Woody Woodpecker and Friends, Vol. 2 in April

**Universal Studios** has announced an April 15th release date for The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection, Vol. 2. The three DVD set will retail for $39.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $33.99. Some of the bonus feature details are below with actual cartoon episodes and artwork to follow.

Relive all the hilarious, crazy adventures of Woody Woodpecker, everyone's favorite wacky red-headed bird. Also featuring some of the most beloved animated characters of all time!

• Includes 75 Digitally Remastered and Completely Uncut Cartoons!
• Over 8 Hours of Side-Splitting Antics!
• Loaded with Rare Vintage Bonus Features from the Walter Lantz archive.
  

CONTENTS

Disc 1:

Cartoons TBD

BONUS FEATURES:

• Creating Woody Woodpecker (Episode #2)
• Timing a Cartoon (Episode #11)
• Character Movement (Episode #12)
• Photographing Animation Cels (Episode #13)
• The Animator's Job (Episode #14)
• Using Backgrounds (Episode #15)
  

Disc 2:

Cartoons TBD

BONUS FEATURES:

• The Inking Department (Episode #17)
  
• The Painting Department (Episode #18)
  
• Drawing with Walter Lantz (Episode #20)
  
• Sound Effects in Cartoons (Episode #22)
  
• Storyboarding Woody Woodpecker (Episode #24)
  
• Creating New Characters (Episode #26)
  
• The Secret Weapon (TV Pilot Episode)
  
• Jungle Medics (TV Pilot Episode)

Disc 3:

Cartoons TBD

BONUS FEATURE:

• The Woody Woodpecker Show Episode #47

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Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory, Vol. 3 in April

