Archive: September 2013

  • Classics 101: Classics 101 vs. Sight & Sound

    Every ten years, British Film Institute magazine Sight & Sound polls filmmakers and critics and compiles a list of “greatest films ever made”; it was this poll that installed Citizen Kane as the so-called greatest a few decades ago and then de-throned it in 2012, when it was replaced by Vertigo. Sight & Sound, asked what “greatest” means, responded, “We leave that open to your interpretation. You might choose the ten films you feel are most important to film history, or the ten that represent th...

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  • OLIVE: Dan Duryea in The Bamboo Saucer This October

    Olive Films has announced the DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Bamboo Saucer (1968) with a scheduled street date of October 15th. Dan Duryea's final film, released posthumously, also stars John Ericson, Lois Nettleton and Bob Hastings. Lead by the U.S. military, a team of scientists secre...

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  • Animation Craze: Strong to the Fin'nich, 'Cause He Eats His Spinach

    By the summer of 1933, the Fleischer brothers’ self-named animation studio was riding high. Based largely on the success of flapper dream girl Betty Boop, whose risqué series of cartoons became immensely popular in the early 30s, Max and Dave’s studio rivaled that of Walt Disney in popularity. And that July, the Fleischers inked the film debut of a character that would go on to effectively challenge Mickey Mouse for the title of the most popular animated figure in the world. Popey...

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  • FOX: On the Riviera (Blu-Ray) in October

    More Blu from Fox as they have announced an October 8th release date for On the Riviera (Blu-Ray). Bonus features are expected to carry over from the DVD release. Jack Martin (Danny Kaye), an American entertainer working cabarets on the French Riviera, does an impersonation of philandering indust...

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  • KINO BLU: Hitch-Hiker, The Stranger & Night Tide in October

    Some familiar classics are getting an upgrade from Kino this October 15th: The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Night Tide (1961) and The Stranger (1946). All three films have undergone restoration from 35mm prints and will be released on both DVD & Blu-Ray. The films have seen numerous public domain company releases over the years with Film Chest recently doing a decent job with their 2011 Stranger combo set (which we carried until today'...

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  • Robert Taylor and the Studio System

    The Golden Age of Hollywood has always been of great interest to and held enjoyment for me. I love the films that the studio system produced during their glory years. It’s not that they were all great or even good, but they were made by people who loved movies, which is the big difference with the moguls of today. The stars of that era were more mysterious than today. An explanation for this is because the press of the day, particularly the Hollywood columnists, worked hand in hand with the ...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: John Derek & Lee J. Cobb in The Family Secret

    John Derek, Lee J. Cobb and Jody Lawrance star in Sony's latest Columbia Classic offering, The Family Secret (1951), due on September 24th. Law student David Clark (John Derek) finds himself in trouble when he accidentally kills his best friend. Wracked with guilt, he tells his father, attorney Howard Clark (Lee ...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Big Stars in Latest Wave of Three

    This week's Fox Cinema Archives slate boasts a bevy of stars in three releases that are due on September 24th. They are: Me and My Gal (1932) - Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett Private Number (1936) - Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Basil Rathbone, Patsy Kelly, Jane Darwell Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) - June Haver, George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Ver...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Bomba the Jungle Boy, Vol. 2

    Bomba the Jungle Boy, Vol. 2 is this week's Warner Archive Collection release. This 3-disc set contains the final six films of the series and adds to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. Jungle thrills abound in the final 6 ...

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  • Silent Cinema: D.W. Griffith and the Development of a Film Language

    The twelve years between The Great Train Robbery (1903) and The Birth of a Nation (1915) might be the least known years in all of movie history. Yet it was during these years that the idea of what constituted a movie evolved from brief, simplistic snippets viewed through coin-operated 'peep shows' to ambitious, feature-length projects with complex storylines and characters. Any number of early pioneers during this period are worthy of examination—animators Émile Cohl and Winsor Mc...

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