BRITISH VCI: Genevieve, Christopher Columbus in September

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Genevieve (1953) September 6th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99 $11.98 (Until July 30th )

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Genevieve (Blu-Ray) (1953) September 6th VCI Retail $24.99, Our: $18.99

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Christopher Columbus (1949) September 6th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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The Black Tent (1956) September 20th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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Flame in the Streets (1961) September 20th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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Four more British classics are on the way from VCI with the 1953 comedy Genevieve leading the pack. Bonus features include a 30 minute documentary as well as a photo and poster gallery.

Available in both standard definition and Blu-Ray, we're offering a 3-day special price on the standard version for only $11.98.

Also scheduled is Fredric March in Christopher Columbus; John Mills in Flame in the Streets; and Donald Sinden and Anthony Steel in The Black Tent. Bonus features are slim for these three releases.

Destry - The Complete Series in September

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Destry - The Complete Series September 6th Timeless Media Retail: 34.98, Our: $24.99

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Timeless Media has announced a September 6th release date for Destry - The Complete Series. The short-lived series starring John Gavin ran on ABC and lasted just 13 episodes in early 1964.

Retail will be $34.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $24.99. Included as a bonus feature will be a John Gavin Biography.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 6 More in Clark Gable Wave

Six new Archive releases have been posted over at WBShop and all six feature the King of Hollywood himself, Clark Gable. They are:

• Sporting Blood (1931) - Ernest Torrence, Madge Evans, Lew Cody, Marie Prevost
• Adventure (1945) - Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell and dir. Victor Fleming
• The Hucksters (1947) - Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold
• Any Number Can Play (1949) - Alexis Smith, Wendell Corey, Darryl Hickman, Audrey Totter, Frank Morgan, Mary Astor, Lewis Stone and dir. Mervyn LeRoy
• Across the Wide Missouri (1951) - Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish and dir. William A. Wellman
• Lone Star (1952) - Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Beulah Bondi, Ed Begley and dir. Vincent Sherman

These new DVDs add to the total of over 700 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

Ma and Pa Kettle - Complete Comedy Collection in September

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Ma and Pa Kettle - Complete Comedy Collection September 27th Universal Retail: 19.98, Our: $15.99

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Having previously released the first eight Kettle movies on two double-sided discs, and the last two on a single disc via the TCM Vault line, Universal Studios has now combined all ten in one set with the announcement of Ma and Pa Kettle - Complete Comedy Collection.

Set for release on September 27th, the 5-disc set (on single sided DVD-9's) will retail for 19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features are select theatrical trailers.


SYNOPSIS:
Get ready for some good old-fashioned fun with the Kettle family in the Ma & Pa Kettle Complete Comedy Collection featuring all 10 of their classic films.

After their scene-stealing roles in The Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) earned their own starring turn and a wildly popular franchise was born. The hillbilly duo have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious children. When the future comes a-callin’ in the form of modern houses, exotic locales and newfangled ideas, Ma and Pa must learn how to make the best of it with luck, pluck and a little country charm!

PARAMOUNT: Perry Mason, Gunsmoke & Bonanza in October

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Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 1 October 4th Paramount Retail $49.99, Our: $37.99

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Gunsmoke - Season 5, Vol. 1 October 11th Paramount Retail $36.99, Our: $27.99

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Bonanza - Season 2, Vol. 2 October 11th Paramount Retail $39.99, Our: $29.99

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More classic TV is on the way from Paramount as they have announced October street dates for Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 1, Gunsmoke - Season 5, Vol. 1 and Bonanza - Season 2, Vol. 2.

Bonus features for the Bonanza set will be similar to previous releases. No bonus features are expected for the other two sets.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 8 More in Musical Wave with Connie Francis

Warner has posted eight more new-to-DVD titles this week over at WBShop in a musical wave featuring Connie Francis and... Pat O'Brien?

