MGM/UA Home Video-graphy, 1
MGM's VHS releases have had a slew of opening and closing logos over the years, many of which were described in a now-deleted page on TVTropes.
In the early days (as MGM/CBS) tapes would have closing previews for three films: Fame, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and The Wizard of Oz. The Fame preview was not on the tape of that film, the 2001: A Space Odyssey preview was not on the tape of that film, and The Wizard of Oz preview was not on the tape of that film. This pattern was abandoned by 1982, when the company became MGM/UA Home Video although the company later put a promo for its titles at the end and eventually (like most of the other home video companies) put previews before the film.
As far as MGM itself in its early days on the home video market, it hit every road bump of a distributor fledgling on the video scene, releasing (of course) the musicals for which it was world-famous, and some contemporary films that it had a hand in as well; it also distributed quite a lot of odd items, and some old TV shows, namely the Holiday Sing-Along with Mitch (Miller) and television plays that were part of a series called The Golden Age of Television. It also was one of a number of companies to do video releases of first-run titles from Cannon Films, which MGM/UA later acquired outright. As home video became popular, MGM/UA entered the kidvid market with tapes of its own cartoons and of puppeteer Shari Lewis.
On the theatrical front during 1980, MGM had a huge hit with the film Fame. Despite the film’s mixed reviews (though it has since gotten a reappraisal), it has spawned multiple television shows, a Broadway show, and a 2009 remake. It later became a 2023 inductee into the National Film Registry. Other MGM films in 1980 included James Caan’s directorial debut (and farewell) Hide in Plain Sight, John Ritter (from Three’s Company) as a neighborhood Hero at Large, Treat Williams asking Why Would I Lie?, Tom Hanks making his film debut in the slasher He Knows You’re Alone, and Marlon Brando and George C. Scott investigating The Formula.
For 1981, MGM offered the all-star anthology film Sunday Lovers, then achieved major box office success in the summer with Ray Harryhausen’s Clash of the Titans and Bo Derek being the central focus of Tarzan the Ape Man. It also offered Rich and Famous, which critic Pauline Kael described as a “homosexual fantasy” in a review that practically harmed her reputation, …All the Marbles, with Peter Falk managing The California Dolls, as it was known internationally, Richard Dreyfuss in an adaptation of Brian Clark’s play Whose Life is it Anyway?, and two bombs that were released on December 11 of that year: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in Billy Wilder’s Buddy, Buddy (a rare critical and commercial failure for all three men), and the more positively-reviewed film adaptation of the BBC’s all-star musical extravaganza Pennies From Heaven, headlined by Bernadette Peters and Steve Martin.
In 1982, MGM had a real biggie on its hands, with Steven Spielberg writing and co-producing (under the direction of Tobe Hooper) Poltergeist, about malevolent television ghosts who abduct the youngest daughter of a family in suburban Los Angeles. The movie, which became a horror classic almost immediately, grossed $121.7 million worldwide, spawning a trilogy and a remake, and becoming 1982’s eighth-highest-grossing motion picture.
Among the most notable other MGM successes of 1982 were Diner, the Barry Levinson comedy that began the process by which he made the city of Baltimore, Maryland instantly recognizable to audiences around the world, Victor/Victoria, Blake Edwards’ musical romp with Julie Andrews as a 1934 Parisian soprano making it as a female impersonator, the sword and sorcery epic The Beastmaster, My Favorite Year, the film in which Peter O’Toole played a comedy writer in the early days of television, and the incredibly disturbing Pink Floyd: The Wall, which is now owned by Sony Music. Of the UA films that MGM/UA issued on tape at the time, UA had a hit in 1982 with Don Bluth’s The Secret of N.I.M.H. (especially on the video and international fronts). A good deal of flops came in MGM/UA’s first year as a fully merged company, though, and among the biggest were Yes, Giorgio, with Luciano Pavarotti in his only major movie role, and Inchon, with Sir Laurence Olivier playing Gen. MacArthur in a hyper-expensive recreation of the major turning point for Allied forces in the Korean War, which bombed so hugely that the film never got a video release.
MGM/UA’s roster of notable releases for 1983 included The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson, Strange Brew, the adventures of the SCTV brewing duo of Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas), Brainstorm, which was Natalie Wood’s final film, and a definite holiday classic: A Christmas Story, the tale of a little boy in the 1940s who wants only one thing for Christmas: a BB gun. The film has since gotten regular airplay on TBS and TNT during the holidays, with TNT playing it in a marathon annually, and the film in general having gotten airplay 250 times on the Turner networks by 2009. On UA’s end, it scored three hits in 1983 that both originally appeared on CBS/Fox Video (so they did not appear in bookboxes in the U.S.): Yentl, with Barbra Streisand as a Polish woman disguising herself as a man in order to study the Talmud in 1904 Poland, Octopussy, MGM’s first release of a James Bond film, and WarGames, the anti-war computer thriller with Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. A flop UA had a hand in releasing during 1983 did end up on MGM/UA in the U.S. though: Curse of the Pink Panther, with Ted Wass (from the sitcoms Soap and, later, Blossom) as detective Clifton Sleigh, who is hunting for Inspector Clouseau.
In 1984, MGM/UA had hits with Red Dawn (which was the first film ever rated PG-13 in the U.S.), Breakin’ (in conjunction with Cannon), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (a sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey), and the high school drama Teachers, which was released in North America by CBS/Fox Video. MGM did less well with the Rob Lowe vehicle Oxford Blues, Daryl Hannah in Reckless, Brooke Shields in Sahara (which never made it to theaters east of the Mississippi River), Anne Bancroft in Garbo Talks, Kristy McNichol in Just the Way You Are, Karen Allen in Until September (for which she notably fled the cast of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Mickey Rourke in The Pope of Greenwich Village and the science fiction film The Ice Pirates.
In 1985, MGM/UA welcomed MGM’s most famous film, 1939’s Gone with the Wind, to home video in North America under a deal that saw the tape initially being duplicated exclusively on Maxell tapes. It later changed the terms of UA’s agreement with CBS/Fox, so that now, outside of James Bond films, the latter mostly got anything of MGM/UA that flopped. This was later the source of a bitter lawsuit between the two companies. That year, MGM/UA’s biggest hit (originally issued on CBS/Fox in North America) was A View to a Kill, with Roger Moore playing Bond…James Bond…for the last time before the movie camera.
MGM/UA stumbled into controversial waters in the summer of 1985, when Michael Cimino’s stab at a comeback after the infamous Heaven’s Gate came out. Year of the Dragon, released internationally through Thorn EMI, starred Mickey Rourke as an NYPD captain doing battle with the boss of a ruthless Chinese-American Triad gang. Many Asian Americans picketed the film for having an enormous amount of perceived stereotypes, and their protests worked, causing the film to flop at the box office in the U.S. (though it did well internationally), and prompting the studio to place a disclaimer at the beginning of future prints, which read:
This film does not intend to demean or to ignore the many positive features of
Asian Americans and specifically Chinese American communities.
Any similarity between the depiction in this film and any association,
organization, individual or Chinatown that exists in real life is accidental.
