Six titles are scheduled for release in July from Kino. Five of the titles star Bob Hope. They are: The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) - Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr. Road to Bali (1952) - Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour Road to Rio (1947) - Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard Son of Paleface (1952)...
Read moreIt's About Time - The Complete Series is coming to DVD this June 27th from ClassicFlix. A 4-disc set with all 26 episodes, it will retail for $24.99 and include an EXCLUSIVE interview with Pat Cardi who played “Breer” on the show. SYNOPSIS: "It’s about time. It’s about space. About two men in the strangest place.” Those catchy opening lines to the iconi...
Read moreFritz Lang's tragic masterpiece You Only Live Once (1937) starring Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney is coming to Blu-ray and DVD this July 25th from ClassicFlix. The newly remastered and restored film will retail for $29.99 (Blu) and $24.99 (DVD) respectively. The mono soundtrack has also been restored and will be uncompressed on the Blu-ray release. Bonus features include: Feature length audio commentary by author and ...
Read moreParamount has announced a July 18th release date for The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob. Starring Robert Stack and based on the adventures of Eliot Ness, The Untouchables ran for four seasons between 1959-1963 on CBS. But before it debuted this 2-part TV movie acted as a pilot, airing on the anthology series Desilu Playhouse in 1959. ...
Read moreEach year the extravaganza known as WrestleMania revives the old myth that Vince McMahon "invented" sports entertainment by taking "rasslin'" out of dingy, dark, smoke-filled dives and making a family-friendly product suitable for large "respectable" arenas. In reality, professional wrestling did just fine as a regional, territorial product for years. It had a national presence, as well, and while McMahon did expand his business by seizing on cable television's reach, arena grappling was a fi...
Read moreCriterion announced Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in August, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. The John Garfield drama originally dropped on DVD in...
Read moreGlenn Ford was one of the greatest of all Western actors. He appeared in a long series of cowboy films, 26 total, and in all of them, even the ones of uneven quality, he was outstanding, strong and tough. He was ideal in the role of a man who's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Quiet, even taciturn, speaking with measured tones, Ford was the perfect Westerner. He rode supremely well, as if he and the horse were one. He underplayed in an almost Gary Cooper-like way and once said, "Some actors co...
Read moreShout! Factory has announced a July 11th release date for The Man From Planet X on Blu-Ray. The 1951 sci-fi film was originally put out on DVD back in 2000 and has been out of print since. Bonus features are not forthcoming. ...
Read moreThe 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival has come and gone, leaving behind countless happy memories of great films enjoyed with wonderful friends...and to top it all off, nitrate!This year's festival was dedicated to the late Robert Osborne, with tributes to Mr. Osborne preceding Thursday evening's films. His gracious presence was remembered and strongly felt throughout the festival, as I believe it will be for years to come.Regular TCM hosts Ben Mankiewicz, Tiffany Vazquez, Eddie M...
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