In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios--every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a battle between the studios, who considered old movies "found money," and cinema owners, who often saw audiences reject former box office hits. In the mid-1960s, the return of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)--the second biggest reissue of all time--altered industry perceptions, and James Bond double features pushed the revival market to new heights. In the digital age, reissues have continued to…mehr
In the Silent Era, film reissues were a battle between rival studios--every Mary Pickford new release in 1914 was met with a Pickford re-release. For 50 years after the Silent Era, reissues were a battle between the studios, who considered old movies "found money," and cinema owners, who often saw audiences reject former box office hits. In the mid-1960s, the return of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)--the second biggest reissue of all time--altered industry perceptions, and James Bond double features pushed the revival market to new heights. In the digital age, reissues have continued to confound the critics. This is the untold hundred-year story of how old movies saved new Hollywood. Covering the booms and busts of a recycling business that became its own industry, the author describes how the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Humphrey Bogart and Alfred Hitchcock won over new generations of audiences, and explores the lasting appeal of films like Napoleon (1927), Gone with the Wind (1939), The Rocky Horror Show (1975) and Blade Runner (1982).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Brian Hannan writes a regular column for Cinema Retro magazine and gives lectures on film at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletevi Preface Introduction 1. The First Quarter Century: 1914-1939, Let Battle Commence Introduction The Reissue Bandwagon Begins to Roll The First Reissue Boom: Chaplin Fever Deception: The Fraud Squad Self-Destruction: The Reissue Threat The Last Taboo: Valentinö Reissue Phenomenon: Birth of a Nation How Reissues Fitted the New Business Model Talkies: The Impossible Equation The New Horizon: Remakes and Synchronization Intermittent Demand Shortage Turns the Tide Into the Record Books Unlikely Reissue King: Charles Laughton Financial Crisis and Looming War Conclusion 2. The 1940s: Reissue Bust and Boom Introduction Thumbs Down to War Revivals Longer, Shorter: New Versions of Old Movies Reissues Unwanted Until the Shortage Bites Drastic Action as Studios Curtail Reissues The Growth of the Specialist Reissue Company The Reissue Double Bill "There's Gold in Them Thar Reissues" (Variety, April 2, 1947, 9) Unions Demand Action Conclusion 3. The 1940s: Case Studies-Haphazard Reissue Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The W.C. Fields Cult Begins Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz and the Anniversary Invention 4. The 1950s: Television Haunts the Industry Introduction Television: Opportunity and Threat The Optimists The Deceivers Reissue Comebacks-Garbo and Chaplin Victorious Defeat The Fallow Years King Kong to the Rescue The Quantity Dilemmä Stretched to the Limit: Widescreen Revamps The Drought The Decade Ends on a High Conclusion 5. The 1950s: Case Studies-Building a Reissue Arsenal Introduction Building a Reissue Arsenal: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1952) The Birth of the Hitchcock Reissue Legend: The Lady Vanishes (1952) Creating a Reissue Phenomenon: Gone with the Wind (1954) The Lesson of Tarzan 6. 1960-1963: The Jury Is Out Introduction The Second Tier Blockbuster: The Glenn Miller Story The Exhibitor Knows Best: Friendly Persuasion Roadshow Reinvention: The King and I Oscars: The United Artists Rethink Immunity: MGM and Disney The Arthouse Hothouse Blockbusters Star Power Conclusion 7. 1964-1966: The Turning Point Introduction Game Changer No. 1: Bridge on the River Kwai Game Changer No. 2-The James Bond Double Bill Oscar Revamp Musicals Bounce Back Directors Exert Star Power 1966: From Famine to Domination Four Little Films That Could: Lili, An Evening with Batman and Robin, Poor White Trash, La Dolce Vitä Conclusion 8. 