Warner Archive Podcast

Warner Archive draws the Sun-sword as we delve into our March, 2021 releases. New to Blus include ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945), THE BERMUDA DEPTHS (1978), THE GREAT CARUSO (1951), DAMN YANKEES (1958), CROSSFIRE (1947) and THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES (1980-1982)! While ANIMAL KINGDOM: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON (2019) makes its DVD debut and WHAT'S UP DOC? (1972) and DRIVING MISS DAISY (1989) return to print on Blu-ray disc. Also, letters!

Join Matt and DW for a special "Pump Up the Volume" episode of the Warner Archive Podcast, an interview with Art Tavana, author of the upcoming book "Goodbye, Guns N' Roses: The Crime, Beauty, and Amplified Chaos of America's Most Polarizing Band." More cultural deconstruction than rock bio, "Goodbye, Guns N' Roses" uses film and pop culture as the lens to re-examine the band and its place in the broader cultural landscape. And its penultimate chapter is titled "Pump Up the Volume" (now available on stunning Blu-ray Disc!) - join us to find out why!

Warner Archive comes down with Rock and Roll fever as we dive into our February, 2021 deep cuts. Blu-rays getting a spin include PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990), SHOW BOAT (1951), MY DREAM IS YOURS (1949), ON MOONLIGHT BAY (1951), A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1935), SAN FRANCISCO (1936), BABY DOLL (1956), HARLEY QUINN: THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SEASONS (2019,2020), and SIX BY SONDHEIM (2013). Last but not least the searing true crime docudrama HELTER SKELTER: AN AMERICAN MYTH (2020) joins them on DVD!

Warner Archive welcomes you to a rocking New Year as we take a look at our January, 2021 releases. We shine the spotlight on new Blus of THE PAJAMA GAME (1957), AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936), GOOD NEWS (1947), ROOM FOR ONE MORE (1952), THE 100: THE COMPLETE SEVENTH AND FINAL SEASON (2020), and new DVDs for YOU: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2019), LEGACIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2020), MANIFEST: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2020), while welcoming THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975) back to Print on Blu-ray and BOOGIE NIGHTS: PLATINUM SERIES (2-Disc Special Edition) (1997), BALL OF FIRE (1941), GIRL HAPPY (1965), SPEEDWAY (1968), PRINCESS AND THE PIRATE (1944), PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES (1960 and THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN (1970) to DVD!

Warner Archive wishes you a happy New Year as we welcome 2021 with a look back over the past year and previous decade. We shine the spotlight on some of our favorite releases of 2020 as well as share some memories of the past twelve years and say hello and goodbye to some friends and colleagues. George Feltenstein, DW Ferranti and special guest villain Matt Patterson pick two releases from 2020 and one special release out of the entire release history of Warner Archive. Blu-rays discussed include Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Blood on the Moon (1948), Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volumes One and Two, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Legion of Super Heroes: The Complete Series, Space Ghost: The Complete Series, It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), The Great Race (1965), as well as the DVDs of Legends of the Super Heroes (1979) and Search!

We here at Warner Archive sincerely wish you and yours a most joyful end-of-the year celebration, and want to take a moment (actually an hour and forty-five minutes) to say THANKS as we wind down a very - eventful - 2020. Over the last 12 years, Warner Archive has been able to use the power of the internet to transform and grow our business exponentially by selling our products directly to you - the consumer! You have been an essential partner on our journey - this has been our biggest year yet! - and we are extremely thankful for allowing us to our spread delight and joy on discs delivered directly to you! New films on Blu-ray include The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - 2 Disc Special Edition, Tex Avery Screwball Classics - Volume 2 (1948-55), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Harvey Girls (1946), It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947), Holiday Affair (1949), Young Man With a Horn (1950) and Mister Roberts (1955). On DVD we present Avenue 5: The Complete First Season (2020) and finally we talk about The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) back in print on both DVD and Blu-ray.

New films on Blu-ray include Libeled Lady (1936) starring William Powell, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, the harrowing pre-war classic The Mortal Storm (1940), Tennessee Johnson (1942) starring Van Heflin and The Pirate (1948) starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly. New TV releases include Josie and the Pussycats: The Complete Animated Series (1970-71) from Hanna-Barbera on Blu-ray, as well as Catherine the Great (2019) with Helen Mirren, The New Pope: The Complete Series (2020) with John Malkovich, and Blindspot: The Complete Fifth Season (2020) on DVD. We also have a new Blu-ray gift set, the Alfred Hitchcock 4-Film Collection that includes Suspicion (1941), I Confess (1953), Dial M for Murder (1954), and The Wrong Man (1956). Back in Print DVDs include Stella Dallas (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Westerner (1940), The Little Foxes (1941). Pride of the Yankees (1942), For Me and My Gal (1942), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Kiss Me Kate (1953) and Ode to Billy Joe (1976).

New films on Blu-ray include Waterloo Bridge (1940) starring Vivien Leigh and The Opposite Sex (1956) starring June Allyson and Joan Collins. New TV releases include Head of the Class: The Complete Second Season (1987-88) on DVD and Black Lightning: The Complete Second Season (2018-19) as well as Black Lightning: The Complete Third Season (2019-20) on Blu-ray. Back in print DVDs include The Bishop's Wife (1947), That's Dancing! (1985) and George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin (1994).

New films on Blu-ray include Sergeant York (1941) with Gary Cooper, Sunrise at Campobello (1960) with Ralph Bellamy, Reversal of Fortune (1990) with Jeremy Irons and Glen Close and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) with Kristie Alley, Kirsten Dunst and many, many more. New TV Releases include Space Ghost and Dino Boy: The Complete Series (1966-67) on Blu-ray and The Plot Against America (2020) on DVD. Back in Print DVDs include the TV series Scarecrow and Mrs. King: Season One (1983-84), as well as the films Adventures of Don Juan (1948) and Catlow (1971).

New Blu-rays include Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) / Planet Earth (1974)- 2 Film Collection and Flying Leathernecks (1951) starring John Wayne and Robert Ryan. New TV on DVDs include Riverdale Season Four (2019-20) and Mom Season Seven (2019-20). The new Film Noir Classic Collection includes four Blu-rays: Murder My Sweet (1944), Out Of The Past (1947), The Set-Up (1948), and Gun Crazy (1950). We then shout out to two 4k Gift Boxes including Goonies (1985) and BeetleJuice (1988). Back in print on Blu-rays include The Big Parade (1925), Jerimiah Johnson (1972), Memphis Belle (1990) and That's Entertainment! The Complete Collection with That's Entertainment (1974), That's Entertainment Part II (1976), and That's Entertainment III (1994).

New Blu-rays with Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Wheeler and Woolsey, Tom Payne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Annie Potts and Spanky including Bad Education (2019), Kentucky Kernels (1934), Prodigal Son: Season One (2019) and Young Sheldon: Season Three (2019-20).

