This past week, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced its first wave of theatrical film library Blu-ray releases for the New Year.
Director John Huston’s 1975 film adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling short story, The Man Who Would be King, has skyrocketed in price on Blu-ray since it went out of print (first releases in 2011), which is unfortunate for those wishing to add this Sean Connery — and Michael Caine — adventure tale to their film libraries. Warner Bros. will be re-issuing it on Jan. 5 to kick off the New Year. Problem solved.
Shifting to Jan. 26, there are four new-to-Blu-ray releases ready for film fans to select from.
Up first is director W.S. Van Dyke’s 1936 film, After the Thin Man, the follow-up to the smash hit, The Thin Man (the series would continue for four more films). The Blu-ray, which is a new 4K restoration from the “best surviving elements,” includes the June of 1040 Lux Radio Theatre broadcast (also with Powell and Loy) and two classic theatrical shorts, “How to be a Detective” (1936, featuring Robert Benchley) and the 1936 “Happy Harmonies” cartoon titled The Early Bird and the Worm.
Other Blu-ray debuts on Jan. 26 include The Pajama Game (1957, starring Doris Day), June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in the 1947 Technicolor musical comedy, Good News, and director Norman Taurog’s 1952 film adaptation of the Anna Perrot Rose novel, Room for One More, teaming Cary Grant with Betsy Drake rounds out the new Blu-ray arrivals.
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