Posted by jayembee on 07/12/06 17:53

Walter Traprock <wetraprock@hotmail.com> wrote:

> If quality is the concern, bad quality is better than none.

Depends on how bad.

> Paramount, etc., doesn't want their old films released at all,
> as they feel their classic product will steal sales from brand
> new releases.

That's funny, given that the studios *are* releasing their classic
films on DVD. Among them is the specific film mentioned in the
original posting: ROMAN HOLIDAY, which Paramount released in a
magnificently restored Special Edition with all sorts of extras.

I've got probably a hundred or so feet of shelf space taken up
by DVDs of pre-1960 films released by the major studios. I mean
released on DVD, not (just) released originally on film. With
the exception of a shelf of DVD releases by Roan, very few are
Public Domain issues.

All of the major Golden Age studios -- Warner, Universal, Paramount,
Columbia, and MGM -- are releasing vintage films on DVD right
alongside their current titles.

-- jayembee

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