We love getting your letters - and we continue get so many great ones that we had to answer a bunch of them in a very special episode! For forty-five minutes we aim to clear the cobwebs of mystery that go into what we do at Warner Archive. Please continue to write us at podcast@wb.com with your questions, queries and potential quarrels and we'll continue to answer them!

New Films on Blu-ray include Without Love (1945) and Pat and Mike (1952) starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. New TV on DVD includes Taz-Mania Season 3 (1993) and Strike Back Season 7 (2019).

New Films on Blu-ray include Michael (1996) and Clara's Heart (1988). New TV series include Final Space: The Complete S1 and S2 (2018-19) on Blu-ray and Paddington Bear (1989) on DVD. Back in print discs include Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970) on Blu-Ray and Dinner at Eight (1933), China Seas (1935), Fort Worth (1951) and Saddle the Wind (1958) on DVD.

New Blu-rays include DC's animated TV show Legion of Superheroes: The Complete Series (2006-08). Also look for Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Greer Garson, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in Girl Crazy (1943) and Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952). New TV on DVD - Jett: Cinemax Season One (2019). A new Blu-ray 4 pack, the Horror Thrillers Film Collection includes Wolfen (1981), The Hunger (1983), Innocent Blood (1992, and Body Snatchers (1994). Back in Print DVDs include the Marx Bros. in A Day at the Races (1937), Room Service (1938) and At the Circus (1939) as well as Cary Grant in My Favorite Wife (1940).

We interview the talent behind DC's Legion of Superheroes (2006-08) to celebrate our latest release which includes two new commentary tracks! Producer James Tucker, Director Brandon Vietti and Actress Kari Wahlgren (Saturn Girl) join us for a look behind the scenes of this too-often overlooked show that's getting it's Blu-ray debut.

Strike Up the Band (1940) and Pennyworth: The Complete First Season (2019) are new to Blu-ray, while House of Wax (3D) (1953) and Hans Christian Andersen (1952) are back in print. Liz Taylor is back in print on DVD with The VIPs (1963), The Sandpiper (1965), The Comedians (1967) and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967).

New to Blu-ray: Doris Day's first starring role in Romance on the High Seas (1948) as well as John Steinbeck's Cannery Row (1982) starring Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. Howard Hesseman stars in the sitcom, Head of the Class: The Complete First Season (1986) is new to DVD. The Champ (1931), Deception (1946), Battle Cry (1955), The Law and Jake Wade (1958), Cimarron (1960) are back in print on DVD.

Behold the triumph and tragedy of Selena (1995) starring Jennifer Lopez which is now on Blu-ray along with classics like Sunday in New York (1963) starring Jane Fonda and Rod Taylor as well as Vincente Minnelli's The Reluctant Debutante (1958). New HBO shows on DVD include Silicon Valley: The Complete Sixth Season (2019) and The Deuce: The Complete Third Season (2019). Back in Print DVDs include The Petrified Forest (1936), Bullets or Ballots (1936), Kid Galahad (1937) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) and All Through the Night (1942)

The fires of youth, hell and a wax museum collide in this week's new Blu-ray releases include a new two color Technicolor restoration The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) from by UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment as well as Inside Daisy Clover (1965) starring Natalie Wood and Lucifer: The Complete Fourth Season (2019). DVD's back in print include the Charlie Chan 4-Film Collection (1946-48), Smart Money (1931), The Mayor of Hell (1933), G-Men (1935) and Each Dawn I Die (1939).

Join us in the bunker with new Blu-Rays like Blood on the Moon (1948), Rachel and the Stranger (1948), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962) and Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967). Step By Step: The Complete (and final) Seventh Season (1997- 98) is new to DVD along with Them! (1954) and Innocent Blood (1992) finally on Widescreen on DVD for the first time! Back in Print on DVDs include Desperate Journey (1942), Curse of the Cat People (1955), and a Village of the Damned/Children of the Damned (1960/1963) double feature.

Join us deep in the vault as we check out Blu-Rays including V: The Final Battle (1983), Tin Cup (1996), and Action of the Tiger (1957). Back In Print DVDs include Footlight Parade (1933), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and Guys and Dolls (1955).

Join us deep in the vault as we celebrate our 11th birthday! George and Matt reminisce about the infancy of the brand and reveal more information about how our unique service is able to bring so many new releases to so many great fans. Also we chat about how unfortunate current events are affecting all of us, and how we are focusing on bringing even more great Blu-ray Discs and DVDs out in the near future. Thanks for your continued support!

New to Blu-ray: Dodsworth (1936), Beau Brummell (1954) and The Stalking Moon (1969). New to DVD: What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019). Back in Print discs include the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Vol 1 (Blu-Ray) as well as Bataan (1943), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Trouble Along the Way (1953), The Left Handed Gun (1958), Ride The High Country (1962), The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), Up The Sandbox (1972), The Gauntlet (1977), International Velvet (1978) and The Formula (1980) all come back to DVD.

What's new to Blu-ray? Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 (1943-51), A Little Romance (1979), It Started With a Kiss (1962), and Victory (1981) with Guys And Dolls (1955) and Sparkle (1976) back in print on Blu. Step By Step: Season Six (1997) and Years and Years (2019) are TV shows new to DVD!

There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias -- the other guy was Tex Avery. We talk Tex with animation historian Jerry Beck and this first collection of restored Technicolor shorts on the new Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-ray that feels fresh and new, and funnier than ever.

Movies new to Blu-ray include Underwater! (1955), Cimarron (1960), Two on a Guillotine (1965) and Penelope (1966) while TV releases include Ballers: The Complete Fifth Season (2019) and Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season (2019). Duck Dodgers: The Complete Third Season (2005) comes to DVD for the first time as well as Hanging with Mr. Cooper: The Complete Third Season (1994-95), You: The Complete First Season (2018), Roswell New Mexico: The Complete Fist Season (2019) and True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (2019).

We wish you a Merry Disc-mas and a very happy holidays with our very special 400th episode that wraps up our historic 10th year. We talk about all the highlights, the great new releases and all the hoopla surrounding our first decade followed by a sneak peek of what's in store for 2020. Thanks for all your continued support!

Get set for the ride of a lifetime with our collections of Monogram Westerns, B-movie staples from the 30s-50s and it's time to say sayonara to our epic sagebrush collections with our tenth and final volume of our Monogram Cowboy Collections. Later written off by other studios, this episode we talk about their history and impact as well as their return to relevance.

Young Justice's creators, Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti host a play-along Commentary track of the fourth episode in the season, Private Security.

We interview Young Justice's creators, Greg Weisman (Gargoyles) and Brandon Vietti (LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes, Batman: Under the Red Hood) about how after they picked up the story seven years after Season 2 aired on Cartoon Network and hit it out of the park. The first two seasons are among our most popular Blu-rays, and these guys do not dissapoint!

Current Animation on Blu-ray launches this month's releases with Young Justice: Outsiders (2019) and Teen Titans: The Complete Series (2003-06). Classic Films on on Blu-ray include Operation Crossbow (1965), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959), and Great Day in the Morning (1956). Current TV on BD includes The Kominsky Method: The Complete First Season (2018), The 100: The Complete Sixth Season (2019), and Blindspot: The Complete Fourth Season (2018-19). Finally, the classic sitcom Step By Step: The Complete Fifth Season (1995-96) comes to DVD.