A bigger hit MGM/UA scored in 1985 (that ended up on CBS/Fox in the U.S.) was Rocky IV, with Rocky Balboa fanning tensions between America and the Soviets as he battles boxer Ivan Drago, played, in a star-making role, by Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren. The movie became one of the biggest hits of 1985 and contributed significantly to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Other films of note in 1985 included That’s Dancing!, the third in the series that showcased classic moments from musicals or films heavily centered on music, Richard Harris in Martin’s Day, Christopher Reeve as The Aviator, Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye, Arnold Schwarzenegger in the sword-and-sorcery epic Red Sonja, Sissy Spacek in Marie, the cop drama To Live and Die in L.A. (released on video by Vestron), and Ryan O’Neal in the (to Gene Siskel, “laughable anti-gambling film”) Fever Pitch.
In early 1986, MGM unloaded the Rob Lowe vehicle Youngblood, which skated its way to failure at the box office, but which marked the film debut of Keanu Reeves, Kristy McNichol in Dream Lover, and a major erotic sensation outside of the U.S.: Kim Basinger as a New York art gallery employee who briefly, but intensely, romances Mickey Rourke, who plays a mysterious broker on Wall Street. The movie, viewed as too explicit for MGM, was heavily edited to get an R-rating in the U.S., where it initially flopped. However, America proved an outlier for the film’s theatrical success, as the uncut version proved to be a monster hit in Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the U.K., making $100 million worldwide on its ultra-low budget. The movie gained fans on home video and is considered a cult classic.
In the second part of the videography, we will run into other notable films MGM/UA released in 1986, including Federico Fellini’s Ginger and Fred, about a pair of Italian Rogers and Astaire impersonators coming out of retirement to make a vulgar and bizarre television show, Wise Guys, one of all too many things that Joe Piscopo tried to do at once when he was famous and the most recent widely-released MGM film in Ted Turner’s hands (Killer Party is listed as being that in some sources, though it only got fragmented releases, mostly after the May 1986 cutoff date for his end of the MGM library), Poltergeist II: The Other Side, the moderately successful but widely panned followup to the 1982 original, the cop-buddy comedy Running Scared, with Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal playing Chicago cops who have to make an arrest before they go on vacation in Florida, Where the River Runs Black, a dark adventure thriller shot entirely in Brazil, and choreographer Alan Johnson’s widely-derided science fiction film Solarbabies.
Certain notes are copied from the TV Tropes article while others are paraphrased from it. For this, I used the last three digits of the number, as TV Tropes did, as there were a variety of numbers coming before the three. "10" came before the three on British releases; there was also "500", "600" and even "800". Other info was gained through data on pre-cert.co.uk and MGM's "Videocassette Collection" pamphlets of the era.
MGM’s label design in the U.S. had a few minor changes over the years. When it began its run as MGM/CBS in 1980, it used a horizontal label with the text “AN MGM/CBS VIDEO PRESENTATION” at the top, two red lines below that text (accompanied by any logo presented at the top right of the bookbox), along with the basic information, warning, and copyright stamp.
In 1982, upon the rebrand to MGM/UA, a silver vertical label was adopted for VHS tapes. It had the MGM/UA logo at the top, with two sets of a pair of bars in between which resided the text “AN MGM/UA HOME VIDEO PRESENTATION”, the title of the film, basic information, the warning screen and the copyright scren. Occasionally, more details would be added to the label.
A larger horizontal label was used for Betamax cassettes; it had identical graphics.
001: The Wizard of Oz (1939) Its CED counterpart got a period piece that can be read at the DVD Talk website.
002: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The main feature starts with an MPAA G card which first appeared on a 1974 theatrical reissue (the original release didn't carry an MPAA rating as the MPAA was still in the process of transitioning from the outdated Hays Code to the first incarnation of its rating system). Later reprinted by MGM/UA Home Video with the MGM/CBS artwork and labels intact.
003: Doctor Zhivago (1965) Presented over two videocassettes. Produced in the United Kingdom.
004: Ben-Hur (1959) General release version, approx. 23 minutes shorter than the roadshow version. Presented over two 105-minute videocassettes.
005: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
006: An American in Paris (1951) Sped up by just over 11% for a runtime of 1h41m45s (as opposed to the original runtime of approximately 1h53m32s), to fit a 105-minute tape.
007: That's Entertainment! (1974)
008: The Dirty Dozen (1967)
009: A Night at the Opera (1935)
010: Adam's Rib (1949)
011: Jailhouse Rock (1957)
012: Network (1976) Produced in association with United Artists Corporation, which MGM would acquire a few years later, becoming MGM/UA. Sped up by just over 3% for a runtime of 1h57m41s (as opposed to the original runtime of approximately 2h1m20s), to fit a 120-minute tape.
013: Coma (1978) Does not include a trailer reel at the end.
014: The Sunshine Boys (1975)
015: Blowup (1966) Produced in the United Kingdom.
016: Rio Lobo (1970) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Cinema Center Films. Some CBS/Fox Video pressings use the original MGM/CBS artwork and labels.
017: The Boys in the Band (1970) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Cinema Center Films. Some CBS/Fox Video pressings use the original MGM/CBS artwork and labels.
018: The Streetfighter (1974) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From New Line Cinema. Japanese film made by Toei Company, Ltd. Original New Line Cinema logo is retained on this release. R-rated version, approx. 16 minutes shorter than the X-rated version. Dubbed in English from the original Japanese.
019: The Tom & Jerry Cartoon Festival, Vol. 1 (1980) The Flying Cat/The Bodyguard/The Little Orphan/Jerry's Cousin/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse/Mice Follies/The Cat and the Mermouse/The Cat Concerto
020: Oklahoma! (1955) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment.
021: Electric Light Orchestra Live at Wembley (1978) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Produced in the United Kingdom. The audio quality is as subpar as on the original television broadcast.
022: Rude Boy (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
023: James Taylor in Concert (1979) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
024: The Nutcracker (1977) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Lothar Bock Associates. Produced in the Soviet Union. Videotaped performance by the Bolshoi Ballet. Shortened NBC broadcast version, approx. 22 minutes shorter than the original Soviet broadcast version and without Betty Ford's host segments. It's been suggested that at least part of the reason why Betty Ford's host segments were removed from this release is because she was under the influence at the time and made a slurred and unfocused delivery that ended up being a national embarrassment. Needless to say, this is cited as a reason, if not the reason, why she sought treatment for her alcoholism and why the Betty Ford Clinic exists in the first place. The lead dancers in this production, husband-wife dance team Yekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, were replaced by Nadia Pavlova and Vyacheslav Gordeyev for the second act. Depending on who you believe, it was either because either Maximova or Vasiliev suffered an injury during or sometime after the first act, or because Maximova felt worn out by the time the first act was finished (a contemporary review indicates that the midshow replacement happened because Vasiliev injured his foot). Maximova and Vasiliev would reprise their roles for a later videotaped production, in which they managed to complete the show, a decade later. Some sources even claim that Maximova and Vasiliev would redo the second act in 1984 for future reissues of the 1977 performance.
025: Giselle (1974) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Lothar Bock Associates. Produced in the Soviet Union. Film version of a Bolshoi Ballet production.
026: Being There (1979) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by United Artists Corporation; the original 1975 Transamerica T logo is retained on this release.
027: Fame (1980)
028: Carny (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by United Artists Corporation; the original 1975 Transamerica T logo is absent on this release.
029: Cruising (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by United Artists Corporation; the original 1975 Transamerica T logo is retained on this release. Some CBS/Fox Video pressings use the original MGM/CBS artwork and labels.
