Archive: 2015

  • 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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  • UNIVERSAL VAULT: Variety Girl & Lubitsch's Angel in Superb Wave of 8

    A truly superb wave of 8 new-to-DVD films are on their way from Universal as part of their Vault Series. They are: Angel (1937) - Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton & Dir. by Ernst Lubitsch For the Defense (1930) - William Powell, Kay Francis If I Were King (1938) - Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Henry Wilcoxon Lady Godiva ...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Two 1940s B's Coming Next Month

    Two new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) - Lee Bowman, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan, George Macready, Lee Patrick The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) - Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry, Holmes Herbert Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 10th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 200...

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  • 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival Overview

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  • Dark Cinema: Partners in Crime - The Sidekicks of Film Noir

    The antiheroes of film noir are almost always loners. Hardboiled detectives trying to clear their name, gangsters who learned early on that no one could be trusted, a lone insurance investigator certain there's a big story underneath that mundane pile of paperwork; sure, they might have some pals here and there to do them a favor, a girl or two will come and go in their lives, but at the heart of it, they walk alone. It's a defining characteristic of the film noir cycle, so ...

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