5 WARNER ARCHIVE BLURAYS THAT YOU NEED IN YOUR COLLECTION! | STAGE FRIGHT (1950) REVIEW

[@derrickmcleod9549]

Warner Archive also has a 4 movie Hitchcock collection - Suspicion, The Wrong Man, Dial M for Murder and I Confess.

[@midlevelmedia]

I know. I really don't like the multi-packs, so I may grab the individual releases. Lol

[@megamikethemovieman]

I have that collection. Would you like me to review those on my movie review and collecting channel?

[@labyrinthoffilm3050]

Awesome video! I'll definitely have to pick up Stage Fright. Very happy to see you mention Night School! I adore it. Super underrated film.

[@derrickmcleod9549]

Cinephile Studio’s channel recently started a Hitchcock review series. Stage Fright arrived yesterday :)

[@midlevelmedia]

Awesome! I need to do a Hitchcock month!

[@megamikethemovieman]

Should I review more Hitchcock titles on my movie review channel, I have a lot of them?

[@sgtdroxie]

Wait Until Dark was originally a successful Broadway with movie actress Lee Remick. Then it was made into an equally successful movie with Audrey Hepburn. That is why it is so well written.

[@midlevelmedia]

Ohh awesome! Didn't realize! It's so good!

[@paulconway384]

From Beyond The Grave is fantastic. With Peter Cushing's creepy antique shop 👍

[@nickgee90]

That’s a good variety of picks. Another one I’d like to mention is Straight Time with Dustin Hoffman, super underrated film of his.

[@timtalkstalkies]

Man killer recommendations. I have all of them except Stage Fright which “should” arrive tomorrow….fingers crossed lol. All of those are great though and I enjoyed them a ton. Another under the radar Warner Archive worth grabbing is Running on Empty. I really loved that one when I watched it last year.

[@midlevelmedia]

I'll have to check that out. I'm going to stock up in the next sale!

[@sgtdroxie]

I love Warner Archives. Classic movies are amazing!

[@midlevelmedia]

Yes! I need to pick up and dive into their catelog a little more.

[@donmorton4597]

Excellent titles Ken. The Thing From Another World is excellent. Need to pick that up.

[@midlevelmedia]

It's a really great release Don!

[@minutiaminute]

Wait until dark is a terence young film too--the original bond director who found sean connery

[@v4victory665]

Hey Ken a.k.a. Mad Dog, I too love WB Archive Collection, I've been adding them lately as Amazon has been putting them on sale here and there. You cant go wrong with WB's A.C. the video and sound quality is always excellent. Has for Hitchcock there many great movies but for now I highly recommend North by Northwest (1959) w/ Cary Grant, it's not a WB archive collection title but it is a WB, I cannot recommend that to you enough.

[@midlevelmedia]

I need to see North By. That's a big one on the list.

[@sgtdroxie]

I don't have those last two horror movies but you sold me on them.

[@midlevelmedia]

Dude! Both are great! You'll be happy with them!

[@megamikethemovieman]

I’m a big Hitchcock fan, but haven’t seen Stage Freight even though I’ve probably about 30 of his films with all the collections I have.

[@midlevelmedia]

It's really underrated I think. Mainly because it was so good and I had never even heard of it till now.

[@SamLovesMovies25]

Another Warner Archive title that just HAD to have in my collection was The Jazz Singer (1927), mostly for its obvious very important historical significance as the first film with synchronized sound (in a couple scenes, but still). That moment where Jolson says "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet!" was a breakthrough moment in cinematic history, and it must have been amazing for someone back in 1927 to actually hear the words recorded with the film like that.

[@midlevelmedia]

I need to check that out. Need more 20s in the collection!

[@mitchellpearson4521]

Warner is sitting on the last Carole Lombard film called Mr and Mrs Smith directed by Hitchcock. It is last major US Hitchcock Release not on Blu-ray. Stage Freight is awesome. The Thing is a great Howard Hawks picture. He made so many excellent movies.

[@thomasmiles340]

Thanks. Hitchcock let Marlene Dietrich do the lighting for all her scenes. He told the cinematographer "Just let her light her scenes. She probably knows more about it than you do anyway." Cheers.