**Warner Home Video** has announced an April 8th release date for Classic Musicals From The Dream Factory, Vol. 3. The 9 disc DVD set will include Hit the Deck (1955), Deep In My Heart (1954), Kismet (1955), Nancy Goes To Rio (1950), Two Weeks With Love (1950), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Born to Dance (1936) and Lady Be Good (1941). Just some of the stars include: Jane Powell, Tony Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Monty Woolley, Ann Sothern, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Jack Benny, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, and Red Skelton. The set will retail for $69.92, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $49.99. The titles will also be available as single and double features for $19.97 / $14.49 (Single Feature) and $24.98 / $18.99 (Double Feature). Cover art and details below... Hit the Deck (1955, 112 min) Hit the Deck hits all the right notes as three sailors (Tony Martin, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn) and three cuties (Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller) flirt, squabble, run afoul of shore patrol and, of course, fall in love, all to the infectious melodies of the great Vincent Youmans. The film combines many songs from the 1927 stage original, with other Youmans classics providing a non-stop cavalcade of musical delights, neatly choreographed by the legendary Hermes Pan. A rare ensemble musical, Hit The Deck gives each of its stars a chance to shine both together and alone. Highlights include Ann Miller as the seductive Lady From The Bayou, Jane Powell and Vic Damone’s romantic duet I Know That You Know, a rollicking fun-house sequence showing off the acrobatic dexterity of Debbie Reynolds and Russ Tamblyn, and Tony Martin’s heartfelt rendition of More Than You Know. The festivities are capped off by a blockbuster finale of Hallelujah which gained later renown as one of the memorable highlights of MGM’s 1974 compilation classic That’s Entertainment. Music, romance, and fun are all on deck. BONUS FEATURES: Classic M-G-M Pete Smith Specialty comedy short The Fall Guy Classic M-G-M Tex Avery cartoon Field and Stream Audio-only outtake song Sometimes I’m Happy (Powell/Damone reprise) Original Theatrical trailer Deep In My Heart (1954, 132 min) The life and career of celebrated composer Sigmund Romberg served as the basis for Deep in My Heart, the last of M-G-M’s all-star musical ‘bio-pics’. The irrepressible Jose Ferrer (then at the height of his success after acclaimed performances in Moulin Rouge and Cyrano de Bergerac) gives a winning performance as the legendary Romberg, supported by lovely Merle Oberon and the charming Metropolitan Opera legend Helen Traubel (making her film debut). Directed by Stanley Donen (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers), the film’s real drawing card is a dazzling array of Metro musical talents performing more than 20 Romberg melodies drawn from the prolific composer’s catalog of over 2000 songs. Highlights include Gene Kelly’s only on-screen appearance with his younger brother Fred, who happily hoof and romp in the I Love to Go Swimmin’ with Wimmen number; Jane Powell and Vic Damone’s enchanting duet from Maytime; Ann Miller’s jazz-age Charleston send-up of Elinor Glyn called “It”; and Ferrer’s on-screen duet with his then-wife, the beguiling Rosemary Clooney, who appropriately sing “Mr. and Mrs.”. However, the film’s most arresting and unforgettable sequence is a breath-taking pas-de-deux called One Alone, which features a dance sequence between Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell that somehow flew over the heads of the screen censors of the era. The dance between these two masterful artists brims with a subtle-but-unmistakable eroticism (all through implication) that continues to surprise audiences, even by today’s standards. This DVD release marks the first home-video presentation of Deep In My Heart in its original widescreen aspect ratio. BONUS FEATURES: Oscar-nominated musical short The Strauss Fantasy Classic cartoon Farm of Tomorrow Outtake musical numbers Dance, My Darlings (Traubel) and Girlies of the Cabaret (George Murphy and Esther Williams) Theatrical trailer Kismet (1955, 113 min) Edward Knoblock’s play Kismet had already been the basis of four different films (the earliest being from 1914), M-G-M producer Arthur Freed dusted off the chestnut once more when the studio bought the rights to the 1953 smash Broadway musical version. Songwriters George Wright and Chet Forrest built a gorgeous score around the themes and melodies of Alexander Borodin, and snared three hit records in the process. The songs Stranger in Paradise, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, as well as And This is My Beloved, all became huge popular hits. Kismet turned the Broadway stage into a glittering, gleaming Arabian Nights’ dream. It was ideal material, in fact, for the dream factory and director Vincente Minnelli. This lavish musical follows one fateful, fabulous day as a beggar-poet (Howard Keel) and his daughter (Ann Blyth) cross paths with a wicked wazir (played with wit by Sebastian “Mr. French” Cabot) a sly temptress (the amazing Dolores Grey), and a handsome prince (sung with beguiling style by Vic Damone). Kismet is a magical journey, filled with opulent sets and exotic adventure. BONUS FEATURES: Oscar-nominated CInemaScope short The Battle of Gettysburg Classic cartoon The First Bad Man 2 excerpts from The MGM Parade TV Series Complete version of partially-censored musical number Rahadlakum Audio-only bonus: Outtake Song Rhymes Have I Theatrical trailers of both the 1944 and 1955 Kismet Nancy Goes To Rio (1950, 99 min) / Two Weeks With Love (1950, 92 min) - DOUBLE FEATURE Nancy Goes to Rio – and fun comes along! A colorful backlot Rio is the setting for a comic tale of personal and professional mix-ups as aspiring actress Nancy (Jane Powell) and her Broadway-veteran mother (Ann Sothern) seek the same stage role. Adding to the Brazilian flair is Carmen Miranda in her zany-hatted performance glory. Powell’s sunny charm and bright soprano are again on display when she and Debbie Reynolds turn a 1900s Catskills vacation into Two Weeks with Love. Powell hopes to catch the eye of suave Ricardo Montalban by wearing a form-fitting corset undergarment. Reynolds reels in affable Carleton Carpenter for a legendary Aba Daba Honeymoon showstopper. Speaking of legends, Busby Berkeley provides the musical stagings. BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1 Nancy Goes To Rio Oscar-nominated Pete Smith Specialty comedy short Wrong Way Butch Classic cartoon The Peachy Cobbler Theatrical trailer DISC 2 Two Weeks With Love TCM special Reel Memories with Jane Powel, hosted by Robert Osbornel Vintage short Screen Actors Classic cartoon Garden Gopher Theatrical trailer Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935, 101 min) / Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937, 110 min) - DOUBLE FEATURE When young Eleanor Powell stepped in front of the movie camera for a little star turn in George White Scandals of 1935, no one could have accurately predicted she’d soon become a huge star, whose incomparable dancing skills made her an audience darling all over the world. Broadway Melody of 1936 instantly established Powell as a big-screen star. Here, she taps the spangled ebullience of Broadway Rhythm, while 15-year-old Judy Garland sings a smitten Dear Mr. Gable to a portrait of Hollywood’s King in Broadway Melody of 1938 and both actresses achieve career breakthroughs. In the Oscar®-winning 1936 romp, Powell plays an Albany girl-next-door who poses as France’s and Broadway’s exotic La Belle Arlette. The 1938 tale has her portraying a horse trainer who’s just as much at ease in taps and tuxedo as she is in riding boots and jodhpurs. Judy steps lively, too, joining Buddy Ebsen for Everybody Sing. These star-making Melodies are merry musicals for every classic fan’s collection. BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1 Broadway Melody of 1936 Vintage short Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Classic cartoon To Spring Audio-only bonus: Leo Is on the Air radio promo Theatrical trailer DISC 2 Broadway Melody of 1938 Oscar-winning short That Mothers Might Live Classic cartoon Pipe Dreams Audio-only bonuses: Outtake Songs Yours and Mine Your Broadway and My Broadway Sun Showers Feelin’ like a Million test recording Good News of 1938 radio program Leo Is on the Air radio promo Theatrical trailer Born to Dance (1936, 105 min) / Lady Be Good (1941, 111 min) - DOUBLE FEATURE Eleanor Powell’s the girl, James Stewart’s the guy and Cole Porter’s the tunesmith in Born to Dance, a break-a-leg tale of an understudy turned Broadway star that includes Powell taking command of a battleship for Swingin’ the Jinx Away. Her radiant appeal and astonishing tap-dancing skills energize the screen again when she plays friend and matchmaker to two struggling songwriters (Robert Young, Ann Sothern) in Lady Be Good. Highlights include Powell’s astonishing Fascinating Rhythm hoofing and Sothern’s poignant rendition of the World War II evergreen and Oscar®-winning Best Song The Last Time I Saw Paris. BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1 Born to Dance Vintage short Hollywood: The Second Step Oscar-nominated cartoon The Old Mill Pond Audio-only bonus: Hollywood Hotel Radio program Theatrical trailer DISC 2 Lady Be Good Vintage Fitzpatrick Travel Talks short Glimpses of Florida Oscar-nominated cartoon The Rookie Bear Audio-only bonuses: Outtake song I Love to Dance Leo Is on the Air radio promo Theatrical trailer

Route 66 - Season 1, Vol. 2 in February - 5 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

**Infinity Entertainment Group** has announced a February 5th release date for Route 66 - Season 1, Vol. 2. The four DVD set will contain the last 15 episodes from season one and will retail for $29.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. However, for 5 days only (until December 16th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $16.99. More details to follow.

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The Untouchables - Season 2, Vol. 1 in March

**Paramount Home Video** has announced a March 18th release date for The Untouchables - Season 2, Vol. 1. The four DVD set will retail for $38.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99.

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Fox Film Noir - Wave 8 in March - 5 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

Months after **20th Century Fox** let word out that Fox Film Noir - Wave 8 would be coming, we finally have a solid date and the specs. And while the perpetually doomed release of Boomerang (1947) will not be part of this wave, Daisy Kenyon (1947), Dangerous Crossing (1953) and Black Widow (1954) are set for March 11th. Each DVD will retail for $14.98, but are available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. However, for 5 days only (until December 16th), we'll have each title for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $9.49. Details below.

