Warner Archive Podcast

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 St

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.

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.

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).

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).