Fox has announced a November 9th release date for The Elia Kazan Collection. The 18-disc set will feature 15 films with 5 new-to-DVD (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Viva Zapata!, Man on a Tightrope, Wild River, and America, America.) The other 10 make up films already released by Fox, Warner and Sony. The collection will also include a collector's booklet and the documentary, A Letter to Elia. Also, we've confirmed with ...
Read morePreviously released several times in a standard version, The Bridge on the River Kwai now gets Blu treatment as Sony has scheduled a November 2nd release date for a Blu-Ray / DVD combo pack Collector's Edition. Most of the bonus features (below) will carry over from the previous standard Limited Edition, with three new features exclusive to the Blu-Ray disc. Retail will be 4.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only
Read morePreviously released by Legend Films in a standard version, March of the Wooden Soldiers (A.K.A. Babes in Toyland) now has a Blu-Ray release scheduled for September 14th. Like the standard edition, it will have both black and white and colorized versions. Bonus features are not forthcoming, however it's likely it will carry over all the bonus features from the standard edition. Retail will be 2.99, but it is available at...
Read moreMore Bing is on the way as Infinity Entertainment has announced a November 9th release date for Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 2. The set features four complete Christmas-themed episodes on two discs. Bonus features are not yet known, but will hopefully be as plentiful and rare as those featured in Volume 1. Guest stars include Bob Hope, Mary Martin, Robert Goulet, Terry-Thomas and Mary Costa. This marks th...
Read moreFox has announced a November 2nd street date for two different releases of The Sound of Music (Blu-Ray) - 45th Anniversary Edition. Details below. The Sound of Music (Blu-Ray) - 45th Anniversary Edition: DISC 1: Audio Commentaries with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plumm...
Read moreKino has announced a November16th release date for a double feature of Sherlock Jr. and Three Ages to be released in both a Standard Ultimate Edition and Blu-Ray. Both titles have been previously released, but this marks the first time either has made it to Blu-Ray. Bonus features, which are many, are below.
Read moreLong expected, Sony has announced a November 2nd release date for The Films of Rita Hayworth. The 5-disc set will contain five films with Tonight and Every Night, Salome and Miss Sadie Thompson being new-to-DVD. Cover Girl and Gilda have been previously released, but will likely be remastered. Bonus features (below) are typical of Sony's Collector's Choice series. Retail w...
Read moreMore Looney Tunes Super Stars sets are on the way from Warner as they have announced Foghorn Leghorn and Friends - Barnyard Bigmouth and Tweety and Sylvester - Feline Fwenzy for release on November 30th. Each set boasts 15 'new-to-DVD' cartoons, but if the list provided by Warner is accurate, then Canary Row (Tweety Set) and A Broken Leghorn (Leghorn Set) are actually re-issues from the first Golden Collection...
Read moreI'll Be Seeing You (1944), previously released by MGM and out of print like many of their titles, is getting new life from VCI as they have set a November 9th release date for I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition). This Special Edition includes the rare pilot episode of The Ginger Rogers Show which never materialized. It also contains an interview with Ginger on Cinema Showcase as well as Bonus Movie Trailers. In addition, and ...
Read more-- ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT -- ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT I'll Be Seeing You (1944), previously released by MGM and out of print like many of their titles, is getting new life from VCI as they have set a November 9th release date for I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition). This Special Edition inclu...
Read moreParamount has announced The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 1 for release on November 2nd. The release, expected to be a four-disc set, will cover the first half of the fourth and final season. It will retail for 9.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 9.99. Previous releases: 08/14/2007 - The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 1 02/26/2008 - The Fugitive - Seas...
Read moreKino has announced a November 16th release date for The Complete Metropolis in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats. Previously released by Kino in 2003 in what was, at the time, it's most complete version at 124 minutes, this new edition boasts 25 minutes of newly found footage. Each will be a single disc release and feature an all-new documentary on the making and restoration of the film. Details below.
Read moreParamount has announced a November 2nd street date for White Christmas (Blu-Ray). It's carries over all the bonus features from the standard edition, however, most are in HiDef. Details below. Retail will be 9.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 3.99. White Chris...
Read moreDormant for some time, MGM is releasing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Blu-Ray) on November 2nd. This 2-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack carries all of the bonus features over from the previous standard special edition, and adds a couple more (below). Retail will be 4.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 7.99.
Read morePreviously released by MGM, and rumored to come out two years ago in a special edition, Night of the Hunter has now been announced by Criterion in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats. The 2-disc sets will each come loaded with bonus features and will be released on November 16th. Details below. SYNOPSIS:...
Read moreFlicker Alley has announced an October 26th release date for Chaplin At Keystone. The four-disc set will contain all 34 (of 35) of Chaplin's Keystone films known to exist. It will also have plenty of bonus features (below), along with an extensive booklet. Retail will be 9.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only 2.99.
Read moreModern Times (1936) finds a new home at Criterion in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats. Released by Warner in 2003 in a 2-disc special edition (and now out-of-print), Chaplin's last outing as the tramp gets the Criterion treatment on November 16th. Each will be a 2-disc set and come loaded with bonus features (below).
Read more-- ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT -- ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT Continuing their Backlot series, Universal has announced a November 2nd release date for The Bing Crosby Collection (Universal Backlot) . The 3-disc set has five new to DVD titles with We're Not Dressing being...
Read moreContinuing their Backlot series, Universal has announced a November 2nd release date for The Bing Crosby Collection (Universal Backlot) . The 3-disc set has five new to DVD titles with We're Not Dressing being the lone re-release. Some of the co-stars include: W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor, Carole Lombard, Ray Milland, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Oakie, Roland Young, Regina...
Read moreFollowing up on one of the best sleeper releases of the year, Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 1, Infinity Entertainment has announced a September 28th release date for The Legendary Bing Crosby. And while this is not Volume 2 with complete shows, it will have songs, performed in their entirety, by Bing as a solo and in duets. It will retail for 9.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com...
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