Daisy Kenyon (1947)
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) is a lovelorn commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with two men ─ one she loves but cannot have and one who’s love she cannot return. While in an emotionally draining love affair with married attorney Dan O’Mara (Dana Andrews), who refuses to leave his wife, she meets returning army sergeant Peter Lapham (Henry Fonda) ─ a decent and gentle man ─ who instantly falls in love with her. Although she carries a torch for Dan, she knows Peter will give her the secure life she desires and she agrees to marry him. But when Dan divorces his wife, Daisy is suddenly torn between her obligations…and her passions.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by Film Noir historian, Foster Hirsch
• From Journeyman to Artist: Otto Preminger at Twentieth Century Fox featurette
• Life in the Shadows: The Making of Daisy Kenyon
• Poster, still, and behind the scenes galleries
• Interactive pressbook
• Theatrical trailer

Dangerous Crossing (1953)
Ruth Bowman (Jeanne Crain) is a new bride glowing with delight as she and her charming new husband John (Carl Betz), set sail on the S.S. Monrovia for a transatlantic honeymoon. But when John inexplicably vanishes, Ruth discovers that no one on the ship has any record of his existence! As she slips into hysteria, Ruth has to prove that her marriage ─ and John’s existence ─ is not just her own delusion. The ship’s physician, Dr. Paul Manning (Michael Rennie), might be the only person onboard who can save Ruth from a terrifying predicament.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by film historian, Aubrey Solomon
• Peril at Sea: Charting a Dangerous Crossing
• Poster, still, and behind the scenes galleries
• Interactive pressbook
• Theatrical trailer

Black Widow (1954)
Nancy Ordway (Peggy Ann Garner) is an aspiring writer hoping to make it big in New York at the expense of everyone around her, including Broadway producer Peter Denver (Van Heflin), who reluctantly lets her use his apartment to work during the day. And when Peter’s wife Iris (Gene Tierney) comes home from a trip to find Nancy dead in the bathroom, the assigned detective, Lt. Bruce (George Raft), soon realizes this assumed suicide is more likely a murder. Everyone Ordway knew is suddenly suspect while a series of flashbacks reveal that she was weaving her own plan to climb the social ladder…

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by film noir historian, Alan K. Rode
• Ginger Rogers at Twentieth Century Fox featurette
• Gene Tierney: Final Curtain for a Noir Icon featurette
• Poster, still, and behind the scenes galleries
• Interactive pressbook
• Theatrical trailer

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ARTWORK UPDATE: MGM Epics

--Artwork added to previous announcement-- **MGM** has announced a March 25th release date for Solomon and Sheba (1959), Taras Bulba (1962) & Kings of the Sun (1963). Each DVD will retail for $19.98, but are available at Classicflix.com for only $14.99. Yul Brynner stars in all three with other stars being Tony Curtis, George Sanders George Chakiris, Richard Basehart & Gina Lollobrigida.

McHale's Navy - Season 3 in March

**The Shout Factory** has announced a March 18th release date for Mchale's Navy - Season Three. It will retail for $44.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. More details to follow.

Solomon and Sheba, Taras Bulba & Kings of the Sun in March

**MGM** has announced a March 25th release date for Solomon and Sheba (1959), Taras Bulba (1962) & Kings of the Sun (1963). Each DVD will retail for $19.98, but are available at Classicflix.com for only $14.99. Yul Brynner stars in all three with other stars being Tony Curtis, George Sanders George Chakiris, Richard Basehart & Gina Lollobrigida. More details to follow...

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Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3 in March

**Warner Home Video** has announced an March 25th release date for Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3. The 6 disc DVD set will include Smart Money (1931), Picture Snatcher (1933), Lady Killer (1933), Mayor of Hell (1933), Black Legion (1937) and, likely the jewel of the set, Brother Orchid (1940). The set will retail for $59.92, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $44.99. Individual titles will retail for $19.97, and are available at Classicflix for $14.49. Details Below. NOTE: If you're wondering why this is Volume 3 because you only recall Volume One being released in 2005, it's because Warner re-named last years Tough Guys Collection as Volume 2. Smart Money (1931) Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney were teamed up for the only time in their careers in Smart Money. Robinson has the larger part of a small-town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler. He travels to the Big City carrying ten grand from backers at home with his younger brother (Cagney), who comes along as his bodyguard. Unfortunately Robinson has a weakness for beautiful blondes, which means trouble with a capital T. Watch closely in the first reel for an unbilled appearance by Boris Karloff as a dope pusher. Smart Money was Oscar® nominated for Best Original Screenplay. BONUS FEATURES: Theatrical trailer: Other Men’s Women Two WB shorts: George Jessel and His Art Choir and The Smart Set-Up WB cartoon: Big Man From the North Picture Snatcher (1933) James Cagney portrays Danny Kean, a gangster looking to reform himself -- after a stretch behind bars -- with a new career as a tabloid newspaper photographer. He’s also fallen for Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis), the daughter of the cop who put him away (Robert Emmett O'Connor). Dad is less than impressed with Kean’s new career and none too happy about his daughter’s budding relationship. Danny and his editor (Ralph Bellamy) may be selling papers, but is Danny able to sell Dad? Some of the photographs featured in the movie were recreated from sensational images of a 1928 electrocution that were printed in the New York Daily News. BONUS FEATURES: Vintage theatrical trailer: I Loved A Woman Classic WB short: Plane Crazy WB cartoon: Wake Up The Gypsy In Me Lady Killer (1933) In one of his more comedic efforts, Cagney plays Dan Quigley, a former con artist who goes to Hollywood to hide out and ends up becoming a star. Making it in show business may have its perks, but it also puts him in the spotlight and in jeopardy of being recognized by the thugs he ran away from. By turns, Lady Killer is a filmmaking spoof, a crime thriller and a character study. With Cagney’s vitality out front, it’s definitely greater than the sum of its parts. The likable cast includes Mae Clarke, his co-star from Public Enemy (part of the first Warner Bros. Gangster Collection) and the recipient of the famous grapefruit. BONUS FEATURES: Two exclusive WB shorts: The Camera Speaks and Kissing Time Original theatrical trailer WB cartoon: The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives Mayor of Hell (1933) Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith (Frank Darro), are sent to the State Reformatory, ruled with an iron fist by a callous warden. Soon, Patsy Gargan (James Cagney) - a former gangster - arrives, having been appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy (Madge Evans) and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to reform the reformatory and institute some formerly ignored basic Roosevelt-era principles, like humane treatment and democracy. BONUS FEATURES: Four exclusive theatrical trailers: The Kennel Murder Case, The Mayor of Hell, Crime School, and Hell’s Kitchen WB Short: The Audition WB Cartoon: The Organ Grinder Black Legion (1937) Factory worker Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart in one of his early starring roles) believes that he has missed out on a deserved promotion when it is instead given to a Polish immigrant. Angry and looking for a scapegoat, he is an ideal mark for the Black Legion, an underground “Pro American” group that wants to get rid of immigrants and racial minorities through violent means. Frank joins, and with his new friends, he dons black robes and drives the Polish family from their home. His aim achieved, Frank gets his job, but soon the Legion begins to take up more of his time and money, and turns his character darker and darker. Co-starring Ann Sheridan, Black Legion was inspired by a real case and was nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay. BONUS FEATURES: Theatrical trailer: The Perfect Specimen Two WB shorts: Hi De Ho and Under Southern Stars Authentic newsreel WB short: Porky and Gabby Brother Orchid (1940) Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart made five films together and Brother Orchid is the only one in which neither is killed! In this gangster comedy, Little John Sarto (Robinson), returns from Europe where he was hoping to find some “class” and finds his old mob has been taken over by Jack Buck (Bogart). Barely escaping an attempt on his life by the new regime, Sarto takes refuge in the monastery of the “Little Brothers of the Flower,” pretending he’s interested in becoming a monk so that the Brothers will let him stay while he plots his revenge. However, the kindness of the monks gradually changes him and he resolves to turn over a new leaf and reject his violent past. BONUS FEATURES: Theatrical trailer: It All Came True WB short: Henry Busse and His Orchestra Two exclusive WB cartoons: Busy Bakers and Slap Happy Pappy

