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Posted by Mark Silvester (Member # 929) on August 03, 2015, 03:09 PM:

Hi all

as a big fan of British great Will Hay - does anyone know of any "Blu-ray HD" versions of his movies - released box-set wise? I have most including in the past a lot of 8mm and 16mm.

"Ask a Policeman" especially is one of my favourites - especially the "Smugglers Cove" ryhyme..."Whe the tide is low..." check out the clip below...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQSzErGo5Sc

Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on August 04, 2015, 04:35 AM:

Hi Mark watched that clip with my youngest last night, though we`ve seen it many times on the DVD ( sorry ).

Absolutely fantastic, also technically for the 30,s good as well.

Best Mark.

Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on August 04, 2015, 07:18 AM:

I love Will Hay films too especially "Oh Mr Porter" - filmed at Cliddesden not far from my home. I don't think he is on Blu-ray yet.

Posted by Mark Todd (Member # 96) on August 04, 2015, 07:24 AM:

Well Porter and Policeman look very good projected from the DVDs, quite filmie and nice.And some of the others. I`ve got Fire on a home done job from ebay.

I find sometimes on BR with B+W stuff they can just force the grain out to a very distracting/unpleasant level rather than improve the picture qaulity.

Some of the Wisdom DVDs look great as well, but we`ve not got the formby ones yet.

Best Mark.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norman-Wisdom -Collection-DVD/dp/B001CWLFIQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1438690649&sr=1-1&keywords=wisdom+dvd+set

I have seen the sets and likewise ones in Sainsburys for £14 odd I think as well.

PS the dvd sets can be very good value.

Posted by Paul Barker (Member # 4318) on August 06, 2015, 07:43 AM:

it would indeed be great if some Will Hay titles were to be released on blu ray. i see only a small chance of that happening. but you never know.

Posted by Steve Carter (Member # 4821) on August 06, 2015, 08:03 AM:

I have the 'old version' of Norman Wisdom's box set, and the aspect ratio's are all over the place, you have to fiddle with settings,as the native setting gives a small picture in the middle of the screen...

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on August 09, 2015, 03:38 AM:

I'm sure you will have seen it Mark but worth mentioning again.

https://youtu.be/oN9gJ3POpkc

Some day I will complete the quest for Buggleskelly....

Posted by Mark Silvester (Member # 929) on August 09, 2015, 04:23 AM:

Lee - great little clip!

thanks for the link.

They ought to do more stuff like this revisiting other "classic" film sites...etc. [Smile]

Posted by Lee Mannering (Member # 728) on August 24, 2015, 03:36 AM:

Nice to see fans having fun with it Mark.
Might bump into you at Will Hay Day Nov 29th Electric Cinema Birmingham perhaps? [Cool]

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