Criterion has announced June street dates for Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) on both DVD and Blu-Ray. Mr. Jordan originally dropped on DVD in 2007 from Sony and marks its debut on Blu. Dr. Strangelove premiered on DVD in 2001 and Blu in 2009 from the same studio. Both Blus and the Jordan DVD will be single-disc, while Strangelove DVD is a 2-disc set. Bonus features are planned...
Read moreFox's lone Cinema Archive announcement this week is 1959's Blue Denim. New to DVD and available at ClassicFlix on April 5th, the drama stars Carol Lynley, Brandon de Wilde and Marsha Hunt. This release adds to the total of over 300 Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Read moreThree films noir titles from Kino are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in May. Making its home video debut is Arthur Ripley's The Chase (1946) starring Robert Cummings, Michele Morgan and Steve Cochran. Also making its premiere on Blu-Ray is A Kiss Before Dying (1956) with Robert Wagner. Kino's also gathering up some of their more popular noir titles for two film noir box sets. Film Noir - The Dark Side of Cinema will be ava...
Read moreKino has announced May 24th as the release date for their 5-disc presentation of the Buster Keaton Shorts Collection (1917-1923) on DVD and Blu-ray. The set contains all 19 shorts the studio originally put out on disc in 2011 as part of their original Buster Keaton Shorts Collection, as well as 13 newly debuted works Keaton created alongside director Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. Bonus content includes scene comparisons as well as an alternate Europ...
Read moreOlive Films has announced a May 24th release date for the DVD and Blu-Ray debut of the 1947 drama The Private Affairs of Bel Ami. Also arriving on the same day is 1956 Clark Gable Western The King and Four Queens premiering on Blu only, as well as John Wayne's Legend of the Lost (1957). The latter is strictly seeing a DVD rerelease under the Olive banner. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray aren't anticipated.
Read moreParamount has announced the upcoming release of Have Gun Will Travel - The Complete Series and The Untouchables - The Complete Series on DVD. This marks the first time either television show has been packaged as a complete series with the studio releasing both in various single volume sets. Both sets are for puchase only and will street on May 10th.
Read moreThe Film Detective has announced the release of the 1947 film noir The Red House on Blu-Ray on March 29th.The stellar cast includes Edward G. Robinson, Judith Anderson and Rory Calhoun. The new transfer will be an upgrade from the Film Chest release that came out in 2012.
Read moreThree new titles have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection with all three starring actress Marion Davies. The Floradora Girl (1930) - Walter Catlett, Louis John Bartels Not So Dumb (1929) - Elliott Nugent, Raymond Hackett, Franklin Pangborn Peg o' My Heart (1933) - Onslow Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton All three will be available at ClassicFli...
Read moreFour new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Included in this week's releases are two films starring Eleanor Parker. They are: Woman in White (1948) - Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Gig Young, Agnes Moorehead Lizzie (1957) - Richard Boone, Joan Blondell Also being released is the fifth and final season of Dr. Kildare (1965) and an RKO Varietie...
Read moreFlicker Alley has announced the release of Timothy's Quest (1922) on Blu-Ray. This marks the debut of the silent drama on any home video format and unlike standard Flicker releases, this is a MOD title with no bonus features. A charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding accep...
Read moreCriterion announced Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in May. In a Lonely Place receives its introduction into the Criterion Collection. It originally dropped on DVD in 2003 from Sony and marks its debut on Blu-Ray. Bonus features are below. In a Lonely Place arrives on May 10th.
Read more--ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT-- ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Doris Day and Rock Hudson Comedies Arrive on Blu in April...
Read moreSony's Columbia Classics debuts the Richard Crane football drama Triple Threat (1948) on DVD for the first time. Triple Threat will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 23rd. This new DVD adds to the total of over 250 Columbia Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Read moreFive titles will be making their DVD debut in the upcoming Cary Grant: The Vault Collection being released by Universal on April 19th. This six-disc set features 18 of Grant's films made between 1932-1936 with five titles bowing on digital format for the first time: Madame Butterfly (1932), The Woman Accused (1933), Ladies Should Listen (1934), Enter Madame (1935) and Gambling Ship (1933) - while t...
Read moreLove is in the air as Universal announces April 19th for the release of the Doris Day and Rock Hudson Romantic Comedies Collection on Blu-Ray. The three disc set will include Pillow Talk (1959), Lover Come Back (1962) and Send Me No Flowers (1964). Both Lover and Send Me are making their debut on Blu while Pillow Talk previously came out in conjunction with Universal's centennial in 2012....
Read moreParamount announced the arrival of The Beverly Hillbillies - Season 1 on DVD April 26th. The studio has titled this release the 'official' first season so as to distinguish the set from the many public domain releases of the popular rural comedy's first season. Paramount released Season Two in 2008, Season Three in 2009 and Season Four in 2014.
Read moreFive new releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. The Big Sleep (1946) and Key Largo (1948), the legendary films noirs starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall arrive on Blu-Ray for the first time. The Big Sleep will include the little-seen 1945 prerelease version of the film as a bonus feature. Also included in this week's releases are two films starring the beautiful Hedy Lamarr. They are: ...
Read moreOlive has announced the debut of Cy Endfield's Try and Get Me! (also known as The Sound of Fury) on both DVD and Blu-Ray in April. The 1950 film noir boasts a diverse cast that includes Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson and Lloyd Bridges. Try and Get Me! will be available April 19th.
Read moreSix new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection in addition to the release of Alfred Hitchcock's I Confess (1953) on Blu-Ray. The predominent theme this week is war dramas and action/adventure films. They are: The Angel Wore Red (1960) - Ava Gardner, Dirk Bogarde, Joseph Cotten, Vittorio De Sica The Angry Hills (1959) - Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Elisabeth Muller ...
Read moreFive new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the long-awaited William Wyler drama These Three (1936). Also included in this week's releases are two films starring Dana Andrews. They are: Edge of Doom (1950) - Farley Granger, Joan Evans My Foolish Heart (1949) - Susan Hayward, Kent Smith, Jessie Royce Landis And being rereleased through Archive a...
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