Announcement - Brute Force (1947)

Coming Soon...

Sometime in April **Criterion** is releasing Brute Force (1947). Although released by Image Entertainment in 1999, the release from Criterion has been long anticipated. Further details to follow.

Announcement - "James Cagney: The Signature Collection, Purple Heart (1944) & More

Whole Lots of New Releases Coming Soon...

February 20, 2007

From **Sony**
A Man for All Seasons - SPECIAL EDITION (RE-RELEASE)

March 6, 2007


From **Kino**
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)

March 13, 2007

From **"Cinema Epoch**
Romance of the Western Chamber

March 20, 2007

From **Columbia Classics**
The Guns of Navarone - Collector's Edition 2 discs & The Caine Mutiny - Collector's Edition

March 27, 2007

From **Legend**
Gospel According to St Matthew (RE-RELEASE)


April 3, 2007

From **Image Entertainment**
Home in Wyomin' (1942)

April 10, 2007

From **Fox**
Way of Life (1955) (RE-RELEASE)


April 24, 2007

From **Warner**

The James Cagney: The Signature Collection featuring The Torrid Zone (1940), Fighting 69th (1940), The Bride Came C.O.D (1941), Captains of the Clouds (1942), The West Point Story (1950).


From **Fox**
Les Miserables (1935, 1952)
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Purple Heart (1944)
Anna Karenina (1948)- Re-Release
Sailor of the King (1953)
Man in the Middle (1964)
Fixed Bayonets (1951)
I Deal in Danger (1966)

Complete Classic Movie DVD Release List- UPDATED 01/18/2007

January 23rd, 2007

**Warner** has announced Robert Mitchum: The Signature Collection. Included in the set are:

Angel Face (1953), Macao (1952), The Yakuza (1975), Home from the Hill (1960), The Sundowners (1960) and The Good Guys & the Bad Guys (1969).

From **Criterion**
Monsters and Madmen: A boxed set of four horror/sci-fi faves from the fifties! Titles include The Haunted Strangler (a/k/a Grip of the Strangler) and Corridors of Blood (both produced in 1958 and starring Boris Karloff), First Man Into Space and The Atomic Submarine (both 1959).

Also from **Criterion**
Sanjuro
(1963) & Yojimbo (1961)

From **Sony**
Don't Knock the Rock (1956), Rock Around the Clock (1956) Double Feature and

Don't Knock the Twist (1962), Twist Around the Clock (1961) Double Feature


January 30, 2007

From
**Warner**
Band Of Angels (1957) BUY at Amazon
Madame Curie (1943) BUY at Amazon
Angels In The Outfield (1951) BUY at Amazon

From **FOX**
Move Over Darling (1963), Do Not Disturb (1965), Caprice (1967)

From **VCI**

The 1941 amateur 16mm film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's famous play Peer Gynt, featuring 17-year–old Charlton Heston in his film debut. Furthermore a young David Bradley was the director of this silent film being created for a Northwestern University project. It was filmed in the Midwest on the northern shores of Lake Michigan. (Silent)


February 6, 2007

From **Fox**
The Flicka Giftset Collection featuring the long awaited release of Green Grass of Wyoming on DVD. Flicka and Thunderhead, Son of Flicka are also in the set, but have been out on DVD for some time.

From **Universal**
The
Heiress (1949) starring Olivia de Havilland & Montgomery Clift.

Arabian Nights (1942) Starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez & Leif Erickson.

From **Sony**
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

From **Warner**
A Summer Place (1959), Miracle in the Rain (1956), The Clock (1945)

From **Image Entertainment**
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938), Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)


February 13, 2007

From **Fox**
The
Mr. Moto Collection, Vol. 2 featuring Mr. Moto's Gamble" (1938), Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning.

From **Criterion**
Green For Danger (1946) & Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Also from **Criterion**
Eight Paul Robeson films on 4 disc:
The Emperor Jones, Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist, Body And Soul, Borderline, Sanders Of The River, Jericho, The Proud Valley and Native Land.

From **Warner**
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)


February 20, 2007
From **Fox**
The
Alice Faye Collection featuring On the Avenue (1937), Lillian Russell (1940), The Gang's All Here (1943) and That Night in Rio (1941).

