Author: Kristen Lopez

  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Daktari Season 3 Available

    The adventures at the Wameru Study Center for Animal Behavior continue with Warner's release of Daktari Season Three through their Archive Collection. The series, running from 1966-1969 followed Dr. Marsh Tracy (Marshall Thompson) as he cared for the various animals in the African animal hospital, including the loveable Judy the Chimp and Clarence the cross-eyed lion. Season two came out in a seven disc set last March. No bonus features are expected. Seas...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Sugarfoot and Arsene Lupin in Latest Wave

    Warner Archive is releasing a whopping seven titles this week through their Archive Collection. First up is the third season of the popular western series, Sugarfoot. The five-disc set includes all twenty episodes starring Will Hutchins as a law graduate traveling throughout the West to make his fortune.  Up next, Warner puts out a new double feature starring the gentleman thief, Arsene Lupin. The Arsene Lupin Double Feature contains b...

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  • COLUMBIA CLASSICS: A Trio of B Titles in Latest Wave

    Three new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: Alibi for Murder (1936) - William Gargan, Marguerite Churchill Canal Zone (1942) - Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard, John Hubbard, Larry Parks, Forrest Tucker, Eddie Laughton, Lloyd Bridges The Stork Pays Off (1941) - Victor Jory, Rochelle Hudson, Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom Artwork for these title...

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  • Westerner and Princess and the Pirate Reissued on DVD

    Warner has announced the release of two more long out-of-print titles under their Samuel Goldwyn banner: Gary Cooper's The Westerner (1940) and the Bob Hope action/adventure comedy, The Princess and the Pirate (1944). Both are set for release on October 14th. Warner's release marks the third time The Westerner's been put out on disc, the first time was in 1998 through HBO Home Video. MGM put it out in 2008, where it event...

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  • OLIVE: Magnificent Doll, I've Always Loved You & More in August

    Olive Films has just announced four films for release on DVD and Blu-Ray for various dates in August. Here's the breakdown: August 19th: Magnificent Doll (1947) - Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith That's My Man (1947) - Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns August 26th: I've Always Loved You (1946) - Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya High ...

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  • Naked City Single Season Sets Coming in August

    Released last year in a complete series set by Image Entertainment, the studio has scheduled individual releases for all four seasons of the groundbreaking and award-winning crime drama Naked City on August 5th. Bonus content, if any, is not forthcoming. Running from 1958-1963, the series focused on the lives of various detectives working in New York's 65th Precinct. Cancelled after its first season in 1959, it was brought back in 1960, due to popular d...

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  • CRITERION: The Innocents Debuts on Blu

    Criterion has announced a September 23rd street date for the 1961 chiller, The Innocents, 'one of the most frightening movies ever made,' on a newly restored DVD (2-disc) and Blu-Ray. The British horror film was last released on DVD by 20th Century Fox back in 2005, however, because the studio didn't put out a Blu edition, fans were left to purchase expensive imported copies. A few fascinating bonus features are planned to accompany the sets (below).

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Girl Trouble Leads Latest Wave

    An A and 2 B's have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The A is the romantic-comedy Girl Trouble (1942), starring Don Ameche, Joan Bennett and Billie Burke. The B's are made up of Everybody's Baby (1939), an entry in the Jones Family series starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington and The Escape (1939) starring Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff,...

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  • Bonanza - Season 7 Coming in September

    The first season without big brother Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts), Paramount has announced a September 2nd release date for season seven of the popular Western series, Bonanza. Separated into two volumes, volume 1 will contain sixteen remastered episodes, while volume 2 holds seventeen. The only bonus content is a feature film made from the series' first two-parter.

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: B Western & Comedies in Latest Wave

    Three black and white B's, all new-to-DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) - Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray Here Comes Trouble (1936) - Paul Kelly, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie, Gregory Ratoff I Was an Adventuress (1940) - Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre, Sig Ruman All will be a...

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