The Wild, Wild West - Fourth and Final Season in March

**Paramount Home Video** has announced a March 18th release date for The Wild Wild West - The Complete Fourth Season. The 6 DVD set of the final season will retail for $49.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $35.99.

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Lubitsch Musicals - Eclipse Series 8 in February

**Criterion** has announced a February 12th release date for Lubitsch Musicals - Criterion Eclipse Series 8. The 4-Disc DVD set will retail for $59.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $43.99. The titles are The Love Parade (1929), (1930), Monte CarloThe Smiling Lieutenant (1931) and One Hour With You (1932). Consistent with Criterion's Eclipse line, it will contain no bonus features and will only be sold as a boxed set. Stars include Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Charles Ruggles, Lionel Belmore, Jack Buchanan, Zasu Pitts, Genevieve Tobin and Roland Young. More details below.

Not only the man who refined Hollywood comedy with such masterpieces as Trouble in Paradise, The Shop Around the Corner, and To Be or Not to Be, Ernst Lubitsch also helped invent the modern movie musical. With the advent of sound and audiences clamoring for "talkies," Lubitsch combined his love of European operettas and his mastery of film to create this entirely new genre. These elegant, bawdy films, made before strict enforcement of the Hays morality code, feature some of the greatest stars of early Hollywood (Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins), as well as that elusive style of comedy that would thereafter be known as "the Lubitsch touch."

The Love Parade (1929)
Ernst Lubitsch’s first "talking picture" was also Hollywood's first movie musical to integrate songs with narrative. Additionally, The Love Parade made stars out of toast-of-Paris Maurice Chevalier and girl-from-Philly Jeanette MacDonald, cast as a womanizing military attaché and the man-hungry queen of "Sylvania." With its naughty innuendo and satiric romance, The Love Parade opened the door for a decade of witty screen battles of the sexes.

Monte Carlo (1930)
Jeanette MacDonald's independent-minded countess leaves her foppish prince fiance at the altar, and whisks herself away to the Riviera. There, she strikes the fancy of the sly Count Rudolph (Broadway crossover Jack Buchanan), who poses as a hairdresser to get into her boudoir. Lubitsch's follow-up to The Love Parade shows even more musical invention, and presents MacDonald at her haughty best.

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)
Maurice Chevalier's randy Viennese lieutenant is enamored of Claudette Colbert's freethinking, all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. Yet complications ensue when the repressed princess of the fictional kingdom of Flausenthurm, played by newcomer Miriam Hopkins, sets her sights on him. The Smiling Lieutenant is a delightful showcase for its rising female stars, who are never more charming than when Colbert tunefully instructs Hopkins, "Jazz Up Your Lingerie.

One Hour With You (1932)
Lubitsch reunites Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, this time as a seemingly blissful couple whose marriage hits the skids when her flirtatious school chum comes on to her husband a bit too strong. Necking in the park at nighttime, husbands and wives having casual dalliances, and a butler telling his master, "I did so want to see you in tights!": it's one of Lubitsch's sauciest escapades and his final pre-Code musical.

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ARTWORK UPDATE: Charlie Chan, Vol. 4

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**Fox** has announced a February 12th release date for Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 4. The set will include the first four Sidney Toler Chan adventures: Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) & City in Darkness (1939). Among the co-stars are Lynn Bari, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Sen Yung, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Donald MacBride, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, George Zucco & Marc Lawrence. The 4 DVD set will be sold only as a complete set and will retail for $49.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99.

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The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 2 in February

**Paramount Home Video** has announced a February 26th release date for The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 2. The 4 DVD set will contain the second half of Season 1 which had a total of 30 episodes. Retail is $36.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $27.99.

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Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 2 in March - 5 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

**Warner Home Video** has announced a March 4th release date for Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2. The set will include the The Divorcee (1930), A Free Soul (1931), Three on a Match (1932), Female (1933), Night Nurse (1931) and an all new documentary Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood. Among the stars are Norma Shearer, Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Leslie Howard, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery, Warren William, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Humphrey Bogart & James Gleason. The 3 DVD set will be sold only as a complete set and will retail for $49.92, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99. However, for 5 days only, we'll have it for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $33.99. Details below.

On March 4, Warner Home Video (WHV) will introduce a second group of sassy and taboo films from Hollywood’s Pre-Production Code era with the DVD debut of TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood Volume 2. Following the success of last year’s Volume 1, this new 3-disc collection will contain five pre-code sizzlers, with some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. Disc One spotlights Norma Shearer in her Best Actress Oscar®-winning role as The Divorcee and again in A Free Soul; with Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. Disc Two features Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak in Three on a Match paired with the Michael Curtiz-directed comedy Female starring Ruth Chatterton as a no-nonsense CEO. Disc Three features William Wellman’s powerful drama Night Nurse, which stars Barbara Stanwyck with a very young Clark Gable, along with the new documentary feature Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood. The film provides fascinating insight into the American psyche of late 1920s and early 1930s, illustrating why, more than seventy years later, the so-called “Pre-Code” movies remain among the most vital and provocative films ever made.

