dvds that have rotted, and their release info
By "rot" I mean the title played fine when new, but years later it freezes and skips about midway into the disc. On a disc with 2 titles, this means the second film is the victim.
The rot is internal to the disk; nothing on the surface can be washed off, no scratches or cracks appear. Usually the disc looks more milky than shiny.
There could be many more; these are just among those that _I_ own.
To help me find dvds that fit the target zone, Q4.2006-Q1.2008, I used this site:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2006-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2007a-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2007-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2008a-year.htm
They all seem to have been members of a Warner-released box set in that time period, except as noted.
The rot is internal to the disk; nothing on the surface can be washed off, no scratches or cracks appear. Usually the disc looks more milky than shiny.
There could be many more; these are just among those that _I_ own.
To help me find dvds that fit the target zone, Q4.2006-Q1.2008, I used this site:
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2006-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2007a-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2007-year.htm
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/2008a-year.htm
They all seem to have been members of a Warner-released box set in that time period, except as noted.
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- CreatorTom RueggerStarsRob PaulsenJess HarnellTress MacNeilleThe zany adventures of a trio of 1930s animated characters in the modern world.vol 3 (Jun 19, 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00000FBC9/
disc1, title12, ch3 freeze/skips to end of disc.
disc2, title1, ch20+ dead.
disc3 ok
disc4, title1, ch26+ dead
disc5, title12, ch1 skipped, ch2 hesitates a few times. - StarsMaurice LaMarcheRob PaulsenTress MacNeillePinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in the research facility. Brain is self-centered and scheming; Pinky is good-natured but feeble-minded. In each episode, Brain devises a new plan to take over the world.vol 2 (Jun 19, 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HWZ4DY/
discs 1, 2, 4 ok
disc3, title1, ch10 skipped (Brain Acres episode), ch11+ ok
vol 3 (Jun 19, 2007)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O179IG
disc1, title1, ch16-25(end) skipped
disc2 may have hesitated in a couple of spots
disc3, title1, ch16-35(end) skipped
disc4 is ok - DirectorJohn FarrowRichard FleischerStarsRobert MitchumJane RussellVincent PriceA deported gangster's plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.on best player, won't play the last ch., although on other players it hesitates and skips throughout.
Rel'd 18Jul2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FI9OCW
Film Noir Classic Collection: Volume 3 - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsLana TurnerGene KellyJune AllysonD'Artagnan and his Musketeer comrades thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.chapters 19-24 won't play.
Rel'd 6Mar2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KJU13M/
single title - DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsVan HeflinRobert RyanJanet LeighAn embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.as of 7/'15 chapters 1-4 won't play (2nd film w/ Mystery Street 1950); as of 3/'18 whole disk won't load
Rel'd 31Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PKG7DE/
Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4 - DirectorJack BernhardStarsJean GillieEdward NorrisRobert ArmstrongA mortally wounded female gangster recounts how she and her gang revived an executed killer from the gas chamber, to try and find out where he buried a fortune in cash.won't play; 2nd film on the disc of Crime Wave 1953.
Rel'd 31Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PKG7DE/
Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4 - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRicardo MontalbanSally ForrestBruce BennettA small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.whole disk won't load as of 3/'18; as of 7/'15 just Act of Violence ch1-4 (2nd feature on disc).
Rel'd 31Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PKG7DE/
Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4 - DirectorAnthony MannStarsFarley GrangerCathy O'DonnellJames CraigA struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer--with catastrophic consequences.will not play at all; on disc of They Live by Night (1948).
Rel'd 31Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PKG7DE/
Film Noir Classic Collection Volume 4 - DirectorStanley DonenStarsJosé FerrerMerle OberonHelen TraubelBiographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.ch17+ dead.
Rel'd 8Apr2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FDVEK
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3 - DirectorRoy RowlandStarsJane PowellTony MartinDebbie ReynoldsThree sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?mid ch 13 to 18 doesn't play.
Rel'd 8Apr2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FDVEK
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3 - DirectorVincente MinnelliStanley DonenStarsHoward KeelAnn BlythDolores GrayA roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.dead after ch 18.
Rel'd 8Apr2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FDVEK
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3 - DirectorNorman Z. McLeodBusby BerkeleyStarsEleanor PowellAnn SothernRobert YoungA composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.chapters 19-24 either don't play at all or freeze/skip.
