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FLICKER BLU: Chaplin Mutuals & Sennett Collection in August

Flicker Alley has announced two releases with an August 5th street date: Chaplin Mutual Comedies (Blu-Ray / DVD) - Steelbook and The Mack Sennett Collection, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray). The Chaplin set will be a 5-disc combo pack with 3 DVDs and 2 Blu-Ray's and will come in a limited edition steelbook. The Sennett Collection will be a 3-disc Blu-Ray set only. Bonus features (below) abound.

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FOX ARCHIVES: Three Romantic Comedies

Romantic comedies are the theme for Fox's Cinema Archives line this week as they have announced: Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941) - Brenda Joyce, Bruce Edwards Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) - June Haver, Lon McCallister, Walter Brennan, Anne Revere, Natalie Wood That Other Woman (1942) - Virginia Gilmore, James Ellison, Dan Duryea, Janis Carter, Alma Kruger, Lon McCallister All three are...

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WARNER ARCHIVES: Mickey Rooney, Fay Wray and More in Wave of B's

B's, all with well-known stars and different genres, are the theme for this week's Warner Archive Collection releases. They are: A Slight Case of Larceny (1953) - Mickey Rooney, Eddie Bracken, Elaine Stewart Race Street (1948) - George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan Sky Full of Moon (1952) - Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn, Robert Burton, Elaine Stewart

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TIMELESS: The Big Valley - Season 3 -- 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

Hot off last week's release of the much anticipated and highly popular Season 2, Timeless Media Group has announced The Big Valley - Season 3 for release on July 8th. The 6-disc set will retail for 4.93 (slightly higher than Season 2, but still more than reasonable) and is available here at ClassicFlix for only 4.99. However, for three days only (until Thursday April 17th), we'll have it for the special pre-order price of

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FOX ARCHIVES: Footlight Serenade & The Pleasure Seekers

Two more this week from Fox's Cinema Archives line: Footlight Serenade (1942) - John Payne, Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jane Wyman, James Gleason, Phil Silvers The Pleasure Seekers (1964) - Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Brian Keith, Carol Lynley, Gardner McKay, Pamela Tiffin, Gene Tierney Both are available here at ClassicFlix on A...

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COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Four More in Latest Wave

A hodgepodge mix of four new-to-DVD classics are on their way from Sony's Columbia Classics line. They are: Bait (1954) - Cleo Moore, Hugo Haas, John Agar The Devil's Playground (1937) - Richard Dix, Dolores del Rio, Chester Morris, Ward Bond Lightning Guns (1950) - Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gloria Henry Too Tough to Kill (1935) - Victor Jory, Sally O'Neil, Johnny Art...

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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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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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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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FOX ARCHIVES: Dante's Inferno & 60's Biblical Epics

Dante's Inferno (1935), starring Spencer Tracy and Claire Trevor, is making it's DVD debut thanks to Fox's Cinema Archives line. Also coming are two Biblical epics: Esther and the King (1960) starring Joan Collins and Richard Egan and Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) starring Stewart Granger and Pier Angeli. While it has not been confirmed, the latter two are likely pan and scan. Due on April 8th, these ne...

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WARNER ARCHIVE: Tim Holt Western Collection, Vol. 4

A welcome announcement this week as after a long hiatus in the series (since 2011), Warners' Archive Collection will be releasing Tim Holt Western Collection, Vol. 4. The 3-disc 9-film set will be available here on April 8th and adds to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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BLU CRITERION: Hard Day's Night, All That Heaven Allows

Criterion has scheduled June street dates for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo's of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (1955). Both are making their Blu debut and come with loads of bonus features (below). Meet the Beatles! Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan Show appeara...

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Accidentally Preserved, Vol. 2

Silent film accompanist Ben Model and his label, Undercrank, recently released Accidentally Preserved, Vol. 2. This follow up to the popular Volume 1 contains 9 more rare / lost silent films and is now available for rent here at ClassicFlix.  For those wishing to purchase, it is currently only available at Amazon.

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COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Mary Astor - And So They Were Married

Three more from Sony's Columbia Classics line are on their way with Mary Astor and Melvyn Douglas highlighting this wave in And So They Were Married (1936). The romantic-comedy co-stars Edith Fellows, Jackie Moran and Donald Meek.  Also out is the WWII war-drama The Boy from Stalingrad (1943) starring Bobby Samarzich, Conrad Binyon, Mary Lou Harrington and Scotty Beckett and the Western The White Squaw (1956) s...

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KINO: Max Linder Collection, Plus Death Kiss on Blu

Kino has scheduled The Max Linder Collection with a May 27th street date. Released under their long dormant Slapstick Symposium line, the single disc set will contain the new-to-DVD The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922) as well as the previously released Seven Years Bad Luck and Be My Wife (both 1921). Coming from the label on May 13th will be the DVD & Blu-Ray release of&n...

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Cimarron Strip - The Complete Series in May

E1 Entertainment has set a May 27th street date for Cimarron Strip - The Complete Series. Strip is one of the most oft-mentioned TV Westerns requested by fans for DVD release and is one of only three 90-minute Western series that aired in the 60s. This 8-disc set contains all 23 episodes and will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 4.99. Bonus feat...

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WARNER ARCHIVE: Joan Crawford Bonanza with 5 New to DVD

Five years ago Warner Bros. introduced their Archive Collection (reported here by us). Now five years and over 1,200 classic titles later, their Archive line is still going strong. No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. They are: The Bride Wore Red (1937) - Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Billie Burke, Reginald Ow...

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