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  • TIMELESS: Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre - Season 2 in September

    Timeless Media has announced Zane Grey Theatre - Season 2 for release on September 30th. A perfect fit for Timeless Media and their TV Western dominance, the anthology series has been in DVD limbo since VCI released Season 1 back in 2009. But with its popularity with classic Western fans, not to mention great guest stars, subsequent seasons were not likely to remain unavailable indefinitely. The 4-disc set will contain all of the ...

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  • Classics 101: A Primer on Serials Part I

    Difficult for us to appreciate these days, but once upon a time, there was a movie theatre in most every neighborhood and the films changed three times a week; you could go to the same theatre on Monday, Thursday and Saturday and see a completely different show, with a feature, newsreel, cartoon and various entertaining or educational short subjects. As a way of keeping audiences coming back (“I loved tonight’s Louise Fazenda movie but that Lupino Lane picture th...

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  • TV Time: Timeless Media Hidden Gems

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: Norma Shearer in Last of Mrs. Cheyney & Her Cardboard Lover

    Norma Shearer gets the spotlight this week from Warner's Archive Collection as they have announced The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) with Basil Rathbone and her final film Her Cardboard Lover (1942) with Robert Taylor, George Sanders, Frank McHugh and directed by George Cukor. Both are new to DVD will be available here at ClassicFlix on April 29th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusi...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: William Wyler's The Gay Deception (1935)

    William Wyler's The Gay Deception (1935) is the sole classic release this week from Fox's Cinema Archives line. The romantic comedy stars Francis Lederer, Frances Dee, Benita Hume and Alan Mowbray and will be available here at ClassicFlix on April 22nd. This DVD adds to the total of over 200 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • The Girl Next Door: Jeanne Crain

    Jeanne Crain was the quintessential girl next door, a teenager who became a star overnight and went on to a long and successful career while also parenting a large family off the screen. Crain was born in the California desert town of Barstow on May 25, 1925.  Her family later moved to Los Angeles, where legend has it she was spotted by Orson Welles while she was on an RKO studio tour.  He had her tested for The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)...

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  • WARNER ARCHIVE: 5 in Richard Dix Wave

    Five Richard Dix films have been announced by Warner via their Archive Collection this week. They are: Ace of Aces (1933) - Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Bellamy His Greatest Gamble (1934) - Dorothy Wilson, Bruce Cabot Men Against the Sky (1940) - Kent Taylor, Edmund Lowe, Wendy Barrie, Granville Bates, Grant Withers The Public Defender (1...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: I'd Climb the Highest Mountain, Cardinal Richelieu

    Fox, via their Cinema Archives line, has announced two new releases this week: I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951) - Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Lynn Bari, Ruth Donnelly, Kathleen Lockhart, Alexander Knox Cardinal Richelieu (1935) - George Arliss, Maureen O'Sullivan, Edward Arnold, Cesar Romero, ...

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  • WARNER: Ball of Fire, Dead End, Little Foxes & Time Machine Blu

    Warner has scheduled July release dates for 3 Goldwyn classics previously released by MGM, but long since out of print: Ball of Fire (1941), Dead End (1937) and The Little Foxes (1941). Each will retail for 4.98. And making its Blu bow in the same month will be the Sci-Fi classic The Time Machine (1960). Retail for it will be 9.98.  Artwork and bonus feature...

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  • The Old Corral: Guy Madison Profile

    If Guy Madison (1922-1996) had done nothing but star in the hugely successful syndicated TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951-58), he’d have made his mark on 50s popular culture. But Western fans know Madison rode tall in theaters, too. He made some excellent medium-budget Westerns, which are under-represented on DVD. Born Robert Mo...

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