030: Great Figures in History: John F. Kennedy (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
031: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
032: Treasure Island (1934) Not to be confused with Walt Disney's Treasure Island adaptation, which was the cartoonist's first live action film.
033: The Hostages: From Capture to Freedom (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
034: The Champ (1979)
035: Cabaret (1972) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Allied Artists Pictures; Lorimar had just acquired the rights to the AA library.
036: Benji (1973) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Mulberry Square Productions.
037: The Formula (1980)
038: My Fair Lady (1964) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
039: Guys and Dolls (1955) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment.
040: Brigadoon (1954)
041: Forbidden Planet (1956) Later reprinted by MGM/UA Home Video with the MGM/CBS artwork and labels intact.
042: Cousin Cousine (1976) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Libra Films. Produced in France. Presented in the original French with English subtitles. One of the first cassettes to use the MGM/CBS logo which appears as the page image, depicting a silver slash being drawn and zooming out as MGM and CBS appear on opposite sides before HOME VIDEO zooms out in a thin green font, and a new matching, all-silver CBS Video logo. Both logos would use variations on the same theme, and the CBS Video logo's variation on the music would later be used for MGM's next home video logo.
043: Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
044: One Night Stand (????) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
045: South Pacific (1958) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
046: Sherlock Holmes Double Feature Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Allied Artists Pictures, which had recently been bought out by Lorimar. Includes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, originally produced by 20th Century-Fox, and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror, originally produced by Universal Pictures.
047: Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
048: The Getting of Wisdom (1977) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. An Australian film, released in the US by Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
049: Vietnam: Chronicle of a War (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
050: Gigi (1958) Later reprinted by MGM/UA Home Video with the MGM/CBS artwork and labels intact.
051: Silk Stockings (1957) Later reprinted by MGM/UA Home Video with the MGM/CBS artwork and labels intact.
052: The Big Red One (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by United Artists Corporation.
053: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
054: Black Orpheus (1959) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Janus Films.
055: Mogambo (1953)
056: The American Dance Machine (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
057: On the Town (1949)
058: Captains Courageous (1937)
059: The Philadelphia Story (1940)
060: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
061: REO Speedwagon: Live Infidelity (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
062: Boston Bounces Back (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Same number was used for 1981 NBA Playoffs and Finals: The Dynasty Renewed (1981), also released by CBS Video Enterprises.
063: Bells Are Ringing (1960)
064: A Day at the Races (1937)
065: The Muse Concert: No Nukes (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Distributed by Warner Brothers.
066: Romeo and Juliet (1955) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Lothar Bock Associates. Produced in the Soviet Union.
067: The Great Caruso (1951)
068: Lolita (1961)
069: The Goodbye Girl (1977) Produced in association with Warner Brothers, who had the international video rights. 1973 Warner Bros. logo replaced with MGM logo.
070: Soylent Green (1973)
071: Back Roads (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From CBS Theatrical Films. Distributed by Warner Brothers.
072: The Sea Wolves (1980) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by Paramount Pictures.
073: Helter Skelter (1976) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, made for television.
074: Clash of the Titans (1981)
075: That’s Entertainment, Part 2 (1976)
076: Wifemistress (1977) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Italian film, released in the US by Quartet Films. CED exclusive.
077: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Lorimar Motion Pictures. Distributed by Paramount Pictures.
078: A Tale of Two Cities
079: Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945) Referred to as Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Go to Hollywood on the artwork.
080: The Night of the Iguana (1964)
081: The Horse That Played Center Field (1979) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Ironically, the film is from ABC Video Enterprises.
082: Logan’s Run (1976)
083: Royal Wedding (1951) Public domain.
084: Little Women (1933)
085: The Marx Brothers Go West
086: The Creation of a Ballet Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Like 081, it is from ABC Video Enterprises.
087: Purlie (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Won a CableACE Award in 1981.
088: Man on the Moon (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
089: Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Originally released by 20th Century-Fox, rights are now wholly owned by CBS. This film was never issued digitally.
090: Papillon (1973) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Allied Artists Pictures.
091: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
092: Ivanhoe (1952)
093: Woman of the Year (1942)
094: Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) Public domain. Later reprinted by MGM/UA Home Video with the MGM/CBS artwork and labels intact.
095: The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment. Made by the International Picture Show Company.
096: Harry Chapin: The Final Concert (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises.
097: Westworld (1973)
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099: Return of the Street Fighter (1975) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From New Line Cinema. Japanese film, from Toei Company, Ltd. Original New Line Cinema logo is absent on this release. R-rated version. Dubbed in English from the original Japanese.
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101: The Pirate (1948)
102: Madame Bovary (1949)
103: The Clown (1953)
104: North by Northwest (1959)
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107: The Greatest Fights of the ’70s (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From ABC Video Enterprises.
108: Victory (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar-Carolco film, distributed by Paramount Pictures.
109: Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
110: S.O.B. (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. Lorimar film, distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is a spoof of the handling of its director’s (Blake Edwards) early 1970s releases. In 1970, his film Darling Lili (Paramount) was edited by the studio without prior approval from him; he then went to MGM where he saw Wild Rovers and The Carey Treatment fall prey to the same editing decisions. He and his wife Julie Andrews coined a term for these cases, which was “Standard Operational Bullshit”; the film’s title is coined from that term.
111: Rich and Famous (1981)
112: . . . All the Marbles (1981) AKA The California Dolls.
113: The Band Wagon (1953)
114: Pride and Prejudice (1940)
115: Ninotchka (1939) “Garbo Laughs!”
116: Viva Las Vegas (1964) The CBS and MGM/CBS logos are inexplicably absent from this release.
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120: The Good Earth (1937)
121: At The Circus (1939)
122: Sybil (1976) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. From Lorimar Productions.
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126: Hysteria (1964)
127: Telefon (1977)
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129: Demon Seed (1977)
130: Kismet (1955)
131: The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
132: Early Days (1981) Released by CBS Video Enterprises. The MGM/CBS logo is absent on this release, which instead starts with the CBS Video logo.
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135: The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
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137: Where Eagles Dare (1968)
138: Dance of the Vampires (1967)
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140: Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
141: Shoot The Moon (1981)
142: Buddy, Buddy (1981)
143: Cannery Row (1981)
144: A Stranger is Watching (1981)
145: True Confessions (1981)
146: The Tom & Jerry Cartoon Festival, Vol. 2 (1982) At some point during 1982, MGM/CBS Home Video was rebranded MGM/UA Home Video (the latter for United Artists) due to MGM acquiring UA after their bankruptcy in the wake of Heaven’s Gate; this led to the end of the partnership with CBS, who moved on to Fox and rebranded itself CBS-FOX Video, though the latter retained first release rights to the James Bond movies on videocassette until the 90’s. The MGM/UA Home Video logo uses the classic “Leo the Lion” Vanity Plate and, after the copyright warning, has sapphire-blue letters spelling MGM and UA zooming out from the top of the screen, with the static Leo icon following it and gold sparks creating the branching gold film-reels on the sides of the crest while a slash appears between MGM and UA. Finally, a Home Video marker zooms out from the bottom and locks in below the logo with a small flash, completing the Vanity Plate; the logo has the trumpet/trombone fanfare from the MGM/CBS logo over it. The logo plays at both the start of the tape and at the very end, before the tape’s program runs out. This logo was used until 1993, when a “roller-coaster” MGM/UA Vanity Plate was created. Mouse Trouble/Jerry and the Lion/Mouse in Manhattan/The Milky Waif/Cat Napping/Saturday Evening Puss/Hic-cup Pup/The Invisible Mouse.
