Archive: 2015

  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Film Noir the Theme of Recent Releases

    Four new-to-DVD films noir are on their way from Warner's Archive Collection. They are: Below the Deadline (1946) - Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley The Hunted (1948) - Preston Foster, Belita Incident (1949) - Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Joyce Compton, Anthony Caruso Stage Struck (1948) - Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel Artwork is coming so...

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  • Carole Lombard: Screwball Comedienne

    January 16th, 2014, marked the 72nd anniversary of actress Carole Lombard's tragically early death in the crash of TWA Flight 3. Lombard was on a highly successful war bonds drive just weeks after Pearl Harbor when her plane crashed outside Las Vegas, Nevada, killing all 22 people on board. Details of Lombard's life and the ill-fated flight have been chronicled in Robert Matzen's outstanding new book Fireball. On the flight's anniversary I attended a lecture...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Four Diverse Titles Planned for August

    Four new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: The Big Boss (1941) - Otto Kruger, Gloria Dickson, John Litel, Don Beddoe Cafe Hostess (1940) - Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley East of Fifth Avenue (1933) - Wallace Ford, Dorothy Tree, Mary Carlisle, Walter Connolly The Tiger Makes Out (1967) - Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dis...

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  • Silent Cinema: Buster Keaton, Part One (The Roscoe Arbuckle Years, 1917-1920)

    Of all the developments that made 1917 such a landmark year in film - the industry-wide adoption of what is now known as 'classical continuity editing,' Mary Pickford's emergence as the most powerful woman in Hollywood history, Charlie Chaplin

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  • Christmas Comes Early With Holiday Inn on Blu

    Universal has announced an October 7th street date for the 1942 Christmas classic, Holiday Inn on Blu-Ray. The Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire comedy was last released on special edition DVD in 2006, and has been included on several Bing Crosby sets. All bonus content from the previous DVD release is carrying over to Blu, including the colorized and original black and white versions of the film (below). Final artwork hasn't been revealed. BO...

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  • CRITERION: My Darling Clementine Premiering on Blu

    Criterion has announced an October 14th street date for the 1946 Western, My Darling Clementine, on a newly restored DVD (2-disc) and Blu-Ray. The John Ford classic was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox a decade ago, then as part of several box sets including Ford at Fox, The Essential John Ford collection in 2007 and last year's Henry Fonda Set. A few fascinating bonus features are planned to accompany the sets including th...

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Two B Comedies New to DVD

    Two B comedies have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The first is Colonel Effingham's Raid (1945), a war-era comedy starring  Charles Coburn and Joan Bennett. The second is another entry in the Jones Family series Down on the Farm (1939) starring Jed Prouty, and Spring Byington. All will be available here at ClassicFlix on July 29th. These DVDs add to the total o...

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  • The Old Corral: Fred MacMurray Rides the '50s West

    We don't think about it so much today, but at a certain point in time, Fred MacMurray was a big star in Hollywood and one of the highest paid. And certainly one of the most versatile, as he bounced from breezy stuff like The Egg And I (1947) to the noir-est of noir, Double Indemnity (1944), with incredible ease. As much as we liked him when he played, what we assume, was himself (the kind, wise, easy-going fatherly type), he really shined when cast against that - proven by h...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Alan Ladd Leading Man of Latest Wave

    Four new-to-DVD films starring Alan Ladd have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: The Big Land (1957) - Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Anthony Caruso, David Ladd The Deep Six (1958) - Dianne Foster, William Bendix, Keenan Wynn, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Joey Bishop Drum Beat (1954) - Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Charles Bronson, Elisha Cook Jr., Anthony Caruso Guns...

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  • Classics 101: Eight Wonders, Twelve Movies - A History of King Kong

    The original King Kong was one of the most ballyhooed of all motion pictures, and yet it’s quite the rarity: a film that lived up to all the hyperbole. It truly was – and remains – the Eighth Wonder of the World, moving the artistry and technology of filmmaking ahead in 60-foot strides. A monster hit in 1933 and subsequent re-re-releases, Kong has been remade and ripped off several times, which is no surprise. What IS surprising is most of the Sons of Kong ...

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