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Warner Bros executive George Feltenstein takes us through the February 2022 releases from the Warner Archive.  

The month kicks off with the February 8th Blu-ray release of “Gold Diggers of 1933” starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Aline Macmahon, Ruby Keeler, Warren Williams, and directed by Mervyn Leroy.   On February 15th, the immensely popular 1948 Technicolor version of “The Three Musketeers” starring Gene Kelly and Lana Turner, is released for the first time on Blu-ray.  Also releasing that day is the DVD of the popular TV series Legacies season 3.  And finally, George reviews the Blu-ray of the 1943 wartime thriller "Edge of Darkness," starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan and directed by Lewis Milestone.

George provides background on all of the titles and insights into the restoration process for the classic films.

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Listen to more details about each of this week's releases, letters from our listeners, as well as an anniversary segment about all the historic TV series we've released to completion. New to Blu-ray: Man from Atlantis (1977). TV on DVD: Alice Season 9 (1984-85), Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 (1993-94). Classics on DVD: A Woman of Affairs (1928), The Star Witness (1931), Night Court (1932), Snowed Under (1936), The King and the Chorus Girl (1937), Broadway Musketeers (1938), Twice Blessed (1945) and Her Twelve Men (1954).

New Films on Blu-ray include Robert Altman's Brewster McCloud (1970), Mame (1974) starring Lucille Ball. New TV to Blu-ray includes The 100: The Complete Fifth Season (2018) and Christmas Story - Live! (2017). New TV on DVD includes Step by Step: The Complete Third Season (1993-94) as well as What I Like About You: The Complete Third Season (2004-05). Classics new to DVD include Her Kind of Man (1946), Janie/Janie Gets Married Double Feature (1944,1946) and Wings for the Eagle (1942). Back in Print DVDs and Blu-rays include Cabaret (1972) on Blu-ray as well as The Stratton Story (1949), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956), The FBI Story (1959), None but the Brave (1965) and Inside Daisy Clover (1966) on DVD.

New horror/sci-fi films on Blu-ray this week include Queen of Outer Space (1958), The Cyclops (1957), The Swarm: The Extended Edition (1978) and Michael Criton's Looker (1981). New TV series on disc include: Lethal Weapon: The Complete Second Season (2018) on Blu-Ray and DVD, along with Perfect Strangers: The Complete Fifth Season (1989-90) and Step By Step: The Complete Second Season (1992) on DVD. 1930s rarities coming to DVD include Goldie Gets Along (1933), He Was Her Man (1934), Annapolis Salute (1937), Missing Witnesses (1937), Wine, Women, and Horses (1937), Mr. Chump (1938) and Over The Wall (1938). Classics coming back into print include Papillon (1973) on Blu-Ray along with Little Women (1949), Stage Fright (1950) and Friendly Persuasion (1956) on DVD.

It's a Blu-ray Bonanza with three films coming to HD with sparkling new 1080p masters. First up, Spencer Tracy stars as the one-armed stranger in John Sturges' stark and sweeping Noir/Western/Social Commentary film Bad Day at Black Rock (1955). Reprising her Tony-winning Broadway role, Judy Holliday plays an answering service operator in the 1960 musical Bells are Ringing co-starring Dean Martin. Audrey Hepburn brings all her formidable skills to bear in the suspense classic Wait Until Dark (1967). Then we move on to five WB rarities presented for the first time on DVD including the frothy comedy Easy to Love (1934) with Mary Astor, the scandalous romance of Desirable (1934) with George Brent, the sensitive, underplayed and compelling character study Journal of a Crime (1934) with Ruth Chatterton and Adolphe Menjou, the fast-paced rouser Red Hot Tires (1935) with and finally Errol Flynn delivers up one of his best dark dramatic performances in Silver River (1948), the tale of a good man gone bad.