Olive Films has announced a March 31st release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Bob Hope and Lucille Ball's 1960's comedy The Facts of Life. Originally put out on with the Bob Hope - Movie Legends Collection in 2007, the movie has been long out of print despite Hope and Ball's billing. Bonus features to the upgraded DVD or Blu-Ray haven't been revealed.
Read moreShout! Factory has announced an April 28th release date for Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - Season 2. Paramount released Season 1 back in July of 2010, but abandoned the series without explanation. Shout! released The Complete Series last November and, as indicated with this announcement, will likely release the remaining three single season sets a few months apart. The 5-disc set contains all 36 episodes in the second season of the...
Read moreKino's new off-shoot label KL Studio Classics has announced a street date of March 24th for the Martin and Lewis war comedy At War With the Army (1950) and the 1949 mystery Cover Up. Both are receiving their debuts on Blu-Ray. At War With the Army was originally released on DVD via Alpha Video, and received an upgraded transfer from Film Chest back in August of last year. Cover Up was previously released on DVD ...
Read moreSony's Columbia Classics line debuts the World War II drama The Unwritten Code (1944) on DVD for the first time. The story of a German Nazi blending in as an English spy was the first to pair up Ann Savage with Tom Neal. The two would go on to star together in the noir classic, Detour, a year later. The Unwritten Code will be available here at ClassicFlix on January 27th. This new DVD adds to the total of over...
Read moreMPI has announced a March 24th re-release date for the second season of The Donna Reed Show. Running from 1958-1966, The Donna Reed Show remains a staple for fans of American family sitcoms. Originally put out five years ago by Virgil Films, and long since out-of-print, MPI took over licensing of the show in 2012 with the debut of season five. The reprint of season one debuted in September. This set is presumed to contain four-di...
Read moreCohen Media has announced a February 10th street date for the 1942 William Dieterle musical, Syncopation on DVD and Blu-Ray. This marks the debut of the historical exploration of syncopated music on any home video format. And while Cohen releases generally come with bonus content, none for this release are forthcoming.
Read moreKino has announced a February 10th street date for the 1966 comedy, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Norman Jewison classic will be released on Blu after being put on DVD by MGM in 2002. Bonus features will carry over from that DVD release and include a brief making-of feature and a theatrical trailer.
Read moreCriterion has announced a March 17th street date for the 1947 film noir, Ride the Pink Horse, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Robert Montgomery classic will be released on DVD and Blu after years of being available on various public domain box sets. A few bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below).
Read moreAfter previously announcing two new releases earlier this month, Olive has announced February 17th as the street date for four additional titles arriving on DVD and Blu-Ray. The big title coming out is the final 'Road' picture starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, The Road to Hong Kong (1962) making its debut on Blu-Ray. Olive is also preparing the Jack Lemmon comedy How to Murder Your Wife (1965), as well as Beach Bla...
Read moreFox has announced two new entries into their Cinema Archives line. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) - Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Harry Morgan, Jean Wallace International Settlement (1938) - Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, John Carradine, Keye Luke Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on January 6th. These DVDs adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclu...
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