Six new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, anchored by film noirs and the final season of Daktari. They are: The Clay Pigeon (1949) - Bill Williams, Barbara Hale, Richard Quine Criminal Court (1946) - Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll Johnny Angel (1945) - George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Hoagy Carmichael Riff-Raff (19...
Read moreKino has announced an August 11th street date for the 1931 newspaper comedy, The Front Page, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Adolphe Menjou classic will be released on home video and is especially notable as the forerunner to the screwball comedy His Girl Friday (1940) starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Bonus features will include audio commentary and radio adaptations (below).
Read moreFour new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, including the arrival of four Eddie Cantor films debuting on DVD for the first time in the Eddie Cantor Goldwyn Collection and three films starring the legendary Bette Davis. They are: The Dark Horse (1932) - Warren William, Guy Kibbee, Vivienne Osborne June Bride (1948) - Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter Speci...
Read moreFox announced two new entries into their Cinema Archives line. Dear Brigitte (1965) - James Stewart, Fabian, Glynis Johns, Bill Mumy Sad Horse (1959) - David Ladd, Chill Wills, Patrice Wymore Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 16th. These DVDs adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Read moreOlive has announced four titles debuting on both DVD and Blu-Ray in July. Said titles are: Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) - Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead The Eternal Sea (1955) - Sterling Hayden, Alexis Smith, Ben Cooper, Dean Jagger Hell's Five Hours (1958) - Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, Vic Morrow Man of Conquest (1939) - Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Edward Ell...
Read moreCriterion has announced an August 4th street date for both versions of Night and the City on DVD and Blu-Ray. The studio continues the trend of upgrading their first spate of releases to 2-disc DVDs as well as transfering them to Blu. Night and the City was originally released on DVD by Criterion a decade ago. Bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below).
Read moreUniversal has announced August 11th as the release date for John Wayne's Hellfighters (1968) on Blu-Ray. The film, costarring Vera Miles and Katharine Ross, came to DVD back in 1999. Final artwork is forthcoming. Bonus features are not anticipated....
Read moreFlicker Alley has announced a release date of October 27th for Sherlock Holmes starring William Gillette. This marks the first time the rare 1916 Holmes feature, starring Gillette, has been put out on any format. Gillette became the foremost Holmes performer, playing the character nearly 1300 times. The two-disc set will contain the film on both DVD and Blu-Ray with optional English and French intertitles. Bonus content is set to include ...
Read moreVCI has announced a release date of August 4th for a four-movie collection of Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Three of the films included in the pack - North of the Border (1946), 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946), and Trail of the Mounties (1947) - were all previously released via Alpha Video. Where the North Begins (1947) makes its debut on DVD in this set. The series of 1940s shorts featured actor Russell Hayden ...
Read moreFilm Chest has unveiled 70 uncut episodes of the 1959 sci-fi anthology One Step Beyond. VCI released a two-disc set of select episodes back in 2003 while Paramount debuted the complete first season in 2009. There's no reveal as to what seasons these episodes derive from, but the fervant demand and praise for Film Chest's latest set, released this past April, sounds promising.
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