The Marx Brothers on DVD!

[yendi]

Hoping to repeat the success of their Chaplin Collection box sets, Warner Home Video will give The Marx Brothers the same deluxe treatment on May 4th. The seven titles in this lineup include the classics A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, A Night in Casablanca, and two double feature discs, Room Service/At the Circus and Go West/The Big Store. Each will be newly remastered in 1.33:1 full screen and see their original mono tracks restored, and include plenty of supplements. Extras include audio commentaries on A Night at the Opera with critic Leonard Maltin, and A Day at the Races with author Glenn Mitchell, plus new documentaries on each disc, vintage MGM shorts and classic cartoons, and trailers. Retail will list for $19.95 each, and you can also pick up the complete set for $59.95.

Oh yes, this will be mine.

Comments

[dr-nebula.livejournal.com]

No Duck Soup? Horsefeathers? or Animal Crackers?

Or am I missing something..

[docwebster.livejournal.com]

You and I both, oh yesss.

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[aiela.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was disappointed to see that Duck Soup isn't on the list. Duck Soup is already available on DVD, but having it done up all nice would be better.

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[yendi]

Oh, it's far from a perfect collection. But I still need it. And I've got a soft spot for Go West.

[correspondguy.livejournal.com]

Night at the Opera - ooh. My wife already hates it.

[tyrantmouth.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! *starts saving pennies* :)

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[gev.livejournal.com]

Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, Animal Crackers, and The Cocoanuts
have all been available on DVD, but apparently they are now out of print. Now
merchants on Amazon have them new/used for a minimum of $30, up to over $100!
I bet my roomie is very glad to already have them. :P

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[montykins.livejournal.com]

Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup were released by Paramount.

Then the Marx Brothers switched over to MGM starting with A Night at the Opera. For some reason, Room Service was RKO, and the last two (A Night in Casablanca and Love Happy) were United Artists.

So it looks like Warner Bros. was only able to get the rights to release the non-Paramount ones. Probably because most of the Paramount films are good, whereas, for example, Love Happy stinks.

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[yendi]

I suspected it was a studio ownership thing, but I'm not too up on which MB films were made for each studio, alas.

[coffeeinhell.livejournal.com]

That sound you hear is me rubbing my hands together with glee.

[phantom_wolfboy]

About freakin' time!