Archive: February 2016

  • WARNER ARCHIVE: These Three Plus Dana Andrews & Gary Cooper

    Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the long-awaited William Wyler drama These Three (1936). Also included in this week's releases are two films starring Dana Andrews. They are: Edge of Doom (1950) - Farley Granger, Joan Evans My Foolish Heart (1949) - Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Jessie Royce Landis And being rereleased through Archive a...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Lawman - Season 4, Plus Wayne Morris & George Brent

    Six new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the final season of the Western series Lawman. Also included in this week's releases are four films starring B-movie cowboy Wayne Morris. They are: Arctic Flight (1952) - Lola Albright, Alan Hale Jr. Desert Pursuit (1952) - Virginia Grey, George Tobias, Anthony Caruso The Desperado (1954) -...

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  • TV TIME: Top-Rated TV Episodes, Part 1

    Wesley Hyatt's Television's Top 100: The Most Watched American Broadcasts 1960-2010 is an excellent book exploring television history through an unofficial ranking of sorts. It's no mere list, though, but an entertaining and informative read with write-ups on each of the 100 broadcasts. In this column and the next, we'll examine episodes included in the book belonging to the ClassicFlix era that are available on DVD.A few caveats: To avoid making a book consisting of a bu...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: The Iron Curtain Debuts on DVD

    Fox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1948's The Iron Curtain.  New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on February 2nd, the drama stars Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney and June Havoc. This release adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • KINO: Six Titles Arrive in April

    Six more titles from Kino are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in April, with all six premiering on Blu-Ray. April 5th: The Gallant Hours (1960) - James Cagney, Dennis Weaver Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) - John Agar, Greta Thyssen The Purple Plain (1954) - Gregory Peck, Win Min Than April 19th: Panic in Year Zero (1962) - Ray Milland, Jean Hage...

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  • Two Film Noir Classics Debut on Blu in April

    Flicker Alley announced film noir classics Too Late for Tears (1949) and Woman on the Run (1950) will debut on Blu-Ray on April 19th. Audiences have been hunting for the best versions of these two films for years after disappointing transfers debuted in the early-2000s. Too Late for Tears recently premiered, fully restored, at the TCM Classic Film Festival last year. Both will be dual-format releases featuring bo...

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  • Hollywood's Great Voices Part I: The Men

    'You can dish it out, but you got so you can't take it no more.'Most film buffs can identify the above quote (Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar) and many can hear it in their heads; Robinson’s jeering voice, ripe with false bonhomie and sharp with menace. Stars of the sound era cultivated a vocal style for their roles. Some had natural tone and timbre that provided character.Wallace Beery's slow delivery and casually rolling syllables matched the slove...

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  • CRITERION: Brief Encounter and Only Angels Arrive in April

    Criterion announced Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings and David Lean's Brief Encounter will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in April. Only Angels receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD in 1999 from Columbia and recently debuted on Blu-ray via the TCM Vault last year. Originally released on DVD via Criterion in 2010, this marks the debut of Brief Encounter on Blu. Both will be single-disc...

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  • The 2015 Palm Springs Classic Sci-Fi Festival

    I was fortunate to enjoy a wonderful weekend at the first-ever Palm Springs Classic Science Fiction Film Festival this year. This inaugural sci-fi event was held at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, where six months previously I had attended the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival.Both festivals were expertly produced and hosted by Alan K. Rode, and it's safe to say that, thanks to Alan's great work, I'm a convert to the Palm Springs festival experience! It's a relaxed and congeni...

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  • Classics 101: Harry Langdon - The Fourth Clown

    Our story so far: on September 5, 1949, Life magazine published a cover story entitled Comedy's Greatest Era, by James Agee. Virtually overnight, twenty years after its heyday ended, great silent comedy as a genre was rediscovered and placed on a pedestal that's been revisited by each ensuing generation. Agee's article crowned four Kings of Silent Comedy; we previously looked at Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd; in this concluding article, we'll turn to the one that's frequently cited as a...

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