Haunting a generation of children with its creepy tiny demons, we descend into the shadows of the Made-for-TV-Movie horror classic Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) with special guest, author Amanda Reyes (Made for TV Mayhem) who also provides a commentary track on the new Blu-ray. How did this tight, effective film come about, and why has it continued to find new audiences?

Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy (1996) has finally come to Blu-ray with a longer international cut. We talk to Hong Kong film aficionado Jeff Briggs about what went on behind the scenes as well as what it took to bring this comedy-action classic to Blu-ray.

Join us for a discussion of the new Blu-rays Shazam!: The Complete Live Action Series (1974-77), From Beyond The Grave (1973), The Fearless Vampire Killers...Or Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck (1967), Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (1973), Mr. Nice Guy Extended Original Cut (1996) and Days Of Wine And Roses (1962). Contemporary TV releases incliude Veronica Mars 2019: The Complete First Season (2019) on Blu-Ray, as well as Mom: The Complete Sixth Season (2018-19), Black Lightning: The Complete Second Season (2018-19), Crazy Ex Girlfriend: The Complete Fourth Season (2018-19), and Legacies: The Complete First Season (2018-19) on DVD. Also Logan's Run: The Complete Series (1977-78) is back in print on DVD.

By uttering a single magic word young Billy Batson transforms himself into the world's mightiest mortal, Michael Gray, who talks to us about working on the original SHAZAM! (1974-76) live action TV series and his reactions to seeing the recently restored HD presentation now available on Blu-ray.

New Blu-rays iinclude The Letter (1940) starring Bette Davis, The Set-up (1949) with Robert Ryan, A Touch of Class (1973) with Glenda Jackson, My Favorite Year (1982) with Peter O'Toole, and the back-in-print Action Jackson (1989) with Carl Weathers. Classic animation Blu-rays include Popeye the Sailor: The 1940's Volume 3 (1948-49) and The Jetsons: The Complete Original Series (1962-63). Contemporary TV Blu-rays include Young Sheldon: The Complete Second Season (2018-19) and Lethal Weapon: The Complete Third Season (2018-19). New to DVD films include You Can't Buy Luck (1937), The Man Who Dared (1939), Red Sun (1972) and Snow Job (1972).

Interview with V: The Original Mini-series Writer/Director Kenneth Johnson as well as a discussion of this week's latest releases including V: The Original Mini Series (1983), author Roald Dahl, director Nicolas Roeg and executive producer Jim Henson's The Witches (1990) with Anjelica Huston, and Jezebel (1938) starring Bette Davis on Blu-ray as well as Cash McCall (1960), Critics Choice (1963), Sex and the Single Girl (1964), Cincinnati Kid (1965), Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1969), The Hand (1981), Of Unknown Origin (1983) and Wolfen (1981) back in print on DVD.

New Blu-Rays discussed include John Ford's Wagon Master (1950) and Fritz Lang's Moonfleet (1955) New TV on Blu-Ray release Riverdale: The Complete Third Season (2018-19) is next, followed by DVDs back in print including The Little Giant (1933), Larceny, Inc. (1942), along with Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan the Ape Man / Tarzan Escapes (1932,1936) and Tarzan and his Mate /Tarzan Finds a Son! (1934,1939) double features.

The Thin Man (1934) starring Myrna Loy and William Powell along with Sam Fuller's Merrill's Marauders (1962) are new to Blu-ray. The Japanese/American animated sapce adventure Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero: The Complete Series (1967) is new to DVD along with the classic adventures The Daredevil Drivers (1938) and Double Danger (1938). Back on Blu-ray we chat about the TV-show-inspiring Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, the timeless classic A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) starring Marlon Brando and Pure Country (1992) starring George Strait. Also back In print on DVD: What I Like About You: Season One (2002), The Man in the Wilderness (1971), The Deadly Trackers (1973), Cleopatra Jones (1973), Viva Knievel! (1977), The Year of the Dragon (1985) and The Mission (1986).

New to Blu-ray this week, we discuss the immortal Footlight Parade (1933) with Jimmy Cagney and Joan Blondell as well as Bronco Billy (1980) starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke. New to DVD we have Best of Pete Smith Specialties Vol. 1 (1936-1948), Lippy The Lion and Hardy Har Har: Complete Series (1962) from Hanna-Barbera as well as The Practice: The Complete Series (1976-1977) starring Danny Thomas. Back on DVD releases include Eight is Enough: Season One (1977) as well as Anna Christie (1930), Mata Hari (1931), Queen Christina (1933) and Anna Karenina (1935) all starring Greta Garbo.

Gaslight (1944), Popeye The Sailor: The 1940'S Volume 2 (1946-47) and Corvette Summer (1978) come to Blu-ray. Wally Gator: The Complete Collection (1962-64) and The Madness of Max (2015) are new to DVD, while Higher and Higher (1943), Step Lively (1944), It Happened in Brooklyn (1947), The Kissing Bandit (1948), Double Dynamite (1951), The Tender Trap (1955), Marriage on the Rocks (1965), Wattstax: Special Edition (1973) and 500 Nations (1995) come back in Print on disc. On 10 Years Of Warner Archive, we celebrate Popeye's 90th Birthday.

Hanna-Barbera's primetime series Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series (1964-65) comes to Blu-ray uncut, uncensored and looking better than ever on Blu-ray. Also on Blu, Frank Sinatra makes his directorial debut with None but the Brave (1965) starring Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi along with Sinatra himself in this crisp WWII multi-faceted story. New to DVD, Jack Palance stars as Bronk: The Complete Series (1962-64) in addition to the 30's rarities The Roadhouse Murder (1932), Made on Broadway (1933) and Married Before Breakfast (1937). The musicals The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958), both starring Doris Day are back in print as well as Mary of Scotland (1936), Knute Rockne, All-American (1940), Keeper of the Flame (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy: Special Edition (1942) and The Wrong Man (1956).

Get ready for a triple dose of Richard Roundtree in three Shaft classics, an encounter with Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Tab Hunter and Rossana Podesta in the Italian fantasy The Golden Veil and more! We're chatting about Shaft's Big Score (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973) and the Shaft Triple Feature which includes the other two features as well as Shaft (1971), A Patch of Blue (1965) and The Golden Arrow (1962) on Blu-ray. TV new to DVD includes Perfect Strangers: The Complete Seventh and Eighth Seasons (1991-93) as well as the animated show Detention: The Complete Series (1999). Also new to DVD: Girl of the Port (1930), Beauty for Sale (1933), The Gridiron Flash (1934), Sinner Take All (1936), Make Way for a Lady (1936), Espionage (1937), and The Man Who Found Himself (1937).