While musicals and Connie Francis are synonymous, the genre does not come to mind when Pat O'Brien is pondered. But that's exactly what we have this week with three Connie Francis and Pat O'Brien musical-comedies respectively. They are:

Connie Francis:

• Follow the Boys (1963) - Paula Prentiss, Dany Robin, Janis Paige, Russ Tamblyn
• Looking for Love (1964) - Jim Hutton, Susan Oliver, Joby Baker, Barbara Nichols
• When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965) - Harve Presnell, Louis Armstrong, Liberace

Pat O'Brien:

• In Caliente (1935) - Dolores del Rio, Leo Carrillo, Edward Everett Horton, Glenda Farrell
• Garden of the Moon (1938) - Margaret Lindsay, John Payne, Johnnie Davis, Melville Cooper
• Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938) - Dick Powell, Priscilla Lane, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Johnnie Davis, Ronald Reagan

Also out is the all-star Two Tickets to Broadway (1951) featuring Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken, Ann Miller, Barbara Lawrence and Bob Crosby. Rounding out the week is the 1960's Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor.

NOTE: Of Connie Francis' four feature films, only Where the Boys Are had been previously released. It went out of print some time ago, but has now been brought back to life as a MOD release at WBShop.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 700 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

Laurel and Hardy - The Essential Collection in October

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Laurel and Hardy - The Essential Collection October 25th RHI Retail: 99.98, Our: $74.99

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In a breathtaking surprise, RHI Entertainment (owner of Hal Roach's library), has announced an October 25th release date for Laurel and Hardy - The Essential Collection.

More details are to come, but we do know it will be a 10-disc set with "58 of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s talking shorts and feature films, produced under legendary movie mogul Hal Roach from 1929 through 1940," most of which have long been out of print since released by Image Entertainment over a decade ago.

Retail will be $99.98, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $74.99.

PRESS RELEASE:
Celebrating the genius of the most beloved comedy team of all time, Laurel and Hardy - The Essential Collection debuts in a stunning 10-disc set on October 25, 2011 from RHI Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment. With a comedic style that defined an era and created a legacy that is still celebrated today, 58 of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy’s talking shorts and feature films, produced under legendary movie mogul Hal Roach from 1929 through 1940, are now available for the first time in the U.S. all together in one magnificent collection.

Transferred in high definition for the first time and digitally enhanced for home viewing in the finest quality available to date, the set contains favorites that have been enjoyed for generations including Helpmates, Hog Wild, Another Fine Mess, Sons of the Desert, Way Out West, and the Academy Award winning film The Music Box.

Laurel and Hardy - The Essential Collection comes housed in collectible, book-style packaging with an extensive, detailed film guide. The set also boasts over two hours of special features including exclusive, never-before-seen interviews with comedy legends Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Lewis, Tim Conway and more, who discuss the enduring impact and influence of Laurel and Hardy.

Additional features include commentaries by Laurel and Hardy aficionados, along with a virtual location map that allows viewers to take an interactive tour of the iconic places in and around Los Angeles where Laurel and Hardy filmed.

Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 1 / Gunsmoke - Season 5, Vol. 1 / Bonanza - Season 2, Vol. 2

Perry Mason - Season 6, Vol. 1, Gunsmoke - Season 5, Vol. 1, Bonanza - Season 2, Vol. 2 are all coming from Paramount this October. Stay tuned for more details.

CRITERION: Island of Lost Souls - Standard & Blu in October

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Island of Lost Souls (1932) October 25th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Island of Lost Souls (Blu-Ray) (1932) October 25th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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The wait is over. 14 years after DVD's inception, Island of Lost Souls finally makes it to the format, as well as Blu-Ray, on October 25th.

Each Criterion release will be a single disc with plenty of bonus material (below).


SYNOPSIS:
A twisted treasure from Hollywood’s pre-Code horror heyday, Island of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok adapted from H. G. Wells’s novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.

