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  • OLIVE: Magnificent Doll, I've Always Loved You & More in August

    Olive Films has just announced four films for release on DVD and Blu-Ray for various dates in August. Here's the breakdown: August 19th: Magnificent Doll (1947) - Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith That's My Man (1947) - Don Ameche, Catherine McLeod, Roscoe Karns August 26th: I've Always Loved You (1946) - Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter, Maria Ouspenskaya High ...

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  • Naked City Single Season Sets Coming in August

    Released last year in a complete series set by Image Entertainment, the studio has scheduled individual releases for all four seasons of the groundbreaking and award-winning crime drama Naked City on August 5th. Bonus content, if any, is not forthcoming. Running from 1958-1963, the series focused on the lives of various detectives working in New York's 65th Precinct. Cancelled after its first season in 1959, it was brought back in 1960, due to popular d...

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  • CRITERION: The Innocents Debuts on Blu

    Criterion has announced a September 23rd street date for the 1961 chiller, The Innocents, 'one of the most frightening movies ever made,' on a newly restored DVD (2-disc) and Blu-Ray. The British horror film was last released on DVD by 20th Century Fox back in 2005, however, because the studio didn't put out a Blu edition, fans were left to purchase expensive imported copies. A few fascinating bonus features are planned to accompany the sets (below).

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  • Classics 101: Our Gang

    When parents and grandparents ask me – and they often do – what’s the secret to turning young people on to the wonders of vintage black and white movies, I invariably answer “The Little Rascals!!!” (with just that level of enthusiasm, and sometimes I make the “okay” sign with my fingers and say “O-TAY”). Here’s how it’s always worked for me, ...

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: Girl Trouble Leads Latest Wave

    An A and 2 B's have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The A is the romantic-comedy Girl Trouble (1942), starring Don Ameche, Joan Bennett and Billie Burke. The B's are made up of Everybody's Baby (1939), an entry in the Jones Family series starring Jed Prouty, Shirley Deane, Spring Byington and The Escape (1939) starring Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff,...

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  • TV Time: Father's Day Lessons

    Father's Day is not just an opportunity for me to receive a new tie, but is a chance to reflect on my own skills and abilities as a dad. With today's modern conveniences, it's easy for me to gain wisdom by looking at scholarly research, perusing best-selling books by authors, and consulting experienced fathers around me. Of course, I ignore all those resources and turn to classic television instead.

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  • Bonanza - Season 7 Coming in September

    The first season without big brother Adam Cartwright (Pernell Roberts), Paramount has announced a September 2nd release date for season seven of the popular Western series, Bonanza. Separated into two volumes, volume 1 will contain sixteen remastered episodes, while volume 2 holds seventeen. The only bonus content is a feature film made from the series' first two-parter.

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  • Pre-Code Obsession: Clara Bow - Life As the 'It' Girl

    It was the tail end of the silent era, and screen goddess Clara Bow was surrounded by users, liars, thieves and con artists. Clara was Hollywood's first and still-reigning It Girl; vivacious, beautiful, modern and talented, audiences loved Clara and she loved them back. She had far less love for the studios she worked for, Hollywood snobs, and the agents and executives who ran her career as though she were a machine to be pushed until it broke down, and then discarded for something new.

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  • FOX CINEMA ARCHIVES: B Western & Comedies in Latest Wave

    Three black and white B's, all new-to-DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941) - Mary Beth Hughes, George Montgomery, Alan Mowbray Here Comes Trouble (1936) - Paul Kelly, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie, Gregory Ratoff I Was an Adventuress (1940) - Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre, Sig Ruman All will be a...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Garfield Gets 6, Plus Kismet on Blu

    Six new-to-DVD John Garfield films have been announced by Warner via their Archive Collection this week. They are: Blackwell's Island (1939) - Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley Fields Dangerously They Live (1941) - Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen Dust Be My Destiny (1939) - Priscilla Lane, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Charley Grapewin...

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