Author: Kristen Lopez
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OLIVE: Two New Titles Arrive in July
Olive Films has announced a July 19th release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1934 John Wayne Western 'Neath the Arizona Skies. Also arriving on the same day is the 1956 James Arness Western drama Gun the Man Down. Originally released by MGM in 2007 this marks the film's Blu-ray debut. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated. The complete list of titles is posted to the Recent Additions section.
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KINO: Bogart in Deadline U.S.A. Gets First Home Video Release in July
Three titles from Kino are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in July. Making its home video debut on July 26th is Deadline U.S.A. (1952) starring Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter and Ed Begley. The studio will also release Five Miles to Midnight (1962) with Sophia Loren, and 1959's Invisible Invaders starring John Agar. All can be viewed in our Recent Additions section. Invisible Invaders ...
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KINO: Pioneers of African American Cinema Arrives in July
Kino has announced July 26th as the release date for their 5-disc presentation of Pioneers of African American Cinema (1918-1946) on DVD and Blu-ray. The set contains 27 shorts and feature-length films directed by and starring several luminaries of early African American cinema. The project came to fruition via a Kickstarter campaign last February. Bonus content has not been announced.
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Father of the Bride and Dark Passage on Blu
Three new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Father of the Bride (1950) and Dark Passage (1947) arrive on Blu-Ray for the first time. Dark Passage marks the third of four Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall films to see the transfer from DVD to Blu after The Big Sleep (1946) and Key Largo (1948). Also debuting on DVD is the three-disc FitzPa...
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KINO: Ox-Bow Incident and Yellow Sky Debut on Blu
Kino has announced July 12th as the release date for two popular Western titles, both directed by William Wellman, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) and Yellow Sky (1948) on Blu-ray. Both were previously released on DVD via 20th Century Fox. The Ox-Bow Incident debuted on DVD back in 2003 and will be seeing a brand-new 4K restoration. Yellow Sky is simply transferring to HD. There's no word on if the DVDs will be seeing...
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COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Girls' School Arrives on DVD
Sony's Columbia Classics debuts the Anne Shirley and Ralph Bellamy comedy Girls' School (1938) on DVD for the first time. Girls' School will be available here at ClassicFlix on May 10th. This new DVD adds to the total of over 250 Columbia Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
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FOX ARCHIVES: On the Threshold of Space Debuts on DVD
Fox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1956's On the Threshold of Space. New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on May 10th, the aviation drama stars Guy Madison, Virginia Leith and in his final performance, John Hodiak, who died of a heart attack at age 41 just prior to the end of shooting. Dean Jagger, Warren Stevens, and the late Martin Milner also appear. Though the film was originally released in an a...
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CRITERION: Night and Fog and Carnival of Souls Arrive in July
Criterion has announced July street dates for Night and Fog (1955) and Carnival of Souls (1962) on both DVD and Blu-Ray. Both are seeing an updated releases from their previous Criterion incarnations. Night and Fog originally dropped on DVD in 2003 from the studio while Carnival of Souls premiered on DVD in 2009. Each is receiving its first release on Blu-Ray. Both Blus and the Night and Fog DVD will be single-disc, while Carnival...
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Susan Slept Here on Blu, Plus Forbidden Hollywood & More
Eight new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. The tenth installment in Warner Archive's long-running Forbidden Hollywood series arrives, containing five pre-Code titles starring the likes of Barbara Stanwyck and Warren William. This marks the final volume in the long-runnning series which started in 2006 on regular pressed DVD sets. Also included in this week's releases are four films starring Robert Taylor. They are:...
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SHOUT: The Defenders - Season One Arriving in July
Shout! Factory has announced a July 12th release date for The Defenders - Season 1. This marks the debut of the E.G. Marshall and Robert Reed-starring law drama on DVD. The series ran for four seasons between 1961 and 1965. The 9-disc set contains all 32 episodes in the first season. Bonus features are still to be determined.
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