Rel'd 8Apr2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011FDVEK
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 3 - DirectorH.C. PotterStarsFred AstaireGinger RogersEdna May OliverThe story of the dancing team who taught the world to two-step.replaced.
stops playing after 1st hour.
Rel'd 24Oct2006
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Collectors-Divorcee-Carefree-Barkleys/dp/B000H6SXME
also
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H6SXM4/ - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandCharles WinningerA group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.replaced.
disc wouldn't load at all.
Rel'd 25Sep2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RT99FG - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandPaul WhitemanA high-school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl. They work together staging big-band shows with fellow classmates in the hopes of hitting it big.replaced.
opening credits skipped, then around ch 22 or 23 it froze.
Rel'd 25Sep2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RT99FG - DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandFay BainterJudy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.replaced.
chapters 21+ dead.
Rel'd 25Sep2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RT99FG - DirectorNorman TaurogBusby BerkeleyStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandGil StrattonA philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.replaced.
ch 19+ dead, also can't get to menu
Rel'd 25Sep2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RT99FG - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsRed SkeltonLucille BallGene KellyA nightclub's coatroom attendant who's in love with the club's singer accidentally sips a drugged drink that makes him dream he's French King Louis XV, courting the infamous Madame Du Barry.replaced.
lots of short skips, getting longer and more frequent. By ch16, big freezes until mid ch20. (attempted replacement had similar problems).
Rel'd 19Jun2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000O76ZRQ
also
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OCY7V2/ - DirectorDelmer DavesStarsCary GrantJohn GarfieldAlan HaleIn order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.replaced.
Starts skipping ch19-21, more skipping ch24-end.
Rel'd 14Feb2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001WTWYW/
The Cary Grant Signature Collection - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsCary GrantAlexis SmithMonty WoolleyA fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.freeze/skip ch20-24.
Rel'd 14Feb2006?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001WTWYW/
The Cary Grant Signature Collection - DirectorNorman TaurogStarsMickey RooneyTom DrakeJune AllysonMusical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.ch16 to 22 bad.
Rel'd 24Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PAAK5K/
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2 - DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandGene KellyWalter SlezakA girl is engaged to the local rich man, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.freeze/skip ch19+.
Rel'd 24Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PAAK5K/
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2 - DirectorStanley DonenStarsFred AstaireJane PowellPeter LawfordA brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.ch18-24 dead.
Rel'd 24Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PAAK5K/
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2 - DirectorJack Haley Jr.StarsMikhail BaryshnikovRay BolgerSammy Davis Jr.The history of dance depicted on film.ch6+ dead.
Rel'd 24Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PAAK5K/
Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory: Volume 2 - DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsRed SkeltonEsther WilliamsBasil RathboneA contrived misunderstanding leads to the breakup of a songwriter and his fiancée. She returns to work as a gym teacher at an all-girls school, but a legal loophole allows the man to enroll as one of her students.skips from ch 13 to 23; similar for attempted replacement.
Rel'd 17Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PC8AL4/ - DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsPeter LawfordRicardo MontalbanWhile shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.freezes at ch16 (as did its attempted replacement).
Rel'd 17Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PC8AL4/ - DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsEsther WilliamsRed SkeltonRicardo MontalbanA swimsuit fashion designer is determined to protect her scatterbrained sister from a South American heartbreaker, but a case of mistaken identity complicates matters.hesitates/skips multiple times in ch19, smoothes out, then hesitates/skips more, on into ch20 where it finally freezes. (attempted replacement is similar).
Rel'd 17Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PC8AL4/ - DirectorCharles WaltersJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsEsther WilliamsFernando LamasJack CarsonWith her promoter-trainer and family in tow, Katie Higgins swims her way from the Arkansas Ozarks to foggy London and the English Channel. - SimonJackreplaced.
skips ch17-19.
Rel'd 17Jul2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PC8AL4/ - DirectorGeorge CukorStarsFreddie BartholomewFrank LawtonEdna May OliverA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.chapters 22-32(end) won't play.
Rel'd 10Oct2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GRUQK6/
single disc only, no receipt - DirectorJames WhaleStarsMae ClarkeDouglass MontgomeryDoris LloydA prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.on disc with Red-Headed Woman (1932);
disc won't load.
