Wagon Train - Season 3, The Virginian - Season 4 in May

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Wagon Train - The Complete Third Season May 17th Timeless Media Group Retail $79.99, Our: $59.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Virginian - The Complete Fourth Season May 17th Timeless Media Group Retail $79.99, Our: $59.99

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More great T.V. Westerns from Timeless Media Group as they have announced a May 17th release date for both Wagon Train - The Complete Third Season and The Virginian - The Complete Fourth Season.

Each 10-disc set will come in a collectible tin and retail for $79.99, but they'll be available at ClassicFlix.com for only $59.99. Bonus features, if any, are not yet known.

VCI: Tennessee's Partner (Widescreen) Scheduled for April

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Tennessee's Partner (1955) April 19th VCI Retail: 14.99, Our: $12.99

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Previously released by VCI with a full screen aspect ratio, Tennessee's Partner (1955) is now set for release on April 19th in the original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.

It will retail for $14.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $12.99.


SYNOPSIS:
An intriguing friendship forged between high-stakes gambler Tennessee (John Payne) and quick draw Cowpoke (Ronald Reagan) is tested when temptress gold-digger Goldie (Colleen Gray) bewitches Cowpoke into marrying him. Meanwhile, Tennessee has been maintaining an uneasy relationship with the Duchess (Rhonda Fleming), Madame of a Gambling establishment which serves as a smokescreen to the bordello she operates. In the end, Cowpoke proves to be true-blue when Tennessee is framed on a false rap. Based on a story by Bret Harte.

BONUS FEATURE:

• Theatrical Trailer

VCI: Three 1950's British Comedies Including Simon and Laura

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Simon and Laura (1955) April 19th VCI Retail 19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

To Paris with Love (1955) April 19th VCI Retail 19.99, Our: $15.99

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Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) April 19th VCI Retail 14.99, Our: $12.99

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VCI has announced an April 19th release date for three 1950's British comedies.

Simon and Laura (1955)
Sparky farce involving Peter Finch and Kay Kendall, a married acting couple whose TV image contradicts their violent off-screen battles.

To Paris with Love (1955)
A romantic comedy charting the amorous adventures of a father (Alec Guinness) and son in Paris and how the plans they secretly make for each other’s dalliance go astray.

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
On marrying the boss’s daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law’s advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by.

Bonus features are not expected.

The Manchurian Candidate (Blu-Ray)

Currently an exclusive to Best Buy, we've acquired some copies of The Manchurian Candidate (Blu-Ray) for rental.

For those wishing to purchase from us, Best Buy exclusives usually expand to general release a few months after they've had it so we'll have it available for sale once it does.

VCI: Romeo and Juliet (1954) Standard & Blu in April

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Romeo and Juliet (1954) April 26th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Romeo and Juliet (Blu-Ray) (1954) April 26th VCI Retail $24.99, Our: $19.99

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The 1954 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet starring Laurence Harvey is coming to DVD in both standard & Blu-Ray on April 26th. No word on bonus features from VCI.

Grand Prix (Blu-Ray) in May

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Grand Prix (Blu-Ray) May 24th Warner Retail: 19.98, Our: $15.99

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Warner has announced Grand Prix (Blu-Ray) (1966) for release on May 24th.

Previously released in a standard 2-disc special edition and on HD-DVD, the single disc Blu-Ray will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features will carry over from the standard release.

SYNOPSIS:
Nine races. One champion. James Garner, Yves Montand, Brian Bedford and Antonio Sabàto portray Formula I drivers competing to be the best in this slam-you-into-the-driver's seat tale of speed, spectacle and intertwined personal lives. Eva Marie Saint and Toshiro Mifune also star.

