# Movies that have just disappeared **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472 "2009-05-24T17:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/41 "2009-05-25T22:07:43Z")
> [@Fir\_na\_tine](#): > > [The Man Who Would be King](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/) > > This classic with Sean Connery and Michael Caine is one of the best films I’ve ever seen. Never see it on TV and the only DVD available is of absolutely piss poor quality. But I bought one and watch it anyway! We must have the same DVD version, eh. Still, greaaaaaat movie. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/42 "2009-05-25T22:15:50Z")
> [@The New and Improved Superman](#): > > [Fritz the Cat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068612/) > > [La Planete Sauvage](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070544/) Both of these are available on DVD. I own them. **Fritz the Cat** is much beloved by fans of animation, by stoners, punks and other wacky subcultures. I mean, come on, it’s Bakshi, and it was the first (only?) rated X cartoon ever shown in mainstream movie theatres. **La Planete Sauvage** is one of my favorite animated films. **Les maîtres du temps** wasn’t as good, but Laloux redeemed himself with **Gandahar** , imo. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/43 "2009-05-25T22:19:50Z")
A couple more I remembered: [‘Breaker’ Morant](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310/), an amazing film from Down Under. [Over The Edge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079688/) featuring Matt Dillons first screen role. [El Topo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067866/) was all but lost until 2 years ago, when it was released on DVD along with several other Jodorowsky films. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/44 "2009-05-26T01:42:03Z")
_Arise My Love_ (1940) begins with our couple “meeting cute.” Claudette Colbert is a journalist fed up with covering ladies’ stories in Paris, so she heads for Spain. Where Ray Milland, a pilot who backed the wrong side, is awaiting execution. She tells a tall tale to get his story & saves his life. The next few years in Europe offer big stories for her & flying opportunities for him. Hardly a good time to stage a screwball comedy–but they manage to fall in love, anyway. Witty dialog with 2 excellent stars & a fine supporting cast. And totally unavailable on DVD. Maybe TCM will run it again? ================================= We had a similar thread quite recently, in which I mentioned _Desperate Remedies_. And actually got a response from a Kiwi who’d seen the film that hardly exists in this hemisphere. Except for the trailer [on Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9lsNi-dfOY) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/45 "2009-05-26T03:00:02Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > _Five Million Years to Earth_ shows up on TV occasionally. And it’s still creepy. With giant grasshoppers invading London? Maybe I’ve seen one Quatermass. ETA: Courtesy Svenghoulie ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/46 "2009-05-27T20:35:20Z")
Nightmare Alley (1947, starring Tyrone Power). A great movie, not available. The carnival geek and con -men-mind-reader audiences are still waiting for their ‘Gone With the Wind’. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/47 "2009-05-27T20:44:52Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Nightmare Alley (1947, starring Tyrone Power). A great movie, not available. The carnival geek and con -men-mind-reader audiences are still waiting for their ‘Gone With the Wind’. [Ahem](http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Alley-Fox-Film-Noir/dp/B0007ZEO8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243457041&sr=8-1). ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/48 "2009-05-27T20:50:25Z")
[Crack in the World](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059065/) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/49 "2009-05-27T20:52:27Z")
[_Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441785/). I saw it on HBO, came in about half-way through, kept looking for it to be on again so I could tape it, and haven’t seen it again since. If it weren’t for that IMDb entry, I’d think I dreamed it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/50 "2009-05-27T21:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Crack in the World I saw this when it first came out, and I’ve seen it once or twice on TV. But, yeah, it’s pretty much disappeared. According to IMDb, the 1974 movie **Chosen Survivors** is available on DVD as 1/2 of a “Midnight Movie” series, but I’ve not seen it anywhere. I did see the movie when it came out, and it was pretty awful. Does anyone remember **Executive Action**? It was the “JFK” before Oliver Stone made **JFK**. [Executive Action (1973) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070046/) It was the only movie I ever attended that had footnotes – they literally handed out a newspaper of references when you saw it at the movies (the 1984 **Dune** gave out a “Cheat Sheet”, but that was only a single page – it was a glossary. EA really did give complete footnotes) Other films that I haven’t seen since they came out, or since they stopped running old movies on indy TV channels: \*\*The Parallax View The Hot Rock Cops and Robbers Soldier Blue Money Talks \*\* (Allen Funt doing his Candid Camera Shtick for the movies – but without nudity) \*\*S_P_I_E_S Gas The Trouble with Spies \*\* Most \*\*Tarzan \*\* movies **Bowery Boy** movies (and the other series – Tough Little Guys, Dead End Kids, etc.) Even **Abbott and Costello** movies, fer cryin’ out loud. It’s a good thing I picked them up on DVD ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/51 "2009-05-27T22:06:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Other films that I haven’t seen since they came out, or since they stopped running old movies on indy TV channels: > > \*\*The Parallax View > > The Hot Rock > > Cops and Robbers\*\* All of these are available on DVD; I own them. C&R is bastardized tho. It’s only available in a standard screen, not widescreen, so it looks really smushed. Kinda pisses me off, because it’s one of my favorite heist movies, but I bought it because I’d rather watch it than not. