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  • Classics 101: Bad Films Gone Good - A Stroll Down Poverty Row

    Roger Corman: 'My work in low-budget exploitation films would eventually earn me some notoriety as 'The King of the B's', which is ironic ... I never made a B movie in my life. The B movie dated from the Depression and was a phenomenon only up through the early 1950s... Bs had died out by the time I began directing. The term was never used in connection with any of my films within the industry, where the precise meaning of the term was always known.' You may well be askin...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: The Great Race and Fourth Volume of Bowery Boys in Latest Wave

    Warner has announced two new releases as part of their Archive Collection. The first is the Blake Edwards classic The Great Race (Blu-Ray). This marks Blu debut of the 1965 comedy since it was originally released on DVD in 2002. The second Warner release this week is the long-awaited fourth and final volume of The Bowery Boys containing the last twelve films in the series. Also coming is The Adventures of Marco Polo, originally r...

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  • The Birth of the Feature Part II: Hollywood in the Teens

    There's an eye-popping shot in the DVD release print of Cecil B. DeMille's Old Wives for New (1918). In the second reel, Elliott Dexter is fishing a mountain stream. He casts his line, and there is a brief shot of the line fluttering in the water. You see each detail clearly, from the play of light on the water's surface, to Dexter's line and lure, to individual pebbles on the bottom of the stream. It might have been shot yesterday. Because DeMille vaulted m...

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  • Irene Dunne: First Lady of Hollywood

    One of my earliest memories of Irene Dunne was of her singing Jerome Kern's 'The Folks Who Live on the Hill' in a revival house screening of High, Wide, and Handsome (1937) when I was growing up. That enchanted scene lingered in memory for decades and was a part of my falling in love with the 'silver screen' in general and Irene Dunne in particular. Irene Dunne was without question one of the most talented actresses of the 'Classic Hollywood' era, and yet she never won a...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Maya - The Complete Series Now Available

    Montana boy Terry Bowen ventures into the wilds of India with Warner's release of Maya - The Complete Series through their Archive Collection. The series, running for one season between 1967-1968 followed Bowen (Jay North) as he searched for his missing father alongide an orphan named Raji (Sajid Khan) and an elephant named Maya. No bonus features are expected. Maya - The Complete Series will be available here at ClassicFlix September 9th...

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  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Receiving 50th Anniversary Edition

    The popular Christmas television movie, 1964's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is being released on Blu-Ray and DVD in honor of its 50th Anniversary on November 4th. For a 50th Anniversary, the bonus content is minute, consisting of drawing tutorials, sing-alongs, and a pop-up book featurette. Rudolph has been released several times over the years, from a Christmas classics box set in 2007 and 2012, to a 2-Disc DVD and Blu-Ray edition last September.

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  • CRITERION: It Happened One Night Debuts on Blu

    Criterion has announced a November 18th street date for the 1934 romantic comedy, It Happened One Night, on a newly restored DVD (2-disc) and Blu-Ray. Originally released on DVD in 1999 via Sony, it was also included as part of the Premiere Frank Capra Collection in 2006. A few fascinating bonus features are planned to accompany the sets including Capra's first film (below). NOTE: Since last September, Criterion had only released DVD / Blu-Ray co...

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  • Classics 101: Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

    Arthur 'Stan Laurel' Jefferson (1890-1965), from Ulverston, Lancashire, England, was the thin one who mucked things up and cried about it. Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), from Harlem, Georgia, was the fat one who mucked things up and blamed Stan. Together, they were the greatest comedy team in the history of movies, and the names of Laurel & Hardy -- or 'Dick und Doof' -- are known and loved around the world. This month, Classicflix presents a handy guide to Stan & Ollie and their best work...

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  • KINO: Death Kiss Rescheduled for October

    Kino has confirmed a rescheduled release date of October 14th for The Death Kiss on Blu-Ray and DVD. The 1932 film starring Dracula stars David Manners and Bela Lugosi was originally set for release in May, but was postponed for unknown reasons. This 35mm restoration, done in association with The Library of Congress, is expected to be an improvement over previous PD edtions. Bonus content hasn't been announced.

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Three B Crime Dramas in Latest Wave

    Three crime dramas have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. Air Patrol (1962) -  Willard Parker, Merry Anders, Robert Dix Fighting Back (1948) -  Paul Langton, Jean Rogers, Gary Gray The Girl on the Bridge (1951) - Hugo Haas, Beverly Michaels, Robert Dane All will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 26th. These DV...

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