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Two new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946) - Lee Bowman, Marguerite Chapman, Edgar Buchanan, George Macready, Lee Patrick The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948) - Willard Parker, Edgar Buchanan, Patricia Barry, Holmes Herbert Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 10th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 200...
Read moreThe antiheroes of film noir are almost always loners. Hardboiled detectives trying to clear their name, gangsters who learned early on that no one could be trusted, a lone insurance investigator certain there's a big story underneath that mundane pile of paperwork; sure, they might have some pals here and there to do them a favor, a girl or two will come and go in their lives, but at the heart of it, they walk alone. It's a defining characteristic of the film noir cycle, so ...
Read morePrimarily known for thier focus on silents and early sound, Kino has announced five mid-century films for release in July on DVD & Blu-Ray. All five are MGM properties and word from the label is more will be coming every month. However, at this time, a complete list from Kino of what they have licensed from MGM is not forthcoming. July 22nd: Witness For the Prosecution (1957) - Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester
Read moreThree Technicolor dramas, all new-to-DVD, have been announced by Fox as part of their Cinema Archives line. The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) - Van Johnson, Joseph Cotten, Ruth Roman, Jack Carson, Margaret Hayes, Bruce Bennett Maryland (1940) - Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Charles Ruggles, Hattie McDaniel Woman's World (1954) - Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, F...
Read moreSeven new-to-DVD films, four of them military/war-related, have been announced by Warner as part of thier Archive Collection. They are: A Fever in the Blood (1961) - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Angie Dickinson, Jack Kelly, Don Ameche, Ray Danton, Herbert Marshall The Girl He Left Behind (1956) - Tab Hunter, Natalie Wood, Jessie Royce Landis, Jim Backus, Henry Jones Jump Into Hell (1955) - Jacques Sernas, Kurt...
Read moreClassic Films archive a century of acting styles. Pick and choose among the decades of cinema and you can see the last holdovers of declamatory stage acting; camera-oriented emoting in both flamboyant (John Gilbert) and restrained (Buster Keaton) modes; the talkie era’s celebration of the vernacular; the Group Theatre era of realistic acting and the common man (John Garfield);...
Read moreGood for Gunsmoke fans. After a consistent release schedule for the previous five years for one of Paramount's flagship series', releases stopped last August to the dismay of many fans of the Western. Now, Gunsmoke - Season 10 has been announced by studio with an August 12th street date. ...
Read moreTwo more long-awaited titles from Fox's vault, both in Technicolor, have been announced this week for release as part of their Cinema Archives line. Chad Hanna (1940), a romantic drama with a circus backdrop, stars Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell and features Guy Kibbee, Jane Darwell, John Carradine; and Springtime in the Rockies (1942) a romantic musical starring Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero and featuring Charlotte...
Read moreFour Clark Gable films have been announced by Warner via their Archive Collection this week. They are: After Office Hours (1935) - Constance Bennett, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke Hell Divers (1931) - Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel, Dorothy Jordan, Marjorie Rambeau, Marie Prevost, Cliff Edwards Parnell (1937) - Myrna Loy, Edna May Oliver, Edmund Gwenn, Alan Marshal, Donald Crisp, Billie Burke
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