Warner Archive Podcast

New television seasons include SUPERBOY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1990-91) and SUGARFOOT: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (1954) and we conclude with a deluge of WB DVDs back in print including Raquel Welch in KANSAS CITY BOMBER (1972), Robert Duvall in THE GREAT SANTINI (1979), Danny De Vito in WISE GUYS (1986) and OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY (1991), THE SPITFIRE GRILL (1996), CARPOOL (1996), WITHOUT LIMITS (1998), and Ben Stiller in ZERO EFFECT (1998).

New on DVD this week: THE ANDY HARDY COLLECTION: VOL. 2, with Mickey Rooney and a myriad of guest stars including Judy Garland and Donna Reed. The final ten remastered Andy Hardy adventures are ready. We also cover Season 2 of the 90s sci-fi syndicated classic, TIME TRAX starring Dale Midkiff, who returns as time-traveling fugitive Darien Lambert for the show's final 22 episodes.

1934 Leo is On the Air Trailer promoting The Merry Widow starring Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier. The Merry Widow is now available at Warner Archive.

New to DVD this week: the pioneering animated adventures of MARINE BOY: SEASON ONE (1966) and MEDICAL CENTER: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1971-72) with Chad Everett and a plethora of special guest stars. We also discuss a deluge of back-in-prints flicks from Paramount, including THE NAKED JUNGLE (1954), Jerry Lewis' THE FAMILY JEWELS (1965), HELLO DOWN THERE (1969), a pair of Martin Ritt-helmed films including THE BROTHERHOOD (1968) and THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (1970), THE WHITE DAWN (1974), GUNG HO (1986), BACK TO THE BEACH (1987) and KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY (1996).

JUPITER'S DARLING (1955), starring the late Esther Williams is new this week to DVD. Then we cover a couple of films featuring Bette Davis - FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) and WINTER MEETING (1948). We conclude with four made for television films from TNT featuring true life stories: THE LOST CAPONE (1990), SPYMAKER: THE SECRET LIFE OF IAN FLEMING (1990), AMELIA EARHART: THE FINAL FLIGHT (1994) featuring Diane Keaton, and HOUDINI (1998) with an early turn from Mark Ruffalo.

THE PAINTED VEIL (1934), starring Garbo is new this week to DVD. Also three Monogram B-pics including WOMEN IN BONDAGE (1943), BLACK MARKET BABIES (1945) and DON'T GAMBLE WITH STRANGERS (1946). Then we rediscover two Disco-era greats in Jan Troell's ZANDY'S BRIDE (1974) starring Gene Hackman and Liv Ullman and Grahame Greene's THE HUMAN FACTOR (1980). We then conclude with the final season of NIGHT COURT (1991-92).

Rob Corddry sits down with the Warner Archive Collection crew to discuss Childrens Hospital - how to go from a web series to a critically acclaimed television show, craft service on a budget and the funniest man in the world! Get Childrens Hospital: The Complete Fourth Season at Warner Archive.

We start with two new to DVD from the 50s, the ticking TERROR ON A TRAIN (1953) with Glenn Ford and the nautical thriller THE DECKS RAN RED (1958) with Dorothy Dandridge. Then we discover two with June Allyson and co-starring her husband Dick Powell, THE REFORMER AND THE REDHEAD (1950) and RIGHT CROSS (1950) also co-starring Ricardo Montalban. Finally we tackle the fifth season of The FBI which finally confronts the domestic enemies of the 70s!

Falcon Crest Season 3 has been remastered and is now available on DVD. We also discuss two new ones from Lana Turner - A Life of Her Own (1950) and Diane (1956). The Merry Widow (1934) and The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) both star Jeanette MacDonald, while Nelson Eddy stars in Let Freedom Ring (1939). Then we chat about five previously released DVDs now back in print including Executive Suite (1954) with William Holden, The Silver Chalice (1954) with Paul Newman, A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966) with Joanne Woodward, William Friedkin's Cruising (1980) with Al Pacino and Disorderlies (1987) starring the Fat Boys - what a week!

1945 Screen Guild Playhouse presentation of The Mask of Dimitrios staring Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott and Peter Lorre reprising their original 1944 screen roles. The Mask of Dimitrios is available at Warner Archive.

