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WARNER ARCHIVE: Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 9 Anchors Latest Wave

Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, including the arrival of the ninth volume in their long running Forbidden Hollywood Collection. They are:

Return with us now to those naughty days of yesteryear in this ninth volume of Forbidden Hollywood, containing a quartet of pre-Code wonders plus a special post-Code bonus film!

Big City Blues (1932, 63 min.)
Joan Blondell stars as a free-wheeling chorus girl who hooks up with the ultimate hick (Eric Linden) in Mervyn LeRoy's Big City Blues (with a young Humphrey Bogart!).

Hell's Highway (1932, 62 min.)
Richard Dix stars as one cool convict working the road crew for a corrupt warden in Rowland Brown's Hell's Highway.

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932, 78 min.)
Bette Davis utters the immortal 'I'd love to kiss you, but I just washed my hair' to Richard Barthelmess in Michael Curtiz's The Cabin in the Cotton.

When Ladies Meet (1933, 85 min.)
Myrna Loy stars as a writer with extramarital designs in Harry Beaumont's When Ladies Meet.

I Sell Anything (1934, 70 min.)
Finally, pre-Code favorites Pat O'Brien and Ann Dvorak spice up the proceedings in the tale of a Second Avenue auctioneer (O'Brien) who gets played by a society grifter (Claire Dodd) in Robert Florey's I Sell Anything.

The other three titles are:

  • The Chief (1934) - Ed Wynn, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Dorothy Mackaill
  • It's in the Air (1935) - Jack Benny, Ted Healy, Una Merkel
  • Man-Proof (1938) - Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon

All will be available at ClassicFlix on November 3rd.

These titles add to the total of over 1,500 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.