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  • Five of a Kind: The Odd Life of the Dionne Quintuplets

    If the Dionne quintuplets had been born today, they would have been reality television stars or a YouTube sensation. However, there's nothing in modern life that can compare to the sensation the girls created when they became the first recorded quintuplets to live beyond infancy. Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie and Marie Dionne were born to poor farmer, Oliva-Edouard, and his wife Elzire in the village of Corbeil, Ontario, Canada in 1934. Arriving two months early, it was assumed ...

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  • WARNER: Four Disc Musical Collection Arrives in March

    Warner has announced a March 3rd street date for their Warner Bros. Musical Collection. This four-disc set contains a quartet of popular 1950s musicals, three of which (The Band Wagon, Calamity Jane, and Kiss Me Kate) will be making their Blu-Ray debuts. The set also contains the 60th Anniversary edition of Singin' in the Rain which was released in 2012. Bonus content for the three new ...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: We're Going to Be Rich Coming to DVD

    Fox announced a new entry into their Cinema Archives line, Gracie Fields and Victor McLaglen in We're Going to Be Rich (1938). We're Going to Be Rich will be available here at ClassicFlix on November 18th. This DVD adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Sugarfoot's Final Season and Pete Kelly's Blues Available in November

    Two new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. The studio will release fourth and final season of the popular Western series Sugarfoot. After putting out the third season on a five-disc set in July, this two-disc collection will contain the final nine episodes. Warner is also debuting the 1955 musical drama Pete Kelly's Blues on Blu-Ray. Both of these will be available here at ClassicFlix on No...

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  • Classics 101 - Presenting Alfred Hitchcock: Part 2, the British Masterpieces

    In the first part of this retrospective; we tracked young Alfred Hitchcock through his earliest films. In 1934, he purchased the rights to Bulldog Drummond's Baby (but not the Bulldog Drummond character) and began fashioning one of his most famous thrillers.'I think you'll find the real start of my career was The Man who Knew too Much.' - Alfred Hitchcock Non-stop fun and much closer to what the director would give us from now on than what he'd given ...

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  • TIMELESS: Gene Autry Collection Vol. 9 in February

    Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 9 has been set by Timeless Media for release on February 24th. The 2-disc set will feature four fully-restored films, all of which are making their DVD debut. Details below. Comin' Round the Mountain (1936, 55 min.) When Pony Express Rider Gene Autry's horse is shot from...

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  • TV TIME: Horror Icons on the Small Screen

    Like many stars of the golden age of Hollywood, some of the most notable horror icons of the era eventually transitioned to television. I won't argue their best work was done on the small screen, but there is a lot of enjoyable material from them on DVD. Let's examine some of the classic television appearances of these legendary performers. One legendary movie monster who is not a regular on the tube is Bela Lugosi, who is of course Dracula in the 1931 Universal ...

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  • The Old Corral: The Lone Ranger in 'The Ghost of Coyote Canyon'

    The Lone Ranger was ABC's top-rated show throughout its original run, and the network's first big success of the 1950s. Of course, the character had been around since his radio debut in 1933, created by George Trendle and Frank Striker. And while the show, novels, comics and movie serials were big hits, it was the TV show, starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, became a true phenomenon. For many of us, Clayton Moore is the Lone Ranger, the same way Sean Connery is J...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Two Silent Treasures Lead Quartet of Releases

    Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Two silent pictures anchor the latest wave: John Gilbert's The Cossacks (1928) and Colleen Moore in Why Be Good? (1929). Prior to being found in an Italian film archive in the 1990s, Why Be Good? was presumed lost for decades. Warner Bros., the UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Vitaphone Project then started the restoration process in 2012...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: Carole Landis and Robert Donat in Dueling War Dramas

    Two war dramas, new to DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. Manila Calling (1942) -  Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) -  Robert Donat, Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, John Mills Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on November 11th. These DVDs add to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive t...

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