147: Pennies from Heaven (1981)
148: The First Barry Manilow Special (1977)
149: Shaft (1971) International releases.
150: Ticket to Heaven (1981)
151: Victor/Victoria (1982)
152: The Time Machine (1960)
153: Elvis on Tour (1972)
154: Cutter’s Way (1981)
155: The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
156: A Very Private Affair (1962) Not issued in bookbox form.
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159: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
160: Ice Station Zebra (1968)
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162: Kansas City Bomber (1972)
163: Ryan’s Daughter (1970)
164: Diner (1982)
165: Poltergeist (1982)
166: The Compleat Beatles (1982)
167: Show Boat (1951)
168: Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
169: The Passenger (1975)
170: The Outfit (1973)
171: Slither (1971)
172: The Beast Within (1982)
173: Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
174: Village of the Damned (1960)
175: The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball (1981) Concert organized by John Cleese of Monty Python fame. “Roxanne” — Sting/”Message in a Bottle” — Sting/”Farther Up The Road” — Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton/”’Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers” — Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton/”The Roof Is Leaking” — Phil Collins/”In The Air Tonight” — Phil Collins/”Sunshine Superman” — Donovan/”Catch The Wind” — Donovan/”Colours” — Donovan/”I Don’t Like Mondays” — Bob Geldof and Johnny Fingers/”Glad to Be Gay” — Tom Robinson/”Won’t Get Fooled Again” — Pete Townshend/”Drowned” — Pete Townshend/”I Shall Be Released” — The Secret Police
176: The Dr. Seuss Video Festival (1982) Horton Hears a Who! (1970)/How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966).
177: The Nutcracker
178: The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington
179: The Prince’s Trust Rock Gala (1982)
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181: The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981) From United Artists Classics. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
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183: Diva (1981)
184: Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981) From Cannon Films.
185: Singin’ In The Rain (1951)
186: Enter the Ninja (1981) From Cannon Films.
187: Who’s Afraid of Opera?, Vol. 1 — Rigoletto (1983)
188: My Favorite Year (1982)
189: Forced Vengeance (1982)
190: The Last American Virgin (1982) From Cannon Films. The VHS and laserdisc are the only ways to acquire a copy of this film in its intended form. For DVD release, MGM replaced the Human League’s recording of “Love Action” with a replay of DEVO’s “Whip It”, presumably due to music clearance issues.
191: Shaft (1971) Domestic releases.
192: Invitation to the Dance (1956) Directed by Gene Kelly.
193: Midnight Cowboy (1969) From United Artists Corporation. Academy Award Winner for Best Picture.
194: Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound (1983)
195: Catlow (1970)
196: Zabriskie Point (1970)
197: Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)
198: Earth 2 (1971) TV-pilot.
199: Brass Target (1978)
200: The Super Cops (1973)
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204: Emily (1976) British film. From Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
205: The Kids from Fame: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1983)
206: Shaft In Africa (1973)
207: Corvette Summer (1978)
208: Yes, Giorgio (1982)
209: I Love You (1981) Brazillian film, from Atlantic Releasing Corporation.
210: The Secret of Yolanda (1983)
211: The Secret of NIMH (1982) From United Artists Corporation.
212: Who’s Afraid of Opera?, Vol. 2 — La Traviata/Daughter of The Regiment
213: Who’s Afraid of Opera?, Vol. 3 — The Barber of Seville/Lucia di Lammermoor
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215: ABBA: The Movie (1977) UK release only. For some reason, despite the group’s US chart popularity (at one point, it was said they in Sweden made more money in America than Volvo did), it never was issued on VHS in America.
216: Jinxed! (1982)
217: Endangered Species (1982)
218: The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time! (1982)
219: Carole King: One to One (1982)
220: He Knows You’re Alone (1980) As novelty, this horror film marks the film debut of Tom Hanks.
221: That Championship Season (1982)
222: Marie Osmond — Exercises for Mothers-to-Be (1983)
223: Voices (1978)
224: The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight (1971)
225: The Carey Treatment (1971)
226: The Beastmaster (1982)
227: Brimstone & Treacle (1982)
228: Private Popsicle (1982) From Cannon Films.
229: Body and Soul (1981) From Cannon Films.
230: MGM Cartoon Magic, Vol. 1 (1983) The Unwelcome Guest/The Captain’s Christmas/Screwball Squirrel/The Lonesome Stranger/The Blue Danube/Little Rural Riding Hood/King-Size Canary (1947).
231: Thunderbirds are Go! (1966)
232: Start to Finish (1981)
233
234
235: The Lone Ranger (1951)
236
237
238
239
240: Man of La Mancha (1972) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
241: Mr. Ricco (1975) Dean Martin’s last film.
242: Norman . . . Is That You? (1976) Redd Foxx in his first and last leading role in a film.
243: The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)
244: Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) From Cannon Films.
245: Hospital Massacre (1982)
246: Kipperbang (1984)
247
248
249: Rocky (1976) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
250: Rocky II (1979) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
251: Annie Hall (1977) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
252: The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) From United Artists Corporation. Originally issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. MGM/UA first released this film on their own terms on video in 1993.
253: Sitting Target (1972)
254: Operation Crossbow (1965)
255: The Glory of the Garden (1982)
256: Easter Parade (1948)
257: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1967)
258: The Golden Age of Television: Days of Wine and Roses (1958) Episode of Playhouse 90 that aired on October 2, 1958.
259: The Golden Age of Television: Marty/A Wind from the South (1953/1955) Part one is an episode of The Philco Television Playhouse that aired May 24, 1953. Part two is an episode of The United States Steel Hour that aired September 14, 1955.
260: Wayne Newton Live at the London Palladium
261: Carrie (1976) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
262: Rollerball (1975) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
263: The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
264
265: Hit Man (1972)
266: Weekend Murders (1970)
267: Thunderbird 6 (1967)
268: Pink Floyd — The Wall (1982)
269: The Golden Age of Television: Requiem for a Heavyweight (1956) Episode of Playhouse 90 that aired on October 11, 1956.
270: The Golden Age of Television: No Time for Sergeants/Patterns (1955) Part one, adapted by Ira Levin, is an episode of The United States Steel Hour that aired on March 15, 1955. Part two is an episode of the Kraft Television Theatre that aired on January 12, 1955.
271
272: BUtterfield 8 (1960) Not issued in bookbox form. The film capitalized on the image of the call girl star Elizabeth Taylor acquired as a result of her affair with crooner Eddie Fisher, who subsequently divorced himself from Debbie Reynolds. Taylor hated this picture for that reason, but it gave her the first of her two Oscar wins.
273
274: Julius Caesar (1953)
275: The Hill (1965)
276: Quo Vadis (1951)
277: The Sandpiper (1965) Best remembered for the song “The Shadow of Your Smile”, which has been recorded by many artists.
278: Point Blank (1967)
279: Private Parts (1972) No relation to the Howard Stern biopic.
280: The White Rose (1982)
281: The Hunger (1983)
282: 10 to Midnight (1983) From Cannon Films.
