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NEW 2020 1080p HD masters JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS IN OUTER SPACE

Run Time 352:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color COLOR

Disc Configuration 2 BD 50

Rock stars Josie and the Pussycats are out of this world...literally! When the bumbling Alexandra accidentally launches Josie and the gang into outer space, they travel through the galaxy searching for a path back to Earth. Along the way, they meet cat people, robot monsters, evil dictators, space pirates and plenty of strange creatures, including their new companion Bleep, voiced by Hanna-Barbera legend Don Messick. Fortunately, everyone’s a fan of Josie and the Pussycats, including aliens! Rocket through the universe with your favorite superstars as they save the day, sing some songs and have a hip-happenin’ good time in a 2-disc, 16-episode Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space complete series collection that hits all the right notes!

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of preservation film elements!

GREEN DOLPHIN STREET

Run Time 141:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color BLACK & WHITE

Disc Configuration BD 50

Special Features: Lux Radio Theater Broadcast; Theatrical Trailer (HD)

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.

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of Nitrate preservation elements!

BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940

Run Time 102:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color BLACK & WHITE

Disc Configuration BD 50

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)

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.”

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from a new 4K restoration of the last-known surviving nitrate Technicolor print!

DOCTOR X (1932)

Run Time 76:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color COLOR; BLACK & WHITE

Disc Configuration BD 50

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)

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.

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of original nitrate Technicolor negatives!

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)

Run Time 107:00

Subtitles English SDH

Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English

Aspect Ratio 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color COLOR

Disc Configuration BD 50

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)

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!

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master! QUICK CHANGE (1990)

Run Time 88:00

Subtitles English SDH

Sound Quality DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English

Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, 16 X 9 WIDESCREEN

Product Color COLOR

Disc Configuration BD 25

Special Feature: Theatrical Trailer

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!

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of best surviving nitrate preservation elements! EACH DAWN I DIE (1939)

Run Time 92:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color BLACK & WHITE

Disc Configuration BD 50

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"; Restrospective 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)

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.

NEW 2021 1080p HD Master Sourced from 4K scan of best surviving preservation elements!

ANOTHER THIN MAN (1939)

Run Time 102:00

Subtitles English SDH

Audio Specs: DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 4x3 FULL FRAME

Product Color BLACK & WHITE

Disc Configuration BD 50

Special Features: M-G-M Musical Short: Love on Tap; Classic M-G-M Cartoon: The Bookworm

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.

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whileiamdying · 6 years

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DON'T PLAY ME CHEAP

Ike & Tina Turner — 1963

If it hadn't been for the unexplained absence of a singer named Art Lassiter at a 1960 recording session supervised by the illustrious Ike Turner, the world might have been robbed of Tina Turner's luminescent ferocity. At the very least, her indelible emergence onto the national scene would likely have been delayed a wee bit.

When Lassiter, formerly the lead singer of a pair of Turner-associated vocal groups called the Rockers and the Trojans, turned up AWOL that fateful spring day in St. Louis, up stepped a well-prepared Tina to growl, shriek, and snarl her way through a shockingly raw utterly uncompromising Ike-penned ditty called "A Fool In Love" (she had previously done a cameo for Ike as Little Ann on an obscure 45 for Tune Town Records in 1958 called "Boxtop", but it went nowhere fast).

This time, success came swiftly. Juggy Murray's Sue Records picked up the master, and Ike must have smiled as "A Fool In Love" by the newly christened Ike & Tina Turner flew up to #2 R&B and #27 pop on Billboard's charts in the latter stages of 1960 The two weren't the only ones sporting new monikers — legend has it that Lassiter's female vocal group, the Artettes, suddenly morphed into the Ikettes when the record took off.

For Ike, a constantly looming presence in studios across Mississippi (he'd recorded prolifically in his hometown of Clarksdale for the Bihari brothers' Modern/RPM labels), Memphis (he was Sam Phillips' right-hand man during the pre-Sun era), and St. Louis (his home base from 1955 on) throughout the 1950s as a bandleader, pianist, guitarist, talent scout, and producer, the song's crossover success launched him to an entirely new plateau.

