[Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS
Dear collective mind, Do you know if Fashions of 1934 starring Bette Davis and William Powell is available anywhere for purchase? I prefer DVD but VHS also works if there is no DVD. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS
Wow, I thought I'd seen all the Bette Davis movies, but never even heard of this one! Something to look forward to Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS Dear collective mind, Do you know if Fashions of 1934 starring Bette Davis and William Powell is available anywhere for purchase? I prefer DVD but VHS also works if there is no DVD. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS
OK my friend at WB reports that indeed the issue was material but they have just made a lovely new master. It has a small flaw they need to fix and he had no release date but clearly it is on their front burner. This would be a release of the Warner Archive Collection which is not really sold retail and I strongly urge all libraries to check their site and buy lots from them. http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html?adid=wacurl On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Alex O. Williams a...@typecastfilms.comwrote: Fashions (1934) was released on VHS from some low-budget video label with generic video art, don't recall the name of the company. I was still able to order a new VHS copy from Scarecrow Video here in Seattle back in the early 2000s, so you could see if they're still able to get you a copy... but my guess is that it's gone out of print. I've only ever found 3 video stores that carried it for rental, so finding a used copy won't be easy. (I sold my VHS copy on eBay in 2006, along with the rest of my VHS collection.) They still have a rental copy at Scarecrow (see herehttp://www.scarecrow.com/rental/?q=Fashions+of+1934). Busby Berkeley staged the film's choreographed dance numbers, so the film is also interesting for that...though not a great film overall. It's possible that Fashions will be released as part of the Warner Archives Collection soon, since they've recently released several other lesser-known Bette Davis films of the '30s—The Golden Arrow (1936), The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935), Fog Over Frisco (1934) and Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Dear collective mind, Do you know if Fashions of 1934 starring Bette Davis and William Powell is available anywhere for purchase? I prefer DVD but VHS also works if there is no DVD. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS
The Warner Archives Collection is terrific! They recently released a re-mastered DVD of Robert Altman's Brewster McCloudhttp://www.wbshop.com/Brewster-McCloud/1000161855,default,pd.html?cgid= (1970). Every library should have at least 2 copies of that one, if you ask me. :) Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: OK my friend at WB reports that indeed the issue was material but they have just made a lovely new master. It has a small flaw they need to fix and he had no release date but clearly it is on their front burner. This would be a release of the Warner Archive Collection which is not really sold retail and I strongly urge all libraries to check their site and buy lots from them. http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html?adid=wacurl On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Alex O. Williams a...@typecastfilms.comwrote: Fashions (1934) was released on VHS from some low-budget video label with generic video art, don't recall the name of the company. I was still able to order a new VHS copy from Scarecrow Video here in Seattle back in the early 2000s, so you could see if they're still able to get you a copy... but my guess is that it's gone out of print. I've only ever found 3 video stores that carried it for rental, so finding a used copy won't be easy. (I sold my VHS copy on eBay in 2006, along with the rest of my VHS collection.) They still have a rental copy at Scarecrow (see herehttp://www.scarecrow.com/rental/?q=Fashions+of+1934). Busby Berkeley staged the film's choreographed dance numbers, so the film is also interesting for that...though not a great film overall. It's possible that Fashions will be released as part of the Warner Archives Collection soon, since they've recently released several other lesser-known Bette Davis films of the '30s—The Golden Arrow (1936), The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935), Fog Over Frisco (1934) and Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.eduwrote: Dear collective mind, Do you know if Fashions of 1934 starring Bette Davis and William Powell is available anywhere for purchase? I prefer DVD but VHS also works if there is no DVD. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
Re: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS
Jessica raises a really good point about the Warner Archive. Because of the declining DVD market Warner is shifting *most* of their older film releases to the Warner Archive nowadays. Only a select number of classic titles will be released on regular DVD in the future. Most of these transfers look quite good, and some are beautifully remastered. The catch is that these are DVD-Rs created on demand. They're professionally manufactured and should work fine on most players, but from a library perspective there are still the obvious concerns about the longevity of the DVD-R format. The cool thing about the Warner Archive is that they're also releasing many titles which never would have merited a stand-alone DVD release. MGM/UA, Universal and Sony are getting into the game as well. --James -- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:06:54 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] Fashions of 1934 DVD/VHS To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: aanlktimivx6y7=683kuv-0eel_h955w4zil+zo+8+...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 OK my friend at WB reports that indeed the issue was material but they have just made a lovely new master. It has a small flaw they need to fix and he had no release date but clearly it is on their front burner. This would be a release of the Warner Archive Collection which is not really sold retail and I strongly urge all libraries to check their site and buy lots from them. http://www.wbshop.com/Warner-Archive/ARCHIVE,default,sc.html?adid=wacurl On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Alex O. Williams a...@typecastfilms.comwrote: Fashions (1934) was released on VHS from some low-budget video label with generic video art, don't recall the name of the company. I was still able to order a new VHS copy from Scarecrow Video here in Seattle back in the early 2000s, so you could see if they're still able to get you a copy... but my guess is that it's gone out of print. I've only ever found 3 video stores that carried it for rental, so finding a used copy won't be easy. (I sold my VHS copy on eBay in 2006, along with the rest of my VHS collection.) They still have a rental copy at Scarecrow (see herehttp://www.scarecrow.com/rental/?q=Fashions+of+1934). Busby Berkeley staged the film's choreographed dance numbers, so the film is also interesting for that...though not a great film overall. It's possible that Fashions will be released as part of the Warner Archives Collection soon, since they've recently released several other lesser-known Bette Davis films of the '30s?The Golden Arrow (1936), The Girl From 10th Avenue (1935), Fog Over Frisco (1934) and Bureau of Missing Persons (1933). Alex _ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Dear collective mind, Do you know if Fashions of 1934 starring Bette Davis and William Powell is available anywhere for purchase? I prefer DVD but VHS also works if there is no DVD. Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- next part -- An HTML