283: Nana, the True Key of Pleasure (1983) From Cannon films.
284: Gone With the Wind (1939) US release of the VHS/Beta was in February, 1985.
285: Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973)
286: The 5-Man Army (1969)
287: Guns for San Sebastian (1968)
288: Marlowe (1969) Not issued in bookbox form.
289: Get Carter (1971) Not issued in bookbox form.
290: Skyjacked (1972)
291
292: High Society (1956)
293: WarGames (1983) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
294: Octopussy (1983) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
295: Heaven’s Gate (1980) From United Artists Corporation; the film instigated Transamerica’s sale of that company.
296: International Velvet (1978)
297: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) From United Artists Corporation.
298: The Tom & Jerry Cartoon Festival, Vol. 3 (1983) The Million Dollar Cat/The Night Before Christmas/Polka-Dot Puss/Two Little Indians/Trap Happy/Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl/Cue Ball Cat/Little Runaway.
299: The Golden Age of Television: A Doll’s House (1959) Broadcast on November 15, 1959.
300: Kamikaze ’89 (1983)
301: Exposed (1983)
302: Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983)
303: Operation Thunderbolt (1978) From Cannon Films.
304: MGM Cartoon Festival (1984) Wild and Woolfy/The Pups’ Christmas/Dance of the Weed/The Screwy Truant/Magical Maestro/Lucky Ducky/The Flying Bear
305: Wild Rovers (1971)
306: The Boy Friend (1971)
307: Kiss Me Kate (1953)
308: Les Girls (1957)
309: Anchors Aweigh (1945)
310: Lili (1953)
311: Separate Tables (1983)
312: Turandot
313: Yentl (1983) From United Artists Corporation. Issued on VHS by CBS/Fox Video. Original MGM releases of this film were on laserdisc only.
314: Brainstorm (1983)
315
316: Hero at Large (1980)
317: Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll Style (1983)
318: The Wicked Lady (1983) From Cannon Films.
319: Hercules (1983) From Cannon Films.
320: Sweet Revenge (1976)
321: The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
322: Strange Brew (1983)
323: Cool Breeze (1972)
324: The Travelling Executioner (1970)
325: House of the Long Shadows (1983)
326: King of Kings (1961)
327: The Golden Age of Television: The Comedian Episode of Playhouse 90 that aired on February 14, 1957.
328: Berlin Alexanderplatz (1983)
329: Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
330: Comeback (1982)
331: The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert (1983)
332: The Joy of Stocks: The Forbes Guide to the Stock Market (1984) Yawn . . . in comparison with the rest of the catalogue . . .
333
334
335
336
337: F.I.S.T. (1978) From United Artists Corporation.
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350: Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
351: The Other Side of Nashville (1983)
352: The Comedians (1965) Not issued in bookbox form.
353
354
355: Why Would I Lie? (1980)
356: How the West Was Won (1963)
357
358
359: All Fall Down (1962) Not issued in bookbox form.
360
361
362
363:
364: The Final Option (1982)
365: Fanny Hill (1983) A Playboy video.
366: The Everly Brothers’ Rock and Roll Odyssey (1984)
367: The Unapproachable (1982)
368: The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
369: Interiors (1978) From United Artists Corporation.
370: The Idolmaker (1980) From United Artists Corporation.
371: Naughty Marietta (1937)
372: The Four Seasons (1983) Conducted by Lorin Maazel.
373: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970)
374: Rose Marie (1954)
375: The Brothers Karamazov (1957)
376: The Soldier’s Tale (1984) Cartoon version with animated segments, headlined by Max von Sydow as the voice of devil. The PBS special (aired March 19, 1984) was directed by R. O. Blechman, who is famous as an animator of the Alka-Seltzer TV ads.
377: One Is a Lonely Number (1972)
378: Flare Up (1969)
379: Dark of the Sun (1968)
380: The Gypsy Moths (1969)
381: The Prize (1963)
382
383
384
385: Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
386
387
388: Hearts of the West (1975)
389: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Not issued in bookbox form. Peter O’Toole played the teacher in this second crack at the James Hilton novella, which attempted to infuse its storyline into the Swingin’ London scene, to the point where it even had British Invasion star Petula Clark in another starring role. The results had the misfortune of coming out just as the public mood for big-budget Hollywood musicals (which had risen to new heights with the smash hit Sound of Music) was starting to wane once more, and it opened to lukewarm reviews and a flat box office.
390
391
392
393: The Fixer (1968) Not issued in bookbox form.
394: The Last Run (1971)
395
396
397: The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
398
399: Knights of the Round Table (1954) MGM’s first CinemaScope production.
400: Cimarron (1931) Not issued in bookbox form.
401: Raintree County (1956)
402
403: Heaven with a Gun (1969)
404: Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
405
406: Sharks’ Treasure (1975)
407: Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
408: The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
409
410
411
412
413: King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Not issued in bookbox form.
414: The Strawberry Statement (1970)
415
416: The Impossible Years (1968) Not issued in bookbox form.
417: Sahara (1984) Co-presented by Cannon Films, which released it internationally.
418: Audrey Rose (1977)
419: Where the Boys Are (1960)
420: Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
421: Reckless (1984)
422: Death of a Centerfold (1981)
423: 200 Motels (1971) From United Artists Corporation.
424: Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
425: Experience Preferred . . . But Not Essential (1982)
426
427: The Ice Pirates (1984)
428: Blind Rage (1978)
429: Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
430: Tom Thumb (1958)
431: The Revolt of Job (1983) Hungarian film.
432: Faerie Tale Theatre: Goldilocks (1982)
433: Faerie Tale Theatre: Sleeping Beauty (1983)
434: Faerie Tale Theatre: Jack and the Beanstalk (1982)
435: Faerie Tale Theatre: Hansel & Gretel (1982)
436: Faerie Tale Theatre: The Princess and the Pea (1982)
437: House of Dark Shadows (1970)
438
439: Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
440
441: Hit the Deck! (1955)
442: Born Beautiful (1982)
443: Living Proof (1983)
444: The Slams (1973)
445
446: A Christmas Story (1983)
447: Breakin (1984) From Cannon Films.
448: Making the Grade (1984) From Cannon Films.
449: Burnt Offerings (1976)
450: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
451: Misunderstood (1984)
452
453: Mr. Majestyk (1974) From United Artists Corporation.
454: The Long Riders (1980)
455: How I Won the War (1967) From United Artists Corporation. Its distinction is the presence of a photo of John Lennon appearing on the cover of the first issue (November 9, 1967) of Rolling Stone magazine.
456: Young Warriors (1983) From Cannon Films. AKA The Graduates of Malibu High.
457: City Lovers/Country Lovers
458: Celebrity (1984) Part 1.
459: Celebrity (1984) Part 2.
460: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Computers…But Were Afraid to Ask (1984) John Wood (from WarGames) hosts this (instantly dated) look at then-contemporary home computing and how it worked.
461: Laurel and Hardy’s Laughing 20’s (1965) Used for international releases only.
462
463
464
465
466: Brewster McCloud (1970)
467: Around the World Under the Sea (1966)
468: Safari 3000 (1982)
469: Manhattan (1979) From United Artists Corporation. Often cited as the first letterboxed VHS release for years; however, more recent developments have proven it false. What’s known is that it was the first letterboxed VHS release to be labeled, and it probably got its broader distinction due to the notoriety it attracted for director Woody Allen insisting on exclusively letterboxed home media releases and television broadcasts. Letterboxed with gray bars. The opening United Artists logo is truncated after a few seconds to remove Transamerica references; using the actual Transamerica-less United Artists logo(s) probably would’ve been an option if the gray bars weren’t required by FCC regulations at the time.
