Archive: March 2017

  • Susan Hayward: The Tough Chameleon

    Oscar-winning actress Susan Hayward was born in Brooklyn nearly a century ago, on June 30, 1917. Originally named Edythe Marrenner, Susan grew up in New York -- where, incidentally, she became lifelong friends with a boy named Ira Grossel, later known as Jeff Chandler.After graduating high school in 1935, Susan became a model and before long was off to Hollywood. She worked her way up the ladder from bit roles to supporting parts, with her career finally taking off to new heights in t...

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  • Tomorrow is Forever & He Walked by Night Among 9 Films & 2 TV Shows Scheduled

    ClassicFlix is pleased to announce another slate of upcoming titles which include nine films and two television shows. All nine classic features will be released on both formats with five debuting on Blu-ray and the other four making their DVD and HD bow. They include Tomorrow is Forever (1946) starring Claudette Colbert and Orson Welles and He Walked by Night (1948) starring Richard Basehart (which is expected to be part of an Anthony Mann/John Alton ...

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  • KINO: Westerns and Dramas Arrive in April

    Five titles, all premiering on Blu, are scheduled for release in April from Kino including the arrival of a 4K restoration of 1957's A Farewell to Arms. The studio is also releasing a 2K version of the James Stewart Western, Broken Arr...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Three More Titles Debut on Blu

    Three new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, all on Blu-Ray, including the arrival of Fred Astaire's final musical, Finian's Rainbow (1968). Also included are two sci-fi adventures: 

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  • KINO: A Trio of Comedies Arrive in April

    Three titles from Kino are scheduled for release on Blu-ray in April, with all three premiering on Blu. Arriving for the first time on DVD and Blu is Jerry Lewis' 1959 comedy Don't Give Up the Ship. The studio will also release two other f...

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  • MORE CLASSICFLIX: Raw Deal, T-Men, You Only Live Once & More

    ClassicFlix is pleased to announce a long-term licensing agreement with Shout! Factory to distribute eight films from their library on Blu-ray and DVD. Two were already made public last Tuesday (Another Man’s Poison, 1951 and Miss Annie Rooney, 1942). The other six are: The Crystal Ball (1943) – starring Ray Milland and Paulette Goddard Raw Deal (1948) – starring Dennis O&rs...

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  • CRITERION: Orson Welles' Othello Arrives in May

    Criterion announced Orson Welles' Othello will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in May, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. The second of three Shakespearean films Welles directed originally dropped on DVD in 1999 and is receiving its introduction into the Criterion Collection. ...

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  • The Old Corral: Heroes and Their Horses

    'A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty 'Hi-yo Silver'' - the Lone Ranger!Yup, horses were far more than the basic means of transport in the West and the Western. There is a whole myth attached to horses.In many movies, certain Western actors used the same horse again and again, and they became part of the mystique. Everyone knows Roy Rogers's horse was Trigger (who was so 'intelligent' that he could rescue Roy from scrapes), and The Lone R...

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  • CLASSICFLIX LABEL: Another Man's Poison & Annie Rooney First Two

    It is my pleasure to announce the first two films being released by our home video label: Another Man's Poison (1951) starring Bette Davis and Miss Annie Rooney (1942) starring Shirley Temple.  Both will be released on DVD & Blu-ray for the respective retail prices of $24.99 and $29.99. Street dates are March 28th for Poison and April 4th for Rooney

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  • TV Time: Abraham Lincoln in Sci-Fi Television

    Trivia lovers often point out the eerie similarities between two acclaimed United States presidents who were both struck down by assassins. While an amusing number of coincidences do indeed connect Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, there is at least one huge difference: While Honest Abe is all over classic TV, it's hard to find JFK.We all have a vague collective false memory of Kennedy guesting on The Dick Van Dyke Show, but alas, it never happened. Fo...

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