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.com>wrote: > "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 > here<http://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. > >
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