470: Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984) From Cannon Films.
471
472: Camille (1936) Not issued in bookbox form.
473: Gaslight (1944)
474: San Francisco (1935)
475: It Happened at the World’s Fair (1962)
476: Speedway (1968)
477: Grand Prix (1966) Not issued in bookbox form.
478: Tom and Jerry Vol. 4 (1984) Fraidy Cat/Baby Butch/Johann Mouse/Pet Peeve/The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R./Dog House/Baby Puss/Zoot Cat
479: Terrytoons — Festival of Fun, Vol.1 (1978)
480
481: The Pink Panther Cartoon Festival (1984) Pink-A-Boo/Slink Pink/Come On In, the Water’s Pink/In the Pink of the Night/Smile Pretty, Say Pink/Bobolink Pink/Bully for Pink/Extinct Pink/Pink Aye
482: The Last Waltz (1978) From United Artists Corporation. Prior to 1988, MGM/UA’s release of the film was on laserdisc only; CBS/Fox issued the title on VHS.
483: The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
484
485: Double Trouble (1967)
486: Harum Scarum (1965)
487: Electric Dreams (1984) From Virgin Films.
488
489: The Pink Panther Cartoon Festival, featuring “Pink at First Sight” (1985) From United Artists Corporation. Contains the TV special Pink at First Sight, plus: Psychedelic Pink/Super Pink/The Hand is Pinker Than the Eye/Pink Pranks.
490: The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
491: The Great Skycopter Rescue (1980)
492: Entre Nous (1983) French film.
493
494: Waterloo Bridge (1940)
495: Wild Orchids (1929)
496
497
498: Anna Christie (1930)
499: Red Dawn (1984) From United Artists Corporation.
500: The Yearling (1946)
501
502: Terrytoons — Cartoon Capers
503: Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
504: Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
505: Anna Karenina (1935) Not issued in bookbox form.
506: The Women (1939)
507: Song of Love (1947)
508
509
510: Lust for Life (1956) Not issued in bookbox form.
511: Never So Few (1959) Not issued in bookbox form.
512
513: The Wings of Eagles (1957) Not issued in bookbox form.
514: Far from the Madding Crowd (1966)
515: Blow-Up (1966) Number used for 1991 reissue.
516: The Exterminator 2 (1984)
517: Until September (1984)
518: The Americanization of Emily (1964)
519
520: The Naked Spur (1953) Not issued in bookbox form.
521: She (1965) The only reported American video release of this film in the 1980s was on laserdisc.
522
523
524
525: Stay Away, Joe (1968)
526: The Trouble with Girls (1969)
527: The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959) Not issued in bookbox form.
528: Tom and Jerry in Tee for Two (1985) The Bowling Alley Cat/Pecos Pest/The Duck Doctor/Robin Hoodwinked/Hatch Up Your Troubles/Heavenly Puss/The Yankee Doodle Mouse/Tee for Two (1945)
529: Tom & Jerry: Bad Day At Cat Rock (1985)
530
531: Queen Christina (1934) Number was used for laserdisc only until 1990.
532: The Law and Jake Wade (1958) Not issued in bookbox form.
533: Dinner at Eight (1933) Number was used for laserdisc only.
534: The Treasure Seekers (1979)
535: Norman . . . Is That You? (1976) Not issued in bookbox form.
536
537
538: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Number was used for laserdisc only.
539
540: Gabriela (1983) US release.
541: The Pink Panther Cartoon Festival: A Fly in the Pink (1985) Pink-A-Rella/Pink Pest Control/Pink Plasma/Keep Our Forests Pink/Pink Flea/Putt-Putt Pink/A Fly in the Pink/Rock-A-Bye Pinky/Pink in the Clink
542: The Pink Panther Cartoon Festival: Tickled Pink (1985) Tickled Pink/Sky Blue Pink/G.I. Pink/Pinto Pink/Prefabricated Pink
543
544
545: Shaker Run (1986) UK only.
546: Ninja III: The Domination (1984) From Cannon Films.
547
548: Black Venus (1983)
549
550
551
552
553: Screen Dreams: The Hollywood Pinup (1982)
554
555: Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
556
557: Missing in Action (1984) From Cannon Films.
558: Cabin in the Sky (1943)
559: Smilin’ Through (1941)
560: Red Dust (1932)
561: China Seas (1935) Number was also used for Christina (1984).
562: No Blade of Grass (1970) Not issued on video in the U.S. or Canada.
563
564: Grand Hotel (1932)
565: Strike Up the Band! (1940)
566: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
567: Girl Crazy (1929)
568: Rosalie (1937)
569: Never On Sunday (1960)
570: Just The Way You Are (1984)
571
572: Condor (1984)
573: Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)
574: Tom and Jerry in 4 of the Best! (1985) UK exclusive. The Bodyguard/The Flying Cat/Hic-cup Pup/Two Little Indians (1953)
575
576: Alexander the Great (1956)
577: Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980) From United Artists Corporation.
578: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
579: The Vikings (1958) From United Artists Corporation.
580: Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) From Cannon Films.
581: The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
582
583: Mata Hari (1985) From Cannon Films.
584: The Lone Ranger (1956)
585: Babes in Arms (1939)
586: The Adventures of Droopy: Wags to Riches (1985) Dumb-Hounded/Wags to Riches/The Shooting of Dan McGoo/Droopy’s Good Deed (edited to remove a gag involving a bomb’s explosion turning two characters into black stereotypes)/Drag-A-Long Droopy/The Chump Champ/Deputy Droopy
587: The Moonshine War (1970)
588
589: The Sicilian Connection (1972)
590: The Miracle Worker (1960) From United Artists Corporation. The original release did not open with a Hexagon; instead, a “Released thru United Artists” text credit appears at the start, along with a credit for the production company.
591: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
592
593: Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1984) From Cannon Films.
594: The Blood of Others, Part 1 (1984)
595: The Blood of Others, Part 2 (1984)
596: The Naked Face (1984) From Cannon Films.
597
598
599: Maria’s Lovers (1984) From Cannon Films
600: Mrs. Soffel (1984)
601: Grace Quigley (1985) From Cannon Films.
602: Emmanuelle IV (1984) From Cannon Films.
603: Baby Love (1984) From Cannon Films.
604
605
606: Min and Bill (1930)
607: Possessed (1931)
608: The Thin Man (1934)
609: Maytime (1937)
610: Idiot’s Delight (1939)
611: A Woman’s Face (1941) Not issued in bookbox form.
612
613: That’s Dancing! (1985)
614
615
616
617: Utu (1984)
618: Ordeal by Innocence (1985) From Cannon Films.
619
620: Hell Squad (1985) From Cannon Films.
621: The Pied Piper (1984)
622; Digital Dreams (1983)
623: Too Scared to Scream (1982)
624: Constance (1984)
625: The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985)
626: Deep In My Heart (1954) Not issued in bookbox form.
627
628
629
630: Captain Sinbad (1963)
631
632: Lassie’s Great Adventure (1962) A Fox film, (?!) it’s a version of the five-part episode of Lassie titled “The Journey”.
