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  • OLIVE: Shack Out on 101 in September

    Olive Films continues to impress with its brisk release schedule as they have announced the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Shack Out on 101 (1955). Olive is certainly picking up the slack of some of the major studios which have virtually non-existent output, or have pushed out their catalog on MOD without remastering and/or the proper aspect ratio. This release, as with all of Olive's recent releases, is newly remastered and is in the original 1.78:1 aspect ratio.

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  • Silent Cinema: Who Invented the Movies?

    Trying to say definitively who invented the movies is a little like trying to say who invented fire—the records are sketchy, everybody who knows for certain is dead, and what evidence that does remain comes largely from the self-serving accounts of Thomas Edison's patent lawyers. And where do you start, which is to say, what was the first indispensable step toward what we now think of as motion pictures? If I knew his name, I'd say it was the first caveman who thought to entertain h...

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  • FOX ARCHIVES: No Highway in the Sky, Sweet and Low-Down, Ramona & More

    Four more previously unreleased titles are coming from Fox's Cinema Archives line on August 20th. They are: April Love (1957) - Pat Boone, Shirley Jones No Highway in the Sky (1951) - James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Glynis Johns, Jack Hawkins Ramona (1936) - Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Kent Taylor, Pauline Frederick, Jane Darwell, Katherine DeMille, V...

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  • TIMELESS: Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 3 in August

    More Gene Autry from Timeless Media as they have announced The Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 3 for release on August 13th. All four titles (above) are making their DVD debut and unlike the previous volumes, bonus features are not expected. The 2-disc set will retail for 6.97, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 3.99.

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  • TIMELESS: More Rare Television

    More rarely seen (or even heard of) offerings are coming from Timeless Media as they have announced Harbor Command - The Complete Series and Mackenzie's Raiders - The Complete Series for release. Harbor Command stars Wendell Corey and contains all 39 episodes from the series. Mackenzie's Raiders stars Richard Carlson and ran for 38 episodes, however, the 'Complete Series,' as noted by the cover, does not include the l...

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  • OLIVE: Americano & Fighting Kentuckian, DVD & Blu in September

    Two more from Olive are scheduled for September 24th: The Americano (1955) and The Fighting Kentuckian (1949). Both will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray with this being Americano's debut on both. ...

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  • Animation Craze: The Roots of American Animation - 1900 - 1940

    Animation, as a cinematic medium, does not begin and end with Walt Disney. He did not create the concept; truth be told, on his own merits, he was not even all that great of an artist. Instead, what Disney had was vision—the vision that animated cartoons could be something greater than mere novelty. He was not the only person to have this idea; since the very beginnings of film, there had been men and women intrigued by the possibilities presented by this new innovation. But unlike most of his p...

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  • Tyrone Power: One of the Best

    Tyrone Power was one of the greatest stars of the classic film era. His spectacularly good looks were such that at times it's overlooked that he was also a fine actor whose skills grew more impressive with the passage of time. He was highly effective starring in everything from swashbucklers and Westerns to musicals and romantic comedies to film noir and costume dramas. His early death at the age of 44 was a great loss to all who love the movies. Power has always been my favorite acto...

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  • Pre-Code Obsession: Introduction to Pre-Code Cinema

    Gangsters wielding sharp suits and even sharper grins. Tommy guns and Model As roaring through dark city nights. Ladies in slinky dresses, a dozen diamond bracelets dripping from their arms. Dancing girls, incorrigible cads and man-made monsters. These characters all walked the streets of the pre-Code era, roughly four years of American cinema made during talkie era, before the implementation of what was known as the Production Code. Though always technically subject to restriction and censorshi...

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  • From Here to Eternity (Blu-Ray) in October

    Sony has announced an October 1st release date for From Here to Eternity (Blu-Ray). Although not promoted as such, the studio has timed this Blu release of 1953's Oscar winner for best picture to coincide with its 60th anniversary. Most of the bonus features from the DVD release will carry over. ------------------------------- In this landmark film, passion and tragedy collide on a milit...

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