1967-1969: Husbandry-The "Threeissue": Reissuing the Reissue Introduction The MGM Legacy Disney: Reissue Champ United Artists: Play Them Till They Drop The Bonnie and Clyde Phenomenon A Reissue Star Is Born: Sidney Poitier Endangered Species Conclusion 9. The 1960s: Case Studies-Reissue Royalty, Old Retainers and Loyal Courtiers Introduction Queen Elizabeth King Alfred Old Masters: The Comedians Rising from the Dead-Humphrey Bogart The Workhorses: The Thomas Crown Affair, One Million Years B.C. Unsung Hero: Darby O'Gill and the Little People Conclusion 10. 1970-1973: Sentence Commuted Introduction Fox on Fire Roadshow Re-Cycle Disney Attracts a Rival Comedy Classics Entrenched The Great Garbo Revival Chaplin Rides Again New Reissue Stars and Studios The Other Champ Returns Conclusion 11. 1974-1979: The Rollercoaster Ride Introduction A Wall Too Far Heavyweights Go Head-to-Head Television Cuts the Big Four Down to Size Tuning Up: That's Entertainment 1975: Sherlock Holmes Hits the Spot The Classics Step Up Fanboy Favorite: Sinbad A New Era Beckons Another Boom 1977: Alive to Opportunity Classic Revival-Again Star Wars: The Reissue "Wind Up" 1979: The "Threeissue" Epidemic Conclusion 12. The 1970s: Case Studies-Slow Burners and Surprise Packets Introduction This Joint Is Smokin': Reefer Madness Marx Brothers Mania: Animal Crackers Rescued from Rejection: King of Hearts The Oddest Love Story: Harold and Maude Midnight Rendezvous: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Conclusion 13. 1980-1999: Brave New Goldmine Introduction Video Cassette and Paycable Thwarted Vision: Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Greatest Reissue Story Ever Told: Napoleon Re-Strike and Reissue Fever: A Star Is Born Alfred Hitchcock: Reissue Poster Boy Disney Domination Atonement: Lawrence of Arabia, the Director's Cut Righting Wrongs: Blade Runner, the Director's Cut The Biggest Restoration of All Time: Star Wars The French Are Coming (Back): Belle de Jour The Resurrection of Orson Welles Conclusion 14. 2000-2014: Bigger Than Ever-How Did That Happen? Introduction Roadshow Redux: Fantasia 2000 Once Is Not Enough: Metropolis The New Perennials: The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, The Polar Express and The Nightmare Before Christmas All Join In: Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music Reverse Reissue: It's a Wonderful Life Epilogue or Prologue? What Next for the Reissue? Appendices A: Top Reissues, 1940-1959 B: Top Reissues, 1970-1979 C: Disney Animated Feature Reissues, 1980-1989 D: Pattern of Reissue Release, 1963-1979 E: Reissues Reaching No. 1 in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1979 F: Reissues in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1974 G: Number of Entries Per Year in the Weekly Top Ten H: British Cinema Circuit Reissues, 1939-1979 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments deletevi Preface Introduction 1. The First Quarter Century: 1914-1939, Let Battle Commence Introduction The Reissue Bandwagon Begins to Roll The First Reissue Boom: Chaplin Fever Deception: The Fraud Squad Self-Destruction: The Reissue Threat The Last Taboo: Valentinö Reissue Phenomenon: Birth of a Nation How Reissues Fitted the New Business Model Talkies: The Impossible Equation The New Horizon: Remakes and Synchronization Intermittent Demand Shortage Turns the Tide Into the Record Books Unlikely Reissue King: Charles Laughton Financial Crisis and Looming War Conclusion 2. The 1940s: Reissue Bust and Boom Introduction Thumbs Down to War Revivals Longer, Shorter: New Versions of Old Movies Reissues Unwanted Until the Shortage Bites Drastic Action as Studios Curtail Reissues The Growth of the Specialist Reissue Company The Reissue Double Bill "There's Gold in Them Thar Reissues" (Variety, April 2, 1947, 9) Unions Demand Action Conclusion 3. The 1940s: Case Studies-Haphazard Reissue Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs The W.C. Fields Cult Begins Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz and the Anniversary Invention 4. The 1950s: Television Haunts the Industry Introduction Television: Opportunity and Threat The Optimists The Deceivers Reissue Comebacks-Garbo and Chaplin Victorious Defeat The Fallow Years King Kong to the Rescue The Quantity Dilemmä Stretched to the Limit: Widescreen Revamps The Drought The Decade Ends on a High Conclusion 5. The 1950s: Case Studies-Building a Reissue Arsenal Introduction Building a Reissue Arsenal: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1952) The Birth of the Hitchcock Reissue Legend: The Lady Vanishes (1952) Creating a Reissue Phenomenon: Gone with the Wind (1954) The Lesson of Tarzan 6. 