633: The Adventures of the Lone Ranger: Justice of the West
634: Don’t Make Waves (1967) Not issued in bookbox form.
635: All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953) Not issued in bookbox form.
636: Seven Women (1966)
637
638: The V.I.P.s (1963)
639: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
640: Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
641: Scaramouche (1952)
642: The Aviator (1985) From United Artists Corporation.
643: Shari Lewis: Kooky Classics (1985)
644: Trader Horn (1973)
645: Hot Resort (1985)
646
647: Déjà Vu (1985) From Cannon Films.
648: Frank Sinatra: Portrait of an Album with Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (1985)
649: David Copperfield (1935)
650: The 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
651: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) MGM acquired from Paramount the rights to the previous 1931 version of the film, to prevent it from ever circulating again. MGM destroyed all the prints that they found of that version. Evidently, that did not necessarily mean the studio destroyed ALL of the prints, as Ted Turner must have discovered when he bought MGM’s library; the original was issued as M201642 in 1989.
652: The Three Musketeers (1948)
653: Dragon Seed (1944)
654: Soldier of the Night (1984) From Cannon Films.
655: The City’s Edge (1983) From Cannon Films.
656
657: The Final Executioner (1985) From Cannon Films. Italian film, dubbed in English.
658: Missing in Action II: The Beginning (1985) From Cannon Films.
659: Never on Sunday (1960) From United Artists Corporation. Number was used for laserdisc only.
660: Torpedo Run (1958)
661: Green Mansions (1959)
662: The Wind and the Lion (1975)
663: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) From United Artists Corporation. Not issued in bookbox form.
664
665: The Teahouse of August Moon (1957)
666: Jack the Giant Killer (1961)
667: 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) Issued under a higher catalog number on laserdisc.
668
669
670: Flight of the Cougar (1967) Television film
671
672
673: Love Circles (1985) From Playboy Cinema.
674
675: Equus (1977) From United Artists Corporation
676: Gymkata (1985)
677: The Assisi Underground (1985) From Cannon Films.
678: Northeast of Seoul (1972) From Cannon Films.
679: Private Maneuvers (1978) From Cannon Films. AKA Lemon Popsicle.
680: The Throne of Fire (1984) From Cannon Films.
681: The Adventures of Hercules (1984) From Cannon Films.
682: The Best of Bugs Bunny & Friends (1985) All of these are pre-1950 Warner cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Duck Soup to Nuts/What’s Cookin’ Doc?/Bedtime for Sniffles/Tweetie Pie/Nothing But the Tooth/A Fued There Was/The Little Lion Hunter
683: Eureka (1983)
684: The Violent Breed (1976) Italian film. 85-minute dubbed version.
685: The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983) From Cannon Films.
686: Boy Takes Girl (1983)
687: Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
688: The Hollywood Clowns (1986)
689: A Christmas Carol (1938)
690: Rappin’ (1985) From Cannon Films.
691: Shari Lewis: Have I Got A Story For You (1986)
692: Shari Lewis: You Can Do It (1986)
693: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
694: The Further Adventures of Droopy (1986) Out-Foxed/Daredevil Droopy/Northwest Hounded/Homesteader Droopy/Droopy’s Double Trouble/Dixieland Droopy/Three Little Pups
695: Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival featuring “Ain’t That Ducky?” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Ain’t That Ducky/Daffy Duck Slept Here/Hollywood Daffy/Conrad the Sailor/The Wise-Quacking Duck
696: Bugs Bunny Cartoon Festival (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Duck Soup to Nuts/What’s Cookin; Doc?/Bedtime for Sniffles/Tweetie Pie/Nothing But the Tooth/A Feud There Was/The Little Lion Hunter
697: Porky Pig Cartoon Festival featuring “Nothing But the Tooth” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Nothing But The Tooth/Trap Happy Porky/Mouse Menace/Kitty Kornered/The Swooner Crooner
698
699: Little Tweetie and Little Inki (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time.
700: Elmer Fudd Cartoon Festival Featuring “An Itch in Time” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. An Itch in Time/The Hardship of Miles Standish/Elmer’s Pet Rabbit/Back Alley Oproar
701: Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd Cartoon Festival Featuring “Wabbit Twouble” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Slick Hare/Stage Door Cartoon/The Unruly Hare/Wabbit Twouble/A Wild Hare/The Old Grey Hare/The Big Snooze
702: Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
703
704: The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969)
705: American Ninja (1985) Cannon film.
706
707
708: Porky Pig and Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Featuring “Tick Tock Tuckered” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time. Daffy Doodles/Duck Soup To Nuts/My Favorite Duck/One Meat Brawl/Tick Tock Tuckered/Tom Turk And Daffy/Baby Bottleneck/Wagon Heels
709
710: Holiday Sing-Along with Mitch (1961)
711: Children of the Damned (1963)
712
713: Year of the Dragon (1985) MGM/Cannon co-production.
714
715
716
717
718: Bhowani Junction (1956)
719
720
721: Sharma and Beyond (1984)
722: Arthur’s Hallowed Ground (1984)
723
724: Those Glory, Glory Days (1983)
725: Secrets (1985)
726: Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) From United Artists Corporation.
727: Green Dolphin Street (1947)
728: Rock and Rule (1983) After this Nelvana film went out of print, bootleg copies of the film went on sale at comic conventions but these copies erroneously listed the film as being done by Ralph Bakshi (the actual director of this cartoon is Clive A. Smith). Soon after its demise in the home entertainment market, copies of the film could only be acquired by writing to the Nelvana offices, which charged a fee of $80 to create and send a video copy of the film.
729: The Magic of Lassie (1978) From the International Picture Show Company.
730: Love Streams (1984)
731
732
733: Lupo! (1970)
734: Odds Are! A Complete Guide to Casino Gambling (1986)
735: Each Dawn I Die (1939) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
736: Bullets or Ballots (1936) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
737: Brother Orchid (1940) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
738
739: Rich Kids (1979) From United Artists Corporation.
740: Thunder Alley (1985) From Cannon Films.
741: Hot Chili (1985) From Cannon Films.
742: South of Hell Mountain (1971) From Cannon Films.
743: Anthony Adverse (1936)
744: Studs Lonigan (1960) From United Artists Corporation.
745: Of Human Bondage (1964)
746: The Human Comedy (1943)
747: To Have and Have Not (1944) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
748: The Adventures of Don Juan (1948) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
749: All This and Heaven Too (1940) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
750: Dr. Berger’s Immune Power Diet: “You Are What You Eat” (1986)
751: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1977) From the International Picture Show Company.
752: Robinson Crusoe (1974)
753: The Original Our Gang Comedies Featuring “Don’t Lie” (1986) The Big Premiere/Clown Princes/Don’t Lie/Farm Hands
754: Pandemonium (1982)
755: Love Me Or Leave Me (1955)
756: Mighty Orbots — Magnetic Menace (1984)
757: Mighty Orbots — The Wish World (1984)
758: Mighty Orbots — Trapped On The Prehistoric Planet (1984)
759: Mighty Orbots — The Dremloks (1984)
760: I Want to Live! (1958) From United Artists Corporation.
761: Johnny Belinda (1948) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
762: The Berlin Affair (1985) From Cannon Films,
763: War and Love (1985) From Cannon Films.
764: Invasion U.S.A. (1985) From Cannon Films.
