Archive: 2016

  • OLIVE: Dance With Me, Henry Debuts on Blu in April

    Olive Films has announced an April 21st release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Abbott and Costello's final teaming, the 1956 comedy Dance With Me, Henry. The film originally premiered on DVD through MGM a decade ago and has been out of print since. The comedic duo would make 38 films in their sixteen years together. Bonus features to the upgraded DVD or Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.

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  • BLU CRITERION: Make Way for Tomorrow and Limelight in May

    Criterion has scheduled May 19th as the street date for the Blu-Ray debuts of Leo McCarey's Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) and Charlie Chaplin's Limelight (1952). McCarey's film was originally released on DVD by Criterion in 2010, while Chaplin's melancholy drama came to DVD in a 2-disc set via Warner in 2005. Both movies will receive simultaneous DVD upgrades. Both come with bonus features typical of Criterion releases (below).

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  • Be My Valentine: Ten Films for Your Post-Valentine's Viewing

    As Valentine's Day comes to a close, thoughts turn to left-over chocolates, flowers...and perhaps, in the case of classic film fans, romantic movies.Everyone has their favorite romantic classics, from Gone With the Wind (1939) to Now, Voyager (1942) to Casablanca (1942). Beyond those familiar films, there are many lesser-known romantic movies which are worth checking out. Below are ten suggestions of favorite lesser-known romantic films. They...

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  • Two Volume Stooges Collection Comes to Blu in April

    Mill Creek has announced April 12th as the release date for volumes 1 and 2 of their Three Stooges Triple Feature Collection on Blu-Ray. Each disc contains three Stooges feature films, with volume 1 containing three pre-1950s films and the latter three from the 1960s. Outside of their upgrade to Blu all have been previously released on DVD through Sony and are contained on various Three Stooges box sets.

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  • Science Fiction Theatre - The Complete Series Coming in May

    Timeless Media has set May 12th as the release date for Science Fiction Theatre - The Complete Series. This 9-disc set marks the first time the entire series, running from 1955-1957 has been available as a complete series. The show's unique presentation of science-fiction predated similar series, The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits.

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  • Classics 101: The Four Clowns - Chaplin

    It's hard to believe, especially amongst us movie lovers, but once upon a time in America, silent films were considered to be worthless as entertainment, useless as history, and of little or no interest to film fans. Nitrate stock is highly flammable and expensive to store safely, and studios felt they were worth more for the silver in their nitrate then they were for theatrical (or later television) sales.As early as 1931, studios were already destroying prints, including negativ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Fredric March and Humphrey Bogart Lead Latest Wave

    Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March topline this week's crop of titles. The full list of releases are: Anthony Adverse (1936) - Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains The Big Shot (1942) - Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters One Foot in Heaven

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  • Dark Cinema: Breaking the Typecasting Mold

    During the studio age, stars were all about persona. They'd find their type, whatever thrilled audiences, and for the most part they'd stick to it throughout their careers. Call it typecasting, or playing to strengths, but very few performers were able to completely break away from the images that brought them fame.One big exception is Dick Powell. He started his screen career as a boyish crooner, and he was wildly popular as the lead in a series of kaleidoscopic Busby Berkeley mu...

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  • Tom and Jerry - The Gene Deitch Collection Available in June

    Warner Bros. has given a June 2nd release date for Tom and Jerry - The Gene Deitch Collection on DVD. This new Tom and Jerry disc will contain thirteen newly remastered theatrical shorts on DVD for the first time, as well as additional featurettes on animator Gene Deitch and his career animating the duo (below).

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  • 'It Only Cost a Dime:' Seniors Remember the Golden Age of Movies

    When senior citizens (I like the phrase 'seasoned citizens') remember the movies of their youth, they focus on the dime it cost to enter the dream palace.I've been quizzing my elders about their movie memories since the late 60s, when the one o'clock matinee movie on TV got me hooked on the black and white era. Here are some of the stories they told me.One man who grew up in Lima, Ohio, in the Depression, told me how he saw three shows for fifteen cents. 'On Saturday, ...

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