Neil Simon's Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) with Anne Bancroft and Jack Lemmon comes to Blu-ray, along with 9 rare and hard-to-find classics from the 30s and 40s coming to DVD for the first time including Strangers All (1935), South of Suez (1940), Three Cheers for the Irish (1940), Lady Scarface (1941), Let's Make Music (1941), Unexpected Uncle (1941), Gangway for Tomorrow (1943), The Gorilla Man (1943) and What A Blonde (1945). Back in print discs include A Star is Born (1954) and A Star is Born (1976) on Blu-ray and Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938: The Complete First Volume (1933-38) on DVD.

Summer Stock (1950) starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly along with Shameless: The Complete Season 9 (2018-19) come to Blu-ray. Classic movie raritites new to DVD include Harold Teen (1934), Man of Iron (1935), Three Men on a Horse (1936), Jailbreak (1936), New Moon (1931), Melody Cruise (1933) and The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)

Is it a TV show or real? Frankenstein 1970 (1958) comes to Blu-ray! Hanna-Barbera's Paw Paws: The Complete Series (1985-86) comes to DVD along with MGM classics like Bridal Suite (1939), The Mighty McGurk (1947) and Little Mister Jim (1947). WB classics new to DVD include The Heart Of New York (1932), Over The Goal (1937), Sweepstakes Winner (1939) and The Cowboy Quarterback (1939). Back In print on DVD, the TV biopic, Sinatra (1992). Then we chat about our favorite Dog movies in our10 Years Of Warner Archive segment.

Tune in to hear about this week's releases, letters from our listeners, as well as a special anniversary segment about James Cagney. New Releases include: The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) and Cleopatra Jones (1973) on Blu-ray along with The Wayans Bros. S5 (1998-99), Beau Bandit (1930), Rockabye (1932), Headline Shooter (1933), Our Betters (1933), In Person (1935), Super-Sleuth (1937), Coquette (1929), Wise Girls (1929), Mysterious Island (1929), The Lady of Scandal (1930), Spring is Here (1930), Way Out West (1930), and Men of the North (1930) on DVD. The Jazz Singer (1927) is back in print on Blu-ray and Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (2001) along with Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere (2002) are back in print on DVD.

What is Warner Archive? In our very special 10th Anniversary Podcast we tell the story of how we came to be - from conception to inception and beyond! Then we go behind the scenes to discuss how we go into the archives and prepare movies and TV shows for release on your favorite format. But what does the future of Home Entertainment have in store for us? If you're a bit of a loss where to dive into our almost 400 podcast episodes, this one is a good place to start!

Listen to more details about each of this week's releases, letters from our listeners, as well as an anniversary segment about all the historic TV series we've released to completion. New to Blu-ray: Man from Atlantis (1977). TV on DVD: Alice Season 9 (1984-85), Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 (1993-94). Classics on DVD: A Woman of Affairs (1928), The Star Witness (1931), Night Court (1932), Snowed Under (1936), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), Broadway Musketeers (1938), Twice Blessed (1945) and Her Twelve Men (1954).

Tune in to hear more details about each of this week's releases, letters from four of our listeners, as well as a special segment dedicated to the recent passing of Ron Hutchinson where we reflect on his legacy at The Vitaphone Project. New To Blu-ray this week - Wild Rovers (1971), Year of the Dragon (1985) and Starsky and Hutch (2004). New TV on DVD includes Step by Step: The Complete Fourth Season (1994-95), What I Like About You: The Complete Fourth Season (2005-06) and Animal Kingdom: The Complete Third Season (2018). Back in Print TV includes Knots Landing: The Complete Second Season (1980-81), Babylon 5 - Gathering/In the Beginning (1993, 1998) and Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales (2007). Back in Print films include The Jazz Singer (1927), Popeye the Sailor 1938-1940 Volume 2, Popeye the Sailor 1941-1943 Volume 3, Lady in the Lake (1946), Chamber of Horrors/The Brides of Fu Manchu Double Feature (1966), Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988), A Cry in the Dark (1988), Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988), and The Man Without a Face (1993).

Tune in to our special segment on Tarzan's legacy in our library, more details about each of this week's releases, and hear letters from two of our listeners answered in depth. New To Blu-ray this week - The Giant Behemoth (1959), Tarzan Goes to India (1962) and Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963). New to DVD movies and shows include The Wayans Bros.: The Complete Fourth Season (1994-95), Unashamed (1932), Professional Sweetheart (1933), Without Orders (1936), Woman Wanted (1936), Heart Of The North (1938), They Met In Argentina (1941), The Tuttles Of Tahiti (1942), Soldiers Three (1951) and You For Me (1952).

The Prize (1963) with Paul Newman and Judgment Night (1993) with Emilio Estevez and Dennis Leary come to Blu-ray. Classics New to DVD include Men Must Fight (1933), Pacific Liner (1939) and Assignment in Brittany (1943). Back in Print on DVD - Watch on the Rhine (1943), A Little Romance (1979), Deadly Friend (1986) and Osmosis Jones (2001). Then we start a new segment called10 Years of Warner Archive, where we talk about some of the other 3500 previous releases we've come out with that are still available - including 25 films starring Paul Newman. Finally with wrap up answering two actual letters written by listeners like you!

This week, join us for our yearly holiday party where discuss the Best of 2018, drink imaginary beverages, ruminate on upcoming releases as well as reveal some of our January releases and plans for next year's 10th Anniversary Birthday Bash. Happy Holidays!

Howard Hawks' The Thing From Another World (1951) crashes into Blu-ray this month as well as Horror Of Dracula (1958) and Popeye The Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 1 (1943-45) both new to Blu-ray and DVD. The Sea Hawk (1940) starring Errol Flynn and Dark of the Sun (1968) starring Rod Taylor are also both new to Blu. New Blu-ray and DVD TV Movies and series include The Blue Knight (1973) on Blu-Ray and Longmire: The Sixth and Final Season (2017) on Blu-Ray as well as Perfect Strangers: The Complete Sixth Season (1990-91) on DVD. The Dog of Flanders (1999) is presented for the first time in widescreen DVD. Back In Print DVDs include Night and Day (1946), This Time for Keeps (1947), Designing Woman (1957), Bombers B-52 (1957), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), The Gumball Rally (1976), Honeysuckle Rose (1980), This is Elvis - Special Edition (1981) and The Marva Collins Story (1990).

World-renowned animation historian Jerry Beck joins the Podcast to discuss Technicolor Popeye cartoons of the mid-40s collected on Blu-ray and DVD for the very first time. POPEYE THE SAILOR: The 1940s, VOLUME 1 (1943-45) Back at last and bolder than ever,14 classic Popeye, all uncut, return to port after being lost in the Sargasso of seldom seen for decades. The 1940s brought new sights and sounds to America's favorite cartoon star. In addition to regulars Olive Oyl and Bluto, Popeye resumes his riotous relationship with shipmate Shorty as well as his naughty nephews Pip-Eye, Poop-eye, Peep-eye and Pup-eye. With the addition of full color, the cartoonists were now free to let loose with journeys to exotic lands, and give Popeye a fresh stock of new friends and foes.

