Author: Kristen Lopez

  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Out of the Past Coming to Blu

    Warner Archive Collection has slowly started releasing popular Warner titles on Blu-ray and this month they've picked Jacques Tourneur's gritty noir, Out of the Past. This marks the Blu-Ray debut of the Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas mystery. The previous audio commentary with historian Jim Ursini, originally on the 2004 DVD, is presumed to be the only bonus content. The Blu-Ray will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 19th and ad...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Glenn Ford and Bronco Lead Latest Wave

    Six new-to-DVD films starring Glenn Ford have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: Imitation General (1958) - Red Buttons, Taina Elg Ransom! (1956) - Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez Torpedo Run (1958) - Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones, L.Q. Jones, Philip Ober Trial (1955) -  Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak...

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Clara Bow's Call Her Savage in August

    Fox honors silent film icon Clara Bow with the release of Call Her Savage as part of their Cinema Archive line. One of the most popular actresses of the silent and pre-Code eras was Clara Bow. Remembered for her fiery temperment, Bow's reputation - warranted or otherwise - ended up ruining her career, but immortalizing her to audiences. Unfortunately, a majority of her work is still unavailable. Before Fox's release Call Her Savage was only availab...

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  • Batman - Complete Series and Season 1 Available in November

    Since the dawn of the DVD in 1997, fans of the Batman T.V. series have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting... now, the wait is over. Warner Home Video has announced November 11th as the day you can bring home Batman, the first season and the complete television series home on Blu-ray and DVD. Season 1 contains all 34-episodes on DVD. There are no current plans for releasing the individual seasons on Blu-Ray yet, and bonus content on the ind...

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  • WARNER: Two Christmas Classics on Blu in November

    Warner has scheduled November 11th as the release date for two Christmas classics debuting on Blu-Ray: A Christmas Carol (1938) and Christmas in Connecticut (1945). Reginald Owens' interpretation of Christmas Carol's received multiple DVD releases since 1999 and has appeared on several Christmas combo sets, including TCM's Holiday series of Greatest Films which also contained Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck's Christma...

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  • OLIVE: Dragonfly Squadron Coming to DVD & Blu in October

    Olive Films has announced an October 14th release date for the debut of 1954's Dragonfly Squad to Blu-Ray and DVD. Out of circulation for several years, audiences were forced to purchase expensive VHS copies before now. The studio also plans on including both the 2D and original 3D versions of the feature on the Blu-Ray disc.

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Affairs of Cellini & More for August

    Constance Bennett and Fredric March's 1934 historical romance, The Affairs of Cellini, premieres on DVD as part of Fox's Cinema Archives line. Alongside The Affairs of Cellini Fox is releasing Everything Happens at Night (1939) starring figure skater turned actress Sonia Henie and Ray Milland, as well as Five of a Kind (1938), an adventure starring Canada's famed Dionne Quintuplets. All will be available here ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Film Noir the Theme of Recent Releases

    Four new-to-DVD films noir are on their way from Warner's Archive Collection. They are: Below the Deadline (1946) - Warren Douglas, Ramsay Ames, Jan Wiley The Hunted (1948) - Preston Foster, Belita Incident (1949) - Warren Douglas, Jane Frazee, Robert Osterloh, Joyce Compton, Anthony Caruso Stage Struck (1948) - Kane Richmond, Audrey Long, Conrad Nagel Artwork is coming so...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Four Diverse Titles Planned for August

    Four new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: The Big Boss (1941) - Otto Kruger, Gloria Dickson, John Litel, Don Beddoe Cafe Hostess (1940) - Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, Douglas Fowley East of Fifth Avenue (1933) - Wallace Ford, Dorothy Tree, Mary Carlisle, Walter Connolly The Tiger Makes Out (1967) - Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Bob Dis...

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  • Christmas Comes Early With Holiday Inn on Blu

    Universal has announced an October 7th street date for the 1942 Christmas classic, Holiday Inn on Blu-Ray. The Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire comedy was last released on special edition DVD in 2006, and has been included on several Bing Crosby sets. All bonus content from the previous DVD release is carrying over to Blu, including the colorized and original black and white versions of the film (below). Final artwork hasn't been revealed. BO...

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