Author: Kristen Lopez
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SHOUT: Bilko Final Season and McHale's Navy Complete Series in November
Shout! Factory has announced a November 17th release date for Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - Season 4. This marks the final season of the popular military comedy starring Phil Silvers. Season three debuted on DVD at the beginning of this month. The 5-disc set contains all 36 episodes. Bonus features include interviews, radio shows, promos, and a photo gallery. A full series box set was put out last September. Also releasing on t...
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Chaplin's Essanay Comedies Debut on Blu in November
Flicker Alley has announced November 17th as the release date for their 5-disc Chaplin's Essanay Comedies combo set. Image Entertainment originally put out all of Chaplin's Essanay films on DVD back in 1999 and have since re-released them periodically. Flicker's volume contains all 15 newly restored films Chaplin made for Essaney between 1915 and early 1916 on both DVD and Blu-Ray. The releases comes with intrigui...
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Kay Francis Latest Wave's Leading Lady
Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Kay Francis stars in four. They are: Confession (1937) - Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone The Feminine Touch (1941) - Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Van Heflin, Donald Meek I Found Stella Parish (1935) - Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Sybil Jason The White Angel (1936) - Ian Hunter, Donald Woods, N...
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My Fair Lady 50th Anniversary Edition Available in October
Paramount has announced October 27th as the new release date for their 50th Anniversary Edition of My Fair Lady (1964). Originally announced last September for a December 2014 release, the studio pushed the film back almost a year for various unconfirmed reasons including possible additions to the bonus content - none of which looks to have been changed - and talks of a theatrical rerelease. This edition will boast a new 4K restoration as w...
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5-Disc W.C. Fields Collection in October
Universal will release a five-disc W.C. Fields Comedy Essentials Collection on October 13th. The only feature making its DVD debut is Fields' 1932 comedy If I Had a Million, boasting A-list talent including Gary Cooper and Charles Laughton. The remaining seventeen titles included have all been previously released. The title will retail for 9.98 and is available here at ClassicFlix for only 4.99.
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WARNER ARCHIVE: John Gilbert Latest Wave's Leading Man
Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. John Gilbert, the acclaimed silent star whose career allegedly ended when he started talking, stars in all four. They are: Gentleman's Fate (1931) - John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Louis Wolheim, Anita Page, Marie Prevost The Phantom of Paris (1931) - John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith Re...
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Mary Martin's Peter Pan Debuts on DVD and Blu-Ray
Video Artists Int'l has announced August 25th as the release date for the television adaptation of Mary Martin's Peter Pan. Out of print since the late-1990s this marks the first time the 1955/1956 NBC telecasts of the Broadway musical will be released in HD. Both versions will contain the 1956 performance, while the 1955 staging with the same cast is a Blu-Ray exclusive. Bonus features on the Blu-ray will include an interview with Martin's daugh...
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COLUMBIA CLASSICS: The Deadline Arrives on DVD
Sony's Columbia Classics debuts the Buck Jones Western The Deadline (1931) on DVD for the first time. The Deadline will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 25th. This new DVD adds to the total of over 250 Columbia Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
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KINO: Phantom of the Opera Comes Back into Print and Blu
Kino has announced the release of four titles this October. October 13th: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry October 20th: Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) - Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, Vera Pawlowa October 27th: I Want to Live! (1958) - Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bik...
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OLIVE: The Invisible Monster Debuts on DVD and Blu in September
Olive Films has announced a September 22nd release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1950 sci-fi adventure serial The Invisible Monster. The twelve episode adventure series stars Richard Webb as an investigator hunting down a madman creating an army of invisible soldiers. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.
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