JAZZ SINGER coming to DVD in October

I'm sending a psychic message to WHV:
THE SHOW OF SHOWS
THE SHOW OF SHOWS
THE SHOW OF SHOWS

--
Yours for bigger and better silents,
(and as much Vitaphone as I can get!)
William D. Ferry

"Richard Carnahan" <rfcsac627n RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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> By Laurence Lerman -- Video Business, 7/9/2007
> JULY 9 | On Oct. 16, Warner Home Video will debut the DVD of the
> studio's 1927 landmark movie The Jazz Singer, which was the first
> feature-length film to have synchronized dialog and musical sequences.
>
> The Al Jolson-starring title will be issued in a three-disc 80th
> Anniversary Collector's Edition that contains, among other things, a
> restored and remastered version of the film featuring a refurbished
> soundtrack, a collection of period cartoons, shorts and rare Vitaphone
> comedy and music pieces, a handful of early sound era shorts and the
> newly produced feature-length documentary The Dawn of Sound: How
> Movies Learned to Talk. The package will carry a list price of $39.98.
>
> The Jazz Singer "is going to be one of the landmark releases for
> 2007," said WHV's senior VP of theatrical catalog marketing George
> Feltenstein, who's particularly proud of the new documentary.
>
> "The story of the emergence of sound and its early days is such a
> fascinating one," Feltenstein said. "There were competing
> technologies, competing studios, lots of egos and differences in
> public taste and perception. Sound familiar?"
>
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"I hef no son!!"
(somehow it's not the same as Olivier reciting Shakespeare)
--
Yours for bigger and better silents,

William D. Ferry

"R H Draney" <dadoctah DeleteThis @spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> Richard Carnahan filted:
>>
>>By Laurence Lerman -- Video Business, 7/9/2007
>>JULY 9 | On Oct. 16, Warner Home Video will debut the DVD of the
>>studio's 1927 landmark movie The Jazz Singer, which was the first
>>feature-length film to have synchronized dialog and musical sequences.
>>
>>The Al Jolson-starring title will be issued in a three-disc 80th
>>Anniversary Collector's Edition that contains, among other things, a
>>restored and remastered version of the film featuring a refurbished
>>soundtrack, a collection of period cartoons, shorts and rare Vitaphone
>>comedy and music pieces, a handful of early sound era shorts and the
>>newly produced feature-length documentary The Dawn of Sound: How
>>Movies Learned to Talk. The package will carry a list price of $39.98.
>
> I want an alternate commentary track by Neil Diamond and Lucie Arnaz....r
>
>
> --
> "You got Schadenfreude on my Weltanschauung!"
> "You got Weltanschauung in my Schadenfreude!"
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"William Ferry" <williamferry.TakeThisOut@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> I'm sending a psychic message to WHV:
> THE SHOW OF SHOWS
> THE SHOW OF SHOWS
> THE SHOW OF SHOWS

With the color footage of "Meet My Sister", and maybe the footage of
"Beatrice Lille and her Boyfriends" as an extra- it unfortunately lacks the
soundtrack.

Stott
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Jee whillikers. I'll get that one!

This set seems a bit too early to include "The Show of Shows" - I
mean, more like 1927 than 1929 - but we can always hope. And while
they're at it, how about the surviving footage of "Gold Diggers of
Broadway?" - Jim Roebuck
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On Jul 10, 2:07 pm, John Aldrich <jazzma... RemoveThis @earthlink.net> wrote:
(snipage)

drool
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Although inclusion on this set is unconfirmed, it was originally planned
that the release would include the two surviving reels from "Gold Diggers of
Broadway" as well as the recently discovered fragments which constitute a
minute or so more of this film and the only known Technicolor footage from
"On With the Show!" as well.

Jeff
www.vitaphone.blogspot.com



"Jim R." <mjroebuck DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Jee whillikers. I'll get that one!
>
> This set seems a bit too early to include "The Show of Shows" - I
> mean, more like 1927 than 1929 - but we can always hope. And while
> they're at it, how about the surviving footage of "Gold Diggers of
> Broadway?" - Jim Roebuck
>
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On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:29:42 -0700, "Jim R." <mjroebuck.TakeThisOut@comcast.net>
wrote:

>Jee whillikers. I'll get that one!
>
>This set seems a bit too early to include "The Show of Shows" - I
>mean, more like 1927 than 1929 - but we can always hope. And while
>they're at it, how about the surviving footage of "Gold Diggers of
>Broadway?" - Jim Roebuck

Jim, Here's the rundown: (I think you will be pleased)

DVD Special Features:

Disc 1 The Movie

· All new feature digital transfer and immaculately refurbished
soundtrack from restored picture elements and original Vitaphone-
Sound-on-Disc recordings

