Archive: March 2016

  • BLU NOIR: Upgraded Red House from Film Detective

    The Film Detective has announced the release of the 1947 film noir The Red House on Blu-Ray on March 29th.The stellar cast includes Edward G. Robinson, Judith Anderson and Rory Calhoun.  The new transfer will be an upgrade from the Film Chest release that came out in 2012.

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Marion Davies Leads Latest Wave

    Three new titles have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection with all three starring actress Marion Davies. The Floradora Girl (1930) - Walter Catlett, Louis John Bartels Not So Dumb (1929) - Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn Peg o' My Heart (1933) - Onslow Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton All three will be available at ClassicFli...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Woman in White Plus Dr. Kildare and More

    Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Included in this week's releases are two films starring Eleanor Parker. They are: Woman in White (1948) - Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young, Agnes Moorehead Lizzie (1957) - Richard Boone, Joan Blondell Also being released is the fifth and final season of Dr. Kildare (1965) and an RKO Varietie...

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  • Dark Cinema: Good Girls in Bad Company

    The ladies of film noir, typically, are no ladies. More often than not, they're duplicitous dames, mercenary molls, and corrupt cuties, not a lady in the bunch.Still, for every rule, there's an exception, and there are numerous noirs featuring femmes who most decidedly do not fall into the 'bad girl' category -- I like to think of them as good girls in bad company. My favorite gals of this group just happen to also appear in three of my favorite noirs: Leave Her to Heaven...

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  • FLICKER: Timothy's Quest Premieres on Blu

    Flicker Alley has announced the release of Timothy's Quest (1922) on Blu-Ray. This marks the debut of the silent drama on any home video format and unlike standard Flicker releases, this is a MOD title with no bonus features. A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding accep...

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  • CRITERION: In a Lonely Place Arrives in May

    Criterion announced Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in May. In a Lonely Place receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD in 2003 from Sony and marks its debut on Blu-Ray. Bonus features are below. In a Lonely Place arrives on May 10th.

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  • Hollywood's Great Voices Part II: The Women

    Lights of New York was the first '100% talking' feature, arriving in midsummer 1928 in theaters wired for sound. In the space of the following year, every Hollywood studio created a sound department and began releasing talkies.The microphone did not simply add live sound; it dictated camera work, forced the creation of the modern screenplay, and called on film actors to project their personalities in dramatic speech. This piece surveys the accomplishments of actresses in ...

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  • ARTWORK ADDED: Doris Day and Rock Hudson Romantic Comedies Collection

    --ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT-- ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Doris Day and Rock Hudson Comedies Arrive on Blu in April...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Triple Threat Arrives on DVD

    Sony's Columbia Classics debuts the Richard Crane football drama Triple Threat (1948) on DVD for the first time. Triple Threat will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 23rd. This new DVD adds to the total of over 250 Columbia Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • Five New-to-DVD in Cary Grant Vault Collection -- 3 Day Special Price

    Five titles will be making their DVD debut in the upcoming Cary Grant: The Vault Collection being released by Universal on April 19th. This six-disc set features 18 of Grant's films made between 1932-1936 with five titles bowing on digital format for the first time: Madame Butterfly (1932), The Woman Accused (1933), Ladies Should Listen (1934), Enter Madame (1935) and Gambling Ship (1933) - while t...

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