From **Image Entertainment**
The
Well (1950)

From **Sony**
A Man for All Seasons - SPECIAL EDITION (RE-RELEASE)

From **Criterion**
When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960), The 49th Parallel (1941) - 2 Disc Set


February 27th, 2007

Three releases from **VCI**
ALICE IN CARTOONLAND – The 35mm Collection

Description:
Walt Disney produced 57 “Alice” cartoons between 1923 and 1927. The series owed its success to both its clever special effects – cartoon characters interacting with a live young girl cleverly superimposed within the frame – and its breezy humor. The cartoons on this DVD have remarkable clarity because they were transferred direct from 35mm nitrate negatives.

ALICE SOLVES THE PUZZLE (1925)
ALICE’S EGG PLANT (1925)
ALICE’S TIN PONY (1925)
ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)
ALICE RATTLED BY RATS (1925)
ALICE IN THE JUNGLE (1925)
ALICE’S BALLOON RACE (1925)
ALICE’S ORPHAN (1925)
ALICE THE WHALER (1927)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)

Bonus:
Extra Features:
1. “Alice in Hollywood” by JB Kaufman, co-author, with Russell Merritt, of “Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney"

2. Three cartoons from the seldom seen “Life Cartoon Comedy” series, re-titled “Krazy Kid Cartoons” for their 1930 sound reissue.

3. Synopsis of each of the cartoons on the DVD with a click to play feature.

-------

The Cisco Kid Western Collection featuring The Gay Cavalier, Beauty and the Bandit, South of Monterey, Riding the California Trail, Robin Hood of Monterey & King of the Bandits.

-------

Positively No Refunds Double Feature #1 featuring The Bride and the Beast (1958) & White Gorilla (1945)

From **Facets**
Another Sky (1955)


March 6th, 2007

From **Fox**
Jesse James (1938),
Return of Frank James (1939), The True Story of Jesse James (1956).

Also from **Fox**
The Hemingway Classics Collection featuring The Sun Also Rises (1957), A Farewell to Arms [re-release] (1957), The Snows of Kilimanjaro [re-release] (1952), Under My Skin (1950), Adventures of a Young Man (1962).

**Disney** has announced the future release of Peter Pan (Platinum Edition). In addition to the animated classic, the 2-disc set will contain: "In Walt's Words," footage that of Mr. Disney himself explaining why he made Peter Pan; the 1952 featurette "The Peter Pan Story"; "You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan"; deleted songs; multi-level "Camp Never Land" set-top games.

From **Warner**
The
Literary Classics Collection featuring The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary (1949), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) and Billy Budd (1962).

From **Kino**
Quiet Flows the Don (1957)


March 13th, 2007

From **Criterion**
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Burmese Harp
(1956)

From **"Cinema Epoch**
Romance of the Western Chamber


March 20, 2007


From **Universal**
The W.C. Fields Comedy Collection vol. 2 - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Poppy, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Old Fashioned Way, You're Telling Me!

From **Criterion**
The Naked City (1948). This title had limited release on DVD from Image Entertainment in 1999 and is sure to be improved over the Image print.

From **Fox**
Michael Shayne, Private Detective Collection, Vol. 1 featuring Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942), Sleepers West (1941), Blue, White, and Perfect (1941)
.

From **Columbia Classics**
The Guns of Navarone - Collector's Edition 2 discs & The Caine Mutiny - Collector's Edition


March 27, 2007

From **Warner**
The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 featuring five new films to DVD. They are: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Dive Bomber (1941), Gentleman Jim (1942) and The Adventures of Don Juan (1949).

From **Fox**
Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Collection, Vol. 5
featuring Stand Up and Cheer (1934), Little Princess (1939), The Blue Bird (1940). Although Little Princess has been released on DVD a couple of dozen times, this is the first release from a major label.

From **Criterion**
Early Bergman, Eclipse Series 1 featuring Torment (1944), Crisis (1946), Port of Call (1948), Thirst (1949), To Joy (1949).

April 3, 2007

From **Image Entertainment**
Home in Wyomin' (1942)


April 10, 2007

From **Warner**
The Doris Day Collection, Vol 2 featuring 6 All-New-To-DVD titles: Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, My Dream is Yours (1949), I’ll See You in my Dreams (1951), On Moonlight Bay (1951), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Lucky Me (1954).

From **Fox**
Blood & Sand (1941)
Way of Life (1955) (RE-RELEASE)


April 24, 2007

From **Warner**
The James Cagney: The Signature Collection featuring The Torrid Zone (1940), Fighting 69th (1940), The Bride Came C.O.D (1941), Captains of the Clouds (1942), The West Point Story (1950).

