Archive: 2015

  • UNIVERSAL VAULT: Over a Dozen Titles New to DVD

    Universal's MOD program kicks back into high gear with the announcement of over fifteen titles newly available on DVD as part of their Vault Series. They are: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) - Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Lloyd Bridges Frenchman's Creek (1944) - Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway Frontier Gal (1945) - Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Came...

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  • TCM VAULT: Only Angels Have Wings Debuting on Blu in November

    TCM and Sony have announced a November 25th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the Cary Grant / Jean Arthur classic, Only Angels Have Wings. The 1939 drama was put out on DVD via Sony in 1999 and was included on the Cary Grant box set in 2006. An introduction by TCM host Robert Osborne and various on-disc memorabilia are included as bonus content on both the Blu and DVD. Since this is a TCM Shop exclusive ClassicF...

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  • CRITERION: The Palm Beach Story Gets Blu-Ray Premiere

    Criterion has announced a January 20th street date for the 1942 romantic comedy, The Palm Beach Story, on a newly restored DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally released on DVD in 2005 via Universal, it was also included as part of the Preston Sturges Filmmaker Collection in 2006. A few bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below). NOTE: Since last September, Criterion had only released DVD / Blu-Ray combo packs; however, since September's rel...

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  • Cartoon Roots This December

    A December 2nd release date has been announced for Cartoon Roots.  The Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack will feature source material from animation collector Tom Stathes and is reportedly a collaborative effort with Thunderbean Animation. Exclusive to Amazon, we are making this set available for rent to members. This collection of fifteen animated shorts, from a variety of animators including Max Fleischer and the TerryToons studi...

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  • Silent Cinema: The Class of 1914

    2014 marks the centenary of Charlie Chaplin's motion picture debut. This is certainly an important milestone and Chaplin deserves all the praise he gets, but let's not forget that two other important movie people also debuted in 1914. Cecil B. DeMille is remembered today for his religious epics and wooden dialogue, but three-quarters of his output was actually silent films. If you think you do not like DeMille, his silent films may come as a revelation. Sassy marital comedies, dar...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: James Cagney Latest Wave's Leading Man

    Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. After two weeks of Olivia De Havilland films, James Cagney leads the way with four films starring him. They are: Boy Meets Girl (1938) - Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy Devil Dogs of the Air (1935) - Margaret Lindsay, Pat O'Brien, Frank McHugh The Irish In Us (1935) - Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland

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  • Hollywood's B-Sides: Musical Moments for the Connoisseur

    Once there was a place called Hollywood, and out of it poured wonderful things, fantastic creations that included musicals, musical comedies, and operettas. What fan of classic films has not watched One Hour with You, Shall We Dance, The Pirate, or a hundred others, and not marveled at the level of artistry and studio production that made these films possible? The golden age of movie musicals falls roughly between 1932 and 1954, but music was a key eleme...

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  • Classics 101 - Presenting Alfred Hitchcock: Part 1, The Silent Years

    The name Hitchcock has become synonymous with motion-picture suspense. From the silent era through the mid-1970s, Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock directed more than 50 films, and although his resume includes a handful of non-thrillers, it's for such films as North by Northwest, Rear Window, Rebecca, Vertigo and Psycho that he's become a household word and cinematic legend...as The Master of Suspense. It's not that Hitchcock ('Hitch...

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  • WARNER: Lust For Life Making Blu-Ray Debut in February

    Warner has just slated a February 3rd street date for the Blu debut of Lust for Life (1956). A biopic of painter Vincent van Gogh, which earned a Best Actor Golden Globe for Kirk Douglas, was previously released by Warner on DVD in 2006. Also of note, it will be coming out as a pressed disc in wide release (not a MOD under the Warner Archive banner). Bonus content and final artwork have not been announced....

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  • TCM VAULT: Remember the Night Comes to Blu-Ray in November

    TCM and Universal have announced a November 3rd release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the Barbara Stanwyck / Fred MacMurray Christmas classic, Remember the Night in honor of its 75th-anniversary. The 1940 romantic comedy was put out on a manufactured on-demand DVD, also through TCM and Universal, back in 2010. This marks the second Barbara Stanwyck Christmas comedy coming to Blu this year; Warner is releasing Christmas in Connecticu...

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