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  • Danny Kaye Legends Collection Arriving October 20th

    MVD has announced the release of another Danny Kaye Show 'best of' collection of with Danny Kaye Legends. The two-disc set will contain six full-length episodes from Kaye's popular show which ran from 1963-1967 highlighting special guest appearances from the likes of Lucille Ball, Louis Armstrong, and more. The Danny Kaye Show won a Golden Globe for Best TV Show in 1964 and would garner several Emmy nominations - winning four. Danny Kaye Leg...

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  • The Old Corral: The Career of Dick Foran

    It's with great pleasure we welcome Warner Bros.'s Dick Foran Western Collection, a terrific, long overdue four-disc, 12 feature film DVD box set. Produced in 1935-1937 these B-Westerns are not only entertaining but historic in that they were made simultaneously with the man who began the singing cowboy craze at Republic, Gene Autry.Because Gene was just beginning his meteoric rise to fame, Foran's westerns aren't so much in competition with Autry's, even though they run ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Irene Dunne and John Barrymore in Latest Wave

    Six new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Irene Dunne stars in four. They are: Anne Vickers (1933) -  Walter Huston, Conrad Nagel, Bruce Cabot, Edna May Oliver Consolation Marriage (1931) - Pat O'Brien, John Halliday, Myrna Loy Never a Dull Moment (1950) - Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Gigi Perreau, Natalie Wood Sweet ...

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  • You Can't Take It With You Debuts on Blu-Ray

    Sony has announced a December 8th street date for the Blu-Ray debut of Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You. The 1938 film took home Oscar's for best film and director and includes an all-star cast of Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Lionel Barrymore, Spring Byington, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, and Ann Miller. While the release doesn't appear to be a combo set, which would include a DVD, it does include a commentary and featurette by Frank...

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  • OLIVE: Kid From Cleveland and Voodoo Man Arrive in November

    Olive Films has announced a November 24th release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1949 drama The Kid From Cleveland starring Russ Tamblyn in his first film. Also arriving on the same day is the 1944 horro film, Voodoo Man, starring Bela Lugosi, making its debut on Blu-ray. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.

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  • Strange Science Serials, Chapter III: Maniacs from Space!

    After three attempts by Ming the Merciless to either enslave the Earth, destroy all human life on it, or otherwise make a nuisance of himself, our planet was relatively safe for the next several years (WW2 notwithstanding) until 1945, when -- no doubt suspecting we would be an easy target following the worldwide conflict that had just ended -- Mars invaded the earth led by one of Ming's successors in The Purple Monster Strikes (1945).A famous astronomer, Dr. Cyrus Layton,...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Crime Drama's Highlight Latest Wave

    Eight new titles have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Seven of the films are crime dramas or film noirs. They are: Bobby Ware is Missing (1955) - Neville Brand, Arthur Franz, Jean Willes Cry of the Hunted (1953) - Vittorio Gassman, Barry Sullivan, Polly Bergen, William Conrad Flaxy Martin (1949) - Virginia Mayo, Zachary Scott, Dorothy Malone Public Hero ...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Wave of Helen Hayes, Plus Atom Ant Complete Series

    Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Helen Hayes stars in three. They are: Another Language (1933) -  Robert Montgomery, John Beal, Margaret Hamilton Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) - Robert Montgomery, May Robson, Otto Kruger, Lewis Stone What Every Woman Knows (1934) - Brian Aherne, Madge Evans Also included in this week's releases...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Hoodlum Saint Leads Trio of Taurog Releases

    Three new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Director Norman Taurog helmed all three. They are: The Hoodlum Saint (1946) - William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason Lucky Night (1939) - Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor Please Believe Me (1950) - Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Peter Lawford All of these will be available he...

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  • Norma Shearer 101: The Overview

    Norma Shearer is on the short list of MGM's iconic actresses, sharing a rarefied stratum with Garbo, Crawford, Harlow, and Garland, but she is the least remembered out of all them. Non-buffs know little or nothing about her. For decades her films were seldom screened or broadcast. Yet she was a top box office draw in early sound and had one of the best-managed careers of the studio era. TCM and DVD reissues have brought her triumphs back to us, and her fans today are as ardent as those who id...

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