1960-1963: The Jury Is Out Introduction The Second Tier Blockbuster: The Glenn Miller Story The Exhibitor Knows Best: Friendly Persuasion Roadshow Reinvention: The King and I Oscars: The United Artists Rethink Immunity: MGM and Disney The Arthouse Hothouse Blockbusters Star Power Conclusion 7. 1964-1966: The Turning Point Introduction Game Changer No. 1: Bridge on the River Kwai Game Changer No. 2-The James Bond Double Bill Oscar Revamp Musicals Bounce Back Directors Exert Star Power 1966: From Famine to Domination Four Little Films That Could: Lili, An Evening with Batman and Robin, Poor White Trash, La Dolce Vitä Conclusion 8. 1967-1969: Husbandry-The "Threeissue": Reissuing the Reissue Introduction The MGM Legacy Disney: Reissue Champ United Artists: Play Them Till They Drop The Bonnie and Clyde Phenomenon A Reissue Star Is Born: Sidney Poitier Endangered Species Conclusion 9. The 1960s: Case Studies-Reissue Royalty, Old Retainers and Loyal Courtiers Introduction Queen Elizabeth King Alfred Old Masters: The Comedians Rising from the Dead-Humphrey Bogart The Workhorses: The Thomas Crown Affair, One Million Years B.C. Unsung Hero: Darby O'Gill and the Little People Conclusion 10. 1970-1973: Sentence Commuted Introduction Fox on Fire Roadshow Re-Cycle Disney Attracts a Rival Comedy Classics Entrenched The Great Garbo Revival Chaplin Rides Again New Reissue Stars and Studios The Other Champ Returns Conclusion 11. 1974-1979: The Rollercoaster Ride Introduction A Wall Too Far Heavyweights Go Head-to-Head Television Cuts the Big Four Down to Size Tuning Up: That's Entertainment 1975: Sherlock Holmes Hits the Spot The Classics Step Up Fanboy Favorite: Sinbad A New Era Beckons Another Boom 1977: Alive to Opportunity Classic Revival-Again Star Wars: The Reissue "Wind Up" 1979: The "Threeissue" Epidemic Conclusion 12. The 1970s: Case Studies-Slow Burners and Surprise Packets Introduction This Joint Is Smokin': Reefer Madness Marx Brothers Mania: Animal Crackers Rescued from Rejection: King of Hearts The Oddest Love Story: Harold and Maude Midnight Rendezvous: The Rocky Horror Picture Show Conclusion 13. 1980-1999: Brave New Goldmine Introduction Video Cassette and Paycable Thwarted Vision: Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Greatest Reissue Story Ever Told: Napoleon Re-Strike and Reissue Fever: A Star Is Born Alfred Hitchcock: Reissue Poster Boy Disney Domination Atonement: Lawrence of Arabia, the Director's Cut Righting Wrongs: Blade Runner, the Director's Cut The Biggest Restoration of All Time: Star Wars The French Are Coming (Back): Belle de Jour The Resurrection of Orson Welles Conclusion 14. 2000-2014: Bigger Than Ever-How Did That Happen? Introduction Roadshow Redux: Fantasia 2000 Once Is Not Enough: Metropolis The New Perennials: The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, The Polar Express and The Nightmare Before Christmas All Join In: Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music Reverse Reissue: It's a Wonderful Life Epilogue or Prologue? What Next for the Reissue? Appendices A: Top Reissues, 1940-1959 B: Top Reissues, 1970-1979 C: Disney Animated Feature Reissues, 1980-1989 D: Pattern of Reissue Release, 1963-1979 E: Reissues Reaching No. 1 in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1979 F: Reissues in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1974 G: Number of Entries Per Year in the Weekly Top Ten H: British Cinema Circuit Reissues, 1939-1979 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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