John Frankenheimer (who 32 years later would again stomp the pedal to the metal for the car chases of Ronin) directs this winner of 3 Academy Awards, crafting split-screen images to capture the overlapping drama and orchestrating you-are-there POV camerawork to intensify the hard-driving thrills. Nearly 30 top drivers take part in the excitement, so buckle up, movie fans. Race with the best to the head of the pack.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Four Making-of Documentaries
  
  • Pushing the Limit: The Making of Grand Prix
  • Flat Out: Formula One in the Sixties
  • The Style and Sound of Speed
  • Brands Hatch: Chasing the Checkered Flag
• Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer

WARNER ARCHIVE: McCrea, Robert Taylor & Tim Holt Part of New 8

Eight more Archive titles have been posted over at WBShop with Joel McCrea, Robert Taylor & Tim Holt making up most of them.

Joel McCrea:

• Stars in My Crown (1950) - Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, Alan Hale, Lewis Stone
• The Outriders (1950) - Arlene Dahl, Barry Sullivan, Claude Jarman Jr., James Whitmore

Robert Taylor:

• Ambush (1950) - John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor, Jean Hagen
• Ride, Vaquero! (1953) - Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Kurt Kasznar

Tim Holt:

• Tim Holt Western Classics Collection, Vol. 1 - TEN TITLES ON 5 DVDs
  
  • Renegade Ranger (1938)
  • Law West of Tombstone (1938)
  • Along the Rio Grande (1941)
  • Bandit Trail (1941)
  • Robbers of the Range (1941)
  • Dude Cowboy (1941)
  • Come on Danger (1942)
  • Bandit Ranger (1942)
  • Pirates of the Prairie (1942)
  • Fighting Frontier (1943)

The Rest:

• Destination Murder (1950) - Joyce Mackenzie, Stanley Clements, Hurd Hatfield, Albert Dekker
• Experiment Alcatraz (1950) - John Howard, Joan Dixon, Walter Kingsford, Lynne Carter, Robert Shayne
• The Tattooed Stranger (1950) - John Miles, Patricia Barry, Frank Tweddell, Jim Boles

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to exactly 614.

All 8 titles can also be found HERE in the Recent Additions section.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

UNIVERSAL VAULT: It Ain't Hay, McHale's Navy

Dormant for a year now, Universal has restarted their Vault Series by adding It Ain't Hay (1943) and McHale's Navy (1964) over at Amazon.

It Ain't Hay was formally only available in Abbott and Costello - The Complete Universal Pictures Collection and McHale's Navy (the movie) has never been released on DVD.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix... and nowhere else!

The Greatest Story Ever Told (Blu-Ray) in March

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The Greatest Story Ever Told (Blu-Ray) March 29th MGM Retail: 19.98, Our: $15.99

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MGM has announced The Greatest Story Ever Told (Blu-Ray) for release on March 29th.

It will retail for $19.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features are listed below.


SYNOPSIS:
Lavishly produced at a cost of $20 million -- an enormous amount for the time -- and honored with five 1965 Academy Award nominations, this exceptional motion picture is exquisitely beautiful. Now fully restored to its original theatrical brilliance with intermission and overture, it is truly The Greatest Story Every Told.

"A soaring achievement" (Associated Press), this glorious epic is an inspiring, grand scale recreation of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, from His humble birth and teachings to His crucifixion and ultimate Resurrection.

BONUS FEATURES:

• He Walks in Beauty Documentary
• Filmmaker Documentary
• Deleted Scene
• Theatrical Trailer

WARNER: Night Flight in June

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Night Flight (1933) June 7th Warner Retail: 19.98, Our: $14.99

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Warner has announced the all-star cast Night Flight for release on June 7th.

The 1933 film stars John Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Montgomery and Myrna Loy and will be on a pressed disc for general release (not MOD).

It will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99. Bonus features aren't forthcoming.

KINO: Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2 in April

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Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2: 1908 - 1916 April 19th Kino Retail $79.95, Our: $59.99

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Kino has announced an April 19th release date for Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2: 1908 - 1916.

The follow-up to Gaumont Treasures: 1897 - 1913 released in 2009, this 3-disc set will have a run time of over 600 minutes and will include bonus features (below).

It will retail for $79.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $59.99.



