For studios, timing is everything. When Universal announced their first wave of horror titles on Blu in March (released on June 4th), many were surprised they didn't lead with the top tier in their horror library. Some suspected that they were waiting for Halloween to release Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein and Bride of to bolster sales -- and it looks like they were right as the studio has announced a September 17th for the Blu-Ray de...
Read moreTwo titles previously released by Republic, and long out of print, have been added to Olive's August 27th slate: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) and Flat Top (1952). Both will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray.
Read moreFox has set a September 17th release date for A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray). Released on DVD in 2005, this HD upgrade includes all the previous bonus features (below). Fox is also releasing a repackaged DVD version the same day. As three women head off on a boating trip with a group of children, they receive a letter written ...
Read moreKino has set a September 17th release date for The Devil Bat (Blu-Ray). Included as a bonus feature is audio commentary by Richard Harland Smith (film historian and TCM columnist). It will retail for 4.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 9.99. SYNOPSIS: After brilliant scientist Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) develops an ingenious product for a cosmetics company, he is cheated out of...
Read moreWarner keeps their Paramount acquired titles coming as they have announced an October 8th release date for Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (Blu-Ray). Retail will be 9.98, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99. Bonus features should carry over from the previously released DVD, but confirmation is not forthcoming. -------------------------------------------- Two worthy Academy Awar...
Read moreCriterion has announced 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman for release on DVD and Blu-Ray this September 24th. The sets are listed as four and five discs respectively, and will have numerous bonus features as well as a booklet. Details below. In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergma...
Read moreJust weeks before the Complete Series is scheduled to hit the streets on July 2nd, Shout! Factory has announced a September 10th release date for The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - Season 1. The 5-disc set will retail for 9.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 3.99. In Season One, we meet Dobie Gil...
Read moreFox has set an August 6th release date for Cavalcade (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo). Released on DVD in 2010, exclusive to a gigantic 76-disc Anniversary Set, the studio finally makes the 1933 Oscar winner available as a single -- sort of. The release will come in a Blu/DVD combo pack and retail for 9.99. Per the studio's specs, bonus features (below) will only be accessible on the Blu-Ray.
Read moreJust in time for Halloween, Warner has set an October 15th release date for The Haunting (Blu-Ray). It will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99. Bonus features should carry over from the previously released DVD. 'It was an evil house from the beginning, a house that was born bad.' The ...
Read moreIt must be 'Silent Friday.' King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925), the highest grossing silent film of the silent era, finally gets its due on October 1st with DVD & Blu-Ray releases. Each single disc release comes with bonus features (below), with the Blu-Ray being a 64-page 'Blu-Ray Book.' The highest-g...
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