MUSICAL PERFORMER COLLECTIONS Whoever has the rights to one of these films has rights to all of them, but it is a confusing mess: "Eddie Cantor Pre-Code Collection" - Whoopee/Palmy Days/The Kid from Spain/Roman Scandals/Kid Millions/Strike Me Pink. For the sake of truth in advertising, "Strike Me Pink" is not pre-code.

ACTRESS COLLECTIONS A Volume 3 of Bette Davis should include: The Man Who Played God/Of Human Bondage/Dangerous/The Old Maid/The Great Lie/The Catered Affair

I have been wanting a pre-code Barbara Stanwyck collection, but apparently these are part of the Forbidden Hollywood 2 collection: "Illicit"/"Night Nurse"/"Ladies They Talk About"/"A Free Soul"/"Divorcee"/"Female" Warner Home Video has the rights to these titles. This is not a wish list. The info is from an insider at WHV.

ACTOR COLLECTIONS I'd like to see a volume two of this set with the following: Blonde Crazy/Taxi!/Picture Snatcher/The Oklahoma Kid/Strawberry Blonde/Come Fill the Cup/These Wilder Years Warner Home Video should have the rights to all of these titles.

William Powell still has some films in public domain or either on VHS or not on video at all that would make a good set: Life With Father (1947)/The Ex Mrs. Bradford (1936)/Rendezvous (1935)/Star of Midnight (1935)/The Kennel Murder Case (1933)/Jewel Robbery (1932) All made by WB,MGM,or RKO, thus Warner Home Video should have the rights.

Spencer Tracy needs his own set. I'd include: Murder Man (1935)-Not on VHS or DVD, early Tracy. Captains Courageous(1937)-on DVD, won Tracy Best Actor Northwest Passage(1940)-Not on DVD Edison the Man(1940)-Not on DVD The Seventh Cross(1944)-Not on DVD Edward My Son (1949)- Not on VHS or DVD. Warner Home Video should have the rights to these.

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER COLLECTIONS "Universal Studios Best Picture Collection" - Universal needs a boxed set of their eight movies that won best picture: "All Quiet on the Western Front"/"Going My Way"/"The Lost Weekend"/"The Sting"/"The Deer Hunter"/"Out of Africa"/"Schindler's List"/"A Beautiful Mind".

United Artists/MGM could release the rest of their Best Pictures in another set: The Best Years of Our Lives/Marty/Rocky/Annie Hall/Rain Man/Dances With Wolves

Miramax had a threesome of Award winning film boxed sets, but only one is still in print. They should issue "Art House Academy Award Winners" in 2 volumes: V1- Pulp Fiction/Il Postino/Sling Blade/The English Patient/Good Will Hunting/Shakespeare in Love V2-Cider House Rules/Life is Beautiful/Frida/Chicago/The Queen.

Sony could box the following four Best Picture winners it controls into the "Lessons in Leadership Best Picture Collection" and include: All the King's Men/On the Waterfront/A Man for All Seasons/Gandhi Sony could include "Bridge over the River Kwai" and "Lawrence of Arabia", but that might undermind their David Lean Collection.

Silents continued: 5. He Who Gets Slapped/The Unholy 3/West of Zanzibar - Lon Chaney V2 6.Beau Brummel/Don Juan/When A Man Loves - John Barrymore Silents 7.The Devil's Circus/Student Prince in Old Heidelberg/A Lady of Chance - Norma Shearer Silents 8.Show People/Exit Smiling/The Monster - Silent Comedies 9.Souls for Sale/Brown of Harvard/Tell it to The Marines - The Forgotten One - William Haines

The Laemmes lost control of Universal in the mid 30's, ironically, because they produced such a high quality product. Universal should make a boxed set called "Depression Era Blockbusters" and include: The King of Jazz/Hell's Angels/Dracula/Frankenstein/The Mummy/Scarface/I'm No Angel/Bride of Frankenstein. All big hits in their day.

Pick 6 of the following for volume 2: Svengali (1931) - Public Domain DVD The Mad Genius(1931) - No DVD or VHS The Walking Dead(1936) - No DVD or VHS Picture of Dorian Gray(1945) - VHS Beast with 5 Fingers(1947) - VHS & Public Domain DVD House of Wax(1953) - Already on DVD X: The Unknown(1956) - Public Domain DVD Macabre(1958) - No VHS or DVD Two on a Guillotine(1965) - No VHS or DVD

"Warner Legends of Sci-Fi" in two volumes: V1-Forbidden Planet/Beast from 20000 Fathoms/The Omega Man/Westworld/Time After Time/Blade Runner V2-The Thing From Another World/Them!/Village of the Damned/The Time Machine/Soylent Green/Logan's Run Lots of these are already on DVD, but grouped together they make good collections of the sci-fi genre.

"Life on the Edge" by WHV in two volumes: V1-Freaks(1932)/Heroes for Sale (1933)/Wild Boys of the Road (1933)/Stakeout on Dope Street(1958)/Something Wild (1961)/The Fox(1967) V2 Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971) - Not on VHS or DVD Payday (1973) - Not on DVD. THE RITZ (1976) - Not on DVD Straight Time (1978) - On DVD as of 2007. CRUISING (1980) - Coming to DVD Fast Walking (1982) - Not on DVD

ANIMATION COLLECTION(S) "Pixar Feature Animation Set" should include: Toy Story/A Bug's Life/Toy Story 2/Monsters Inc./Finding Nemo/The Incredibles/Cars