New Films on Blu-ray include Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970), Mame (1974) starring Lucille Ball. New TV to Blu-ray includes The 100: The Complete Fifth Season (2018) and Christmas Story - Live! (2017). New TV on DVD includes Step by Step: The Complete Third Season (1993-94) as well as What I Like About You: The Complete Third Season (2004-05). Classics new to DVD include Her Kind of Man (1946), Janie/Janie Gets Married Double Feature (1944,1946) and Wings for the Eagle (1942). Back in Print DVDs and Blu-rays include Cabaret (1972) on Blu-ray as well as The Stratton Story (1949), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), The FBI Story (1959), None but the Brave (1965) and Inside Daisy Clover (1966) on DVD.

Classics New to Blu-ray include Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) with Gordon Scott and Hammer's The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974) with Christopher Lee . TV New to DVD includes the TV drama Mr. Novak: The Complete First Season (1963-64) and Classics New to DVD include 13th Chair Double Feature (1929, 1937), Passion Flower (1930), Divorce in the Family (1932), Hide-Out (1934) and Man of the People (1937). Bogart and Bacall: The Complete Collection (1944, 1946, 1947, 1948) includes To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo in a single collection. TV back in print on DVD includes Babylon 5: The Complete First Season (1994), Babylon 5: The Legend Of The Rangers (2001), and Whose Line Is It Anyway? The Complete Uncensored First Season (1998). Classics back in print on DVD includes The Broadway Melody (1929), The Bachelor And The Bobby Soxer (1947), The Fountainhead (1949), and Ninotchka (1939)

Dracula swings with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in Dracula AD 1972 (1972) from Hammer films and now on Blu-ray! Boss Hogg stops by Mel's in Alice!: The Complete 8th Season (1983-84). Rachel Bloom gets even crazier in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The Complete Third Season (2017-18)! Ralph Morgan, Eleanor Parker and Janis Paige are all featured in classics on DVD which include Gold Fever (1952), The Last Ride (1944) and Wallflower (1948). Back in print to DVD releases include Holiday Affair (1949), World Without End (1956)/Satellite in the Sky (1956) double feature, It! (1967)/The Shuttered Room (1968) double feature and Cannery Row (1982). The Agatha Christie: Helen Hays Collection includes A Caribbean Mystery (1983), Murder is Easy (1982) and Murder with Mirrors (1985) while the Agatha Christie: Peter Ustinov Collection includes Dead Man's Folly (1986), Murder in Three Acts (1986) and Thirteen at Dinner (1985). Finally , also back in print, Stephen King's The Shining (1997).

We chat with noted TV Movie Expert and Podcaster Amanda Reyes about the unforgettable Bad Ronald starring Scott Jacoby. We chat about the history of TV movies and ABC's Movie of the Week, the premise of this film, its notable source material, the show's ratings, its production history, the effective performances as well as the film's lasting impression on the millions of people who learned that someone could be living in their walls.

New this week to Blu-Ray comes the unforgettable TV movie thriller, Bad Ronald (1974). Deception: The Complete Series (2018) is new to DVD along with the TV movie Door To Door (2002) starring William H. Macy now available in a widescreen edition. Back In print on DVD comes Superman: The Theatrical Serials Collection (1948,1950), the Mickey and Judy classics Babes In Arms (1939), Strike Up The Band (1940), Babes On Broadway (1941), and Girl Crazy (1943). Also back in print are the TV movies Murder In Mississippi (1989) and The Plot To Kill Hitler (1990) along with the feature films Cellular (2004) and Edge Of Darkness (2010).

New horror/sci-fi films on Blu-ray this week include Queen of Outer Space (1958), The Cyclops (1957), The Swarm: The Extended Edition (1978) and Michael Criton's Looker (1981). New TV series on disc include: Lethal Weapon: The Complete Second Season (2018) on Blu-Ray and DVD, along with Perfect Strangers: The Complete Fifth Season (1989-90) and Step By Step: The Complete Second Season (1992) on DVD. 1930s rarities coming to DVD include Goldie Gets Along (1933), He Was Her Man (1934), Annapolis Salute (1937), Missing Witnesses (1937), Wine, Women, and Horses (1937), Mr. Chump (1938) and Over The Wall (1938). Classics coming back into print include Papillon (1973) on Blu-Ray along with Little Women (1949), Stage Fright (1950) and Friendly Persuasion (1956) on DVD.

New film to Blu-ray this week: John Millius' surf classic Big Wednesday (1978) starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, and Gary Busey. New to TV discs include Young Sheldon: The Complete First Season (2017-18) on Blu-ray along with Mom: The Complete Fifth Season (2017-18), The Middle: The Complete Ninth Season (2017-18) and People of Earth: The Complete Second Season (2017) all new to DVD. Back in Print on DVD we chat about the Karloff Lugosi Horror Classics collection which includes The Walking Dead (1936), You'll Find Out (1940), Zombies on Broadway (1945), and Frankenstein 1970 (1958). Annie Oakley (1935), Wife vs. Secretary (1936) and the Barbara Stanwyck double feature, To Please a Lady (1950)/ Jeopardy (1953) are all back in print on DVD as well.

New to Blu-ray this week: The Last Hunt (1956) and The Naked and the Dead (1958). TV New to Blu-ray includes Lucifer: The Complete Third Season (2017-18) and Blindspot: The complete Third Season (2017-18). 1930's Classics new to DVD include Personal Maid's Secrets (1935), China Passage (1937) and The Girl Downstairs (1938). Back in Print on DVD films include Rich and Famous (1981), Alex and Emma (2003) and Helter Skelter (2004).

New to Blu-ray: Never So Few (1959) starring Frank Sinatra and Home from the Hill (1960) starring Robert Mitchum. New TV on Disc includes Riverdale: The Complete Second Season (2017-18) on Blu-Ray and Hanna Barbera's 2 Stupid Dogs/Secret Squirrel Show: The Complete First Season (1993). 1930s Classics on DVD include Captain Applejack (1931), Way Back Home (1931) with Bette Davis and As the Earth Turns (1934). Back in Print DVDs include Waterland (1992) with Jeremy Irons, The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) with Eddie Murphy and Without a Trace: The Complete Second Season (2003-04).

New to Blu-ray: Supergirl (1984) with Helen Slater, Village Of The Damned (1960) with George Sanders. Rare Classics new to DVD include Captain Thunder (1931), Flight From Glory (1937), Teresa (1951), The Steel Fist (1952) and Young Dillinger (1965) Back In Print TV DVDs include Knots Landing: The Complete First Season (1979-80) and Without a Trace: The Complete Second Season (2004-04) More Movies now Back in Print on DVD include Edge Of Darkness (1943), Northern Pursuit (1943) and Uncertain Glory (1944) starring Errol Flynn, as well as The Flame And The Arrow (1950) and The Wreck Of The Mary Deare (1959).

