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Olive Films has announced a November 11th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of 1950's award-winning Sands of Iwo Jima. Originally put out on DVD by Republic Pictures in 1998, the movie has been long out of print despite John Wayne's billing. Bonus features to the upgraded DVD or Blu-Ray haven't been revealed.
Read moreVCI has set an October 21st street date for Annie Oakley - The Complete Series which ran for three years between 1954-1957. This marks the first time the entire series has been available for purchase. Gail Davis's estate released several episodes to DVD over the years, and Alpha Home Video released individual seasons back in 2007. This 11-disc set contains all 81 episodes and will retail for 9.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for onl...
Read moreTwo dramas have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The first is Gateway (1938), an immigration drama starring Don Ameche and Arleen Whelan. The second is Champagne Charlie (1936) starring Paul Cavanagh and Helen Wood. All will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 19th. These DVDs add to the total of over 200 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at Classic...
Read moreLawrence Tierney has frightened me since the first moment I laid eyes on him in the gritty film noir, Born to Kill (1947). I found him unpleasant in that first glimpse. I watched it to see one of my favorite actresses, Claire Trevor, but ended up being uncomfortably riveted by Tierney as her leading man. He seemed to soil everything around him, bringing out the worst in the flinty Ms. Trevor and destroying the innocence of her foster sister, played by Audrey Long. However, he also m...
Read moreWarner Archive Collection has slowly started releasing popular Warner titles on Blu-ray and this month they've picked Jacques Tourneur's gritty noir, Out of the Past. This marks the Blu-Ray debut of the Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas mystery. The previous audio commentary with historian Jim Ursini, originally on the 2004 DVD, is presumed to be the only bonus content. The Blu-Ray will be available here at ClassicFlix on August 19th and ad...
Read moreSix new-to-DVD films starring Glenn Ford have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. They are: Imitation General (1958) - Red Buttons, Taina Elg Ransom! (1956) - Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Juano Hernandez Torpedo Run (1958) - Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones, L.Q. Jones, Philip Ober Trial (1955) - Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak...
Read moreAnne Baxter is probably best remembered today for her Oscar-winning supporting role in The Razor's Edge (1946) and her Oscar-nominated performance in All About Eve (1950), but a closer look at her career shows she starred in a great many excellent films throughout the 1940s and '50s. Baxter, the granddaughter of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was born in Indiana on May 2, 1923. Anne aspired to an acting career from a young age, and she was just 13 when she ...
Read moreFox honors silent film icon Clara Bow with the release of Call Her Savage as part of their Cinema Archive line. One of the most popular actresses of the silent and pre-Code eras was Clara Bow. Remembered for her fiery temperment, Bow's reputation - warranted or otherwise - ended up ruining her career, but immortalizing her to audiences. Unfortunately, a majority of her work is still unavailable. Before Fox's release Call Her Savage was only availab...
Read moreSince the dawn of the DVD in 1997, fans of the Batman T.V. series have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting... now, the wait is over. Warner Home Video has announced November 11th as the day you can bring home Batman, the first season and the complete television series home on Blu-ray and DVD. Season 1 contains all 34-episodes on DVD. There are no current plans for releasing the individual seasons on Blu-Ray yet, and bonus content on the ind...
Read moreWarner has scheduled November 11th as the release date for two Christmas classics debuting on Blu-Ray: A Christmas Carol (1938) and Christmas in Connecticut (1945). Reginald Owens' interpretation of Christmas Carol's received multiple DVD releases since 1999 and has appeared on several Christmas combo sets, including TCM's Holiday series of Greatest Films which also contained Christmas in Connecticut. Barbara Stanwyck's Christma...
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