Archive: September 2016

  • Silent Cinema: They Had Color Back Then

    Too many people, black and white is synonymous with 'old' movies. Therefore, it comes as a surprise when they discover just how colorful the world of silent film was. Color was present in motion pictures from the very beginning. Thomas Edison's motion pictures were advertised as having hand-colored footage of dancers, their twirling dresses ideal for disguising imperfections in the applied dyes.Tinting and ToningBy far the most common method for adding...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Love Me or Leave Me on Blu, Monogram Cowboys & More in Latest Wave

    Three new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the arrival of Doris Day's Love Me or Leave Me (1955) on Blu-ray. Also included this week are the ninth volume in the Monogram Cowboy Collection, focusing on the films of Johnny Mack Brown, and Jackie Cooper's When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932). All of these will be available here at ClassicFlix on September 27th and ...

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  • The Old Corral: The Westerns of Robert Mitchum

    From a tenth-billed part as a heavy in Border Patrol, a 60-minute Hopalong Cassidy oater of 1943 to eighth in the cast list as the bad guy in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man fifty-two years later, with 29 Western appearances in between, Robert Mitchum took on the genre, and won.He was Bob Mitchum, of course, so a lot of the time he went through the motions, sleep-walking through the Western parts assigned to him. He used to say they painted eyeballs onto his closed lids....

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  • ARTWORK ADDED: The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection

    --ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT-- ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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  • Underrated Baseball Films

    As a lover of both baseball and old movies, I enjoy discussions of the best films about the national pastime. Unfortunately, too often arguments begin, say, 40 years ago and concentrate on modern times while excluding fine works from Hollywood's past. The Pride of the Yankees is deservedly beloved; one of the iconic movies of the golden age of studio filmmaking, but it often stands alone as the token 'classic' choice in the conversation.Let's examine some underrated baseb...

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  • CRITERION: One-Eyed Jacks Arrives in November

    Criterion announced Marlon Brando's One-Eyed Jacks will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in November. One-Eyed Jacks receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD in 1999 from Echo Entertainment and arrived on Blu from E1 in 2011. Bonus features are below. One-Eyed Jacks arrives on November 22nd.

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  • A Scandal in Paris and Lured Debut on Blu in September

    Cohen Media has announced a September 27th release date for the Blu-Ray debuts of two Douglas Sirk films: 1946's A Scandal in Paris and 1947's Lured on a 2-disc set. Kino previously released both Lured in 2000 and A Scandal in Paris in 2003. Special features include audio commentary for each film.

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  • UNIVERSAL BLU: The Marx Brothers Collection Debuts in October -- 3 Day Special Price

    Universal has announced an October 18th street date for The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection on Blu-Ray. All five films (The Cocoanuts, Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers & Duck Soup) were originally released on DVD back in 2004 and are making their Blu debut. An accompanying DVD set hasn't been announced. Audio commentaries will accompany each feature as a bonus (bel...

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  • OLIVE: New Signature Series Continues with Quiet Man and Night of the Grizzly

    Boasting 'pristine audio and video...and an abundance of exciting bonus material,' Olive Films has announced the next two titles in their new Criterion-esque Signature series: the 1952 John Wayne romantic drama The Quiet Man and 1966's The Night of the Grizzly. Both were originally released by Olive in 2013 but will be receiving new 4K restorations. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray are below. The Quiet Man and The Night of the Grizzly...

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  • TIMELESS: Custer and The Loner Arriving in September

    Timeless will release Custer - The Complete Series and The Loner - The Complete Series on DVD this September. Both Western series are making their DVD debuts. The Loner ran between 1965-1966 while Custer ran for 17 episodes in 1967. Both will be 4-disc sets. Bonus features are still to be determined.  Custer will hit shelves September 6th, The Loner on

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