New to Blu-ray: Billy Budd (1962) starring Terrance Stamp and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) starring Paul Newman. New to DVD - Alice: The Complete Seventh Season (1982-83) along with several movies available for the first time In Widescreen DVD including Hooper (1978), Sharky's Machine (1981) and Stroker Ace (1983) all starring Burt Reynolds along with Reckless Kelly (1994) starring Yahoo Serious and Almost Heroes (1998) with Chris Farley. Back in Print DVDs include La Femme Nikita: The Complete First Season (1997) and The Bill Engvall Show: The Complete First Season (2007).

George Interviews the lovely and enchanting Ruta Lee about working on the incredible musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) which is now available on a stunning Blu-ray.

New to Blu-ray: The Colossus of Rhodes (1961), Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) and Super Fly (1972). New to DVD: Perfect Strangers Season 4 (1988-89), My Past (1931), The Chaser (1938) and Tender Comrade (1943) with Ginger Rogers. Classic Esther Williams DVDs Back in Print include Thrill of a Romance (1945), Ziegfeld Follies (1946), Fiesta (1947), Pagan Love Song (1950) and Million Dollar Mermaid (1952).

The classic musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) finally comes to Blu-ray. Designing Woman (1957) starring Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck also comes to HD in a stunning blu presentation. New to DVD classics include The Band Plays On (1934), A Modern Hero (1934), Baby Face Harrington (1935), Kid Nightingale (1939) and The Man from Down Under (1943). What about new 90s TV on DVD? We deliver with Step by Step: The Complete First Season (1991-92) starring Suzanne Somers and Patrick Duffy as well as the final fifth season of Living Single (1997-98) starring Queen Latifah. If that's not enough for you, we've got a bunch of classic comedy team double features back in print including Laurel and Hardy in Devil's Brother (1933)/Bonnie Scotland (1935) and Air Raid Wardens (1943)/Nothing But Trouble (1944). Abbot and Costello star in Lost in a Harem (1944)/Abbot and Costello in Hollywood (1945). The Three Stooges star in Gold Raiders (1951)/Meet the Baron (1933) and The Marx Bros. lead Go West (1940)/The Big Store (1941).

Lots of new movies to DVD including The Great Meadow (1931) with John Mack Brown, Kansas City Princess (1934) with Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell, the musical drama Broadway Hostess (1935), Calm Yourself (1935) with Robert Young, the gangster pic Absolute Quiet (1936) and the classic comedy All American Chump (1936). New TV to DVD includes the YA soap, Famous in Love: Season 1 (2017) starring Bella Thorne. Back in print DVDs include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) with Spencer Tracy, Ivanhoe (1952) with Robert Taylor and Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) with Spencer Tracy. Then we tackle two long reader letters revealing all kinds of insight behind-the-scenes.

Seminal Film Noir masterpiece Gun Crazy (1949) is now on Blu-ray! New TV on DVD, the memorable one season western, A Man Called Shenandoah (1965-66). New movies on DVD include the pre-codes, The Lost Squadron (1932) and The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) as well as the action-packed Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939) and Espionage Agent (1939), Then, we touch on TV and films back in print on DVD including four Bogart films, Across the Pacific (1942), Action in the North Atlantic (1943), Passage to Marseille (1944), and Key Largo (1948) as well as McG's Fastlane: The Complete Series (2002-03).

We interview Director Jeff Burr about his experience directing the 1989 New Line horror franchise classic, Leratherface: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre III in which he reveals the triumphs and tribulations of the making of the controversial film. Jeff Burr redirected the seminal Texas Chainsaw series back to severe shock and slash with this new installment where "The Saw is Family." Overlooked in its initial release, the filmhas risen high in fan esteem in the years since, climaxing with the 2003 the director's cut that's now given extra shine and gleam in a new high definition release on Blu-ray.

New to Blu-ray this week, William H. Macy stars in Shameless: Season 8 (2017-18) where Frank emerges from a drug-induced haze determined to make amends and become a contributing member of society. New to DVD comes the fourth and final season of DC's Static Shock (2004) as Static finally becomes the A-list hero he dreamed of - but at what cost? New classics from Samuel Goldwyn studios come to DVD including Condemned (1929) and The Devil to Pay (1930) starring Ronald Colman, as well as Woman Chases Man (1937), a screwball comedy re-teaming Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea. Finally we chat about one of the most popular musicals of all time, Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), back in print on Blu-ray with new vintage poster art.

New to Blu-ray this week, Gene Kelly stars in the widescreen Rashamon-style musical Les Girls (1957). New TV on DVD includes the longPerfect Strangers Season 3 (1987-88) starring Bronson Pinchot. Then we rocket through more discussion about The Mighty Orbots (1984) before moving on to Early Talkie and Pre-Code films new to DVD. Lights of New York (1928) is the very first all-talking feature film! The Ship from Shanghai (1930) delivers thrills while A Notorious Affair (1930) and Manhattan Parade (1932) round out the broadcast.

Rob Paulsen and Tim Curry lend their voices to the first season of The Mask: The Animated Series (1995) new to DVD! Also new to disc this week, Alexander Hamilton (1931) starring Mr. George Arliss, A Lost Lady (1934) with Barbara Stanwyck, Shining Victory (1941) and The Prime Minister (1941) with John Gielgud. Then we discuss some amazing classics that are finally back in print on DVD including Bette Davis in Jezebel (1938), James Cagney in Torrid Zone (1940), then The Bride Camer C.O.D. (1941) with both Cagney and Davis, as well as Joan Crawford in The Damned Don't Cry (1950). We wind up the show talking about Tex Avery's Droopy (1943-58) featuring all 24 of the theatrical Droopy cartoons in a 2 disc set.

Chatting about the latest DVD releases including the action/fantasy TV show, Lucan: The Complete Series (1977-78) as well as comedy classics on disc for the first time including The Hot Heiress (1931) with music from Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Fireman, Save My Child (1932) with Joe E. Brown, The Gay Bride (1934) with Carole Lombard, Comet Over Broadway (1938) with Kay Francis, and the flashback feature film MGM's Big Parade of Comedy (1964) featuring all the greats.

New Cult Movies and Animation on Blu-ray include Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998) and The Black Scorpion (1957). Then we discuss new TV on DVD including The Mighty Orbots: The Complete Series (1984) and Living Single: Season 4 (1996-97). Back in Print films on DVD include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and the four Margaret Rutherford Miss Arple movies including Murder, She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Murder Ahoy (1964) and Murder Most Foul (1964).

New Film Noir Blu-rays directed by Fritz Lang include While the City Sleeps (1956) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) both starring Dana Andrews. New Noir on DVD includes Murder in the Big House (Born for Trouble) (1942), Hotel Berlin (1945) starring Peter Lorree and Danger Signal (1945) with Zachary Scott. Then we detail what's back in print on DVD including the Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection with Nancy Drew: Detective (1938), Nancy Drew: Reporter (1939), Nancy Drew: Troubleshooter (1939) and Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939), The Women (1939), Possessed (1947), The Three Musketeers (1948) along with the TV releases including The Oblongs (2001) and The New Adventures of Old Christine Season 1 (2006).