765: The Ambassador (1984) From Cannon Films.
766
767
768
769
770
771
772: Bugs Bunny Cartoon Classics Featuring Hold the Lion, Please (1986) UK only. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons owned by United Artists at the time.
773
774
775
776
777: The Alphabet Murders (1965)
778: The Story of ABBA (1986)
779: The Story of The Bee Gees (1986)
780: The Story of Mersey Beat (1986)
781
782: The Story of The Kinks (1986)
783
784: The Adventures of Sinbad (1979) From Air Programs International.
785: Moby Dick (1977) From Air Programs International.
786
787
788: №1 of the Secret Service (1977) From Hemdale Film Corporation. Imitation James Bond film.
789
790: The Defiant Ones (1958) From United Artists Corporation.
791
792: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. Originally laserdisc-only; the VHS/Beta were issued by CBS/Fox Video.
793: Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
794
795: The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
796: Billy Rose’s Jumbo (1962)
797: The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
798
799
800: Flipper (1963)
801
802: Home From The Hill (1960)
803
804: Mrs. Miniver (1942)
805: Little Women (1949)
806: Nothing But Trouble (1944)
807
808
809
810
811: Code Name: Emerald (1985)
812: Mighty Orbots: Devil’s Asteroid (1984)
813: Mighty Orbots: Raid On The Stellar Queen (1984)
814
815
816
817
818
819: Dream Lover (1986)
820: After The Thin Man (1936)
821: Death Wish III (1985) From Cannon Films Corporation.
822
823
824
825
826
827: Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
828
829: Sniffles the Mouse: Sniffles and the Bookworm (1986)
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839: Winter Flight (1984)
840: Something of Value (1957)
841: Father of the Bride (1950)
842: The Loved One (1965)
843: Freaks (1932)
844
845: The Big Store (1941)
846
847: They Were Expendable (1945)
848: The Invisible Boy (1957)
849: 36 Hours (1965) Assigned for a bookbox release, then delayed to 1993.
850: Ride the High Country (1962)
851: Summer Stock (1950)
852: Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
853: Neptune’s Daughter (1949)
854: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1970) From Air Programs International.
855
856: The Devil’s Brother (1933)
857: Bonnie Scotland (1935)
858: Air Raid Wardens (1943)
859: Bobby Short and Friends (Live At the Carlyle) (1982) From Boggs/Baker Productions.
860: In The Good Old Summertime (1949)
861: Words And Music (1948)
862: Easy To Love (1953)
863: Dangerous When Wet (1953)
864
865
866
867: Runaway Train (1985) From Cannon Films.
868: Another Thin Man (1939)
869
870: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) From United Artists Corporation.
871: Electra Glide in Blue (1973) From United Artists Corporation.
872: A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) From United Artists Corporation.
873
874: Wetherby (1985) From MGM/UA Classics.
875: Cry for the Strangers (1982) Television film.
876: King Solomon’s Mines (1985) From Cannon Films.
877: Good News (1947)
878: Bound For Glory (1976) From United Artists Corporation.
879
880: James Cagney — That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981) From Golden Productions.
881: The Strawberry Blonde (1941) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
882: One, Two, Three (1961) From United Artists Corporation.
883: The Oklahoma Kid (1939) From United Artists Corporation. Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film.
884: Woody Guthrie — Hard Travelin’ (1984) From The Ginger Group and Harold Leventhal Management, Inc.
885
886: Pandamonium: The Beginning (1982) From Marvel Productions, Ltd.
887: Gilligan’s Planet featuring “Let Sleeping Minnows Lie” (1982) From Filmation.
888
889: America 3000 (1986) From Cannon Films.
890: The Clock (1945)
891: Roberta (1935)
892: Libeled Lady (1936)
893: Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
894: Fool For Love (1985) From Cannon Films.
895: The Blackboard Jungle (1955) Film is noted for being the first to use a rock and roll song; in its case, Bill Haley & The Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock.”
896: The Legend of Robin Hood (1971) From Air Programs International.
897
898: The Prince And The Pauper (1972) From Air Programs International.
899
900: From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
901: Motel Hell (1980) From United Artists Corporation.
902: Theatre of Blood (1973) From United Artists Corporation.
903: The Haunting (1963)
904: The Devil Doll (1936)
905: Mark of the Vampire (1935)
906
907
908
909: Pagan Love Song (1950)
910: Inspector Clouseau Featuring Napoleon Blown Apart (1986)
911: The Ant and the Aardvark Featuring “The Ant From Uncle” (1986)
912: Tijuana Toads featuring “Go for Croak” (1986)
913
914
915
916
917: The Big Country (1958) From United Artists Corporation.
918
919: The Journey (1959)
920: Party Girl (1958)
921
922
923
924
925
926: Marie: A True Story (1985)
927: Bataan (1943)
928: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
929: The Adventures of the Lone Ranger: “Count the Clues” (1986)
930: Barney Bear Cartoon Festival Featurng The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep (1986) The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep/The Bear And The Bean/The Bear And The Hare/A Rainy Day/The Bear And The Beavers/The Fishing Bear/The Uninvited Pest
931: MGM Cartoon Magic: The Great Outdoors (1986)
932
933: The Deadly Game (1977) Television film.
934: Girl in the Empty Grave (1977) Television film.
935
936: Killer Party (1986) This number was used for international releases. The U.S. release of this cassette was on Key Video.
937
938: Assignment Munich (1972) Television film.
939: Murphy’s Law (1986) This number was used for international releases. The U.S. release of this cassette was on Media Home Entertainment. From Cannon Films.
940: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
941
942
943
944: MGM Cartoon Magic, Vol. 4: Little Cesario (1987) UK only. Backyard Babies/The Boy And The Wolf/The Calico Dragon/Little Tinker/Happy Go Nutty/The Homeless Plea
945
946: Two for the Seesaw (1962) From United Artists Corporation.
947: The Children’s Hour (1961) From United Artists Corporation.
948
949: Tea and Sympathy (1956)
950
951
952
953
954: The Fifth Missile (1986) Television film.
955: Hotel Paradiso (1966)
956
957
958
959: The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
960: Fury (1936)
961: Random Harvest (1942)
962
963
964: Some Came Running (1958)
965: The Sea of Grass (1947)
966: Youngblood (1986) From United Artists Corporation.
967: Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
968
969: Song of the Thin Man (1947)
970: The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
971
972
973: 9½ Weeks (1986)
974
975: The Rounders (1965)
976: Best Foot Forward (1943)
977
978
979
980: Kim (1950)
981
982
983: Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
984: Thousands Cheer (1943)
985: The Great Waltz (1938)
986: Movers and Shakers (1985) From United Artists Corporation.
987: Silk (1986) From Concorde Pictures.
988: The Devastator (1986) From Concorde Pictures.
989: Bugs Bunny Cartoon Festival Featuring “Little Red Riding Rabbit” (1987) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons that were then-recently acquired by Ted Turner.
990: Daffy Duck Cartoon Festival Featuring “Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur” (1987) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons that were then-recently acquired by Ted Turner.
991: Porky Pig Cartoon Festival Featuring “Tom Turk and Daffy” (1986) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. cartoons that were then-recently acquired by Ted Turner. Wagon Heels/Tom Turk and Daffy/Old Glory/My Favorite Duck/One Meat Brawl
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