From **Fox**
Les Miserables (1935, 1952)
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
Jane Eyre (1944)
Purple Heart (1944)
Anna Karenina (1948)- Re-Release
Sailor of the King (1953)
Man in the Middle (1964)
Fixed Bayonets (1951)
I Deal in Danger (1966)


UNKNOWN DATE:
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4. The titles are purported to be: Act Of Violence (1949), Cornered (1945), Crime Wave (1954), Side Street (1950), Tension (1949), They Live By Night (1949), Where Danger Lives (1950).

Announcement - Doris Day Collection, Vol 2 & More

More titles coming soon...

February 27th, 2007

Three releases from **VCI**
ALICE IN CARTOONLAND – The 35mm Collection

Description:
Walt Disney produced 57 “Alice” cartoons between 1923 and 1927. The series owed its success to both its clever special effects – cartoon characters interacting with a live young girl cleverly superimposed within the frame – and its breezy humor. The cartoons on this DVD have remarkable clarity because they were transferred direct from 35mm nitrate negatives.

ALICE SOLVES THE PUZZLE (1925)
ALICE’S EGG PLANT (1925)
ALICE’S TIN PONY (1925)
ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)
ALICE RATTLED BY RATS (1925)
ALICE IN THE JUNGLE (1925)
ALICE’S BALLOON RACE (1925)
ALICE’S ORPHAN (1925)
ALICE THE WHALER (1927)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)

Bonus:
Extra Features:
1. “Alice in Hollywood” by JB Kaufman, co-author, with Russell Merritt, of “Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney"

2. Three cartoons from the seldom seen “Life Cartoon Comedy” series, re-titled “Krazy Kid Cartoons” for their 1930 sound reissue.

3. Synopsis of each of the cartoons on the DVD with a click to play feature.

-------

The Cisco Kid Western Collection featuring The Gay Cavalier, Beauty and the Bandit, South of Monterey, Riding the California Trail, Robin Hood of Monterey & King of the Bandits.

-------

Positively No Refunds Double Feature #1 featuring The Bride and the Beast (1958) & White Gorilla (1945)



April 10, 2007

From **Warner**
The Doris Day Collection, Vol 2 featuring 6 All-New-To-DVD titles: Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, My Dream is Yours (1949), I’ll See You in my Dreams (1951), On Moonlight Bay (1951), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Lucky Me (1954).

Complete Classic Movie DVD Release List- UPDATED 01/09/2007

January 23rd, 2007

**Warner** has announced Robert Mitchum: The Signature Collection. Included in the set are:

Angel Face (1953), Macao (1952), The Yakuza (1975), Home from the Hill (1960), The Sundowners (1960) and The Good Guys & the Bad Guys (1969).

From **Criterion**
Monsters and Madmen: A boxed set of four horror/sci-fi faves from the fifties! Titles include The Haunted Strangler (a/k/a Grip of the Strangler) and Corridors of Blood (both produced in 1958 and starring Boris Karloff), First Man Into Space and The Atomic Submarine (both 1959).

Also from **Criterion**
Sanjuro
(1963) & Yojimbo (1961)

From **Sony**
Don't Knock the Rock (1956), Rock Around the Clock (1956) Double Feature and

Don't Knock the Twist (1962), Twist Around the Clock (1961) Double Feature

January 30, 2007

From
**Warner**
Band Of Angels (1957) BUY at Amazon
Madame Curie (1943) BUY at Amazon
Angels In The Outfield (1951) BUY at Amazon

From **FOX**
Move Over Darling (1963), Do Not Disturb (1965), Caprice (1967)

From **VCI**

The 1941 amateur 16mm film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's famous play Peer Gynt, featuring 17-year–old Charlton Heston in his film debut. Furthermore a young David Bradley was the director of this silent film being created for a Northwestern University project. It was filmed in the Midwest on the northern shores of Lake Michigan. (Silent)

February 6, 2007

From **Fox**
The Flicka Giftset Collection featuring the long awaited release of Green Grass of Wyoming on DVD. Flicka and Thunderhead, Son of Flicka are also in the set, but have been out on DVD for some time.

From **Universal**
The
Heiress (1949) starring Olivia de Havilland & Montgomery Clift.

Arabian Nights (1942) Starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez & Leif Erickson.

From **Sony**
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

From **Warner**
A Summer Place (1959), Miracle in the Rain (1956), The Clock (1945)

From **Image Entertainment**
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938), Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)

February 13, 2007

From **Fox**
The
Mr. Moto Collection, Vol. 2 featuring Mr. Moto's Gamble" (1938), Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning.