New Blu-rays starring Paul Newman include Harper (1966) and The Drowning Pool (1977). New to DVD this week, Chastity Belt (1967) starring Tony Curtis. Back in print on DVD we start with The Lon Chaney Collection a triple feature with Ace of Hearts (1921), Laugh Clown Laugh (1928) and The Unknown (1927) as well as Paul Newman starring in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956). Finally, the classic show Mayberry RFD: Season 1 (1968 -69) is back on DVD.

Discussion starts with Horror on Blu-ray, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1989). New TV on Blu-ray, Animal Kingdom: The Complete Second Season (2017). 90s TV on DVD, The Lazarus Man (1996). Classic TV Animation on DVD, Biskitts: The Complete Series (1983). Classics New to DVD include The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941) and Love and Learn (1947). Back in Print DVDs include That Midnight Kiss (1949), The Toast of New Orleans (1950) and The Crimson Pirate (1952)

New TV on DVD - Static Shock: The Complete Third Season (2003) arrives dynamically double-charged as Virgil becomes Gear and joins Static in his fight to protect Dakota while Static demonstrates big-league level seasoning with Batman and pals. Then we chat about five new pre-code classics new to DVD including The Finger Points (1931) with Richard Barthelmess and Fay Wray, Chances (1931) with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., I Like Your Nerve (1931) with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young, and Goodbye Again (1933) with Warren William and Joan Blondell. Also we go over some films back in print on DVD including Romeo and Juliet (1936) with Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer, The Belle of New York (1952) with Fred Astaire and Vera-Ellen, The Long, Long Trailer (1953) and Forever Darling (1956) with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and Don Siegel's Telefon (1977) starring Charles Bronson and Lee Remick.

We are delighted to herald this stunning new 2018 Blu-ray presentation of The Hanging Tree (1959) starring Gary Cooper in a unique cinematic combination of six-gun spectacle and human parable. Then we take off with the legendary purveyors of kid vid classics Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass as they swung for the heavens with a decidedly A-list all-ages animated fantasy fest culled from two superior literary sources The Flight of Dragons (1982) on Blu-ray. Teen Titans Season 1 (2003) Blu-ray shows off where the world of DC animation took a left turn at anime town and came up with this classic inspired by Wolfman and Perez's legendary New Teen Titans run of comics and the wild world of Japanimation under the genius aegis of creator Glen Murakami. Then we discuss the new release of Trial and Error Season 1 on DVD- a faux non-fiction 'true' crime sit-dramedy from creators Jeff Astrof (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Matt Miller (Forever). The Super (1991) starring Joe Pesci and Judgement Night (1993) starring Emilio Estevez and Cuba Gooding, Jr. may have been out before, but are making their WB DVD debuts. Richard Linklater's subUrbia (1996) makes it's DVD debut featuring a screenplay by Eric Bogosian and starring Parker Posey, Steve Zahn and Giovanni Ribisi. Classics back in print on DVD include Too Many Girls (1940) starring Lucille Ball, The Nun's Story (1959) starring Audrey Hepburn along with The Sundowners (1960) and Home from the Hill (1960) both starring Robert Mitchum.

Rosalind Russell delivers a career-high performance as the quintessential Bohemian bon vivant in Auntie Mame (1958), new to Blu-ray with a beautiful new master. New to DVD, Alice: The Complete Sixth Season (1981-82) sees the staff of this classic sitcom settling in for a steady service of hopes, dreams, chili and grits-kissing. We round off the releases with two classic Hanna-Barbera animated series back on DVD, Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966) and Birdman and The Galaxy Trio (1967). Then, after we make some Holiday Gift Guide recommendations, we finish off by answering three hand-written letters from listeners like you!

Based on the searing Stephen King best-seller, Dolores Clairborne (1995) starring Kathy Bates and Jennifer Jason Leigh comes to Blu-ray along with the comedy Doc Hollywood (1991) starring Michael J. Fox. Also on Blu-ray, we head back to Star's Hollow ten years later in the four part special sequel series, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) written, directed and executive produced by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. Heading back to the 90s,Living Single Season 3 (1995-96) starring Queen Latifah comes to DVD. Then we chat about two double feature DVDs which feature a 1930s original and its 50s remake including Strictly Dishonorable (1930 and 1951) and Kind Lady (1935 and 1951). We have two westerns new to DVD including Renegades of the West (1932) starring Tom Keene and The Kid From Texas (1939) with Dennis O'Keefe. Finally, we have several DVDs coming back into print including The Old Maid (1939) and The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) starring Bette Davis as well as Starlift (1951), April in Paris (1952) and Tunnel of Love (1958) starring Doris Day.

New to Blu-ray, a true sleeper hit, Robert Mulligan's tender coming-of-age during wartime classic, Summer of '42 (1971) starring Jennifer O'Neill, took the studio by surprise while stealing the hearts of a Vietnam War weary nation. Raoul Walsh's Battle Cry (1955) follows the triumphs and tragedies endured by a group of Marines cutting through hearts on their way to Pacific looks amazing in HD. The Wayans Bros. Season 3 (1997-98) is new to DVD along with a whole bunch of classic films back in print including Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), Parrish (1961), Susan Slade (1961), Rome Adventure (1962), Palm Springs Weekend (1964) as well as a group of MGM Musicals including Lady Be Good (1941), Nancy Goes to Rio (1950), and Two Weeks with Love (1950).

Screen icon Alan Ladd produces and stars in Hell on Frisco Bay (1955). This crime spectacle, shot on location in noir central - San Francisco appears for the first time on both Blu-ray and DVD. Director Jerry Schatzberg's masterclass in empathetic acting from two very different, but equally dynamic, acting titans, Scarecrow (1973) starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino, comes to Blu-ray. Rachel Ward makes her "scream" debut in the early eighties slasher, Night School (1981). Directed by Ken Hughes (Casino Royale and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) comes to Blu-ray red with blood. On DVD, The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete Fourth Season (1999-2000) sees the young staff of The King's Towers enter into a new maturity while its proprietors begin to make plans to step aside. This week we have two triple feature DVD Collections featuring classic WB character actors. Glenda Farrell Triple Feature includes the films, The Law in her Hands (1936), Here Comes Carter (1936) and Dance Charlie Dance (1937) while the Guy Kibbee Triple Feature includes Mary Jane's Pa (1935), Going Highbrow (1935) and The Big Noise (1936).

The darkly comedic TV musical sensation Crazy Ex-Girlfriend back with Season 2 (2016-17) on DVD with DVD Exclusive Commentaries by Co-creators Aline Brosh McKenna and Rachel Bloom. Then we jump back to the early 30s with Pre-Code Classics new to DVD including Wide Open (1930) with comic relief titan Edward Everett Horton, Washington Masquerade (1932) starring Lionel Barrymore as a corrupted politician, the ever-timely business drama and Busby Berkely's co-directing debut She Had to Say Yes (1933) starring Loretta Young , and Stage Mother (1933) starring the one-of-a-kind stage, silent and sound star Alice Brady. Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell and Aline McMahon star as three suddenly out of work Broadway Chorus girl in the timeless musical Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) featuring Busby Berkeley's peerless production numbers and is now back in print on DVD.

