Archive: 2016

  • KINO: Inherit the Wind and Judgment at Nuremberg Back in Print

    Kino's off-shoot label KL Studio Classics have announced June 9th as the street date for Spencer Tracy''s starring roles in Inherit the Wind (1960) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961).  These releases continue Kino's strategy of re-releasing out-of-print MGM titles. Both Inherit and Judgment were put out on DVD back in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Neither will be receiving a Blu-Ray release through Kino, as those specific rights bel...

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  • CRITERION BLU: The Killers Roars Back into Print in July

    Criterion has announced a July 7th street date for both versions of The Killers on DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally released on DVD by Criterion in 2003, but since out of print, the upgraded 2-disc DVD set and the new single disc Blu-Ray will contain both the 1946 version of the film, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, as well as the 1964 remake which stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan. Bonus features are planned to acco...

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  • VCI: Western Double Feature in May

    VCI has announced a July 14th street date for their latest release, Western Classics Double Feature. The single disc contains both the 1949 film Apache Chief, featuring actor Tom Neal, and 1950's Bandit Queen. ...

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  • Dark Cinema: Gable and Crawford - The Great Pre-Code Love Affair

    'Our relationship was private, between us. It was a glorious affair, and it went on longer than anybody knows. It was sublime...' -Joan CrawfordHepburn and Tracy. Bogart and Bacall. Crawford and Gable? You don't hear those last two names paired as much as those before them. Their partnership isn't nearly as legendary, most likely because none of the eight films they made together were true classics. But there was no hotter pair in pre-Code films, and this was partly becau...

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  • Magic Moments with Bette

    In hindsight, it is surprising that Bette Davis was ever a box office star. For an eight year span in the '30s and '40s, she was queen of the Warners lot, and her vehicles made a lot of money. Never really a glamour star, although Variety's review of The Man Who Played God (1932) called her 'a vision of wide-eyed blonde beauty,' not a strong comedy player, although she took part in the raucous slapstick of The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), she was also a limited singer, although...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: 42nd St. Blu and Bonanza of Westerns

    Seven new-to-DVD releases, with an emphasis on Westerns, have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, including the arrival of the beloved 42nd Street (1933) on Blu-Ray. They are: Arrow in the Dust (1954) - Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Lee Van Cleef Black Gold (1947) - Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille Black Patch (1957) - George Montgomery, Diane Brewster ...

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  • The Hills Are Alive...With the TCM Classic Film Festival

    For four days in Hollywood, classic film fans the world over converge to enjoy a series of film screenings and panels as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. The festival recently wrapped up its sixth annual festival March 29th and I was there to enjoy the fun, films, and insanity that comes from watching movies on very little sleep and a diet consisting of Crispy M&Ms and coffee. Everyone who attended experienced something different, but here's a brief rundown of screenings and panels ...

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  • TV TIME: Tax Tips from Classic TV

    Income tax season is one of the most stressful times of the year. The pressure of the looming April 15th filing deadline often brings out some of the most duplicitous, underhanded, and unethical behavior imaginable -- and that's just from the government. (This would be a good time to mention to Uncle Sam that I am a loyal and prompt taxpayer.) However, like many of us, I find the process overwhelming.Fortunately, we have help. If television can teach us how to survive being strand...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Rosalind Russell Headlines New Releases

    Three new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Rosalind Russel toplines this week's crop of titles. The full list of releases are: Flight for Freedom (1943) - Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Herbert Marshall Sister Kenny (1946) - Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Beulah Bondi The Velvet Touch (1948) - Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor, S...

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  • Robert Ryan: The Man With Two Personas

    While he was especially known for playing troubled, tortured characters, off the screen there was a far different Robert Ryan. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 11, 1909, and a Dartmouth graduate, Ryan was a quiet, introspective man was committed to his family and community. He married Jessica Cadwalader in 1939, a union which would last until her death from cancer in 1972. Beginning in 1946 the Ryans had three children in a span of five years, Tim, Cheyney, and Lisa.One of t...

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