· Commentary by film historians Ron Hutchinson and Vince Giordano

· Collection of rare cartoons and shorts:

o I Love to Sing-a classic 1936 WB parody cartoon directed by Tex
Avery

o Hollywood Handicap classic M-G-M short with Al Jolson appearance

o A Day at Santa Anita classic Technicolor Warner Bros. short with
Al Jolson & Ruby Keeler cameo appearance

o "Al Jolson in `A Plantation Act' "1926 Vitaphone short made a year
prior to The Jazz Singer

o An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

· 1947 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast starring Al Jolson (audio only)

· Al Jolson Trailer Gallery

Disc 2 The Early Sound Era

· All-new feature-length documentary The Dawn of Sound: How Movies
Learned to Talk

· Two rarely-seen Technicolor excerpts from Gold Diggers of Broadway
(1929 WB film, most of which is considered lost)

· Studio shorts celebrating the early sound era:

· Finding His Voice (1929 Western Electric animated promotional
short, produced by Max Fleischer)

· The Voice That Thrilled The World - Warner Bros. short about sound

· Okay for Sound 1946 WB short celebrating the 20th anniversary of
Vitaphone

· When Talkies Were Young 1955 WB short looking back at the early
talkies

· The Voice from the Screen 1926 WB `demonstration' film explores
the Vitaphone technology and, looks at the making of a Vitaphone
short.

Disc 3 VITAPHONE SHORTS

In the 1920's Warner Bros. began producing a series of short films
which utilized the Vitaphone process. These films ran the gamut from
musical theater legends and vaudeville acts, to dramatic vignettes
and classical music performances from the most prestigious artists
of the era.
Most of these were shorts considered lost for decades, until a
consortium of archivists and historians joined forces with a goal to
restore these magnificent time capsules of entertainment history. Up
until now, contemporary audiences have only been able to see these
shorts via rare retrospective showings in a few large cities, or
through the limited release of a restored handful of the earliest
subjects, which were part of a 1996 laserdisc set. This new
collection will finally make these amazing rarities available to the
thousands of film fans awaiting their DVD debut.

· Over 3 1/2 hours worth of rare, historic Vitaphone comedy and
music shorts

Elsie Janis in a Vaudeville Act: "Behind the Lines"
Bernado Depace: "Wizard of the Mandolin"
Van and Schneck: "The Pennant Winning Battery of Songland"
Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields
Hazel Green and Company
The Night Court
The Police Quartette
Ray Mayer & Edith Evans: "When East Meets West"
Adele Rowland: "Stories in Song"
Stoll, Flynn and Company: "The Jazzmania Quintet"
The Ingenues in "The Band Beautiful"
The Foy Family in "Chips off the Old Block"
Dick Rich and His Melodious Monarchs
Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors [
Shaw and Lee: "The Beau Brummels"
Larry Ceballos' Roof Garden Revue
Trixie Friganza in "My Bag O' Tricks"
Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts
Sol Violinsky: "The Eccentric Entertainer"
Ethel Sinclair and Marge La Marr in "At the Seashore"
Paul Tremaine and His Aristocrats
Baby Rose Marie: "The Child Wonder"
Burns & Allen in "Lambchops "
Joe Frisco in "The Happy Hottentots"

Outstanding Collector's Edition Bonuses:

· Rarely seen behind-the-scenes Photo cards

· Original release Lobby card reproductions

· Original release Souvenir Program book reproduction

· Booklet with vintage document reproductions and DVD features guide

· Reproduction of post-premiere telegram from Al Jolson to Jack L.
Warner

THE JAZZ SINGER 80TH ANNIVERSARY 3-DISC DELUXE EDITION
Feature Running Time: 88 minutes
4x3 Fullscreen, B&W
Dolby Digital 1.0 audio
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In article <f6tvfl01m3a DeleteThis @drn.newsguy.com>,
R H Draney <dadoctah DeleteThis @spamcop.net> wrote:
>Richard Carnahan filted:
>>
>>By Laurence Lerman -- Video Business, 7/9/2007
>>JULY 9 | On Oct. 16, Warner Home Video will debut the DVD of the
>>studio's 1927 landmark movie The Jazz Singer, which was the first
>>feature-length film to have synchronized dialog and musical sequences.
>>
>>The Al Jolson-starring title will be issued in a three-disc 80th
>>Anniversary Collector's Edition that contains, among other things, a
>>restored and remastered version of the film featuring a refurbished
>>soundtrack, a collection of period cartoons, shorts and rare Vitaphone
>>comedy and music pieces, a handful of early sound era shorts and the
>>newly produced feature-length documentary The Dawn of Sound: How
>>Movies Learned to Talk. The package will carry a list price of $39.98.
>
>I want an alternate commentary track by Neil Diamond and Lucie Arnaz....r

And I'd like to see the 1952 version with Danny Thomas again.
I liked it when it first came out but the only ones I've seen
on video have been Jolson and Diamond.

Bill

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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com
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The Shaw and Lee short sold the set for me.

Louie
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