Restored to its original theatrical length for the first time in over 75 year, The Sea Wolf (1941) features an all-star team of A-listers including Michael Curtiz, Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield and Ida Lupino to tackle the silver screen adaptation of Jack London's dark adventure novel of the sea, survival and the Nietzschean Superman. Ivan Reiner, chief writer on the gonzo Italio-American "Gamma One" quadrilogy (Wild, Wild Planet, War of the Planets, War Between the Planets and The Snow Devils) and his co-writer on The Snow Devils, the legendary Batman-scribe Bill Finger, team up with the legendary Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) to direct The Green Slime (1968) - an instant mondo cine-sensation. Created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, and based on Perrotta's novel, The Leftovers: Season 3 (2017) comes to Blu-ray and DVD. Switching gears, danger and wonder abound during the prehistoric animated adventures of a young dinosaur and his pals in Dink the Little Dinosaur (1989-90) now on DVD. Next we briefly chat about a series of Noir double features that are back in print including Act of Violence/Mystery Street (1948/1950), Crime Wave/Decoy (1954/1946), Illegal/Big Steal (1955/1949) and Where Danger Lives/Tension (1950/1949). Finally we wrap up with a chat with our special in-studio guest, Chris Yogerst the author of From the Headlines to Hollywood: The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros.

Superman: The Movie got a special make-over for his network television premiere - nearly forty-minutes was added back in, creating a two-night television event never before available on Home Video and now released in a double disc set, Superman: The Extended Cut (1978) is now on Blu-ray! The Hidden (1987), one of the greatest Crime-Horror-Science Fiction-Cop-Buddy flicks produced in the era of neon and big hair, is also now available on Blu. From the world of current TV, iZombie Season 3 (2017) ups the undead ante for its fast-paced flesh-eating third smash season also on Blu-ray. Finally we turn to recent New Line horror releases on DVD which include the housing crisis-inspired tale,Within (2016) and Wolves at the Door (2016), loosely based on the infamous Manson family murder spree. We wrap things up with a shout out to the new release of Blade Runner (1982) in the 4k UHD format.

George Feltenstein interviews an American legend, the comedian, actor, director and writer Carl Reiner whose career spans nearly seven decades. They chat about working with Steve Martin on the classic 80s comedy film, The Man with Two Brains (1983) which is new to Blu-ray.

Christopher Guest's community theater improv comedy mockmentary, Waiting For Guffman (1996), charges its way to Blu-ray featuring stellar performances from Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, David Cross, and Eugene Levy. Also new to Blu, MGM's legendary Freed unit takes on a musical of legend with a Cinemascope adaptation of the Scottish Highlands fantasy, Brigadoon (1954) with Gene Kelly, Cyd Charise and Van Johnson. Journey back to the Big Sky wonders and New West dangers of Absaroka County with Longmire: The Complete Fifth Season (2016) with Robert Taylor on Blu-ray. Then we tackle three RKO Rarities coming to DVD for the first time including Beauty for the Asking (1939) with Lucille Ball, Full Confession (1939) with Victor McLaglen and Sorority House (1939) with Anne Shirley.

John Landis' revisionist mobster vampire flick, Innocent Blood (1992) comes to Blu-ray this week. Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom star in an intriguing adaptation of American master-storyteller Ray Bradbury's beloved anthology-cum-novel, The Illustrated Man (1969). Although we already posted an entire hour long podcast dedicated to it, Porky Pig 101 (1935-43) - a huge collection of 99 black and white Porky Pig shorts (with two in color!) comes to DVD . It's a 90s kind of world with Queen Latifah who is back on DVD with Living Single: The Complete Second Season (1994-95) along with co-stars Kim Coles, Erika Alexander and Kim Fields.

Jerry Beck and the Warner Archive Podcast educate us all about the early carrer of Porky Pig and the new 5 disc DVD set, Porky Pig 101 with 99 rare black and white Porky Pig cartoons - and two in color!

Director John Sturges' western, The Law and Jake Wade (1958) starring Richard Widmark and Robert Taylor, comes to Blu-ray guns blazing in 1080p HD. From Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels (The Office) along with creator David Jenkins comes the sci-fi comedy, People of Earth: The Complete First Season (2016) to DVD. Then we shift tp three new DVDs from the notorious Pre-Code era including Broadway Babies (1929) and Playing Around (1930) starring Alice White as well as Big Business Girl (1931) with Loretta Young and Joan Blondell.

George Feltenstein interviews David Thomson about his book, "Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio" which provides a fascinating interpretation of the rise of an unpromising film studio from its shaky beginnings through its ascent to the pinnacle of Hollywood influence and popularity.

The mad men behind The Jerk and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, actor Steve Martin and director Carl Reiner, cook up a manic genre mash of Film Noir, Romance, Science Fiction and Horror with The Man with Two Brains (1983) and now on Blu-ray. Also new to Blu, The Originals: The Complete Fourth Season (2017) sees our favorite family of bloodsuckers back for their penultimate season. Everyone's favorite family in recovery is back with Mom: The Complete Fourth Season (2016-17) new To DVD. Then we talk about four films back in print on DVD including Miracle In The Rain (1956), Skyjacked (1972), A Warm December (1973) and the three part documentary TV series, MGM: When The Lion Roars (1992).

Arthur Penn's brilliant Night Moves (1975) comes to Blu-ray staring Gene Hackman as a private detective whose pursuit of a runaway (Melanie Griffith) takes him into a labyrinth of crime, mystery and murder. Steve Martin and Rick Moranis go over the top in the mob comedy My Blue Heaven (1990) on a heavenly Blu-ray. New TV comes out this week inclding Riverdale: The Complete First Season (2016) and Lucifer: The Complete Second Season (2016) both on delicious Blu-Ray along with The Middle: The Complete Eighth Season (2016) coming to DVD. In celebration of the legendary Katharine Hepburn's 100th birthday, we're bringing a complete package of presents back in print on DVD including Morning Glory (1933), Sylvia Scarlett (1935), Dragon Seed (1944), Without Love (1945), Undercurrent (1946), and The Corn Is Green (1979).

Director Richard Rush's Freebie and the Bean (1974) starring Alan Arkin, James Caan, is a seminal cynical cop comedy that mixes politically incorrect insouciance with slam bang action and is new to Blu-ray featuring a fantastic new 2017 1080p master. TV's Alice is back with The Complete Fifth Season (1980) on DVD featuring the continuing adventures of Mel's Diner. New Westerns coming to DVD for the first time include The Crossfire (1933) with Tom Keene, The Lion and the Horse (1952) with Steve Cochran and Cow Country (1953) with Edmund O'Brien. This week, five films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy come back in print on DVD including Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Evelyn Prentice (1934), Double Wedding (1937), I Love You Again (1940) and Love Crazy (1941).