One of the greatest home video developments in recent years has been a few studios' embracing of “manufactured on demand” DVDs — a way for film buffs to get their hands on favorites that have been deemed (rightly or wrongly) not likely to financially justify a regular release. These are bare bones — usually without any restoration or extras — but it's better than having no access to them at all.
Warner Archives has been the leader in this with over 1,000 titles, including (recently) “Hearts of the West,” a wonderful 1975 movie with Jeff Bridges and Andy Griffith.
It's the 1930s, and Iowa farm boy Lewis Tater (Bridges), a naive aspiring writer of Western fiction, finds himself in Hollywood, doing stunts and even a little acting for a director (Alan Arkin) of quickie B westerns. He also acquires a sort of a mentor (Griffith) and a girlfriend (Blythe Danner).