For Tina, born Annie Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee on November 26, 1938 and raised in nearby Nutbush (a tiny community immortalized in her 1973 hit "Nutbush City Limits'), it was the beginning of a rags-to-riches-back-to-rags-to-more-riches- sans-Ike tale that's nothing short of amazing Ike's first introduction to young Annie Mae came one night at an East St. Louis nightspot where his vaunted combo, the Kings of Rhythm, held forth for sweaty revelers. Out of nowhere, the brash teenager grabbed the microphone and began screaming the blues.

Turner's aggregation had already enjoyed its share of standout singers over the years. Jackie Brenston fronted the Kings of Rhythm on the 1951 Chess Records R&B chart-topper "Rocket 88", sometimes referred to as the first rock 'n' roll record. Other standout front men included Billy Gayles, who sang the rocking "I'm Tore up" in 1956 (when the band was signed to the Federal label) Clayton Love, and young Jimmy Thomas. But Tina beat them all hands down in the energy department (she was considerably more fun from a visual standpoint, too).

Ike & Tina tasted hitdom again after "A Fool In Love" with the less-than-humble "I Idolize You" (one of Ike's copyrights, natch) before 1961's "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" became the duo's biggest pop crossover success until their revved-up remake of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary" scorched the earth a decade later.

Ironically, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" didn't even feature Ike aurally; another notable duet vet, guitarist Mickey Baker, provides the slightly dopey vocal retorts to Tina's teasing on the track. Mickey's partner, Sylvia Vanderpool, contributed the chunky guitar figure making any direct involvement from Ike pretty negligible.

More hits soon followed at Sue for the pair, though none quite so commanding across-the-board. "Poor Fool" and "Tra La La La La" both did well on the R&B and pop charts, while a torrid "You Should'a Treated Me Right" graced the lower end of the pop lists in mid-1962. In addition to releasing a steady stream of singles, Sue boss Murray had the good sense not to discriminate against the album market when it came to Ike & Tina product-three killer albums by the pair preceded the issue of Don't Play Me Cheap (Sue 2005) in 1962, and another would soon follow.

Unlike its hit-laden predecessors The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner and Dynamite! another Sue set, Dance With Ike Tina Turner, was actually a blistering all-instrumental set by the Kings of Rhythm), there wasn't a chart entry anywhere to be found on the now-incredibly rare Don't Play Me Cheap. In fact, the album represented a major stylistic departure for Tina, who was transported all the way uptown by the ambitious arrangements sketched out by veteran R&B jack-of-all-trades Rene Hall and the lesser-recalled Jesse Herrin.

Ike's chunky guitar work, a staple of their previous triumphs, is nowhere to be found throughout the album, although he's credited with writing every song but The Real Me", an attractive Curtis Mayfield composition. Ike even received erroneous credit on the original album jacket for writing "Love Letters", a smoldering ballad that was then a current hit for another sexy soul chanteuse, Ketty Lester, on Era Records. Tina predictably attacks each song at maximum force, from the opening "Wake up" (easily one of the set's highlights, thanks in no small part to the exciting call-and-response setup between Tina and her erstwhile Ikettes) to the closing "My Everything To Me "Wake up" comprised one side of the only single (Sue ever pulled from the LP, coupled with the uptown soul stunner "Don't Play Me Cheap".

Tina's bombastic, gloriously unschooled approach doesn't mesh all that well with the bouncy strings soaking "l Made A Promise up Above", and her guttural groans on the torch ballads, "Desire" and "Forever Mine" contrast markedly with sophisticated orchestrations that were probably better suited to Etta James or Maxine Brown than the dynamic, no-holds- barred Tina.

It's a virtual holiday for violins and brass on "Those Ways", Tina coping as best she could by simply screaming her lungs out. But the Latin tinge of "Mamma Tell Him", kettle drum and all, suited the belter nicely, and the ominous, pulsing "Pretend" was similarly more in alignment with Tina's strengths.

Ike wisely reasserted himself after this project, although the duo didn't stick around Sue much longer (there was one more album, “It's Gonna Work Out Fine”, that reverted to the rocking R&B sound that made the pair stars in the first place).

