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  • Hollywood's Great Voices Part I: The Men

    'You can dish it out, but you got so you can't take it no more.'Most film buffs can identify the above quote (Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar) and many can hear it in their heads; Robinson’s jeering voice, ripe with false bonhomie and sharp with menace. Stars of the sound era cultivated a vocal style for their roles. Some had natural tone and timbre that provided character.Wallace Beery's slow delivery and casually rolling syllables matched the slove...

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  • CRITERION: Brief Encounter and Only Angels Arrive in April

    Criterion announced Howard Hawks' Only Angels Have Wings and David Lean's Brief Encounter will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in April. Only Angels receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD in 1999 from Columbia and recently debuted on Blu-ray via the TCM Vault last year. Originally released on DVD via Criterion in 2010, this marks the debut of Brief Encounter on Blu. Both will be single-disc...

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  • The 2015 Palm Springs Classic Sci-Fi Festival

    I was fortunate to enjoy a wonderful weekend at the first-ever Palm Springs Classic Science Fiction Film Festival this year. This inaugural sci-fi event was held at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, where six months previously I had attended the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival.Both festivals were expertly produced and hosted by Alan K. Rode, and it's safe to say that, thanks to Alan's great work, I'm a convert to the Palm Springs festival experience! It's a relaxed and congeni...

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  • Classics 101: Harry Langdon - The Fourth Clown

    Our story so far: on September 5, 1949, Life magazine published a cover story entitled Comedy's Greatest Era, by James Agee. Virtually overnight, twenty years after its heyday ended, great silent comedy as a genre was rediscovered and placed on a pedestal that's been revisited by each ensuing generation. Agee's article crowned four Kings of Silent Comedy; we previously looked at Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd; in this concluding article, we'll turn to the one that's frequently cited as a...

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  • VCI: Brave One Debuts on Blu-Ray

    Academy Award winning film The Brave One (1956) makes its Blu-ray debut on April 26th from VCI. Originally released on DVD by the studio in 2003, The Brave One boasts the distinction of winning an Oscar for its screenplay (written by Dalton Trumbo). VCI has also announced a repackage of Burke's Law - Season 1 in a complete set on April 5th. The series originally came out in two volumes back in 2008....

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  • SHOUT: Daniel Boone - Season One Arriving in April

    Shout! Factory has announced an April 19th release date for Daniel Boone - Season 1. Shout Factory looks to be taking up licensing on the title. Individual seasons were originally released through Liberation Entertainment in 2006, and a complete series set debuted via 20th Century Fox in 2014. The 6-disc set contains all 29 episodes in the first season of the popular Western drama. Bonus features are still to be determined. It is unknown when th...

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  • BLU NOIR: Upgraded Kansas City Confidential from Film Detective

    The Film Detective has announced the release of the 1952 film noir Kansas City Confidential on Blu-Ray on January 25th.The stellar cast includes John Payne, Coleen Gray and Preston Foster as well as three of the best bad guys to ever grace the silver screen: Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef and Jack Elam.  The new transfer will be an upgrade from the Film Chest release that came out in 2011.

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: The Wrong Man Debuts on Blu

    Warner Archive has announced the release of the 1956 film noir, The Wrong Man, on Blu-Ray as part of their Archive Collection. Released on DVD through Warner in 2004, this marks the first time the Alfred Hitchcock mystery has received HD treatment. The stellar cast includes Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. The Wrong Man will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 9th and adds to the total of over 1,600 Warner Archive tit...

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  • Silent Cinema: Cheery Silent Films to Cure the Winter Doldrums

    Winter is coming, which means hot beverages and baked goods, but it can also mean grey, dreary weather. What better way to cure the winter blues than by watching a cheerful movie? I've gathered a small selection of silent films guaranteed to make you feel all warm and gooey inside. Enjoy!That Certain Thing (1928)Director Frank Capra's distinct touch is all over this charming little romantic comedy about a would-be gold-digger (Viola Dana) and the rich ...

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  • TV TIME: Party Like It's 1959 - Celebrating New Year's with Classic TV

    What better way to welcome the future than by revisiting the past? Inspired by some of your favorite classic television shows, we've assembled some tips on how to ring in the New Year the right way.Get your New Year's resolutions squared away: Let's start, as more discussions of vintage TV should, with Davey & Goliath. In addition to producing the 15-minute stop-motion animation shorts we saw in reruns for years, the Lutheran Church of America created...

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