SYNOPSIS:
During its second decade of existence, the Gaumont Film Company continued to prove itself an indomitable force in cultivating and advancing the fledgling art of cinema. This second series of releases of Gaumont Treasures surveys the work of some of its most influential filmmakers. Over 600 minutes!

DISC 1 (Emile Cohl - the screen's first great animator):

• Fantasmagoria (1908)
• The Puppet's Nightmare (1908)
• The Living Fan (1909)
• Comic Mutations (1909)
• The Tweleve Labors of Hercules (1910)
• Petit Faust (1910)
• Bebe's Masterpiece (1910)
• and More!

DISC 2 (Jean Durand - who specialized in madcap comedy and American-style westerns):

• Calino Wants to Be a Cowboy (1911)
• Onesime Goes To Hell (1912)
• Onesime, Clockmaker (1912)
• Onesime Loves Animals (1913)
• Zigoto Drives a Locomotive (1912)
• The Railway of Death (1912)
• Burning Heart: An Indian Tale (1912)
• Under the Claw (1912)
• and More!

DISC 3 (Jacques Feyder & The Early Masters of French Cinema):

• Heads... And the Women Who Use Them (1916, Feyder)
• The Barges (1911, George-Andre Lacroix)
• La Marseillaise (1912, Etienne Arnaud)
• Child's Play (1913, Henri Fescourt)
• Feet and Hands (1915, Gaston Ravel)
• and More!

BONUS FEATURES:

• Jean Durand 1882-1946 - This short documentary, written by Pierre Philippe, recounts the career of filmmaker Jean Durand through photographs and clips (Disc 2)
• Phonoscenes - Three early synchronized-sound music shorts (Disc 3)
• Gaumont in Actualities - A collection of clips offering rare glimpses behind the scenes at the Gaumont Studios (Disc 3)
• Trichromie Films - Excerpts of Gaumont’s revolutionary full-color film process (1913-1919) (Disc 3)

The Cincinnati Kid (Blu-Ray) in June

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The Cincinnati Kid (Blu-Ray) June 14th Warner Retail: 19.98, Our: $14.99

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Warner has announced The Cincinnati Kid (Blu-Ray) for release on June 14th.

It will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99. Bonus features aren't forthcoming, but they will likely carry over the same ones from the standard release.

Ingrid Bergman - Swedish Film Collection in April

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Ingrid Bergman - Swedish Film Collection April 19th Kino Retail $39.95, Our: $29.99 Intermezzo (1936), A Woman's Face (1938), June Night (1940)

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Kino has announced an April 19th street date for Ingrid Bergman - Swedish Film Collection. The three-disc set features three early Bergman films in her native Sweden.

It will retail for $39.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features are not expected and titles will not be available as singles.

SYNOPSIS:
Today, Ingrid Bergman’s name is synonymous with Hollywood ’s golden age as a three-time Oscar winner and the star of such classics as Casablanca , Gaslight and Notorious. However, before she became a Hollywood legend, Bergman was the star of a series of Swedish films in the 1930s which are being rediscovered as a vital, if long-overlooked period in her singular career.

Intermezzo (1936)
In Intermezzo, Ingrid Bergman plays Anita Hoffman, an aspiring classical pianist who falls in love with a famed – but married – concert violinist. Their passionate affair has deep and unanticipated consequences for them both, and for Anita, it also stirs a crisis of conscience. Intermezzo brought the actress to the attention of producer David O. Selznick, who remade it in Hollywood , again starring Bergman.

A Woman's Face (1938)
In one of the most challenging roles of her early career in Sweden, Bergman plays Anna Holm, whose bitterness over a facial disfigurement leads her to become a blackmailer. However, when one of her victims turns out to be married to a renowned plastic surgeon, Anna is given the opportunity to change her life. A Woman’s Face is a daring and frequently shocking psychological drama.

