Recently posted on the Criterion Forum —
Netflix Instant seems to have added a slew of not-on-DVD Paramount and Republic titles during the last couple of weeks, presumably as a result of this part of the Epix deal, including: Leo McCarey’s My Son John (!); Bride of Vengeance, No Man of Her Own, Captain Carey USA, The Mating Season (all Mitchell Leisen; boy, does the Universal/Paramount purchase do violence to his filmography’s availability); The Sad Sack, Don’t Give Up the Ship, Visit to a Small Planet, It’s Only Money (all Jerry Lewis); Silver City, Denver and Rio Grande, and Warpath (all Byron Haskin); The Redhead and the Cowboy; Flame of the Islands; The Missing Lady, Behind the Mask, and Hell’s Island (all Phil Karlson); Magic Fire (Dieterle); Botany Bay (John Farrow); Jivaro; Alaska Seas; The Vanquished; and Sangaree.
How interesting! I just resorted to YouTube last weekend to see Paramount’s HOLD BACK THE DAWN. This is very interesting news. Thanks for the tip!!
Best wishes,
Laura
SILVER CITY is a good one featuring a climactic chase through a logging operation. One of my favorite endings!
Netflix also has added a bunch of the Edward L. Cahn “B”-features released by United Artists. Last night, I watched GUNFIGHTERS OF ABILENE (1959) starring Buster Crabbe and Barton MacLane. No great shakes but an interesing little oater.
I do wish some of these titles would be available on DVD.
Its nice to see some Pine-Thomas titles in the mix;they have been unavailable for much too long.
“The Vanquished” is a good one a sort of gothic Western
from a Russian born director.Film has “good gal” “bad gal”
roles for Coleen Gray and Jan Sterling respectively also
bad guy roles for Lyle Bettger and Willard Parker.
I was led to believe this was a “lost movie”
Byron Haskin was never comfortable with Westerns as he
always prefered to shoot in the studio though I have
never seen “Warpath” which is considered his best.
I,like many others are hoping the new MGM/UA MOD imprint
will release Haskins knockout Film Noir “The Boss”
John, you’ll enjoy (or not) the fact that THE BOSS is available for streaming via Netflix, too.