Warner Archive releases A New Set of Classic Titles onto Blu-ray! The full details...
Warner Archive is at it again and crushing it with their Blu-ray releases.
Good Day from LA! Today we’re taking a deeper look at some of Warner Archive’s most recent Blu-ray releases!!
The Verdict (1946) [Blu-ray]
The Verdict (1946) hits Blu-ray from Warner Archive, pressed on a BD-50, and it’s peak gaslit, fog-soaked London mystery with two absolute icons leading the hunt.
Superintendent Grodman of Scotland Yard thinks he’s built an airtight case—until evidence surfaces too late and an innocent man hangs. Grodman retires in shame, but a new nightmare drops in his lap: a diabolical locked-room murder that gives him one last shot at redemption. Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre star as Grodman and his effete artist comrade, chasing clues through 1890 London’s shadowy streets.
Specs and extras: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono, black-and-white picture. Bonus features include two classic WB cartoons (Hair-Raising Hare, Birth of a Notion) plus radio programs featuring Peter Lorre (Inner Sanctum “Black Sea Gull” 3/7/1943; Suspense “Till Death Do Us Part” 12/15/1942) and Sydney Greenstreet (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe “Stamped for Murder” 10/20/1950).
By The Light of the Silvery Moon [Blu-ray]
Young lovers Doris Day and Gordon MacRae return in a moonlit sequel to On Moonlight Bay, packed with small-town charm, big musical moments, and that “warm hearts, cold feet” kind of romance. Doris and Gordon whirl through the Winfield kitchen to “Ain’t We Got Fun,” Doris belts “King Chanticleer” at a stage pageant, and the whole town heads to Miller’s Pond to lace up the skates for the title-tune finale.
Like its predecessor, the film draws from Booth Tarkington’s Penrod stories, serving up heartland mirth, old-fashioned values, and cozy Americana vibes from start to finish.
Specs and extras: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono. Bonus features include the classic cartoon “From A to Zzzzz,” classic comedy shorts “So You Want a Television Set” and “So You Want to Learn to Dance,” plus the original theatrical trailer.
The Narrow Margin [Blu-ray]
The Narrow Margin hits Blu-ray with a lean, high-tension setup that never lets up: noir tough-guy Charles McGraw plays a cop assigned to protect a gangster’s moll (genre legend Marie Windsor) as she rides west to testify before a grand jury. Problem is, there are hitmen on the train who know she’s aboard… they just don’t know what she looks like. All aboard.
Specs: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono, B&W, rated NR.
Special features: audio commentary by William Friedkin plus audio interview excerpts with Richard Fleischer; classic short subject “So You Never Tell a Lie”; classic cartoon “The Super Snooper”; original theatrical trailer.
James Stewart 4-Film Collection [Blu-ray]
James Stewart takes the spotlight in a four-film showcase packed with range, heart, and pure star power—from romantic comedy charm to dark historical drama to frontier-sized western grit.
You get Ernst Lubitsch’s The Shop Around the Corner, where Stewart and Margaret Sullavan anchor the warm, witty love story later remade as You’ve Got Mail. Then Stewart and Sullavan reunite for Frank Borzage’s The Mortal Storm, a heavier, urgent drama reflecting the rising Nazi threat in Europe. Stewart turns electric in Anthony Mann’s Technicolor western masterpiece The Naked Spur, and the set rounds out with the all-star epic How the West Was Won, with Stewart as a Western settler.
Specs: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes; 16x9 2.89:1 letterbox. Ratings NR; G. Audio formats include DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono and Dolby TrueHD 7.1.
Wally Gator: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
A true people-person alligator, Wally can’t help himself—his curiosity (and bon vivant taste for the good life) keeps pulling him beyond the city zoo, porkpie hat and all. With a rotation of hilarious disguises, he slips past the watchful zookeeper Twiddle… only to end up wailing “Oh, fuddle-dee-doo!” as each escape drops him into an even more ridiculous (and occasionally dangerous) mess.
Specs: 16x9 1.33:1 with side mattes, DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono, rated NR. Runtime: 267 min.