Archive: 2015

  • KINO: MGM Titles Including Paris Blues & Marty on DVD & Blu

    Primarily known for thier focus on silents and early sound, Kino has announced five mid-century films for release in July on DVD & Blu-Ray. All five are MGM properties and word from the label is more will be coming every month. However, at this time, a complete list from Kino of what they have licensed from MGM is not forthcoming. July 22nd: Witness For the Prosecution (1957) - Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Maryland, Woman's World in Drama Wave

    Three Technicolor dramas, all new-to-DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) - Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson, Margaret Hayes, Bruce Bennett Maryland (1940) - Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Charles Ruggles, Hattie McDaniel Woman's World (1954) - Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, F...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Violent Road, Onionhead in Wave of 7

    Seven new-to-DVD films, four of them military/war-related, have been announced by Warner as part of thier Archive Collection. They are: A Fever in the Blood (1961) - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly, Don Ameche, Ray Danton, Herbert Marshall The Girl He Left Behind (1956) - Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Henry Jones Jump Into Hell (1955) - Jacques Sernas, Kurt...

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  • Now That's Acting!

    Classic Films archive a century of acting styles. Pick and choose among the decades of cinema and you can see the last holdovers of declamatory stage acting; camera-oriented emoting in both flamboyant (John Gilbert) and restrained (Buster Keaton) modes; the talkie era’s celebration of the vernacular; the Group Theatre era of realistic acting and the common man (John Garfield);...

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  • Gunsmoke - Season 10 in August

    Good for Gunsmoke fans. After a consistent release schedule for the previous five years for one of Paramount's flagship series', releases stopped last August to the dismay of many fans of the Western. Now, Gunsmoke - Season 10 has been announced by studio with an August 12th street date. ...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Chad Hanna & Springtime in the Rockies

    Two more long-awaited titles from Fox's vault, both in Technicolor, have been announced this week for release as part of their Cinema Archives line. Chad Hanna (1940), a romantic drama with a circus backdrop, stars Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell and features Guy Kibbee, Jane Darwell, John Carradine; and Springtime in the Rockies (1942) a romantic musical starring Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero and featuring Charlotte...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Gable Gets 4, Plus Monogram Western 8

    Four Clark Gable films have been announced by Warner via their Archive Collection this week. They are: After Office Hours (1935) - Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke Hell Divers (1931) - Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Marie Prevost, Cliff Edwards Parnell (1937) - Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn, Alan Marshal, Donald Crisp, Billie Burke

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  • Classics 101: A Primer on Serials Part II - Super Heroes Strike Back

    WW2 brought a new type of action hero to the serial cinema screen: the patriotic G-Man battling enemy agents (at first, unnamed but obviously German; later, they wore so many swastikas you’d swear der Fuhrer had a “minimum bling requirement”). Sometimes, the good guys wore snap-brimmed hats and grey suits; sometimes, capes and tights and masks. But they were both equally heroic in the eyes of kids of the day.

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Marsha Hunt, Ann Savage & Tom Neal

    Five new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: The Fighting Marshall (1931) - Tim McCoy The Hawk of Wild River (1952) - Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Jock Mahoney, Clayton Moore Klondike Kate (1943) - Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell, Constance Worth, Sheldon Leonard Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) - Marsha Hunt, John Litel, June V...

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  • OLIVE: Caught, Peabody and the Mermaid in 10 Film July Bonanza

    Olive Films has just announced 10 films for release on DVD and Blu-Ray for various dates in July. Here's the breakdown: July 1st: Operation Petticoat (1959) - Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Dick Sargent So This is New York (1948) - Henry Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Bill Goodwin, Hugh Herbert, Leo Gorcey, Virginia Grey, Dona Drake Good Sam (1948) - Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorrin...

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