Rel'd 5Dec2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I2JDF8/
TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 1 - DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowChester MorrisLewis StoneLillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).on disc with Waterloo bridge (1931);
disc won't load.
Rel'd 5Dec2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000I2JDF8/
TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 1 - DirectorClarence BrownStarsNorma ShearerLeslie HowardLionel BarrymoreAn alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.2nd feature on The Divorcee (1930) dvd; will not play until ch16, and then it only freezes and skips.
Rel'd 4Mar2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YRY7VC/
TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 2 - DirectorMichael CurtizWilliam DieterleWilliam A. WellmanStarsRuth ChattertonGeorge BrentLois WilsonAlison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
2nd feature on Three on a Match (1932) dvd; freezes/skips.
Rel'd 4Mar2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YRY7VC/
TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Collection - Volume 2 - DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSan Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.freeze-skips ch17-22.
Rel'd 3Oct 2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GIXLVQ/
Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection - Volume 2 - DirectorJohn HustonVincent ShermanStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorSydney GreenstreetIn December 1941, ex-army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone.fails at ch11+.
Rel'd 3Oct 2006
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000GIXLVQ/
Humphrey Bogart: The Signature Collection - Volume 2 - DirectorMichael CurtizBusby BerkeleyStarsJack CarsonJanis PaigeDoris DayRomantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.freeze/skip ch15-17.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorMichael CurtizFriz FrelengStarsJack CarsonDoris DayLee BowmanAn agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.ch14+ dead.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDoris DayGordon MacRaeJack SmithDuring World War I, a teenage girl begins a romance with a college student, but his unconventional attitudes cause friction with her father.ch14+ dead.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsDoris DayDanny ThomasFrank LovejoyThe success and decline of songwriter Gus Kahn is portrayed, with his wife, Grace Kahn, sticking by him the whole time.ch14-17 dead.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorDavid ButlerStarsDoris DayGordon MacRaeLeon AmesMarjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.ch17-21 dead.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorJack DonohueStarsDoris DayRobert CummingsPhil SilversThree struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promising them stardom if it comes to fruition.ch21-2 freeze/skip.
Rel'd 10Apr2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MGBLQO/
The Doris Day Collection, Vol. 2 - DirectorRobert WiseStarsWilliam HoldenBarbara StanwyckJune AllysonWhen the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice presidents vie to see who will replace him.ch16+ dead.
Rel'd 30Oct2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UJCAK4/
Barbara Stanwyck: The Signature Collection - DirectorJohn SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckBarry SullivanRalph MeekerA family vacationing on the coast of Mexico have to cope with multiple threats to their safety.dead; this is 2nd film on this disc, first is To Please a Lady (1950), which is fine right now.
Rel'd 30Oct2007
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UJCAK4/
Barbara Stanwyck: The Signature Collection - DirectorHarold S. BucquetJack ConwayStarsKatharine HepburnWalter HustonAline MacMahonThe lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.slow to access ch25, then skips 26-32, ch33 get occasional images & dialog, ch34-38 play.
(May 29, 2007)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NJXG68/
Katharine Hepburn Collection - DirectorKing VidorStarsGary CooperPatricia NealRaymond MasseyAn uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.ch18+ dead
(Nov 07, 2006)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HWZ4A2/
individual title only - DirectorHenry KosterStarsTyrone PowerAnne BaxterCecil KellawayFollowing American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.starts sticking in ch 11, chapters 12-21 won't play; duo disc w/ I'll Never Forget You (1951).
Rel'd 29Jul2008
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0016MOWPU
Fox release, not Warner - DirectorByron HaskinBurt LancasterStarsBurt LancasterJoan RiceAndré MorellA Yankee sea captain has adventures in paradise trying to become an entrepreneur in Micronesia.box set (bought B000UJ48R2) also single, rel'd Oct 23, 2007
Passed the ffwd test in March 2018.
Aug 2019: freezes, skips at least 10min on 2 players. - DirectorMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartClaude RainsMichèle MorganFive patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.box set (bought B000GIXLVQ) rel'd Oct 3, 2006
Passed the ffwd test in March 2018.
Aug 2019: freezes with 50min to run, no extra features play.