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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Sugarfoot's Final Season and Pete Kelly's Blues Available in November

    Two new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. The studio will release fourth and final season of the popular Western series Sugarfoot. After putting out the third season on a five-disc set in July, this two-disc collection will contain the final nine episodes. Warner is also debuting the 1955 musical drama Pete Kelly's Blues on Blu-Ray. Both of these will be available here at ClassicFlix on No...

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  • TIMELESS: Gene Autry Collection Vol. 9 in February

    Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 9 has been set by Timeless Media for release on February 24th. The 2-disc set will feature four fully-restored films, all of which are making their DVD debut. Details below. Comin' Round the Mountain (1936, 55 min.) When Pony Express Rider Gene Autry's horse is shot from...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Two Silent Treasures Lead Quartet of Releases

    Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Two silent pictures anchor the latest wave: John Gilbert's The Cossacks (1928) and Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? (1929). Prior to being found in an Italian film archive in the 1990s, Why Be Good? was presumed lost for decades. Warner Bros., the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Vitaphone Project then started the restoration process in 2012...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Carole Landis and Robert Donat in Dueling War Dramas

    Two war dramas, new to DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. Manila Calling (1942) -  Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) -  Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Mills Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on November 11th. These DVDs add to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive t...

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  • OLIVE: Four Film Noirs Come to Individual Blu

    Olive Films has announced a December 23rd release date for Rope of Sand, Union Station, Appointment with Danger, and Dark City on Blu-Ray. All four were previously compiled into Olive's Film Noir Collection, Vol. 1 set in 2012 but are now being released as singles. It is assumed these will be carry-overs straight from the box set with no bonus content attached.

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Michael Shayne Comes Out of the Vault in November

    Fox has announced the resurrection of Michael Shayne, private detective, as part of their latest releases in their Cinema Archives line. The studio is releasing Just Off Broadway (1942), the sixth of seven movies featuring Lloyd Nolan's detective, Michael Shayne, which ran from 1940 to 1942. After years of silence on the series, it was feared Fox had abandoned Shayne after kickstarting the character's resurgence with the release of Dressed to Kill

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  • UNIVERSAL VAULT: Over a Dozen Titles New to DVD

    Universal's MOD program kicks back into high gear with the announcement of over fifteen titles newly available on DVD as part of their Vault Series. They are: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949) - Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Lloyd Bridges Frenchman's Creek (1944) - Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway Frontier Gal (1945) - Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Came...

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  • TCM VAULT: Only Angels Have Wings Debuting on Blu in November

    TCM and Sony have announced a November 25th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the Cary Grant / Jean Arthur classic, Only Angels Have Wings. The 1939 drama was put out on DVD via Sony in 1999 and was included on the Cary Grant box set in 2006. An introduction by TCM host Robert Osborne and various on-disc memorabilia are included as bonus content on both the Blu and DVD. Since this is a TCM Shop exclusive ClassicF...

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  • CRITERION: The Palm Beach Story Gets Blu-Ray Premiere

    Criterion has announced a January 20th street date for the 1942 romantic comedy, The Palm Beach Story, on a newly restored DVD and Blu-Ray. Originally released on DVD in 2005 via Universal, it was also included as part of the Preston Sturges Filmmaker Collection in 2006. A few bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below). NOTE: Since last September, Criterion had only released DVD / Blu-Ray combo packs; however, since September's rel...

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  • Cartoon Roots This December

    A December 2nd release date has been announced for Cartoon Roots.  The Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack will feature source material from animation collector Tom Stathes and is reportedly a collaborative effort with Thunderbean Animation. Exclusive to Amazon, we are making this set available for rent to members. This collection of fifteen animated shorts, from a variety of animators including Max Fleischer and the TerryToons studi...

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