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  • NEWSLETTER #13: Famous Studios Cartoons, Lock-Up Restored in 4K & More!

    ClassicFlix Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 2 FAMOUS STUDIOS COLLECTION Partner label Cartoon Logic is just getting warmed up! After the successful release of their first collection last month, Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1, the newly formed animation outfit is planning a very busy 2026. With several unnamed projects forthco...

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  • RARE TV: The Ad-Libbers - Surviving Episodes Collection in March

    Unseen for almost 75 years, ClassicFlix presents on March 3rd the rare improv show The Ad-Libbers - Surviving Episodes Collection featuring future movie star Jack Lemmon. A New York based half-hour program which served as a five episode summer replacement for the CBS comedy-drama "Mama" in 1951, The Ad-Libbers concept was (and likely still is) uniq...

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  • Laurel and Hardy - The Restored Features, Volume 1 This December

    Remastered and beautifully restored, the first two feature films of the most beloved comedy team in movie history are making their Blu-ray debut this December 9th from ClassicFlix in Laurel and Hardy - The Restored Features, Volume 1. Restored by ClassicFlix, Pardon Us (1931) finds Stan and Ollie as guests of the state (prison) after fool...

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  • RARE TV: The O. Henry Playhouse - The Complete Series This November

    Now available for the first time in one collection from ClassicFlix—all 39 episodes of a long lost television anthology series spotlighting the works of one of America's most beloved short story authors! Previously released as part of our Silver Series line in three separate 13 episode volumes which are now out of print, The O. Henry Playhouse - The Complete ...

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  • CARTOON LOGIC: Aesop’s Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1 This November

    Innovative, violent and hilarious, cartoon fans will be treated to a special collection this November 4th as animation pioneer Paul Terry gets his first high definition silent film collection in Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1. Before Walt Disney found fame with a mouse in 1928, he stated he had hoped to one day make animated shorts as good as Terry's ...

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  • NEWSLETTER #12: Laurel & Hardy, Streaming and More!

    ClassicFlix Newsletter - Volume 4, Issue 1 LAUREL AND HARDY Arguably the greatest comedy team in motion picture history, Laurel and Hardy will be getting the ClassicFlix treatment as we have licensed the 10 feature films below for release on Blu-ray. Pardon Us (1931) Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) Sons of the Desert (1933) The Bohemian Girl (1936) Our Relations (1936) Way Out West (1937)

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  • RARE TV: The Unexpected - The Complete Series, Volume 1 This September

    Locked away for decades, ClassicFlix brings the first 13 episodes of a rare suspense series to DVD in The Unexpected - The Complete Series, Volume 1 this September 23rd (changed to October 14th). This 1952 Ziv TV anthology production is loaded with guest stars in each episode (see below) and is a&n...

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  • Hopalong Cassidy - The Legacy Collection, Volume 1 This July

    Hopalong Cassidy films restored and now on Blu-ray? Yer durn tootin’! This July 29th ClassicFlix honors one of the greatest icons in film history with the release of Hopalong Cassidy - The Legacy Collection, Volume 1. The first three films in the Hoppy series (Hop-Along Cassidy, The Eagle's Brood and Bar 20 Rides Again - all 1935) ...

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  • Ladd & de Havilland Star in The Proud Rebel Coming to Blu-ray This May

    Newly restored by ClassicFlix, in collaboration with the Library of Congress, Michael Curtiz' poignant Technicolor western The Proud Rebel (1958) starring Alan Ladd and Olivia de Havilland is coming to Blu-ray on May 20th! Fans of the The Proud Rebel, which has wallowed in faded, low grade transfers to date, are in for a special treat as not only were over&nbsp...

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  • NEWSLETTER #11: Upcoming Rare TV Series, Silent Little Rascals & More!

    ClassicFlix Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 3 LOCK UP We're happy to share news today that we plan to release the entire crime drama series Lock Up (1959-61) on DVD as part our Rare Television line. The show stars Macdonald Carey and John Doucette and ran for 78 episodes over two seasons. Volume 1 of the series is tentatively scheduled for next summer and we've already scanned the first 13 episodes—all of which look very s...

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