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Silent film is an art like no other, but it also has a few complications that can snare unwary newcomers. Today, we are going to talk about some of the common mistakes made by new silent film viewers and easy ways to avoid them.Underestimating the size of the silent eraThe silent era is generally reckoned to have lasted from the mid-1890s to 1930, later if you count the 1930s silent films from Asia and Europe. With three to four decades of films to cho...
Read moreTimeless Media has set November 17th as the release date for the lastest Gene Autry movie collection, Gene Autry Collection, Volume 12. Much like past Gene Autry installments, Volume 12 is a 2-disc set featuring four fully-restored films. Two of the four features have been previously released with Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936) and Yodelin' Kid From Pine Ridge (1937) receiving their DVD debut. Details below.
Read moreShout! Factory has announced a November 17th release date for Sgt. Bilko: The Phil Silvers Show - Season 4. This marks the final season of the popular military comedy starring Phil Silvers. Season three debuted on DVD at the beginning of this month. The 5-disc set contains all 36 episodes. Bonus features include interviews, radio shows, promos, and a photo gallery. A full series box set was put out last September. Also releasing on t...
Read moreEveryone loves familiar classic movies starring beloved stars whether it's Bogart, Stanwyck, Gable, or Davis.That said, one of the great pleasures of being a classic film fan is coming across an unfamiliar film which leaves the viewer exclaiming 'Good movie!' as it draws to a close.Such movies may not be perfect, but they deliver a great deal of entertainment value with memorable moments. What follows is a list of a dozen lesser-known film noir and Western ...
Read moreFlicker Alley has announced November 17th as the release date for their 5-disc Chaplin's Essanay Comedies combo set. Image Entertainment originally put out all of Chaplin's Essanay films on DVD back in 1999 and have since re-released them periodically. Flicker's volume contains all 15 newly restored films Chaplin made for Essaney between 1915 and early 1916 on both DVD and Blu-Ray. The releases comes with intrigui...
Read moreFive new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Kay Francis stars in four. They are: Confession (1937) - Ian Hunter, Basil Rathbone The Feminine Touch (1941) - Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Van Heflin, Donald Meek I Found Stella Parish (1935) - Ian Hunter, Paul Lukas, Sybil Jason The White Angel (1936) - Ian Hunter, Donald Woods, N...
Read moreParamount has announced October 27th as the new release date for their 50th Anniversary Edition of My Fair Lady (1964). Originally announced last September for a December 2014 release, the studio pushed the film back almost a year for various unconfirmed reasons including possible additions to the bonus content - none of which looks to have been changed - and talks of a theatrical rerelease. This edition will boast a new 4K restoration as w...
Read moreI'm very happy to see VCI releasing the four seldom seen 40-45 minute 'streamliner' Westerns released by Screen Guild/Lippert in 1946-1947 as part of their Royal Canadian Mounted Police series. All four starred former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick, Russell Hayden.In 1945 Robert L. Lippert, a West Coast theatre chain owner, formed Action Pictures and released three low budget features filmed in Cinecolor. These films eventually saw release through Screen Guild, a new ...
Read moreUniversal will release a five-disc W.C. Fields Comedy Essentials Collection on October 13th. The only feature making its DVD debut is Fields' 1932 comedy If I Had a Million, boasting A-list talent including Gary Cooper and Charles Laughton. The remaining seventeen titles included have all been previously released. The title will retail for 9.98 and is available here at ClassicFlix for only 4.99.
Read moreFour new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. John Gilbert, the acclaimed silent star whose career allegedly ended when he started talking, stars in all four. They are: Gentleman's Fate (1931) - John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Louis Wolheim, Anita Page, Marie Prevost The Phantom of Paris (1931) - John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt, C. Aubrey Smith Re...
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