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Thanks very much for that alert, Oliver. I don’t recall seeing that thread. Could you please provide a link? I’m very interested. The search I did for ‘historical epics’ brought up Camp Classics 4 :)

Thank you, Frank. I just created a new customer account there. Easy site to navigate and it has a prominent switch to English option. Shipping prices to Australia are very reasonable and there’s a good selection of films, with sensible search and filter options. Alas, no Alamo pre-order there...

Bumping this great thread, which has been sitting dormant for two years. Amazon.de no longer ships discs to Australia, and I’m very keen to get my hands on several German releases - especially The Alamo Blu ray re-release due in September. Grateful for links to any other suppliers who ship...

I resemble that remark... somewhat. Also recently released is a spate of Blu-rays (with differing covers) of the Sabu-Veidt-Duprez-Powell 1940 version, which I resemble even more closely. Here’s one: https://www.amazon.de/The-Thief-of-Bagdad-Blu-ray/dp/B07X4CCLN8

It must have risen from the ashes and taken wing before anyone realised.

I’d be happy if you turn out to be right about that. Even happier if TT also releases another title Signal One has been kicking along - Nightmare Alley.

UK’s Signal One Entertainment has been touting the release of The Gunfighter on Blu-ray for some time, but keeps putting it back - lately to July 29. Hopefully, Koch Media will not play a similar game of kick-the-can with its release announced for 22 August, including English as well as German...

Welcome to HTF, Tim. I don’t know the answer to your question, and was hoping someone in the know would reply to you, but I see that hasn’t happened yet. As a fan of High Noon, I’m also interested to know whether the Alive release sports the latest transfer or not. I can tell you that Alive...

Koch Media is also releasing on Blu-ray (May 24) the 1952 Raoul Walsh Universal film, The World in His Arms, starring Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth and Anthony Quinn. English and German audio and subtitles. 1.33:1 A/R. https://www.amazon.de/The-World-in-His-Arms-Blu-ray/dp/B07B63ZH42

Yes, and North West Mounted Police is another DeMille, Cooper and Goddard (plus Madeleine Carroll) film that looked good on DVD, and which I would definitely buy on Blu, if released.

...or else!? <smilingly>

I do have Man Without a Star on Blu-ray, although it’s been a while since I last watched it. It was a serviceable transfer with warts, specs, burns ‘n all. Enjoyable all the same, and I found that with Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, Richard Boone, etc. I was drawn in by the...

Excited to see that Alive is releasing Ulysses on Blu-ray on 23 Feb: https://www.amazon.de/Die-Fahrten-Odysseus-Ulysses-Blu-ray/dp/B0778YCTFF Unlike the Japanese release of last year, this one lists English language among the audio options, but only German subtitles. The aspect ratio is...

John, I think the best source for determining if a German disc is region-locked or not is this very thread. The members here have purchased and tested many of the English-language titles and provide accurate information. I've found that more reliable than the region info on Amazon.de, review...

This Island Earth is presented widescreen. There's also a 4:3 option with only German audio among the extras. All three films are region-B locked. Edit: widescreen, not fullscreen as my 4am brain wrote.

I received my Pidax Blu-ray edition of Call Northside 777 from Amazon.de last week and was very pleased with the transfer. Great film, wonderfully acted by all. For anyone considering this Blu, it is region B-locked, provides English and German language audio options, very few extras and no...

I also use the Park Circus site, especially their 4K Digital Cinema page: http://www.parkcircus.com/films/collections/558_4k_digital_cinema I don't think the entries appearing on the DCP page always equate to a 4K scanned source, whereas they do on the 4K page. This 4K page has been around...

Had been waiting for word on the quality of Taza before ordering, so thanks for checking out the terrain, John. --------------- Just did a search on this thread and was surprised that there's been no reference to another Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush teaming under Douglas Sirk: Captain Lightfoot...

Agreed. And From Explosive Media too ...quality. You can add to that, North West Mounted Police.

Oliver, I enjoyed envisioning you in monocles and tailcoat, sipping champagne with friends in the banquet hall, saying in a plummy accent... Please don't destroy this image by correcting it with facts.

Rick, I appreciate that you are a man who speaks his mind. Moreover, I agree with your reasoning about the value of region-free players. If you read Mike Frezon's original request to which I was responding and which I quoted in full, you'll see that there was no bemoaning, nor demand for...

Please clarify... Are you suggesting that I need to factor what you will "get" before I offer something that may be valuable to some members? I'm not going to sit in judgment on why anyone has or hasn't resorted to all-region players; and for those who for whatever reason have chosen not to...

Mike, I held off from buying the Koch disc when I saw Arrow UK is also releasing The Glass Key as well as The Blue Dahlia on Blu in September. If you or anyone else here are still interested, I'd be happy to let you know - once I receive them - whether they are region-free or not...

This Fritz Lang two-parter was filmed in German, and that is how the soundtrack is presented in these two Blu-rays - with no English dubs. Only German language sub-titles on both discs, and both are region-B locked. The image and sound quality are very good, and no sub-titles are necessary to...

Gary, right from the start where the mining explosion blew out a chunk of the hillside quarry - which looked almost 3D - Violent Saturday was a visual treat for me.

Finally got around to watching Edward Dmytryk's 'Warlock' (1959) on Euro Video's region-B locked Blu-ray. It was released some time ago now, and sitting on my shelf unopened for almost a year. For mine, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn are always watchable in anything they...

John, I don't think you did miss it. A few of us commented on the earlier DVD of 'The Last Wagon', but none re the Blu-ray that I recall. The DVD was universally acclaimed on this thread to be of high quality - of a very entertaining movie. I double-dipped on the Blu, and the improvement is...

That's quite alright, Martyn. Although my hearing's not greatly impaired yet, I also have a preference for sub-titles: in order to help decipher unclear dialogue and also with a view towards enjoying my films for many years to come, in the expectation that my hearing will surely deteriorate in...

Gary, it appears that our similar tastes happily extend beyond Westerns. I have three of the Eureka titles you mentioned, although I haven't watched Boomerang yet. Very much enjoyed Pickup On South Street, and you're in for a treat with the quality of Violent Saturday. I also have Hitchcock's...

With respect, Martyn, I'll try to add info re sub-titles for any such future posts. In the case here, Robin had specifically asked about audio and video quality, hence my limited response... and in my initial post, I'd already provided the link to the item at the Amazon.de store, which clearly...