DISC 1

The Divorcee (1930, 82 min)
Based on Ursula Parrott’s spicy 1929 novel “Ex-wife,” the highly controversial The Divorcee was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture. Norma Shearer won for Best Actress as a woman who confronts the hypocrisy of the double standard after catching her husband in a compromising position and forcing him to confess his infidelities. Her solution to the problem: try to match him tryst for tryst.

A Free Soul (1931, 91 min)
In A Free Soul, Lionel Barrymore captured an Oscar for his portrayal of a brilliant alcoholic lawyer Stephen Ashe, who successfully defends dashing gangster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) on a murder charge only to find that his headstrong daughter, Jan (Norma Shearer), has fallen in love with his client. Jan, a fun-loving socialite seeking freedom from her blue-blood upbringing, is only too eager to dump her aristocratic boyfriend (Leslie Howard) for the no-good gangster. She runs away from her childhood home to become Ace's mistress, embarking on a series of seedy adventures in New York's underbelly. Desperate to save his daughter's tainted reputation, Stephen finds her and makes her a deal: He'll stop drinking if she'll stop seeing Ace. The thrilling conclusion might just tear them apart forever. Shearer and director Clarence Brown also received nominations for their work in this powerful and moving film.

BONUS FEATURE:

• The Divorcee commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta

DISC 2

Three on a Match (1932, 63 min)
The gangster melodrama, Three on a Match, stars Bette Davis, Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak as a trio of school chums – Mary, Ruth and Vivian – meeting for a reunion ten years after high school. Director Mervyn LeRoy crams much plot into the 64 minute run time following each of the women’s lives. Mary is now a chorus girl after a stint in reform school; level-headed Ruth has a job as a secretary; and sexy Vivian is on the verge of deserting her wealthy husband Henry Kirkwood and their baby in favor of a glamorous gangster. The film is also noteworthy for the number of future stars making brief appearances, such as Lyle Talbot, Edward Arnold and, in his first gangster role, Humphrey Bogart as “The Mug.”

Female (1933, 60 min)
In director Michael Curtiz's romantic comedy Female, Ruth Chatterton plays Alison Drake, the iron-fisted president of a motorcar company. Alison oversees the daily operations of her male employees with a predatory gaze and frequently exercises her right to engage with them in any way she deems fit. She meets her match in an equally strong-minded new employee, Jim Thorne (George Brent), and the two engage in a smoldering, contentious, sexually charged duel. The action of the film--one of the first to depict a female character turning a man's world to her advantage--feeds on the novelty of presenting a woman as a corporate shark and bedroom hound. Though it's obvious the filmmakers thought they were creating a scenario that would never actually happen, Alison's world-smashing exploits make the bulk of the film (before she begins to question her nontraditional lifestyle) a protofeminist romp. Brent and Chatterton were married at the time they made the film, and the natural chemistry between them is abundantly evident. Curtiz packs the screen with extravagant set design and period detail.

BONUS FEATURE:

• Theatrical trailers

DISC 3

Night Nurse (1931, 72 min)
William Wellman's Night Nurse is a sassy, unsentimental comedy about a private pediatric nurse named Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) who, after applying as an apprentice in a family home, discovers there is a plot afoot to starve her two rich, fat, young charges to death. The culprit is the family’s chauffeur, Nick (Clark Gable), a villain who plans to marry the kids' dissolute mother and make off with their trust fund. It then is up to Hart, her wisecracking nurse friend Maloney (Joan Blondell), and her bootlegger beau Mortie (Ben Lyon) to save them. Director Wellman keeps the jokes humming along with the peril.

This never-before seen documentary, Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood examines the unique collision of events that resulted in one of the most dynamic – and delicious periods in Hollywood history -- a fascinating mix of scandal, big business and social history.

BONUS FEATURES

• Night Nurse commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta
• Night Nurse theatrical trailer

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Charlie Chan, Vol. 4 in February - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

**Fox** has announced a February 12th release date for Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 4. The set will include the first four Sidney Toler Chan adventures: Charlie Chan in HonoluluCharlie Chan in Reno (1939), Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939) & City in Darkness (1939). Among the co-stars are Lynn Bari, Lon Chaney Jr., Victor Sen Yung, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Donald MacBride, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, George Zucco & Marc Lawrence. The 4 DVD set will be sold only as a complete set and will retail for $49.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $37.99. However, for 3 days only, we'll have it for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $33.99. Artwork and Bonus Features details to follow... (1938),

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101 Dalmatians (Platinum Edition) in March

**Walt Disney Home Entertainment** has announced a March 4th release date for 101 Dalmatians (Platinum Edition). The 2-Disc DVD set will retail for $29.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $21.99. As with previous Platinum releases there will be loads of extras as well as a new digital restoration. And if it's anything like last years release of the restored Peter Pan (Platinum Edition), it will be brilliant! Details below...

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For the first time in nearly a decade, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment unleashes 101 of the world’s most famous dogs when Walt Disney’s original dog classic, 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition comes to DVD March 4, 2008 for a limited time only.

101 Dalmatians is the true Disney Dog classic, considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative Disney animated films. This all-new two-disc Platinum Edition is a must-own for fans big and small, featuring beloved characters Pongo, Perdita, and their 99 puppies, as well as one of Disney’s most deliciously evil villains of all time – Cruella De Vil (ranked on American Film Institute’s Best Villains of All Time List).

101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition is brilliantly restored with enhanced picture and sound and includes all-new, never-before-seen bonus features that will have fans of all ages howling with delight: An all-new interactive ”Virtual Dalmatian” game with over 101 possibilities to adopt, train and care for your very own virtual puppy, deleted songs, behind-the-scenes featurettes, an in-depth look at the personal correspondence between Walt Disney and Dodie Smith, (author of the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians), and much more.

