From Hollywood to Heaven: The Lost and Saved Films of the Ormond Family (1956-1980)
by Chano Urueta, Fernando Méndez, Rafael Baledon
Powerhouse Films – May 30 , 2023
Original title :
Audio : Français
Subtitles : Français
Duration : 6:30 p.m.
Format : Blu-ray 2K Limited Edition Blu-ray Box Set (World Blu-ray premieres) / UK import / 13 films
Area : All areas
Gender : Horror, Drama, Western, Crime
Synopsis
Untamed Mistress / Please Don't Touch Me / Forty Acre Feud / The Girl from Tobacco Row / White Lightnin' Road / The Exotic Ones / If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? / The Burning Hell / The Grim Reaper / The Believer's Heaven / 39 Stripes / The Second Coming / The Sacred Symbol
Content and Bonuses
- New 2K restorations of If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? , The Burning Hell , and The Believer's Heaven from original duplicate negatives
- New 2K restoration of 39 stripes from the only known surviving 16mm print
- New 2K restorations of It's About The Second Coming from best-quality, surviving 16mm print elements
- Newly remastered presentations of Untamed Mistress , Please Don't Touch Me , White Lightnin' Road , The Girl from Tobacco Row , Forty Acre Feud , and The Exotic Ones from rare survival Standard Definition master tapes
- Standard Definition presentations of The Grim Reaper and The Sacred Symbol , mastered from best-available sources
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with author and Ormond biographer Jimmy McDonough on Please Don't Touch Me (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and actress, exotic dancer, fire eater, and carny queen Georgette Dante on The Exotic Ones (2023)
- Audio commentary with documentarian Brian Rosenquist and Greg Pirkle, son of Baptist minister and Ormond collaborator Estus Pirkle, on If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough, filmmaker Tim Ormond, and film restorationist Peter Conheim on The Burning Hell (2023)
- Audio commentary with McDonough and Ormond on It's About The Second Coming (2023)
- Estus W Pirkle Sermon (1970, 64 mins): rare and previously unreleased archival audio recording
- Edge of Tomorrow (1961, 50 mins): June and Ron Ormond's lost portrait of UFO huckster Reinhold O Schmidt, presented from a rare VHS source
- A Tribute to Houdini (1987, 60 mins): directed by Tim Ormond, and featuring John Calvert performing an array of tricks inspired by famous escape artist and magician Harry Houdini
- Lash LaRue: A Man and His Memories (1992, 70 mins): Tim Ormond's rarely seen documentary in which the beloved western star reflects upon his life and work
- June Carr: The Virtual Vaudevillian (1997, 30 mins): Tim Ormond's loving portrait of his mother and collaborator, June Carr Ormond
- Forgotten Memories (1997, 20 mins): Tim Ormond's short drama starring June Ormond in which two women meet under extraordinary circumstances
- Original theatrical trailer for White Lightnin' Road
- radio spots
- New English subtitles for the dead and hard of hearing
- Limited Edition exclusive 100-page book with an extended essay by Jimmy McDonough, Peter Conheim on the restorations, and full film credits
- Limited Edition exclusive art cards
- World Premieres on Blu-ray