In one of his first major movie roles, Charles Laughton is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor (Richard Arlen) who finds himself trapped there. Erle C. Kenton’s touchstone of movie terror is elegantly shot by Karl Struss, features groundbreaking makeup effects that inspired generations of monster-movie artists, and costars Bela Lugosi in one his most gruesome roles.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by film historian Gregory Mank, author of Bela Lugosi and Boris
  Karloff and Hollywood’s Maddest Doctors
• New video conversation among filmmaker John Landis (An American Werewolf in
  London), Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London,
  Videodrome), and genre expert Bob Burns
• New interviews with horror film historian David J. Skal (The Monster Show: A Cultural
  History of Horror); filmmaker Richard Stanley (Hardware, original director of the ill-fated
  1996 remake of The Island of Dr. Moreau)
• New interviews with Devo founding members Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh,
  whose manifesto is rooted in themes from Island of Lost Souls
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Christine Smallwood

CRITERION: The Four Feathers - Standard & Blu in October

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The Four Feathers (1939) October 11th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Four Feathers (Blu-Ray) (1939) October 11th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Previously released by MGM in 2005, and long out of print, The Four Feathers gets the Criterion treatment on standard and Blu this October 11th. Bonus features below.



SYNOPSIS:
This spectacular Technicolor epic, directed by Zoltán Korda, is considered the finest of the many adaptations of A.E.W. Mason’s classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empire’s exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Korda’s legendary production company, London Films.

Set at the end of the nineteenth century, The Four Feathers follows the travails of a young officer (John Clements) accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers (including Ralph Richardson) and fiancée (June Duprez). Featuring music by Miklós Rózsa and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Georges Périnal, The Four Feathers is a thrilling, thunderous epic.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by film historian Charles Drazin
• New video interview with David Korda, son of director Zoltán Korda
• A Day at Denham, a short film from 1939 featuring footage of Zoltán Korda on the set
  of The Four Feathers
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow

Casper - The Complete Collection in October

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Casper - The Complete Collection (1945 - 1963) October 11th Shout! Factory Retail: $29.93, Our: $23.99

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Shout! Factory has scheduled an October 11th release date for Casper - The Complete Collection (1945 - 1963).

It will reportedly contain all 55 original theatrical shorts, plus 26 episodes specifically made for The New Casper Cartoon Show.

However, the above specs don't seem to jibe with reports that the set will be contained on 3 discs with a run time of 480 minutes. Clarification isn't likely until we get closer to the release date. Stay tuned.

Retail will be $29.93, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. Bonus features are reportedly commentaries, interviews and more.

BLU: Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) in November

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Mutiny on the Bounty (Blu-Ray) (1962) November 8th Warner Retail: 19.98, Our: $15.99

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Previously released in a standard 2-disc edition, as well as the now defunct HD-DVD format, Lewis Milestone's Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) makes its way to Blu-Ray on November 8th.

The single disc release will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features (below) will carry over from previous releases.



SYNOPSIS:
1787. HMS Bounty sets out on a journey that will take it through perilous seas to a tropical paradise... and into history as one of the most ill-fated vessels ever to sail for King and country.

Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On The Western Front) directed this color-drenched spectacular, nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture. Filmed before in 1935 and again in 1984's The Bounty, the gripping story centers on two men. Marlon Brando plays first officer Fletcher Christian as a dandy transformed into a man of action. Trevor Howard is Capt. Bligh, uncompromising in his command or his cruelty. "Fear is [my] best weapon," Bligh proclaims. But it's also the most costly, driving men to desperation and mutiny. Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith and Richard Haydn also star in this epic adventure.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Alternate Prologue and Epilogue Sequences Not Seen Theatrically
• Featurette: After The Cameras Stopped Rolling: The Journey Of The Bounty
• 4 Vintage Featurettes:
  
  • Story Of The HMS Bounty
  • Voyage Of The Bounty To St. Petersburg
  • Tour Of The Bounty
  • 1964 New York World's Fair Promo
• Theatrical Trailer

The Essential Daffy Duck in November

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The Essential Daffy Duck November 1st Warner Retail: $26.99, Our: $20.99

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More Daffy is on the way with the announcement of The Essential Daffy Duck set for release on November 1st.

