The following were announced as new releases on DVD luridly described by Warner Archive as "New DVDs! The Desperate and The Daring!" Guess which is which among these?
SONG OF LOVE (1947)
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (1943)
FLESH (1932)
CRACK-UP (1946)
RIPTIDE (1934)
THE CONQUERORS(1932)
2 that I'll be saving my pennies for:
Flesh (1932) directed by John Ford and starring Karen Morley, Wallace Beery and Ricardo Cortez is one I've never seen. It's intriguing premise is, according to Warner's set in "the wrestling ring, [where] Polakai (Beery) is a colossus of muscle, sinew and sweat. At home with the tough-cookie ex-con he’s married and saved from the streets, he is a gentle giant. But his kindness is not enough to stop his wife (Karen Morley) from pursuing an illicit affair that topples Polakai into professional and personal ruin. Legendary director John Ford brings his clean, visually poetic style to Flesh, guiding Wallace Beery (in the year of his Best Actor Oscar® win* for The Champ) and Karen Morley (Scarface) to some of the finest work of their careers. As touching as it is uncompromising, Flesh takes its characters to the dark regions of their souls…and ends with a quiet, unforgettable scene that offers a hope for redemption."
The Conquerors (1932) is another pre-code I've never seen with Richard Dix and Ann Harding directed by the usually compelling William Wellman and in the background, a fascinating guy who usually never gets any credit, Slavko Vorkapich, an innovator in special effects. Here's what Warner's describes it: "Take heart, Depression-era America: the nation has faced dire economic crises in years past and with pluck, honest work and persistence has pulled itself aright. The Conquerors combines its morale-boosting message with a tale of one family’s lives and times, misfortunes and fortunes from 1873 to 1930. Richard Dix, star of the prior year’s sprawling Cimarron, plays dual roles as smalltown banker Roger Standish and his grandson (in a filmmaking virtuosity rare for the era, the two share the final sequence). The passage of time and events is conveyed in acclaimed montages by Slavko Vorkapich, whose masterly visual compressions also grace David Copperfield, The Good Earth and other classics."
