Stars of The Wizard of Oz highlight latest Warner Archives DVD releases

October 10, 5:20 AMNY Classic Movies ExaminerCliff Aliperti

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Everybody Sing starring Judy Garland

Stars of The Wizard of Oz highlight latest Warner Archives DVD releases

Warner's chosen highlight for classic film fans this time around would have to be their Stars of The Wizard of Oz 4 DVD Collection which is made up of "Everybody Sing" with Judy Garland, "Flying High" with Bert Lahr, "George White's Scandals" with Jack Haley, and "Rosalie" with Frank Morgan. Individually the single titles are priced at $19.95, but in the bundle you can get all four on sale at $39.95.

But there are other great classic movies available as well including a couple of Myrna Loy titles plus features including Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and others. In all there are 15 new pre-1960 titles available including the 6 DVD Joe McDoakes set which includes 63 shorts at $39.95. Additionally Warner Archives makes available another 14 later titles which are pretty much all Made for TV movies from the 1970's and 80's.

Following is a list of all of the pre-1960 movies in this most recent batch of releases to the Warner Archives:

The Barbarian (1933) starring Myrna Loy, Ramon Novarro, Reginald Denny
The Bribe (1949) starring Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton
Comrade X (1940) starring Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948) starring Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn
Everybody Sing (1938) starring Allan Jones, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice
Flying High (1931) starring Bert Lahr, Charlotte Greenwood, Pat O'Brien
George White Scandals (1945) starring Joan Davis, Jack Haley, Phillip Terry
Joe McDoakes (63 SHORTS) (6 DVD Set)
Our Miss Brooks (1956) starring Eve Arden, Gale Gordon
Penthouse (1933) starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth
Perfect Strangers (1950) starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter
Pretty Baby (1950) starring Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zachary Scott
Rosalie (1937) starring Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan
Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) starring Dean Martin, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Eva Bartok
Top Secret Affair (1957) starring Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart

And here are the later releases as well: City Beneath the Sea (1971), Death of a Centerfold (1981), The Deliberate Stranger (1986 - 2 DVD Set), Earth II (1971), Genesis II (1973), Haywire (1980 - 2 DVD Set), Jack the Ripper (1988 - 2 DVD Set), Love Among Thieves (1987), Man From Atlantis (1977), Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987 - 3 DVD Set), Planet Earth (1974), The Stranger Within (1974), The Subject Was Roses (1968), The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987 - 2 DVD Set)

Here's my summary of what were previously the most recent titles released to the Warner Archives.

Or view coverage of all Warner Archives updates, which should include all pre-1960 Warner Archives releases.