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  • Second Season of Donna Reed Back in Print in March

    MPI has announced a March 24th re-release date for the second season of The Donna Reed Show. Running from 1958-1966, The Donna Reed Show remains a staple for fans of American family sitcoms. Originally put out five years ago by Virgil Films, and long since out-of-print, MPI took over licensing of the show in 2012 with the debut of season five. The reprint of season one debuted in September. This set is presumed to contain four-di...

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  • Music Comes Alive with Syncopation on DVD and Blu in February

    Cohen Media has announced a February 10th street date for the 1942 William Dieterle musical, Syncopation on DVD and Blu-Ray. This marks the debut of the historical exploration of syncopated music on any home video format. And while Cohen releases generally come with bonus content, none for this release are forthcoming.

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  • TV TIME: Classic Christmas Episodes

    Even though the 'holiday shopping season' now begins right after Halloween, it flies by more quickly each year. I loved all the Christmas episodes and specials on television as a kid, but they somehow made the wait even more agonizing. Today it's all a blur, but at least with DVD I can slow down and get a dose of yuletide cheer whenever I need it. Let's examine some of the best Christmas episodes of the classic television era, a simpler time when the medium focused more on telling...

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  • KINO: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming Premieres on Blu

    Kino has announced a February 10th street date for the 1966 comedy, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Norman Jewison classic will be released on Blu after being put on DVD by MGM in 2002. Bonus features will carry over from that DVD release and include a brief making-of feature and a theatrical trailer.

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  • Santa's Surprises: 12 Overlooked Christmas Classics

    'Tis the season for watching Christmas movies! There's something extra-special about the holiday classics we enjoy year after year. Beyond the pleasures of the films themselves, over time the movies also become wrapped up in our heightened memories of the holiday season as we remember sharing them with family and friends. For many of us, the season doesn't feel complete until we've watched Holiday Inn (1942), Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), The Bish...

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  • CRITERION: Robert Montgomery's Ride the Pink Horse in March

    Criterion has announced a March 17th street date for the 1947 film noir, Ride the Pink Horse, on DVD and Blu-Ray. This is the first time the Robert Montgomery classic will be released on DVD and Blu after years of being available on various public domain box sets. A few bonus features are planned to accompany each disc (below).

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  • OLIVE: Road to Hong Kong Leads a Quartet of Titles Making Their Blu Debut

    After previously announcing two new releases earlier this month, Olive has announced February 17th as the street date for four additional titles arriving on DVD and Blu-Ray. The big title coming out is the final 'Road' picture starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, The Road to Hong Kong (1962) making its debut on Blu-Ray. Olive is also preparing the Jack Lemmon comedy How to Murder Your Wife (1965), as well as Beach Bla...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Landis, Sanders Star in Two New to DVD

    Fox has announced two new entries into their Cinema Archives line. It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946) -  Carole Landis, Allyn Joslyn, Harry Morgan, Jean Wallace International Settlement (1938) -  Dolores del Rio, George Sanders, John Carradine, Keye Luke Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on January 6th. These DVDs adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclu...

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  • Classics 101 - Presenting Alfred Hitchcock, Part 3: The Selznick Years

    On March 4, 1939, with Jamaica Inn finished, Hitch loaded Alma, Pat, and assistant Joan Harrison on the ship bound for New York, leaving England and establishing permanent residence in the U.S. After a brief tour of the country and a stop in Cuba, the Hitchcock's arrived in California in April and Selznick advised Hitch that his proposed Titanic film was temporarily shelved and his first U.S. film would be Rebecca. The making of the Daphne du Maurier adaptation i...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: King of Burlesque with Alice Faye Debuts on DVD

    Fox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1936's King of Burlesque.  New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on December 30th, the showbiz drama stars Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, and Jack Oakie. This release adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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