Archive: February 2015

  • SHOUT: Bilko - Season Two Arriving in April

    Shout! Factory has announced an April 28th release date for Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - Season 2. Paramount released Season 1 back in July of 2010, but abandoned the series without explanation. Shout! released The Complete Series last November and, as indicated with this announcement, will likely release the remaining three single season sets a few months apart. The 5-disc set contains all 36 episodes in the second season of the...

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  • KINO: At War With the Army and Cover Up Make Blu Debut

    Kino's new off-shoot label KL Studio Classics has announced a street date of March 24th for the Martin and Lewis war comedy At War With the Army (1950) and the 1949 mystery Cover Up.  Both are receiving their debuts on Blu-Ray. At War With the Army was originally released on DVD via Alpha Video, and received an upgraded transfer from Film Chest back in August of last year. Cover Up was previously released on DVD ...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Ann Savage & Tom Neal in The Unwritten Code

    Sony's Columbia Classics line debuts the World War II drama The Unwritten Code (1944) on DVD for the first time. The story of a German Nazi blending in as an English spy was the first to pair up Ann Savage with Tom Neal. The two would go on to star together in the noir classic, Detour, a year later. The Unwritten Code will be available here at ClassicFlix on January 27th. This new DVD adds to the total of over...

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  • Apes, Earthquakes, and Jello Horses: Special Effects Landmarks in Sound Films

    Five years separate the premieres of The Jazz Singer (1927), with its brief but irresistible sequences of Al Jolson's singing, from Love Me Tonight (1932), a miracle of score synchronization, fluid camera, and optical effects. In the early sound period, the major studios hired more technical advisers and, for certain effects-filled films, began to accept higher ends in production costs and schedules.At their best, the results are startling. In thi...

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  • Apes, Earthquakes, and Jello Horses: Special Effects Landmarks in Sound Films

    01/06/15

    Five years separate the premieres of The Jazz Singer (1927), with its brief but irresistible sequences of Al Jolson's singing, from Love Me Tonight (1932), a miracle of score synchronization, fluid camera, and optical effects. In the early sound period, the major studios hired more technical advisers and, for certain effects-filled films, began to accept higher ends in production costs and schedules.At their best, the results are startling. In thi...

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