From **Criterion**
Green For Danger (1946) & Bicycle Thieves (1948)

Also from **Criterion**
Eight Paul Robeson films on 4 disc:
The Emperor Jones, Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist, Body And Soul, Borderline, Sanders Of The River, Jericho, The Proud Valley and Native Land.

From **Warner**
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

February 20, 2007
From **Fox**
The
Alice Faye Collection featuring On the Avenue (1937), Lillian Russell (1940), The Gang's All Here (1943) and That Night in Rio (1941).

From **Image Entertainment**
The
Well (1950)

From **Criterion**
When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960), The 49th Parallel (1941) - 2 Disc Set

February 27th, 2007

Three releases from **VCI**
ALICE IN CARTOONLAND – The 35mm Collection

Description:
Walt Disney produced 57 “Alice” cartoons between 1923 and 1927. The series owed its success to both its clever special effects – cartoon characters interacting with a live young girl cleverly superimposed within the frame – and its breezy humor. The cartoons on this DVD have remarkable clarity because they were transferred direct from 35mm nitrate negatives.

ALICE SOLVES THE PUZZLE (1925)
ALICE’S EGG PLANT (1925)
ALICE’S TIN PONY (1925)
ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)
ALICE RATTLED BY RATS (1925)
ALICE IN THE JUNGLE (1925)
ALICE’S BALLOON RACE (1925)
ALICE’S ORPHAN (1925)
ALICE THE WHALER (1927)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)

Bonus:
Extra Features:
1. “Alice in Hollywood” by JB Kaufman, co-author, with Russell Merritt, of “Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney"

2. Three cartoons from the seldom seen “Life Cartoon Comedy” series, re-titled “Krazy Kid Cartoons” for their 1930 sound reissue.

3. Synopsis of each of the cartoons on the DVD with a click to play feature.

-------

The Cisco Kid Western Collection featuring The Gay Cavalier, Beauty and the Bandit, South of Monterey, Riding the California Trail, Robin Hood of Monterey & King of the Bandits.

-------

Positively No Refunds Double Feature #1 featuring The Bride and the Beast (1958) & White Gorilla (1945)


From **Facets**
Another Sky (1955)

March 6th, 2007

From **Fox**
Jesse James (1938),
Return of Frank James (1939), The True Story of Jesse James (1956).

Also from **Fox**
The Hemingway Classics Collection featuring The Sun Also Rises (1957), A Farewell to Arms [re-release] (1957), The Snows of Kilimanjaro [re-release] (1952), Under My Skin (1950), Adventures of a Young Man (1962).

**Disney** has announced the future release of Peter Pan (Platinum Edition). In addition to the animated classic, the 2-disc set will contain: "In Walt's Words," footage that of Mr. Disney himself explaining why he made Peter Pan; the 1952 featurette "The Peter Pan Story"; "You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan"; deleted songs; multi-level "Camp Never Land" set-top games.

From **Warner**
The
Literary Classics Collection featuring The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary (1949), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) and Billy Budd (1962).

March 13th, 2007

From **Criterion**
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Burmese Harp
(1956)

March 20, 2007


From **Universal**
The W.C. Fields Comedy Collection vol. 2 - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Poppy, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Old Fashioned Way, You're Telling Me!

From **Criterion**
The Naked City (1948). This title had limited release on DVD from Image Entertainment in 1999 and is sure to be improved over the Image print.

From **Fox**
Michael Shayne, Private Detective Collection, Vol. 1 featuring Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942), Sleepers West (1941), Blue, White, and Perfect (1941)
.

March 27, 2007

From **Warner**
The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 featuring five new films to DVD. They are: The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Dive Bomber (1941), Gentleman Jim (1942) and The Adventures of Don Juan (1949).

From **Fox**
Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Collection, Vol. 5
featuring Stand Up and Cheer (1934), Little Princess (1939), The Blue Bird (1940). Although Little Princess has been released on DVD a couple of dozen times, this is the first release from a major label.

From **Criterion**
Early Bergman, Eclipse Series 1 featuring Torment (1944), Crisis (1946), Port of Call (1948), Thirst (1949), To Joy (1949).

April 10, 2007

From **Warner**
The Doris Day Collection, Vol 2 featuring 6 All-New-To-DVD titles: Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, My Dream is Yours (1949), I’ll See You in my Dreams (1951), On Moonlight Bay (1951), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Lucky Me (1954).


