where there’s crime, there’s motive. But he finds no usual motive when investigating a man’s death by beating. The man was killed because he was a Jew. “Hate,” Finlay says, “is like a gun.” Robert Young portrays Finlay, Robert Mitchum is a laconic army sergeant assisting in the investigation of G.I. suspects, and Robert Ryan plays a vicious bigot in a landmark film noir nominated for five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture. Edward Dmytryk (Murder, My Sweet) directs, draping the genre’s stylistic backdrops and flourishes around a topic rarely before explored in films: anti-Semitism in the U.S. Here, Hollywood takes aim at injustice…and catches bigotry in a Crossfire.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4k Scan of Original Camera Negative!
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Run Time: 85:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Sound Quality: MONO – English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1, 4 X 3
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Commentary by Film Historians Alain Silver and James Ursini, with Audio Interview Excerpts of Director Edward Dmytryk; Featurette “Crossfire: Hate Is Like A Gun”
Isle of the Dead (1945)
Street Date: March 30, 2021
Synopsis: Once you visit the Isle of the Dead, there’s no hope of returning to the land of the living. A small island off the coast of Greece holds a secret so dreadful that once you step onto its soil you must remain there forever. General Pherides (master of horror Boris Karloff) is one such a visitor. Going to the island to honor the grave of his late wife, Pherides discovers that it’s held in the grip of a terrifying plague – a sickness that enters the victim’s mind and drives them insane! Pherides leads the fight against the plague, but then falls prey to it himself. In his delirium, he believes that a woman named Thea (Ellen Drew) is a vorvolaka – a vampire responsible for the deaths. Insanity runs rampant, and grave robbery, premature burial and ghastly vampires are the unspeakable horrors that await on the Isle of the Dead.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of Original Nitrate Camera Negative!
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Run Time: 72:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Sound Quality: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1, 4 X 3
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Product Color: BLACK & WHITE
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Disc Configuration: BD 25
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Special Features: Commentary by Screenwriter/Film Historian Dr. Steve Haberman; Original Theatrical Trailer with Spanish Subtitles
The Bermuda Depths (1978)
Street Date: March 30, 2021
Synopsis: What secret lurks 20,000 feet below the waves in the paranormal realm called the Bermuda Triangle? That’s the question a scientist (Burl Ives), his student (Carl Weathers) and a young man (Leigh McCloskey) haunted by nightmarish memories of his Bermuda childhood ask themselves. The answer involves a beauty (Connie Sellecca) who has sold her soul for eternal youth and a giant sea turtle that leaves death in its wake. Eerie and hypnotic, The Bermuda Depths was produced by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass (The Year Without a Santa Claus), who meld their imaginative fantasy style with the live-action horror genre.
Technical Details
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NEW 2021 1080p Masters Sourced from 4K scan of Original Camera Negative!
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Run Time: 97:00
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Subtitles: English SDH
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Sound Quality: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 – English, MONO – English
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1, 16 X 9 Widescreen (International Theatrical presentation), 1.33:1, 4 X 3 (U.S. Television presentation)
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Product Color: COLOR
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Disc Configuration: BD 50
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Special Features: Includes Both the 1.33:1 US Broadcast Television Version and the 1.85:1 International Theatrical Version; New Audio Commentary by Author/ Film Historian Amanda Reyes (Are You in the House Alone? A TV Movie Compendium: 1964-1999) and Kindertrauma co-founder Lance Vaughan.
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