One of the most cherished and sought-after Disney classics of all time, 101 Dalmatians is among the last films to bear the personal touch of Walt Disney. This original classic is available for a limited time only before it returns to the Disney vault.

When Pongo and Perdita, a pair of adorable Dalmatians play Cupid for their human pets, wedding bells soon ring! In a short time, the dogs become the proud parents of 15 winsome puppies, but their happiness is short-lived. The wicked Cruella De Vil wants to buy the all puppies—to make a coat! When her dastardly offer is turned down, she orders her bumbling henchmen Horace and Jasper to abscond with the puppies as well as every other Dalmatian puppy in London. Pongo and Perdita must rally a network of animals across England with the “twilight bark” to help find Cruella's secret hideaway and rescue 99 precious puppies.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Disney’s Virtual Dalmatians - Adopt, name, train and care for your very own virtual puppy where there are over 101 possibilities.
• Puppy Profiler - Find out which dog you’re most like!
• 101 Pop-Up Trivia Facts For The Family & Collector - Discover 202 amazing things You Never Knew about the movie as you watch it – with 101 pop up facts for the family and 101 for the collector
• All-New “Cruella De Vil” Music Video - The classic song “Cruella De Vil” gets a contemporary twist when multitalented teen Disney Channel star Selena Gomez performs the song in a brand new video!
• Redefining The Line: The Making Of 101 Dalmatians - 101 Dalmatians is considered by critics to be one of the best and most innovative Disney animated films. Go behind the scenes with its creators to find out about everything - including the technological innovation of the Xerox process in animation.
• Cruella De Vil: Drawn To Be Bad - Inspired by flamboyant actress Tallulah Bankhead, Cruella De Vil has become a villain that movie fans love to hate. Marc Davis, an animation legend and one of Disney’s immortal “Nine Old Men” reveals how this iconic character came to be.
• Sincerely Yours, Walt Disney - Experience Walt Disney and Dodie Smith’s (author of the book The Hundred and One Dalmatians) actual correspondence during the movie’s production.

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VCI Serials - White Eagle & Battling with Buffalo Bill in December

**VCI** is staying busy with two more new to DVD releases on December 4th. They are Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) with Tom Tyler and White Eagle (1941) starring Buck Jones . Each single disc release will retail for $29.99, but can be purchased here at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below.

(note: Barbara Weeks is not in this film. VCI will correct the artwork shortly)

Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931, 217 min)
Gold is discovered in a small western town and the local gambler Jim Rodney plans to seize by having the townspeople murdered or frightened away by Indians. To put his plan in motion, Rodney has an Indian woman murdered and steals the horses. When “Buffalo Bill” Cody and the US Cavalry appear things get a bit tricky. Rodney then goes to the second plan to have himself elected as town marshal. Of course, the election is rigged and Cody then takes on the task of bringing Rodney to justice – while still fighting off the attacks by the Indians. 12 Chapters of Thrilling Suspense!

BONUS FEATURES:

• Trailers
• Cowboy Montage Video

White Eagle (1941, 290 min)
After the young boy’s father, a US army officer, is killed in an Indian raid, he becomes White Eagle – being raised by Indians. White Eagle believes that the Indians and white settlers can live together and works to see that happen. However, a gang leader who has his own reasons for not wanting that peaceful union sets out to stir up as much trouble between them as possible. 15 Chapters of fighting for love and honor!

BONUS FEATURES:

• Trailers
• Cowboy Montage Video

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VCI Honors 150th Anniversary of Lourdes with 2 DVDs in December

**VCI** has announced a December 4th release date of two DVDs to honor the 150th Anniversary of the first apparition at Lourdes. They are: Loretta Young's The Road to Lourdes and Other Miracles of Faith & Bernadette of Lourdes. Each DVD will retail for $14.99, but are available at Classicflix.com for $10.99. Details below:

Loretta Young's The Road to Lourdes and Other Miracles of Faith - Contains four episodes from her TV show.

The Road to Lourdes (1959)
Loretta Young stars as a spoiled American in Paris diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. During a drive to Spain she makes a surprise visit to Lourdes, through the eyes of a local boy she meets along the road, she comes to understand the pure faith of those who line up to bathe in the healing waters of the popular religious shrine and discovers that miracles really do happen. Filmed entirely in France in 1959, the inspirational film was an episode of the Emmy Award winning series The Loretta Young Show.

Also included are three special episodes from The Loretta Young Show:

Three, and Two Please A.K.A. Sister Ann's Christmas (Original air date: 12-16-56)
Loretta Young portrays Sister Ann, head nurse in a busy hospital who works hard to make this a merry Christmas for two of her more difficult patients - a crotchety old man played by Vaughn Taylor, and a small boy, Eugene Martin, who is in despair over the bicycle nobody can afford to buy him for Christmas.

Sister Ann (Original air date: 1-11-59)
When Sister Ann (Loretta Young) decides to contribute her tiny fortune to a building fund for Mercy Hospital, her contribution goes to much more than just building an additional hospital floor.

Faith, Hope and Mr. Flaherty (Original air date: 5-08-60)
In this episode, Sister Ann makes an investment with money that isn’t hers. When Mrs. Flaherty, a patient at Mercy Hospital, gives the nun five dollars for the hospital building fund Sister Ann invests the sum in another way. Her investment reaps big returns, but it also brings big problems with it. J. M. Kerrigan plays Mrs. Flaherty.

BONUS FEATURES:

• The 67 cures at Lourdes recognized as miracles by the Church
• The Prayer of Bernadette
• Christopher Lewis, Loretta Young's son, interview on the making of the Road to Lourdes
• Linda Lewis, Loretta Young's daughter-in-law, on the continuing miracles of the Road to Lourdes
• Classic TV Commercials.
• Trailers

Bernadette of Lourdes (1961) - Filmed in France (English Dubbed)
Filmed adaptation of the life of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. As a 14 year old peasant girl growing up in the tiny French village of Lourdes in the 19th century, Bernadette (Daniele Ajoret) experiences visions of the Virgin Mary in a nearby grotto during February and March of 1858. Doing as instructed, Bernadette digs by a large rock, revealing a “healing spring” that is still visited today – the Lourdes.

