Table of Contents Acknowledgments vi Preface 1 Introduction 3 1. The First Quarter Century: 1914-1939, Let Battle Commence 15 Introduction * The Reissue Bandwagon Begins to Roll * The First Reissue Boom: Chaplin Fever * Deception: The Fraud Squad * Self-Destruction: The Reissue Threat * The Last Taboo: Valentino * Reissue Phenomenon: Birth of a Nation * How Reissues Fitted the New Business Model * Talkies: The Impossible Equation * The New Horizon: Remakes and Synchronization * Intermittent Demand * Shortage Turns the Tide * Into the Record Books * Unlikely Reissue King: Charles Laughton * Financial Crisis and Looming War * Conclusion 2. The 1940s: Reissue Bust and Boom 41 Introduction * Thumbs Down to War Revivals * Longer, Shorter: New Versions of Old Movies * Reissues Unwanted Until the Shortage Bites * Drastic Action as Studios Curtail Reissues * The Growth of the Specialist Reissue Company * The Reissue Double Bill * "There''s Gold in Them Thar Reissues" (Variety, April 2, 1947, 9) * Unions Demand Action * Conclusion 3. The 1940s: Case Studies--Haphazard Reissue 62 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs * The W.C. Fields Cult Begins * Gone with the Wind * The Wizard of Oz and the Anniversary Invention 4. The 1950s: Television Haunts the Industry 69 Introduction * Television: Opportunity and Threat * The Optimists * The Deceivers * Reissue Comebacks--Garbo and Chaplin * Victorious Defeat * The Fallow Years * King Kong to the Rescue * The Quantity Dilemma * Stretched to the Limit: Widescreen Revamps * The Drought * The Decade Ends on a High * Conclusion 5. The 1950s: Case Studies--Building a Reissue Arsenal 100 Introduction * Building a Reissue Arsenal: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1952) * The Birth of the Hitchcock Reissue Legend: The Lady Vanishes (1952) * Creating a Reissue Phenomenon: Gone with the Wind (1954) * The Lesson of Tarzan 6.

1960-1963: The Jury Is Out 113 Introduction * The Second Tier Blockbuster: The Glenn Miller Story * The Exhibitor Knows Best: Friendly Persuasion * Roadshow Reinvention: The King and I * Oscars: The United Artists Rethink * Immunity: MGM and Disney * The Arthouse Hothouse * Blockbusters * Star Power * Conclusion 7. 1964-1966: The Turning Point 142 Introduction * Game Changer No. 1: Bridge on the River Kwai * Game Changer No. 2--The James Bond Double Bill * Oscar Revamp * Musicals Bounce Back * Directors Exert Star Power * 1966: From Famine to Domination * Four Little Films That Could: Lili, An Evening with Batman and Robin, Poor White Trash, La Dolce Vita * Conclusion 8. 1967-1969: Husbandry--The "Threeissue": Reissuing the Reissue 167 Introduction * The MGM Legacy * Disney: Reissue Champ * United Artists: Play Them Till They Drop * The Bonnie and Clyde Phenomenon * A Reissue Star Is Born: Sidney Poitier * Endangered Species * Conclusion 9. The 1960s: Case Studies--Reissue Royalty, Old Retainers and Loyal Courtiers 194 Introduction * Queen Elizabeth * King Alfred * Old Masters: The Comedians * Rising from the Dead--Humphrey Bogart * The Workhorses: The Thomas Crown Affair, One Million Years B.C. * Unsung Hero: Darby O''Gill and the Little People * Conclusion 10.

1970-1973: Sentence Commuted 212 Introduction * Fox on Fire * Roadshow Re-Cycle * Disney Attracts a Rival * Comedy Classics Entrenched * The Great Garbo Revival * Chaplin Rides Again * New Reissue Stars and Studios * The Other Champ Returns * Conclusion 11. 1974-1979: The Rollercoaster Ride 233 Introduction * A Wall Too Far * Heavyweights Go Head-to-Head * Television Cuts the Big Four Down to Size * Tuning Up: That''s Entertainment * 1975: Sherlock Holmes Hits the Spot * The Classics Step Up * Fanboy Favorite: Sinbad * A New Era Beckons * Another Boom * 1977: Alive to Opportunity * Classic Revival--Again * Star Wars: The Reissue "Wind Up" * 1979: The "Threeissue" Epidemic * Conclusion 12. The 1970s: Case Studies--Slow Burners and Surprise Packets 260 Introduction * This Joint Is Smokin'': Reefer Madness * Marx Brothers Mania: Animal Crackers * Rescued from Rejection: King of Hearts * The Oddest Love Story: Harold and Maude * Midnight Rendezvous: The Rocky Horror Picture Show * Conclusion 13. 1980-1999: Brave New Goldmine 271 Introduction * Video Cassette and Paycable * Thwarted Vision: Close Encounters of the Third Kind * The Greatest Reissue Story Ever Told: Napoleon * Re-Strike and Reissue Fever: A Star Is Born * Alfred Hitchcock: Reissue Poster Boy * Disney Domination * Atonement: Lawrence of Arabia, the Director''s Cut * Righting Wrongs: Blade Runner, the Director''s Cut * The Biggest Restoration of All Time: Star Wars * The French Are Coming (Back): Belle de Jour * The Resurrection of Orson Welles * Conclusion 14. 2000-2014: Bigger Than Ever--How Did That Happen? 295 Introduction * Roadshow Redux: Fantasia 2000 * Once Is Not Enough: Metropolis * The New Perennials: The Wizard of Oz, Casablanca, The Polar Express and The Nightmare Before Christmas * All Join In: Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music * Reverse Reissue: It''s a Wonderful Life Epilogue or Prologue? What Next for the Reissue? 307 Appendices A: Top Reissues, 1940-1959 311 B: Top Reissues, 1970-1979 312 C: Disney Animated Feature Reissues, 1980-1989 313 D: Pattern of Reissue Release, 1963-1979 314 E: Reissues Reaching No. 1 in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1979 321 F: Reissues in the Weekly Top Ten, 1960-1974 321 G: Number of Entries Per Year in the Weekly Top Ten 323 H: British Cinema Circuit Reissues, 1939-1979 324 Chapter Notes 330 Bibliography 437 Index 445.