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  • CRITERION: The Freshman (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) This March

    Criterion has scheduled a March 25th street date for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo of Harold Lloyd's The Freshman (1925). This hilarious Lloyd comedy will come in a 3-disc set with 1 Blu and 2 DVDs with all bonus features (below) contained on both formats. Harold Lloyd's biggest box-office hit was this silent comedy gem, featuring the befu...

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  • Funny Face, Sabrina Blu-Ray's in April

    Warner Bros. has announced an April 8th street date for Blu-Ray versions of Funny Face (1957) and Sabrina (1954). Bonus features, if any, are unknown. ...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: George White's 1935 Scandals & More

    Another strong wave of Golden Age releases are coming from Fox's Cinema Archives line including George White's 1935 Scandals starring Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks and Eleanor Powell. All four will be available at ClassicFlix on January 7th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 200 Fox Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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  • Highlights of the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention

    No one can argue that the San Diego Comic Con established an annual three-day media frenzy. Conventions have been popping up all over the country using the words 'Comic Con,' attracting a mass audience of young and old alike. Even children under the age of five show up in their super hero pajamas and Halloween costumes to participate. Sadly, the same cannot be said for film festivals and nostalgia pop culture conventions that are devoid of comic book vendors and celebrities who made an appearanc...

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  • The 300 Spartans (Blu-Ray) in February

    Announced by Fox in May, then delayed due to unspecified problems, the studio has now put The 300 Spartans (Blu-Ray) back on schedule with a February 25th street date. Bonus features (below) are minimal. Based on actual events occurring in 480 B.C. Greece. This scintillating drama stars Richard Egan as the Greek soldier Leonidas, who...

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  • OLIVE: Betty Boop, Vol. 3 & Paul Muni in Stranger on the Prowl in April

    Betty Boop keeps rolling along onto DVD & Blu-Ray courtesy of Olive Films as they have announced Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 3 for release on April 29th. Out a week earlier on April 22nd is the Paul Muni drama Stranger on the Prowl (1952). An Italian co-production, this release is the original English language version. The queen of t...

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  • CONFIRMED: Samson and Delilah (Blu-Ray) & Rawhide - Season 7

    On Monday we mentioned that Paramount had scheduled Samson and Delilah (Blu-Ray) and Season 7 of Rawhide for March releases and today we can confirm those dates along with the retail prices. Bonus features, if any, are not known, but Rawhide will be split into two separate season sets (as has been the case since season 2) with each containing 15 episodes on four discs.

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  • Mayberry RFD - Season 1 in April

    Finally making it to DVD, Warner Bros. has scheduled an April 8th street date for Mayberry R.F.D. - The Complete First Season. The much sought-after series will be on standard pressed DVDs with all 26 episodes from Season 1. Bonus features, if any, are unknown. Mayberry R.F.D. (R.F.D stands for 'Rural Free Delivery', a quaint postal d...

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  • OLIVE: Sleep, My Love, Men in War - Standard & Blu in April

    Olive has scheduled an April 15th release date for Sleep, My Love (1948) and Men in War (1957) on both DVD and Blu-Ray. This marks the DVD & Blu debut for Sleep and the Blu bow for Men in War. The great Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) directed the third and final teaming of Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche, they first ...

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  • Animation Craze: The Convoluted History of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

    Before there was a mouse in the Walt Disney house, there was a rabbit. A rather unassuming creature-black and white with a rounded, simplistic design masterminded by Disney's brilliant early animator, Ub Iwerks-the hare, dubbed Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, made his debut in theaters in 1927. Oswald's tenure as Disney's first animated star was brief; the studio produced twenty-six Oswald shorts over the course of the next year, before Disney was forced to give up ownership of the character to his dis...

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