Dear Rush: At Treasure Island is one of my favorites. Ceasar Romero as Rahdini is great. The whole magic debunking plotline and blackmail racket is classic. Unfortunately, yesterday as I was attempting taking the DVD out of the case the thing cracked. Can we hope for an offical release of it anytime soon or must I look to replacing on the gray market? With it went In Reno and City in Darkness. It was a very sad day.
Ah, I envision the day (hopefully in the near future) when we can all pull out a copy of any Charlie Chan film on official legit DVD when the Monday Evening Chat/Film Viewings here at THE CHARLIE CHAN FAMILY. And when all legit DVD's are available, we will see the grey market Chans disappear! I can't wait! IT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY SOON! When that day will be, I don't know? :)
You're in luck. All the titles you are now lacking should be on Vol 4 which should be forthcoming from Fox before too long (no date has been set so probably early '08).
Sorry to hear about your broken DVD-R. That's another reason to be wary of some grey market product; they don't seem to be as sturdy as commercial DVDs.
Good news to hear Steve. I wrote the gray market fellow I originaly got it from and he said I could replace it for $9.99 plus $5.95 for shipping and handling. I dont' know about that considering an official "clean" version will soon be available. I may just try to be patient.
Be patient Russell! Eventually all of the Fox Chans will be released! Unfortunately, the same can't be said about the latter Monogram Chans (from RED DRAGON to SKY DRAGON). Because of Warners reputation to delivering the best looking videos, means that alot of the Monogram/Allied Artists product may never see the light of day because all there is available is subpar 16mm prints.