[@CinemaStudies]

Wait Until Dark is great. Probably my favorite Audrey Hepburn film and I have a soft spot for everything she’s in lol

[@midlevelmedia]

I need to watch more of her stuff.

[@DarthEd77]

Great stuff! I want Stage Fright and Wait Until Dark for sure. Is there a particular time of the year in which Warner Archive has that sale on Amazon?

[@midlevelmedia]

It's usually a couple times a year and I believe one of them is sometime in the summer.

[@HucksPopCultureCafe]

Does Amazon still do that 4 for $44? Before I started back collecting as I do now, I never really took advantage of those sales because I never knew that one day Warner Archive's website would close its doors and go away as an online provider. But if Amazon still provides that sale, that is fantastic! I would definitely jump on that again if they do.

[@midlevelmedia]

Amazon did the sale a couple times last year I believe, so yes.

[@4bobbyt]

One of Audrey Hepburn's best films is THE NUN'S STORY, based on a true story, and brilliantly acted by her and Peter Finch, as well as others. A truly spectacular film. As for Hitchcock, you might look at some of the films he made in England in the mid to late thirties, like SABOTAGE or THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. And a true horror when he went back to England for the first time in many years to shoot FRENZY which has lots of surprises. Jane Wyman was an Oscar Winner for JOHNNY BELINDA, and had a long career at Warner Bros, marrying Ronald Reagan and building a career that went from silly to important. My favorite of hers is as Gregory Peck's hard working wife in THE YEARLING, a true classic.

[@midlevelmedia]

I really need to check out more Hitchcock. Expect a Hitchcock month on the channel for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@batman.darthmaul]

Thanks for reviewing Stage Fright. I haven't seen that one in probably 15 or 20 years and I'd like to check it out again. If you're looking for more Hitchcock, try Suspicion with Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine -- a young woman suspects her husband is trying to kill her. It's a thriller with some romantic and comedic elements.

[@midlevelmedia]

Stage Fright was damn good! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@c-rad2419]

How was the Warner archive release of Dolores Claiborne?

[@midlevelmedia]

I haven't checked out that release yet? Maybe I need to?

[@c-rad2419]

@@midlevelmedia tell me you've seen the movie lol. The only thing I don't like about Warner archive, is all their releases are made on demand. I'm not sure how I feel about that. The kind of reminds me of bootleged discs

[@midlevelmedia]

@@c-rad2419 I have seen it, but it's been awhile.

[@jameshorton7496]

Another good Audrey Hepburn movie also from 1967 is Two For The Road with Albert Finney.

[@midlevelmedia]

I'll have to check that out! Thanks James!

[@Garemandude]

The French film, Diabolique inspired Hitchcock to make Psycho. Early Hitchcock to check - Saboteur, shadow of Doubt. Later great Hitchcock, Frenzy, and Family Plot. (Skin Game was not directed by Alfred Hitchcock) 😁

[@AllMyHobbies]

The only wb archives that i have is seven brides for seven brothers its a great film only musical I will watch.

[@midlevelmedia]

I'll keep that in mind for future purchase!

[@timtalkstalkies]

Just starting the video now, but if Ken doesn’t recommend Wait Until Dark from Warner archive than I’m recommending it right now. Y’all won’t regret it.

[@midlevelmedia]

It's good, but I don't know if it's recommend worthy? 😬😂😂

[@timtalkstalkies]

@@midlevelmedia Haha just got to that part of the video that you recommend it. A++++ for that 😂

[@KingOrest]

I'm in for any Hitchcock film

[@midlevelmedia]

This one is truly great!