Bernadette joined the Sisters of Charity at Nevers (1866) and remained in seclusion until her death at 35. After her death, Bernadette’s body remained “incorruptible”, and the shrine at Lourdes went on to become a major site for pilgrimage, attracting millions of Catholics each year. On December 8, 1933 she was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

BONUS FEATURES:

• The 67 cures at Lourdes recognized as miracles by the Church
• The Prayer of Bernadette
• Making Bernadette a Saint
• Trailers

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Postwar Kurosawa - Eclipse Series 7 in January

**Criterion** has announced a January 15th release date for Postwar Kurosawa - Criterion Eclipse Series 7. The 5-Disc DVD set will retail for $69.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $49.99. Details below.

Perhaps best known for his action-packed samurai classics, Akira Kurosawa began his career by delving into the state of his nation immediately following World War II, with visual poetry and direct emotion. Amid Japan’s economic collapse, moral waywardness, and American occupation, Kurosawa managed to find humor and redemption existing alongside despair and anxiety. In these five films, which range from the whimsically Capraesque to the icily Dostoyevskian, from political epics to courtroom potboilers, Kurosawa established both the artistic range and social acuity that would inform his entire career.

No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
In Akira Kurosawa's first film after the end of World War II, Japanese film star (and eventual Ozu regular) Setsuko Hara gives an astonishing performance as Yukie, Kurosawa's only female protagonist and one of his strongest heroes. Transforming herself from genteel bourgeois daughter to independent social activist, Yukie journeys across a decade of tumultuous Japanese history.

One Wonderful Sunday (1947)
Akira Kurosawa examined the harsh economic truths of postwar Japan with this affectionate tribute to young love. Trying to make their meager thirty-five yen last during a Sunday trip into a war-ravaged Tokyo, Yuzo and Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. Reminiscent of Frank Capra’s social realist comedies as well as contemporaneous Italian neorealist films, One Wonderful Sunday touchingly offers a bit of hope amidst misery.

Scandal (1950)
A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is construed by the tabloid press as a torrid affair. When Ichiro files a lawsuit against the incriminating gossip magazine, he hires the ethically dubious lawyer Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura)—who's playing both sides. A portrait of moral decline during Japan’s postwar reparations, Scandal is also a compelling courtroom drama and a tale of human redemption.

The Idiot (1951)
After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring—and problem-plagued—productions of his career. The Idiot, adapted faithfully from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century masterpiece about a wayward, pure soul's reintegration into society, yet updated to capture Japan’s postwar aimlessness, was a victim of studio interference and, finally, public indifference. Today, Kurosawa's onetime "folly" looks ever more fascinating, a stylish, otherworldly evocation of one man’s wintry mindscape.

I Live in Fear (1955)
Both the final film in which Kurosawa would so directly wrestle with the demons of the second world war and his most literal representation of living in an atomic age, Akira Kurosawa’s galvanizing I Live in Fear presents Toshiro Mifune as an elderly, stubborn businessman so fearful of a nuclear attack that he vows to move his reluctant family to South America. With this mournful film, the director depicts a society emerging from the shadows but still terrorized by memories of the past and anxieties of the future.

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Tammy Triolgy, Portrait in Black & Madame X in February

After a lackluster release schedule for the second half of 2007, **Universal** is off to a decent start with their February 5th releases. In addition to the previously posted Imitation of Life (Special Edition), they've also announced the release of two other 2 disc sets: The Tammy Trilogy & Portrait in Black / Madame X. Details below...

The Tammy Trilogy inlcudes Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), Tammy Tell Me True (1961) and Tammy and the Doctor (1963) on 2 DVDs. BONUS FEATURES: Trailers. Retail: $19.98, Ours: $14.99.

Portrait in Black / Madame X includes Portrait in Black (1961) & Madame X (1966) on 2 DVDs. BONUS FEATURES: Trailers. Retail: $14.98, Ours: $10.99.

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Imitation of Life - Special Edition in February

**Universal** has announced a February 5th release date for Imitation of Life - Special Edition. Both the 1934 and 1959 version have been previously released on a double feature single disc DVD, but this 2-Disc DVD set tops the previous release by adding commentaries, a featurette and trailers. The set will retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below.

Imitation Of Life (1934, 111 min)
In this Academy Award-nominated Best Picture, Claudette Colbert and Louse Beavers are superb as two women with young daughters who build a fortune together. But success doesn't save them from sorrow with the passing years.
Delilah's light-skinned teenager rejects her mother and her race, while Bea must choose between the man she loves and the daughter who loves him, too. Now all of them will pay the price of love in this spellbinding classic.

Imitation Of Life (1959, 125 min)
Lana Turner heads the outstanding cast with Juanita Moore in the second screen version of this emotionally-charged story about two widows and their troubled daughters.
Lora's search for success causes her to neglect her daughter, while Annie's daughter rejects her culture by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living out an emotionally troubled existence.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Feature Commentary with Film Historian/Scholar
• Lasting Legacy - An Imitation of Life
• Theatrical Trailers

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El Cid in January

**The Weinstein Company** has announced a January 29th release date for El Cid (Deluxe Edition). The 2-Disc DVD set will retail for $24.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Also being released is El Cid (Limited Collector’s Edition) which is reported to have the film and all the special features of the Deluxe Edition, but will also contain a book. Retail will be $39.92, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $27.99. More details to follow.

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Pioneers Of Television from PBS in January

**PBS Home Video** has announced a January 29th release date for Pioneers Of Television. The DVD will retail for $24.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $16.99. Details below:

Pioneers Of Television comes in the wake of Steve Boettcher’s Pioneers Of Primetime special — one of the top-rated television shows for PBS in 2005 — which chronicled a select few of television’s comedic trailblazers from vaudeville to the golden age of television.

Pioneers Of Television continues the tradition, featuring new interviews with nearly 100 entertainers from television’s rich heritage. Nearly every living star from television’s early days has been interviewed, including: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Art Linkletter, Andy Griffith, Betty White, Phyllis Diller, Jim Nabors, Marlo Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Andy Williams, Ed McMahon, Bob Barker, Tommy Smothers and many more.

