Five years ago Warner Bros. introduced their Archive Collection (reported here by us). Now five years and over 1,200 classic titles later, their Archive line is still going strong. No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. They are: The Bride Wore Red (1937) - Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Reginald Ow...
Read moreTwo WWII military films have been scheduled by Olive Films for release on May 13th: Flying Tigers (1942) and Home of the Brave (1949) on both DVD and Blu-Ray.This marks the DVD & Blu debut for Home of the Brave and the Blu bow for Flying Tigers. Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Ha...
Read moreWith Season 7 scheduled for release tomorrow, Paramount has announced Rawhide - Season 8 for release on June 3rd.The 4-disc set will carry all 13 episodes from the final truncated season of the classic Western series that has Rowdy (Clint Eastwood) taking over as trail boss.Retail will be 9.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 9.99.
Read moreThree more from Sony's Columbia Classics line are on their way with Edward G. Robinson highlighting this wave in I Am the Law (1938). The crime-drama co-stars Barbara O'Neil, John Beal, Wendy Barrie and Otto Kruger. Also out is Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale in The First Time (1952) and the Don Ameche narrated documentary Rings Around the World
Read moreThree James Cagney films make up this week's Warner Archive releases. They are: Here Comes the Navy (1934) - Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh The Oklahoma Kid (1939) - Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp Winner Take All (1932) - Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Virginia Bruce All three will be available here at ClassicFlix on March 18th
Read moreDormant for some time, Olive Films is back with two releases scheduled for May 6th: Johnny Come Lately (1943) and Love Happy (1949) on both DVD and Blu-Ray. This marks the DVD & Blu debut for Johnny and the Blu bow for Love Happy. Hollywood legend James Cagney (Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye) plays carefre...
Read moreThree more sought-after titles, with top-notch leading ladies, have been confirmed for release by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. They are: Margin for Error (1943) - Joan Bennett, Milton Berle, Otto Preminger Mother Wore Tights (1947) - Betty Grable, Dan Dailey Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) - Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy, Patsy Kelly, Michael Whalen & The Ritz Brothe...
Read moreUniversal has announced the Bob Hope Classic Comedy Collection for release on April 29th. While there is nothing new here, the 4-disc set is a nice compilation at a very good price. We've also added the artwork for the recently announced Francis Collection. The Bob Hope Classic Comedy Collection features 10 of the funniest movi...
Read moreCriterion has scheduled May street dates for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo's of Howard Hawks' Red River (1948) and Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951). Red River will be a 4-disc set (presumably with 2 DVDs and 2 Blu-Rays) with all new bonus features. Ace will be a 3-disc set (presumably with 2 DVDs and 1 Blu-Ray) with bonus features carrying over from their previous 2-disc release.
Read moreAn early George Cukor drama, What Price Hollywood? (1932) starring Constance Bennett, has been announced by Warner as part of their Archive line. Also out is The Vitaphone Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 with 21 Shemp shorts (1933 - 1937) across two discs. Exact shorts have not been officially announced. Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on March 11th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Arch...
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