[@jameslacey5474]

I really wish Warner Bros. would release their double feature of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The pre-code, Fredric March verison (1932) which he won best actor for. The only time an actor won an Oscar for staring in a horror film, until Anthony Hopkins won for "Silence of the Lambs" (if you consider that a horror film and not a thriller). As well as the Spencer Tracy's (1941) verison which were both released on a Warner Bros. label DVD as a double bill, but never received a Blu-Ray edition. They are both great in their own right. The Paramount 1932 pre-code film is awesome just for that fact alone, in addition to the revolutionary camera work that it has. The make-up definitely leans more towards a monster movie, he difinately looks like a primitive Neanderthal man. A make-up that I feel ranks with the original Universal's Frankenstein. It also includes an amazing transformation that was achieved by having the actor wear red make-up under red lighting, then fading the red light exposing the make-up. The black and white film didn't show the make-up under the red lighting until it was faded out, giving it the illusion of occurring in front of the camera with no edits. Unfortunately, this film doesn't get the same love and exposure that the classic Universal monster's get. My theory is that when MGM was releasing their 1941 version of the film, they bought the Paramount version and shelved it in their studio vault so that it wouldn't compete with their film, and as a result it was never shown on television during the 1950's thru the 1970's when most fans of these type of films were left with an indelible impression as youngsters. The MGM film though not as great as the Fredric March's version is still very entertaining and impressive(some actually prefer this version over the March one) The make-up is perhaps a bit more believable, opting for a "evil, sadistic" look. It also has a great surreal dream-like montage that has to be seen to be believed. Although I doubt Warner Bros. will release them on their main label as they had before and as a double bill. I can only hope that one day they with release them separately on Blu-Ray from their Warner Bros. Archive Collection like they did "Mad Love" staring Peter Lorrie and "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" staring Fay Wray (in an early two strip color process, which looks amazing). I can't highly recommand both versions of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" enough, a must see for anyone who appreciates cinema's early horror films, as well as the other two archival films mentioned.

[@naturalism1234567]

My top 5 Warner archive blu-rays would be Drunken master 2 Judgement night Wax museum Gun crazy Bogart Bacall collection

[@midlevelmedia]

I've heard great things about Judgement Night! I need to check that out!

[@gialloradio]

Stagefright: The shot was on purpose - at the time they could not spit the screen to keep a person close and one far away in focus so it's a kind of an overlay.

[@DarthEd77]

By the way, I *think* Marlene Dietrich is pronounced "mar-lee-na dee-trick" (by Americans).

[@midlevelmedia]

Yeah. I gave up pronouncing names right a long time ago. 😂

[@Alexj_movieguy]

Watch the wrong man and strangers on a train!!!

[@milescoburn1845]

I sometimes get so tired of explaining this. John Carpenter's 1982 "The Thing" IS NOT a sequel to 1951's "The Thing From Another World". No matter what anyone (including John Carpenter himself) says, the 1951 movie is NOT a remake (or part of a "franchise"). While they both draw upon John W. Campbell's novella, "Who Goes There?", there are few aspects of either film in the other. The only thing they have in common is 1) there is an alien that crashed on Earth, and 2) the story takes place in a cold clime. Even this has an important difference. The '51 film takes place in the Arctic (near the North Pole) while the '82 film is set in Antarctica. No character from either film is in the other. The alien in "Thing From Another World" is vegetable-based and needs blood (animal or human) to reproduce via seed pods (ostensibly to take over the world). The alien in "John Carpenter's "The Thing" assimilates the life forms it comes into contact with (ostensibly to eventually take over the world, other animal life included). In "Thing From Another World" there is a military presence as protagonists as well as a love interest for the ranking officer. Neither are found in "John Carpenter's The Thing". Similarities: 1) An alien crashes on Earth; 2) The film is set in a cold clime; 3) Fire is used as the main weapon against the alien (moving to electricity in "Thing From Another World"). "John Carpenter's The Thing" is more faithful to the source material. But both films are very good, and as you say, should be looked at as separate entities. I think the idea "John Carpenter's The Thing" was a sequel came about because people are lazy and just abbreviated the title from "The Thing From Another World" to simply, "The Thing".

[@Garemandude]

Interesting Audrey Hepburn Fact: a true hero, she was a member of the Dutch Resistance during WWII. Fun Fact out of the way, I have to take issue with your mispronunciation of names, Ken. It’s one thing, understandable even, to mispronounce an unfamiliar name once, but if you’re going to use a name multiple times, make sure you get it correct, otherwise, hearing a name mispronounced several times is closely akin to Chinese Water Torture. That said, just google “pronounce Dietrich (for example),” and you’ll have a proper pronunciation.