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OLIVE: Sleep, My Love, Men in War - Standard & Blu in April
Olive has scheduled an April 15th release date for Sleep, My Love (1948) and Men in War (1957) on both DVD and Blu-Ray.
This marks the DVD & Blu debut for Sleep and the Blu bow for Men in War.
The great Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) directed the third and final teaming of Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, they first appeared together in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight and later in Sam Wood's The Guest Wife.
This Hitchcockian thriller casts Colbert as Alison Courtland, a wealthy New York socialite who awakens on a Boston-bound train with no memory of how she got there. A kind, elderly woman helps Alison call her husband Richard (Ameche), who in the meantime had contacted Detective Sgt. Strake (Raymond Burr, TV's Perry Mason) to help him find his missing wife. On the plane back home, Alison meets Bruce Elcott (Robert Cummings, The Devil and Miss Jones), who's immediately enamored with her. Upon Alison's return, Richard urges her to consult a psychiatrist, but the doctor's bizarre behavior and abusive manner nearly drives Alison mad. Is she really losing her mind or is there an elaborate scheme at play?
This classic film noir features wonderful atmospheric cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine (Shadow of a Doubt, Saboteur) and stylish art direction by William Ferrari (Adam's Rib). Co-starring the Beautiful Hazel Brooks (Body and Soul).
Director Anthony Mann (The Naked Spur) was best known for his intelligent westerns and hard-boiled film noirs. Men in War is an unflinching and intense look at the realities of combat set against the backdrop of the Korean War.
Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) and Sergeant Montana (Aldo Ray, God's Little Acre) are two soldiers trying to deal with the shock and devastation War. Montana has been ordered to escort a colonel (Robert Keith, Young at Heart) suffering from extreme battle fatigue to a field hospital for treatment. Benson's loyalty lies with his platoon and his mission to overtake a hill occupied by the enemy.
Beautifully shot in black-and-white by the great Ernest Haller (Gone with the Wind) with a rousing score by renowned Elmer Bernstein (Cape Fear). The great supporting cast includes Phillip Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, James Edwards and L.Q. Jones. Anthony Mann was nominated for a 1958 DGA Best Director award.
This marks the DVD & Blu debut for Sleep and the Blu bow for Men in War.
The great Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) directed the third and final teaming of Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, they first appeared together in Mitchell Leisen's Midnight and later in Sam Wood's The Guest Wife.
This Hitchcockian thriller casts Colbert as Alison Courtland, a wealthy New York socialite who awakens on a Boston-bound train with no memory of how she got there. A kind, elderly woman helps Alison call her husband Richard (Ameche), who in the meantime had contacted Detective Sgt. Strake (Raymond Burr, TV's Perry Mason) to help him find his missing wife. On the plane back home, Alison meets Bruce Elcott (Robert Cummings, The Devil and Miss Jones), who's immediately enamored with her. Upon Alison's return, Richard urges her to consult a psychiatrist, but the doctor's bizarre behavior and abusive manner nearly drives Alison mad. Is she really losing her mind or is there an elaborate scheme at play?
This classic film noir features wonderful atmospheric cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine (Shadow of a Doubt, Saboteur) and stylish art direction by William Ferrari (Adam's Rib). Co-starring the Beautiful Hazel Brooks (Body and Soul).
Director Anthony Mann (The Naked Spur) was best known for his intelligent westerns and hard-boiled film noirs. Men in War is an unflinching and intense look at the realities of combat set against the backdrop of the Korean War.
Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) and Sergeant Montana (Aldo Ray, God's Little Acre) are two soldiers trying to deal with the shock and devastation War. Montana has been ordered to escort a colonel (Robert Keith, Young at Heart) suffering from extreme battle fatigue to a field hospital for treatment. Benson's loyalty lies with his platoon and his mission to overtake a hill occupied by the enemy.
Beautifully shot in black-and-white by the great Ernest Haller (Gone with the Wind) with a rousing score by renowned Elmer Bernstein (Cape Fear). The great supporting cast includes Phillip Pine, Nehemiah Persoff, Vic Morrow, James Edwards and L.Q. Jones. Anthony Mann was nominated for a 1958 DGA Best Director award.