Margaret O'Brien honors the Warner Archive Collection podcast with some great stories from the early days of Hollywood including how she was discovered. You will find many films starring Margaret O'Brien at Warner Archive.

First, we chat about the fantastical A Guy Named Joe (1943) starring Spencer Tracy. Then about four films starring Robert Taylor: the western Stand Up and Fight (1939) with Wallace Beery, the corporate drama The Power and The Prize (1956), the crime caper The House of the Seven Hawks (1959) and the oater Cattle King (1963). Finally we flashback to 1987's third season of Growing Pains starring Alan Thicke, Kirk Cameron and poofy shirts.

We explore Liberace's first (and only) feature film, Sincerely Yours (1955) followed by five Monogram/Allied Artist westerns including Stampede (1949), Short Grass (1950), Wild Stallion (1952), Rider on a Dead Horse (1962) and finally The Monogram Cowboy Collection Volume Six: Jimmy Wakely (1945-49) containing six films starring Monogram's favorite cowboy crooner.

We chat about an exciting new 72-episode collection of Popeye: The 1960s Classics Volume 1 (1960-61), and three films featuring kids from the 30s and 40s including Booth Tarkington's Penrod and Sam (1931), Tenth Avenue Angel (1947) starring Margaret O'Brien and The Secret Garden (1949) with Margaret O'Brien and Dean Stockwell. We finish off with a discussion on the sixth and penultimate season of TV's Without a Trace (2007-08).

Pre-Code shenanigans are back with FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD VOLUME 7 including THE HATCHET MAN (1932) with Edward G. Robinson, SKYSCRAPER SOULS (1932) and EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE (1933) with Warren William and EX-LADY (1933)with Bette Davis. EIGHT IS ENOUGH, THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1978-79) comes under discussion as well as five films from 1949 to 1992 that are back in print including COMMAND DECISION (1949) with Clark Gable, Howard Hawks' LAND OF THE PHARAOHS (1955), British New Wave darling THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (1962), THE COURTSHIP OF EDDIE'S FATHER (1963) with Glen Ford and finally FREEJACK (1992) with Emilio Estevez and Mick Jagger!

This week we welcome THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944) to DVD alongside a quintet of film noir faves, including THE FALL GUY (1947), A DANGEROUS PROFESSION (1949), DUFFY OF SAN QUENTIN (1954), LOOPHOLE (1954), and FBI CODE 98 (1963). Then we take a swing through the jungle with Bomba, the Jungle Boy with a look at BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY, VOLUME ONE (1949-1951) before catapulting back in time to Ancient Rome, Hanna-Barbera style, for THE ROMAN HOLIDAYS, THE COMPLETE SERIES (1972).

Chatting about the latest mystery triple features: NICK CARTER MYSTERIES TRIPLE FEATURE (1939-40) starring Walter Pidgeon as the man of action, and FAST COMPANY/FAST AND LOOSE/FAST AND FURIOUS TRIPLE FEATURE (1938-39) with the rare-book dealing Sloanes on the case. We then anticipate the arrival of 60s TV's favorite surgeons, DR. KILDARE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (1961-62) with Richard Chamberlain and Raymond Massey. We round off the week with ETHEL (2012), HBO's intimate portrait of RFK's widow.

In honor of our release of the third season of THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW (2012) the Warner Archive Collection podcast team sits down for a chat with Executive Producer, Lisa Ullmann.

Chatting about the third season of the surreal animated HBO show, THE RICKY GERVAIS SHOW (2012) and a discussion about the new second twelve film collection from the longest running film series of all time, THE BOWERY BOYS COLLECTION, VOL. TWO (1946-55).

Celebrating the pre-code era before Hollywood declared certain films off limits with the release of Forbidden Hollywood Collection Volume 6 which includes THE WET PARADE (1932). DOWNSTAIRS (1932), MANDALAY (1934) and MASSACRE (1934) Plus we preview current TV comedy CHILDRENS HOSPITAL Season 4 (2012) along with Eddie Cantor's WHOOPEE (1930) and KID MILLIONS (1934).