Archive: May 2015

  • Silent Cinema: Five Enchanting Silent Film Actresses

    One of the great pleasures of being a silent film fan is the feeling of digging for buried treasure. Many of the era's stars have not been discussed in decades and some have been forgotten for more than a century.We're going to look at a tiny sample of the talent on display during the silent era. This isn't a list of the 'best' actresses of the silent era or the ones who are the most famous today. Rather, it's a collection of five talented women ranging from the famous to the forg...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Kid Glover Killer Leads Trio of Titles

    Three new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Leading the pack is director Fred Zinnemann's directorial debut, 1942's Kid Glover Killer, starring Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt. Warner is also debuting the 1962 Cold War drama Escape From East Berlin. The studio will release fourth season of the popular medical series Dr. Kildare, nearly a year after putting out the third season last June. ...

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  • Orson Welles Documentary Comes to Blu-Ray

    Cohen Media has announced May 26th as the street date for the critically acclaimed Orson Welles documentary, Magician - The Astonishing Life and Works of Orson Welles, on DVD and Blu-ray. The Chuck Workman-directed documentary toured various film festivals before being theatrically released last December. The film features rare clips of the actor and director, both making his famous feature and in his personal life. Bonus features have not been announce...

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  • The Old Corral: Appreciating The Dakotas

    Why has Warner Bros.' The Dakotas been overlooked for so long? Finally released on DVD this exceedingly underrated series is finally getting the recognition it deserves.The Dakotas was the most adult, hard-edged, high-energy, in-your-face, man's western ever aired, crammed with tense, explosive action. Beginning with the stirring William Lava theme music, The Dakotas detailed the efforts of U. S. Marshal Frank Ragan and his three very diverse...

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  • The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - Season One Arrives in August

    Warner has announced August 4th as the release date for the complete first season of the 1964 television spy spoof, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. This marks the debut of the series on individual season sets after the studio put out the complete series (coming in a suitcase, no less) back in 2008. All 29 episodes will be contained on ten discs. 100 minutes of bonus footage has been announced, but not specified.

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  • Strange Science Serials, Part 1: Lost Worlds!

    We've previously offered a two-part series on motion pictures serials at Classics 101, (see part one and part two here) and this month, we're turning to some of the science-fiction serials that ranked near the top of the genre's offerings.With some notable exceptions, including Metropolis (1927) and Things to Come (1936), mainstream cinema didn't embrace science-fiction themes until the 1950s. A battery of mad scientists invented (or stole) a plethora of super-sc...

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  • KINO: Inherit the Wind and Judgment at Nuremberg Back in Print

    Kino's off-shoot label KL Studio Classics have announced June 9th as the street date for Spencer Tracy''s starring roles in Inherit the Wind (1960) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).  These releases continue Kino's strategy of re-releasing out-of-print MGM titles. Both Inherit and Judgment were put out on DVD back in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Neither will be receiving a Blu-Ray release through Kino, as those specific rights bel...

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  • CRITERION BLU: The Killers Roars Back into Print in July

    Criterion has announced a July 7th street date for both versions of The Killers on DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally released on DVD by Criterion in 2003, but since out of print, the upgraded 2-disc DVD set and the new single disc Blu-Ray will contain both the 1946 version of the film, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, as well as the 1964 remake which stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan. Bonus features are planned to acco...

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  • VCI: Western Double Feature in May

    VCI has announced a July 14th street date for their latest release, Western Classics Double Feature. The single disc contains both the 1949 film Apache Chief, featuring actor Tom Neal, and 1950's Bandit Queen. ...

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  • Dark Cinema: Gable and Crawford - The Great Pre-Code Love Affair

    'Our relationship was private, between us. It was a glorious affair, and it went on longer than anybody knows. It was sublime...' -Joan CrawfordHepburn and Tracy. Bogart and Bacall. Crawford and Gable? You don't hear those last two names paired as much as those before them. Their partnership isn't nearly as legendary, most likely because none of the eight films they made together were true classics. But there was no hotter pair in pre-Code films, and this was partly becau...

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