From **Fox**
Blood & Sand (1941)


UNKNOWN DATE:
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4. The titles are purported to be: Act Of Violence (1949), Cornered (1945), Crime Wave (1954), Side Street (1950), (1949), TensionThey Live By Night (1949), Where Danger Lives (1950).

Classic Movies Out Today on DVD - January 9, 2007

We'll there's just one DVD out today actually-- It's Kid Monk Baroni(1952) from Image Entertainment featuring a young Leonard Nimoy.


No releases out next week, but things will start to heat up on January 23rd with releases from various studios...

**Warner**
Robert Mitchum: The Signature Collection. Included in the set are:

Angel Face (1953), Macao (1952), The Yakuza (1975), Home from the Hill (1960), The Sundowners (1960) and The Good Guys & the Bad Guys (1969).

From **Criterion**
Monsters and Madmen: A boxed set of four horror/sci-fi faves from the fifties! Titles include The Haunted Strangler (a/k/a Grip of the Strangler) and Corridors of Blood (both produced in 1958 and starring Boris Karloff), First Man Into Space and The Atomic Submarine (both 1959).

Also from **Criterion**
Sanjuro
(1963) & Yojimbo (1961)

From **Sony**
Don't Knock the Rock (1956), Rock Around the Clock (1956) Double Feature and

Don't Knock the Twist (1962), Twist Around the Clock (1961) Double Feature

Announcent - Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4

No date or further details, but a few sources show Warner Brothers is set to announce the future release of Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4. The titles are purported to be: Act Of Violence (1949), Cornered (1945), Crime Wave (1954), Side Street (1950), Tension (1949), They Live By Night (1949), Where Danger Lives (1950). Stay tuned for further details.

Complete Classic Movie DVD Release List- UPDATED 01/09/2007

January 23rd, 2007

**Warner** has announced Robert Mitchum: The Signature Collection. Included in the set are:

Angel Face (1953), Macao (1952), The Yakuza (1975), Home from the Hill (1960), The Sundowners (1960) and The Good Guys & the Bad Guys (1969).

From **Criterion**
Monsters and Madmen: A boxed set of four horror/sci-fi faves from the fifties! Titles include The Haunted Strangler (a/k/a Grip of the Strangler) and Corridors of Blood (both produced in 1958 and starring Boris Karloff), First Man Into Space and The Atomic Submarine (both 1959).

Also from **Criterion**
Sanjuro
(1963) & Yojimbo (1961)

From **Sony**
Don't Knock the Rock
(1956), Rock Around the Clock (1956) Double Feature and

Don't Knock the Twist
(1962), Twist Around the Clock (1961) Double Feature

January 30, 2007

From
**Warner**
Band Of Angels (1957) BUY at Amazon
Madame Curie (1943) BUY at Amazon
Angels In The Outfield (1951) BUY at Amazon

From **FOX**
Move Over Darling
(1963), Do Not Disturb (1965), Caprice (1967)

From **VCI**
The 1941 amateur 16mm film adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's famous play Peer Gynt, featuring 17-year–old Charlton Heston in his film debut. Furthermore a young David Bradley was the director of this silent film being created for a Northwestern University project. It was filmed in the Midwest on the northern shores of Lake Michigan. (Silent)

February 6, 2007

From **Fox**
The Flicka Giftset Collection featuring the long awaited release of Green Grass of Wyoming on DVD. Flicka and Thunderhead, Son of Flicka are also in the set, but have been out on DVD for some time.

From **Universal**
The
Heiress (1949) starring Olivia de Havilland & Montgomery Clift.

Arabian Nights (1942) Starring Jon Hall, Maria Montez & Leif Erickson.

From **Sony**
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

From **Warner**
A Summer Place (1959), Miracle in the Rain (1956)
, The Clock (1945)

From **Image Entertainment**
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938), Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)

February 13, 2007

From **Fox**
The
Mr. Moto Collection, Vol. 2 featuring Mr. Moto's Gamble" (1938), Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939), Mr. Moto's Last Warning.

From **Criterion**
Green For Danger (1946) & Bicycle Thieves
(1948)

Also from **Criterion**
Eight Paul Robeson films on 4 disc:
The Emperor Jones, Paul Robeson: Tribute To An Artist, Body And Soul, Borderline, Sanders Of The River, Jericho, The Proud Valley and Native Land.

From **Warner**
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

February 20, 2007
From **Fox**
The
Alice Faye Collection featuring On the Avenue (1937), Lillian Russell (1940), The Gang's All Here (1943) and That Night in Rio (1941).

