Flicker Alley

[Matt]

Cover and screenshots here

[Stefan Andersson]

2025 releases:

He Who Gets Slapped—this was already announced, one of two MGM titles now PD which they'll release.

Early German Musical Comedies—a box set containing The Virtuous Sinner, The Private Secretary, The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (with Peter Lorre) and I By Day, You By Night, all 1931 except the last, which is 1932.

Merry-Go-Round—the film from which Erich von Stroheim was fired and replaced by Rupert Julian

Cinema's First Colors—billed as "digital only,"

The Extraordinary World of Charlie Bowers (1917-1940)

Melies: Tales of the Macabre (1896-1911)

The Street of Forgotten Men—a Louise Brooks feature plus some rare bits.

Laurel and Hardy: Year Three

The Garden of Eden Flicker Alley's very first release in a new restoration from 35mm and with a color sequence

Source:
https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=37042

[domino harvey]

Early German Musical Comedies—a box set containing The Virtuous Sinner, The Private Secretary, The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (with Peter Lorre) and I By Day, You By Night, all 1931 except the last, which is 1932.

Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht is a great film that I only saw due to trying to complete our forum's All Time eligibility list, I think anyone here would enjoy it a lot!

[Calvin]

It looks like there's some overlap with the programme of German Musical Comedies that were shown at Il Cinema Ritrovato in 2022. Glad to see that Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht is getting a release as I really enjoyed that one, though my favourite of that section was probably Fritz Kortner's So ein Mädel vergisst man nicht.

[Mario G.]

The Extraordinary World of Charlie Bowers (1917-1940)

Has this not already been released? I’m pretty sure I got it in their last sale. Is this a case where there’s been new materials discovered or something along those lines?

[Tommaso]

Early German Musical Comedies—a box set containing The Virtuous Sinner, The Private Secretary, The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (with Peter Lorre) and I By Day, You By Night, all 1931 except the last, which is 1932.

Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht is a great film that I only saw due to trying to complete our forum's All Time eligibility list, I think anyone here would enjoy it a lot!

Best news so far this year, even though "Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht" is already out on Blu here in Germany. But "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." is also a marvellous satirical comedy completely unavailable officially, and just wait till you get to see "Die Privatsekretärin", thought lost for a long time and only recently restored. It's the German original of "Sunshine Susie", and if you have seen that British version, you might imagine what a treat the original is. Easily one of the very greatest of the Weimar sound films.

[andyli]

THE FILMS:

Die Privatsekretärin (The Private Secretary) (1931) - Renate Müller plays the title role in director Wilhelm Thiele's workplace comedy (adapted from the 1905 novel by István Szomaházy) about a young woman who goes to work in a bank office in search of a wealthy husband.

Der brave Sünder (The Upright Sinner) (1931) - Max Pallenberg stars as Leopold Pichler, a haplessly dedicated banker tasked with transporting money to Vienna, but who is unknowingly part of a larger financial scheme on the part of his boss. Directed by Fritz Kortner, The Upright Sinner is based on Alfred Polgar's play The Embezzlers, in turn based on the novel by Valentin Kataev.

Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (The Trunks of Mr. O.F.) (1931) - Directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Peter Lorre and Hedy Lamarr, The Trunks of Mr. O.F. follows a small German town that turns itself upside down in order to impress an imagined visitor whose extravagant luggage has arrived at the local hotel.

Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (I By Day, You By Night) (1932) - Ludwig Berger directs the charming romance between Grete (Käthe von Nagy) and Hans (Willy Fritsch), two boarders who rent the same room, one during the day and the other at night. A likely influence on Billy Wilder's The Apartment, I By Day, You By Night is also infused with an all-singing, all-dancing celebration of the power of cinema.

This deluxe Blu-ray edition is made possible thanks to the dedicated restoration efforts of Filmmuseum München, Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, and Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Special Features and Tehcncial Specs:
Feature Audio Commentaries
Die Privatsekretärin (The Private Secretary) by Lukas Foerster, German film critic and programmer
Der brave Sünder (The Upright Sinner) by Nadine Rossol, Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at Essex University, with additional insight by Lukas Foerster
Die Koffer des Herrn O.F. (The Trunks of Mr. O.F.) by Anjeana Hans, Professor of German Studies and affiliated faculty in Cinema and Media Studies at Wellesley College
Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht (I By Day, You By Night) by Christian Rogowski, Professor in Language and Literature in the Department of German at Amherst College
Souvenir Booklet - featuring an essay by Lukas Foerster
Reversible Cover Artwork
REGION-FREE