June Night (1940)
Her last film before moving to Hollywood , June Night features Bergman playing a small-town woman at the center of a sensational crime. When Kerstin Norback (Bergman) is shot and gravely wounded by her lover, the trial causes a public scandal, forcing her to move to Stockholm under an assumed name. There she befriends a group of women and attempts to rebuild her life. In June Night, Bergman gives a bravura performance, prompting one critic to praise that she “establishes herself as an actress belonging to the world elite.”

WARNER ARCHIVE: 6 in Ginger Rogers Wave Including Upperworld

Six more Archive titles have been posted over at WBShop and they all feature Ginger Rogers.

They are:

• Chance at Heaven (1933) - Joel McCrea, Marian Nixon, Andy Devine
• Finishing School (1934) - Frances Dee, Billie Burke, Bruce Cabot
• Lucky Partners (1940) - Ronald Colman, Jack Carson, Spring Byington
• Primrose Path (1940) - Joel McCrea, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers
• Suicide Fleet (1931) - William Boyd, Robert Armstrong, James Gleason
• Upperworld (1934) - Warren William, Mary Astor, Andy Devine, Dickie Moore, J. Carrol Naish, Sidney Toler

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to exactly 606.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

CRITERION: The Great Dictator - Standard & Blu in May

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The Great Dictator May 24th Criterion Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Great Dictator (Blu-Ray) May 24th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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More Chaplin is on the way from Criterion as they have announced The Great Dictator in both standard & Blu-Ray for release on May 24th.

The SD release will be a 2-disc set, while the Blu-Ray will be a single disc. Bonus features are below.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New audio commentary by Charlie Chaplin historians Dan Kamin and Hooman Mehran
• The Tramp and the Dictator (2001), a documentary narrated by filmmaker Kenneth Branagh and featuring interviews with author Ray Bradbury, director Sidney Lumet, historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., screenwriter Budd Schulberg, and a host of others
• Two new visual essays, by Chaplin archivist Cecilia Cenciarelli and Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance
• On-set, color production footage shot by Chaplin’s half-brother, Sydney
• Deleted scene from Chaplin’s 1919 film Sunnyside
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wood and a 1940 article by Chaplin on the film

SONY MOD: 7 More Including You Belong to Me, Three for the Show

Sony's MOD program is continuing with seven more titles now available for rent. Of note are You Belong to Me (1941) with Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda and Three for the Show (1955) with Betty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion and Jack Lemmon.

Rounding out the wave are:

• Across the Sierras (1941) - Bill Elliott, Richard Fiske, Luana Walters
• Blind Alley (1939) - Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak, Melville Cooper
• Let's Do It Again (1953) - Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, Leon Ames
• Meet the Stewarts (1942) - William Holden, Frances Dee, Grant Mitchell, Anne Revere
• Rumble on the Docks (1948) - James Darren, Michael Granger

They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

VCI: Terry-Thomas, Diana Dors Double Features in April

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Terry Thomas Comedy Double Feature April 5th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99 Too Many Crooks (1959), Make Mine Mink (1960)

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES

Diana Dors Comedy Double Feature April 5th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99 An Alligator Named Daisy (1955), Value for Money (1957)

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More British releases are on the way from VCI as they have announced an April 5th street date for a Terry Thomas Comedy Double Feature and a Diana Dors Comedy Double Feature.

Each DVD will retail for $19.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99. Bonus features are not expected.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 4 Romantic Comedies Added

Four more Archive titles have been posted over at WBShop and they're all romantic comedies.

They are:

• Bride by Mistake (1944) - Alan Marshal, Laraine Day, Marsha Hunt, Allyn Joslyn, Edgar Buchanan
• Design for Scandal (1941) - Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold
• Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) - Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Agnes Moorehead
• Sunday in New York (1963) - Rod Taylor, Jane Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to exactly 600.
They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

The Lucy Show - Season 4 in April

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The Lucy Show - Season 4 April 26th Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount has announced The Lucy Show - Season 4 for release on April 26th.

Specs on the bonus features are not yet known, but as indicated by the cover, it looks like many of the great extras that were part of the first three seasons, will also be part of this set.

The 4-disc set will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.