Thursday, January 6, 2011

Waiting to be released on DVD

It's amazing that so many PEPLUM/Swashbuckler films have yet to make it on DVD. The Alan Ladd epic TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST was released on VHS back in 1998 but no DVD release.

Most of Steve Reeves non-public domain films have never  been released, like THIEF OF BAGHDAD, MORGAN THE PIRATE and THE SLAVE (Son of Spartacus).

HERCULES CHALLENGES SAMSON (AKA HERCULES,  SAMSON & ULYSSES from MGM) only shows up on TCM.

The list is way too long to write but something tells me that they'll probably never be an official release of these films as they are mostly forgotten. Pity.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

There are many that have not been on dvd. The STEVE REEVES movies you mentioned are among my favorites. I can pick up over-priced vhs of these movies, but I'll just wait a little longer and pray!! I just transferred an old tape of the Donald O'Connor, Victorio DeSica, Terrance Hill, Noele Adam film, " WONDERS OF ALLADDIN". Here's a movie I see you never mention, this movie is good fun from 1961.