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Harry Langdon Collection - Lost and Found in December

**All Day Entertainment** has announced a December 26th release date for The Harry Langdon Collection - Lost and Found. The 4-Disc DVD set will retail for $39.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. Details below:

Silent comedy pioneer Mack Sennett considered Harry Langdon the best comedian he'd ever seen--and Sennett worked with Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Roscoe Arbuckle, and W.C. Fields!

For a time in the 1920s, audiences agreed with Sennett: Langdon was the screen's most popular comedian next to Chaplin. He directly influenced (and wrote for) Laurel and Hardy; he launched the career of Frank "It's a Wonderful Life" Capra, and he made funny movies--weird, wonderful, sometimes perplexing funny movies.

This multi-disc DVD set collects most of his work at Sennett's studio. Digitally remastered from original negatives and archival preservation material, this essential collection also features new restorations of several previously "lost" films.

The presentations are accompanied by original musical scores, audio commentaries by silent film historians, rare clips, and a documentary featurette covering Langdon's career.

DISC 1

Picking Peaches Feb 3, 1924 • 21:30
Source material from Richard M. Roberts. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Richard M. Roberts.

Smile Please March 2, 1924 • 18:32
Source material from Lobster Films and Film Preservation Associates. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, and Robert Arkus.

His New Mamma June 22, 1924 • 15:15
Partial restoration using source material from Getty Images, Lobster Films, and David Kalat. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, Robert Arkus, and David Kalat.

The First 100 Years Aug 17, 1924 • 13:19
Partial restoration using source material from Lobster Films. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Wayne Powers and David Kalat.

Luck o' the Foolish Sept 14, 1924 • 21:13
Source material from Lobster Films and Jack Roth, special thanks to Ulrich Ruedel. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by Wayne Powers and David Kalat.

The Hansom Cabman Oct 12, 1924 • 19:25
Source material from Lobster Films. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by David Kalat.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Horace Greely, Jr. June 9, 1925 • 1:42
  • Filmed in 1923 for Principal Pictures, presented here as a fragment. Music by Andrew Simpson. Audio commentary by Jules White (archival recording)
• The Funny Manns episode 4 • 9:28
  • This 1961 syndicated TV series adapts HIS NEW MAMMA for a new audience.
• The Funny Manns episode 68 • 9:19
  • This 1961 syndicated TV series adapts LUCK O’ THE FOOLISH.
• Catalina, Here I Come April 17, 1927 • 17:21
  • One of a series of faux-Langdon comedies starring Eddie Quillan made after Langdon left the studio. Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Denis Malloy.

DISC 2

All Night Long Nov 9, 1924 • 19:29
Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Phil Carluzzo. Commentary by Richard M. Roberts.

Feet of Mud Dec 7, 1924 • 17:34
Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Phil Carluzzo. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, and Robert Arkus.

The Sea Squawk Jan 4, 1925 • 18:42
Source material from Lobster Films. Piano score in 1920s style. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, and Robert Arkus.

Boobs in the Wood Feb 1, 1925 • 19:52
Source material from Film Preservation Associates and Wayne Powers. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by Richard M. Roberts.

His Marriage Wow Mar 1, 1925 • 20:39
Source material from David Kalat. Music by Ben Redwine. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, and Robert Arkus.

Plain Clothes March 29, 1925 • 15:47
Source material from Ed Watz. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Ed Watz.

Remember When April 26, 1925 • 19:04
Source material from Film Preservation Associates and David Kalat. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by David Kalat.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Lost and Found 12:12
  • A one-reel Comedy Capers digest version of REMEMBER WHEN
• Photo Gallery

DISC 3

Lucky Stars Aug 16, 1925 • 21:24
Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Ken Gordon.

Saturday Afternoon Jan 31, 1926 • 27:12
Source material from Film Preservation Associates and David Kalat. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by Ken Gordon.

Fiddlesticks April 1, 1926 • 19:55
Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Maurice Saylor. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, Robert Arkus and David Kalat.

Soldier Man May 1, 1926 • 31:13
Originally filmed as a 4-reel feature, eventually released after Langdon left Sennett in the 3 reel version shown here. Source material from Film Preservation Associates. Music by Andrew Simpson. Commentary by Ken Gordon.

His First Flame May 3, 1927 • 44:36
The first feature Harry Langdon made, but not released until after LONG PANTS. New restored version by Harold Casselton and David Kalat from source material provided by the Larson-Casselton Collection. Music by Franklin Stover. Commentary by David Kalat.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Saturday Afternoon
  
  • One reel Pathegrams condensation of Langdon's best known short
    
• Heart Trouble
  
  • PDF reprint of original presskit, for viewing in a DVD-ROM drive

DISC 4

Knight Duty May 7, 1933 • 21:03
Source material from Lobster Films and David Kalat. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton, and Robert Arkus.

Hooks and Jabs Aug 25, 1933 • 18:31
Source material from David Kalat. Commentary by Hooman Mehran and David Kalat, with archival audio of Mrs. Eunice Dent and Nell O’Day provided by Ed Watz.

Love, Honor and Obey (the Law) 1935 • 21:31
Harry Langdon and Monte Collins in a 1935 industrial film intended to promote Goodrich Tires. Source material from Ralph Celentano and David Kalat. Commentary by Ben Model, Steve Massa, Bruce Lawton and Robert Arkus.

Lost and Found
An original feature length documentary on the life and films of Harry Langdon featuring various rare clips, photographs, and interviews with film historians.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Hal Roach Announcement June 1929 • 7:12
  • Never screened for the public, this rare short introduces Langdon as the newest “All-Star” on the Lot of Fun. Source material provided by Alan Boyd
• Voice of Hollywood 1930 • 9:00
  • Harry Langdon speaks on screen for the first time publicly.
• Hollywood on Parade episode 4 • 7:57
  • Langdon contributes a brief cameo in this star-studded short.
• Home Movies circa 1936 • 6:14
  • Harry relaxes at home with wife Mable and son Harry Jr. Source material provided by Paul E. Gierucki
• Fashions of 1942 1942 • 2:39
  • Harry Langdon sings!

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