Archive: July 2014

  • DISNEY BLU: Sleeping Beauty Diamond and Ichabod Coming Soon

    Walt Disney has set an October 7th release date for Sleeping Beauty (1959) on Diamond Edition Blu-Ray / DVD Combo and an August 12th release for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad in a Blu-ray Combo pack as well. Sleeping Beauty is the latest to receive the Diamond Edition treatment after its Platinum Edition release in 2008. Despite the quantity of features, a majority are carrying over from the...

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  • Silent Cinema: Douglas Fairbanks - The King of Hollywood

    He was called 'The King of Hollywood' and if any actor during the Silent Era could credibly claim to be more popular than Charlie Chaplin, it was Elton Thomas Ullman, better known to his adoring public as Douglas Fairbanks. The star of forty-eight movies, including some of the greatest action films of all time, Fairbanks was a superstar before the...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Greer Garson and Dr. Kildare Lead Latest Wave

    Four new-to-DVD films starring Greer Garson have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: Desire Me (1947) - Robert Mitchum, Richard Hart The Law and the Lady (1951) - Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main Scandal at Scourie (1953) - Walter Pidgeon, Agnes Moorehead, Donna Corcoran Strange Lady in Town (1955) -  Dana Andrews, Cameron Mitc...

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  • MPI: My Favorite Martian Back in Print

    MPI has scheduled a June 24th release date for My Favorite Martian - Season 1. The series was originally released by Rhino back in 2004, but has long been out of print. This new 5-disc collection will feature 37 remastered episodes with over fifteen hours of comedic hijinks and lots of bonus features (below).

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  • TCM VAULT: Lang and Castle Headline Dark Crimes, Vol. 2

    Fritz Lang and William Castle headline the latest TCM Vault release on July 8th. The 2-disc set, Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers, Vol. 2 will contain three new-to-DVD titles: You and Me (1938), Undertow (1949) and Hollywood Story (1951); Ministry of Fear (1944) is included on the set, but received a Blu-ray and DVD release from Criterio...

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Cisco Kid (1931) & More

    Four black and white B's, all new-to-DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Cisco Kid (1931) - Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe Hold That Co-Ed (1938) - John Barrymore, George Murphy, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Davis, Jack Haley Crack-Up (1936) - Peter Lorre, Brian Donlevy, Helen Wood, Ralph Morgan Blood and Steel (1959) - John Lupton, Ziva Rodann, Bre...

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  • The Old Corral: Wide Screen, Narrow Budget - The Regalscope Westerns

    By the mid-1950s, the CinemaScope widescreen process had done what it set out to do — help bring back some of the audiences lost to television. With TV still black and white (and with tinny monaural sound), 20th Century-Fox decreed that all their CinemaScope pictures would be in color and stereo. Independent B-producer Robert Lippert and Spyros Skouras, the head of 20th Century-Fox, cooked up Regal Films, Inc. — an independent ...

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  • SHOUT!: Cinderella (1965) Returns to DVD in August

    Shout! Factory's announced an August 12th release date for the popular 1965 TV version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. This adaptation starring Lesley Ann Warren, Ginger Rogers, and Walter Pidgeon was originally released on DVD back in 2002 through Columbia, but was discontinued around 2007. Thankfully, this new Shout! Factory release will help fans who've shied away from buying expensive surplus copies. Shout! touts this as a newly restored version of ...

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