Man, they are rolling these things out like crazy now. Which makes Katie a very happy girl. The third volume of Forbidden Hollywood, a series of pre-code DVD releases, will hit shelves on March 24th. That’s just 3 days before my birthday!
The focus of the set is “William Wellman at Warner Bros”, and the films on the set are…
Other Men’s Women
The Purchase Price
Midnight Mary
Heroes For Sale
Frisco Jenny
Wild Boys of the Road
Not quite as exciting a line-up as their past sets, but all very good, and essential pre-code films. Midnight Mary and Heroes for Sale are two of my all time favorite films.
There’s also a bonus disc with two documentaries on Wellman. The set also includes some short films and cartoons. And, all kinds of YAY!, commentaries on Midnight Mary, Heroes For Sale, and Wild Boys of the Road.
Classic Flix has the cover art…
I kind of wish it was just a general WB set instead of focusing on Wellman. That way we might be able to finally get Taxi! on DVD.
This is exciting news indeed. It looks like they were really serious when they said they wanted to get at least one of these sets out a year. Obviously sales are good enough for it. It’s just wonderful that these pre-code films are finally being released on DVD. And not just released, but released with beautiful prints and special features.
What are some other movies you’d like to see on these upcoming sets. Like I said, I’d love to see Taxi! And, naturally, Man’s Castle. Employees’ Entrance is one that really deserves a DVD release as well.
Obscure Classics 
January 14, 2009 at 11:43 am
Always happy to see a New Forbidden Hollywood collection. Only one I’ve seen is Heroes which merits repeated viewing.
But where’s Safe In Hell???
Dieing to see that one.
January 14, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Great news, indeed!
I’d like to see the only Hopkins’ efforts I’m missing from the period: Fast and Loose & Two Kinds of Women.
January 15, 2009 at 5:46 am
Have just discovered your excellent blog, which I’m going to add to the blogroll of my (french) blog. Among many many titles that should be available on DDV, I would like to name Irving Lerner’s MURDER BY CONRACT, a powerful nihilistic B movie with a strong undercurrent of black humor and derision. Martin Scorsese liked it so much that he “stole” a scene from it in TAXI DRIVER. In case you’d like to have a little “whiff” of it, I posted a review on that same blog. Keep up the good work.
January 15, 2009 at 5:47 am
Sorry : CONTRACT, of course. Damn glasses!
January 16, 2009 at 2:17 pm
I’m delighted that this set includes ‘Other Men’s Women’ – I have a very bad copy of that one, a very interesting gritty Warner’s melodrama with a small part for James Cagney, my favourite actor. I also really want to see ‘Wild Boys of the Road’, so pleased about that one too.
I’d like to see more early Cagneys included in future sets, especially his very first film, ‘Sinners’ Holiday,’ and ‘Blonde Crazy’ which was released on video under the Forbidden Hollywood banner. I’d also love to see them release ‘20,000 Years in Sing Sing’ with Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis… there are loads of others, too. It would be even better if they brought them out in region 2 so I didn’t have to buy them on import!