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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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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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OLIVE: Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 2 in September

With Volume 1 still four weeks away from release, Olive has announced the DVD and Blu-Ray release of Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 2. The new collection will contain 12 shorts (below) which are making their DVD & Blu debuts and have been re-mastered in HD from 4K scans of the original negatives and finegrains.

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The Fly (Blu-Ray) in September

Fox has set a September 10th release date for The Fly (Blu-Ray). Released on DVD in 2007 in a special 4-disc set that included the two sequels and a bonus disc, this HD upgrade of the 1958 film includes most of the previous bonus features from that set (below). Experimental scientist Andre Delambre (Davi...

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WARNER ARCHIVE: Sugarfoot - Season 1

Sugarfoot - Season 1 is this week's Warner Archive Collection release. The Will Hutchins series, based on The Boy from Oklahoma (1954) starring Will Rogers Jr., alternated weekly with Cheyenne and featured numerous guest stars as noted in the synopsis below.. This release adds to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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CRITERION: The Uninvited, I Married a Witch in October

Two of our members most requested films have been announced by Criterion on DVD and Blu-Ray: I Married a Witch (1942) and The Uninvited (1944). Both are making their DVD and Blu debuts and come with minimal bonus features (below). Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural s...

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Bishop's Wife, Best Years of our Lives (Blu-Ray) in November

Warner has announced a November 5th release date for two of their most prestigious Goldwyn holdings: The Bishop's Wife (Blu-Ray) and The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-Ray). Each will retail for 9.98, but will be available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99.

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OLIVE: The Atomic City (Blu-Ray) in September

Olive has scheduled a September 17th release date for The Atomic City (Blu-Ray). The 1952 thriller stars Gene Barry and was previously released on DVD by Olive in 2011. Nuclear physicist Frank Addison (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds) and his wife are living every parent's worst nightmare: their son Tommy (Lee Aaker, TV's ...

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WARNER ARCHIVE: Andy Hardy, Vol. 2

Warner has announced the concluding volume of the complete Andy Hardy series collection with the scheduled release of The Andy Hardy Collection, Vol. 2. The 5-disc set, 10-film set will be available here on August 6th and adds to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

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OLIVE: Escape from Zahrain (Blu-Ray)

More from Olive as they have announced a September 17th release date for Escape from Zahrain (Blu-Ray). In a strife-torn Arab state, fanatical loyalists of a nationalist leader (Yul Brynner) attack a police van transporting him to prison and aid his escape into the deadly Arabian Desert. Escaping with him are fellow death row prison...

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House of Wax (Blu-Ray) Plus 3D Version in October

Warner has announced an October 1st release date for House of Wax (Blu-Ray) 3D. The 2-disc set will feature a standard Blu-Ray and a 3D Blu-Ray. The former will be available for rent, while the latter is only available in the set when purchased. Bonus features are not yet known and no word on whether a DVD release is forthcoming....

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UNIVERSAL HORROR: First Tier Coming in Wave 2

For studios, timing is everything. When Universal announced their first wave of horror titles on Blu in March (released on June 4th), many were surprised they didn't lead with the top tier in their horror library. Some suspected that they were waiting for Halloween to release Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein and Bride of to bolster sales -- and it looks like they were right as the studio has announced a September 17th for the Blu-Ray de...

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OLIVE: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, Flat Top - DVD & Blu in August

Two titles previously released by Republic, and long out of print, have been added to Olive's August 27th slate: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) and Flat Top (1952). Both will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

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FOX: A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray) in September

Fox has set a September 17th release date for A Letter to Three Wives (Blu-Ray). Released on DVD in 2005, this HD upgrade includes all the previous bonus features (below). Fox is also releasing a repackaged DVD version the same day. As three women head off on a boating trip with a group of children, they receive a letter written ...

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KINO: The Devil Bat (Blu-Ray) in September

Kino has set a September 17th release date for The Devil Bat (Blu-Ray). Included as a bonus feature is audio commentary by Richard Harland Smith (film historian and TCM columnist). It will retail for 4.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 9.99. SYNOPSIS: After brilliant scientist Dr. Paul Carruthers (Bela Lugosi) develops an ingenious product for a cosmetics company, he is cheated out of...

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Stalag 17 (Blu-Ray) in October

Warner keeps their Paramount acquired titles coming as they have announced an October 8th release date for Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 (Blu-Ray). Retail will be 9.98, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 5.99. Bonus features should carry over from the previously released DVD, but confirmation is not forthcoming. -------------------------------------------- Two worthy Academy Awar...

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CRITERION: 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman

Criterion has announced 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini Starring Ingrid Bergman for release on DVD and Blu-Ray this September 24th. The sets are listed as four and five discs respectively, and will have numerous bonus features as well as a booklet. Details below. In the late 1940s, the incandescent Hollywood star Ingrid Bergma...

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