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/52 "2009-05-27T22:35:17Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > [_Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441785/). I saw it on HBO, came in about half-way through, kept looking for it to be on again so I could tape it, and haven’t seen it again since. If it weren’t for that IMDb entry, I’d think I dreamed it. I saw him do that show in person a few years ago. Damn, he’s good. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/53 "2009-05-28T00:01:43Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > …Candy…The Family Way … Those 2 are available on Region I DVD – [Candy](http://www.amazon.com/Candy-Limited-Tin-Ewa-Aulin/dp/B000059PPX/) and [The Family Way](http://www.amazon.com/Family-Way-Avril-Angers/dp/B001HQZJIY/). Per Amazon’s review page for The Family Way, the Region II disc may have a better picture. And I’ve not seen Candy, but you may not want to experience just the bare bones DVD if you also like skin. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/54 "2009-05-28T04:04:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > A couple more I remembered: > > [‘Breaker’ Morant](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080310/), an amazing film from Down Under. > > [Over The Edge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079688/) featuring Matt Dillons first screen role. > > [El Topo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067866/) was all but lost until 2 years ago, when it was released on DVD along with several other Jodorowsky films. I just saw **Breaker Morant** last year via Netflix. Good one. ---
**Author:** ![SunSandSuffering](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@SunSandSuffering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunSandSuffering)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/55 "2009-05-28T12:59:11Z")
[Dead of Night](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_of_Night) - saw it almost 20 years ago on a “cult” evening on BBC2, never seen it anywhere since. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/56 "2009-05-28T14:52:55Z")
[quote=“ArchiveGuy, post:47, topic:497472”] [Ahem](http://www.amazon.com/Nightmare-Alley-Fox-Film-Noir/dp/B0007ZEO8C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243457041&sr=8-1).[/QUOTE DUDE! :eek: Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I had no idea it was available on anything other than VHS tapes, or some foreign format. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/57 "2009-05-28T15:33:23Z")
When I say “disappeared”, I don’t mean that the movie isn’t available on DVD or whatever, but that it’s dropped out of the public spotlight – they don’t show it on TV anymore, and it’s rare or hard to find in DVD stores and the like.If I go to our local video store, I can find The Grapes of Wrath and Cleopatra and lots of other old flicks. Retro on cable shows plenty of older films. But I won’t find **What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?** in any of these. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/58 "2009-05-29T19:38:56Z")
Massacre at Central High. Siskel and Ebert had it on their guilty pleasures show back in the day. They used to show it on cable but now it has disappeared. TCM had it scheduled a month ago for their underground movies but pulled it the week of the airing. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/59 "2009-05-29T21:49:40Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Massacre at Central High. Siskel and Ebert had it on their guilty pleasures show back in the day. They used to show it on cable but now it has disappeared. TCM had it scheduled a month ago for their underground movies but pulled it the week of the airing. great flick ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472/60 "2009-05-30T02:28:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > When I say “disappeared”, I don’t mean that the movie isn’t available on DVD or whatever, but that it’s dropped out of the public spotlight – they don’t show it on TV anymore, and it’s rare or hard to find in DVD stores and the like. Well, by that standard you can kiss off seeing a lot of this crap before someone forgets to renew its copyright. But tonight, at about 3AM, our ABC affiliate will show [Repent at Leisure,](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034094/) starring such stalwarts as Wendy Barrie and Clharles Lane. I was surprised to see that Ms Barrie was god-daughter of “Peter Pan” author, JM Barrie, but somewhat disappointed that the fictional Wendy came first. > [@](#): > > If I go to our local video store, I can find The Grapes of Wrath and Cleopatra and lots of other old flicks. Retro on cable shows plenty of older films. But we won’t find **What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?** in any of these. I’d give you a lesson in market economics, but you know all that. I may not even mention that nobody wanted to see it in 1968, and won’t bother asking why anybody would want to see it today, especially since Barbara Feldon doesn’t appear nude. Um, she doesn’t, right? So The Man isn’t keeping her magnificence from us, right? ☹ Oh, and the local college station is showing the probably 1947 **Nicholas Nickleby** , with Cedric Hardwicke and Stanley Holloway, starting at 2AM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-have-just-disappeared/497472.md?page=4)