From **Image Entertainment**
The
Well (1950)

From **Criterion**
When A Woman Ascends The Stairs (1960), The 49th Parallel (1941) - 2 Disc Set


February 27th, 2007

Three releases from **VCI**
ALICE IN CARTOONLAND – The 35mm Collection

Description:
Walt Disney produced 57 “Alice” cartoons between 1923 and 1927. The series owed its success to both its clever special effects – cartoon characters interacting with a live young girl cleverly superimposed within the frame – and its breezy humor. The cartoons on this DVD have remarkable clarity because they were transferred direct from 35mm nitrate negatives.

ALICE SOLVES THE PUZZLE (1925)
ALICE’S EGG PLANT (1925)
ALICE’S TIN PONY (1925)
ALICE CHOPS THE SUEY (1925)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)
ALICE RATTLED BY RATS (1925)
ALICE IN THE JUNGLE (1925)
ALICE’S BALLOON RACE (1925)
ALICE’S ORPHAN (1925)
ALICE THE WHALER (1927)
ALICE THE JAIL BIRD (1925)

Bonus:
Extra Features:
1. “Alice in Hollywood” by JB Kaufman, co-author, with Russell Merritt, of “Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney"

2. Three cartoons from the seldom seen “Life Cartoon Comedy” series, re-titled “Krazy Kid Cartoons” for their 1930 sound reissue.

3. Synopsis of each of the cartoons on the DVD with a click to play feature.

-------

The Cisco Kid Western Collection featuring The Gay Cavalier, Beauty and the Bandit, South of Monterey, Riding the California Trail, Robin Hood of Monterey & King of the Bandits.

-------

Positively No Refunds Double Feature #1 featuring The Bride and the Beast (1958) & White Gorilla (1945)


From **Facets**
Another Sky (1955)

March 6th, 2007

From **Fox**
Jesse James
(1938), Return of Frank James (1939), The True Story of Jesse James (1956).

Also from **Fox**
The Hemingway Classics Collection featuring The Sun Also Rises (1957), A Farewell to Arms [re-release] (1957), The Snows of Kilimanjaro [re-release] (1952), Under My Skin (1950), Adventures of a Young Man (1962).

**Disney** has announced the future release of Peter Pan (Platinum Edition). In addition to the animated classic, the 2-disc set will contain: "In Walt's Words," footage that of Mr. Disney himself explaining why he made Peter Pan; the 1952 featurette "The Peter Pan Story"; "You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan"; deleted songs; multi-level "Camp Never Land" set-top games.

From **Warner**
The Literary Classics Collection featuring The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), The Three Musketeers (1948), Madame Bovary (1949), Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) and Billy Budd (1962).

March 13th, 2007

From **Criterion**
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Burmese Harp
(1956)

March 20, 2007


From **Universal**
The W.C. Fields Comedy Collection vol. 2 - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Poppy, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, The Old Fashioned Way, You're Telling Me!

From **Criterion**
The Naked City (1948). This title had limited release on DVD from Image Entertainment in 1999 and is sure to be improved over the Image print.

From **Fox**
Michael Shayne, Private Detective Collection, Vol. 1 featuring Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1940), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942), Sleepers West (1941), Blue, White, and Perfect (1941)
.

March 27, 2007

From **Warner**
The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 featuring five new films to DVD. They are:
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), The Dawn Patrol (1938), Dive Bomber (1941), Gentleman Jim (1942) and The Adventures of Don Juan (1949).

From **Fox**
Shirley Temple: America's Sweetheart Collection, Vol. 5
featuring Stand Up and Cheer (1934), Little Princess (1939), The Blue Bird (1940). Although Little Princess has been released on DVD a couple of dozen times, this is the first release from a major label.

From **Criterion**
Early Bergman, Eclipse Series 1 featuring Torment (1944), Crisis (1946), Port of Call (1948), Thirst (1949), To Joy (1949).

April 10, 2007

From **Fox**
Blood & Sand (1941)

From **Warner**
The Doris Day Collection, Vol 2 featuring 6 All-New-To-DVD titles: Romance on the High Seas (1948)
, My Dream is Yours (1949), I’ll See You in my Dreams (1951), On Moonlight Bay (1951), By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953), and Lucky Me (1954).


UNKNOWN DATE:
Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4. The titles are purported to be: Act Of Violence (1949), Cornered (1945), Crime Wave (1954), Side Street (1950), Tension (1949), They Live By Night (1949), Where Danger Lives (1950). Stay tuned for further details.