Retail is $26.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $20.99. Shorts are listed below. Bonus features, if any, are unavailable.

EDITORIAL NOTE: This title will only be available for purchase as it appears the only new-to-DVD classic cartoon in this set is Daffy's debut in Porky's Duck Hunt. In addition, every title on disc 2 is modern-era Daffy.


SHORTS:

DISC 1:

• Porky’s Duck Hunt
• Daffy Duck And Egghead
• The Daffy Doc
• Plane Daffy
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
• Nasty Quacks
• Book Revue
• Duck Amuck
• Duck Dodgers In The 24th 1/2 Century
• The Scarlet Pumpernickel
• My Little Duckaroo
• A Star Is Bored
• Deduce You Say
• Ali Baba Bunny
• Robin Hood Daffy

DISC 2:

• Daffy Duck Show Opening.
• Duck Dodgers & The Return Of 24th 1/2 Century (80s Chuck Jones Short)
• The Duxorcist (Helppie Short)
• Night Of The Living Duck (80s Greg Ford)
• Duck Dodgers Jr. (Tiny Tunes Episode)
• Superior Duck (90s Chuck Jones Short)
• Attack Of The Drones (2000 Larry Doyle Short)
• Duck Dodgers Tv 22 Minute Episode

Dennis the Menace - Season 3 in October

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Dennis the Menace - Season 3 October 25th Shout! Factory Retail: $29.93, Our: $23.99

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With Season 2 still a few weeks away from streeting, Shout! Factory has announced an October 25th release date for Dennis the Menace - Season 3.

Retail will be $29.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. Bonus features, if any, are unavailable.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 5 Including Follow Me Quietly, The Threat

Warner has posted five more new-to-DVD titles this week over at WBShop in a crime/drama wave that boasts Follow Me Quietly (1949) with William Lundigan and Dorothy Patrick; and The Threat (1949) with Michael O'Shea, Virginia Grey and Charles McGraw.

Also out:

• One Minute to Zero (1952) - Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman, Charles McGraw
• The Purple Gang (1959) - Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards
• The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) - Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart

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

These new DVDs add to the total of over 650 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

Mike Hammer - The Complete Series in September

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Mike Hammer - The Complete Series September 6th A & E Home Video Retail: 89.95, Our: $64.99

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A & E Home Video has announced a September 6th release date for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer - The Complete Series.

The 12-disc set will feature all 78 episodes from the series starring Darren McGavin. Bonus features are not yet known.

Retail will be $89.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $64.99.

Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) in September - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray) (1961) September 20th Paramount Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99 $19.98 (Until July 10th )

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In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Paramount has set a September 20th release date for Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blu-Ray).

All the bonus features from the 2009 standard release will carry over -- some in HD (details below).

Retail will be $29.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. However, for 3 days only (until July 10th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $19.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
From the opening strains of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer's haunting Oscar-winning song "Moon River," you’ll once again be under the alluring spell of that madcap, carefree New York playgirl known as Holly Golighty (Audrey Hepburn) in this 24-carat romantic comedy based on Truman Capote's best-selling novella.

George Peppard is the struggling and "sponsored" young writer who finds himself swept into Holly's dizzying, delightfully unstructured lifestyle as she determinedly scours Manhattan for a suitable millionaire to marry. The sparkling special features on this Anniversary Edition DVD only add to the luster of director Black Edwards' timeless film classic. Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney co-star: Mancini won an additional Academy Award for his enthralling musical score.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by Producer Richard Shepherd
• A Golightly Gathering (HD)
• Henry Mancini: More Than Music (HD)
• Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective (HD)
• Featurettes:
  
  • The Making of a Classic
  • It's So Audrey - A Style Icon
  • Brilliance in a Blue Box
  • Audrey's Letter to Tiffany
  • Behind the Gates: The Tour
• Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)
• Galleries