For the rest of the decade, Ike & Tina were virtual recording nomads, bouncing between labels reasonably large-Kent, where they hit with a catchy "I Can't Believe What You Say" in 1964; Warner Brothers' Loma subsidiary, Philles, where the resounding failure of their monumental "River Deep- Mountain High" in 1966 sent mastermind Phil Spector into a career-threatening funk; Blue Thumb, and Minit — and small (Innis, Cenco, Pompeii, Sonja) before their steamdrill "Proud Mary" catapulted them to full-fledged national stardom in 1971

The tabloids had a field day with the seamy dissolve of the Turners' marriage. It's a lot more enjoyable to relive the days when Tina could dress up in a luxurious fur coat with a high collar and soulfully warn her errant Ikester not to play her cheap.

BILL DAHL

SOURCES: TINA, by Bart Mills (Warner Books, 1985) Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Singles 1942-1988by Joel Whitburn (Record Research Inc., 1988)

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jesusvasser · 6 years

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Rair Air at the Rennsport Reunion VI

There are Porsche fans, and then there are the faithful—the pilgrims who flocked to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for Rennsport Reunion VI—a celebration of the German carmaker that has stamped its indelible mark on the sports car landscape.

1. You don’t see a lot of Pre-A split-window 356 coupes, and even fewer wear such a color.

2. Porsche once upon a time built tractors, and plenty of them showed up to race.

3. Today’s 911 RSR race car (left) and the previous generation ran shrieking demo laps between vintage races.

4. Even after more than 30 years, the 962 has a menacing presence.

5. Porsche revealed its new 935 track-only car (left), of which it will build 77. Likely cost: $800,000-plus.

6. The usual Rennsport family portrait at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca will never get old.

7. Porsche brought its first-ever 356, the aluminum-bodied 356/1.

8. Attendees ranged from mild to … this Rauh-Welt Begriff (RWB) wide-body 911 spotted in the parking lot.

9. Also hanging in the PCA corral was David Sperow, grilling from the front of his 912.

10. Porsche engineering and motorsports legend Norbert Singer was just one of many famous faces in the crowd.

11. The variety of cars on hand was astounding, including this ’74 911 off-road racer.

12. A 953 Dakar Rally car and the 1990 March-Porsche Indy car demoed two ends of the racing spectrum.

13. It’s a fairly common sight at vintage events, but the Sunoco 917-30 remains an enthusiast favorite.

14. Twenty years? The 911 GT1-98 that won Le Mans two decades ago still stuns.

15. Patina is much appreciated in vintage racing circles, and this 550A Spyder delivered plenty on that front.

16. The late Bob Akin’s famous Coca-Cola-liveried No. 5 962, the second 962 delivered in the U.S., caught plenty of well-deserved attention.

17. Sights like this, here of a 1967 910 at speed, are aplenty thanks to Laguna Seca’s beauty.

18. Porsche Classic comprehensively revived this 911 2.5 S/T, which was the “Speed Merchants” documentary camera car and also raced in its own right.

19. Not every moment at Rennsport was run under the sun, as fog at times made for captivating visuals and tense running.

20. These were justa few of the official 81,550 Rennsport attendees during the four-day event.

21. Poster child: This image of a 1969 908/02 Spyder could easily reside on bedroom walls.

22. Porsche North America CEO Klaus Zellmer taps a keg to officially kick off the activities, a Rennsport tradition.

23. No, the 919 Evo did not break the Laguna Seca lap record—Porsche didn’t make an official attempt—but it still thrilled the crowds with demo laps.

24. These parade laps were led by the first 356, a Type 64, and Porsche’s first Le Mans entry.

25. An ex-Paul Newman 1979 935, with Hawaiian Tropic livery, stood out even in this sea of historically notable excellence.

26. This tent, sponsored by Porsche partner Chopard watches, served as a central hub of mechanical greatness.

27. Visuals, sounds, and activities in pit lane were a constant stimulus. Seen here is a 1969 911 S.

28. One of the big appeals of any vintage racing weekend is seeing a great variety of cars engaging in on-track action rather than just sitting still.

29. For Porschephiles, especially of a particular age, seeing multiple pristine 959s in one place was breathtaking.

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Rair Air at the Rennsport Reunion VI