 Studio One: Anthology A pinnacle of The Golden Age of Television, Studio One presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received 18-Emmy nominations (including 5 wins) during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS. Showcasing some of the greatest talents of the era, this anthology series created an enormous impact and is a treasured part of America's broadcasting history. This collection features 17 restored and re-mastered dramas along with a wealth of extensively researched bonus materials. Episodes include:
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Studio One: Anthology in Novemeber - SPECIAL 3 DAY PRICE
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Special Edition) in December
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Murnau and Borzage Fox Box Set in December
**Fox** has announced their much anticipated Murnau and Borzage Fox Box Set for release on December 9th. Info is preliminary, including the title, and no additional details are yet available.
The titles are:
Please note that due to the high cost of this set, it will not be available for rent.
The titles are:
- Lucky Star (1929)
- Sunrise - Special Edition (1927)
- Liliom (1930)
- They Had to See Paris (1929)
- Seventh Heaven (1927)
- Bad Girl (1931)
- Song 'O My Heart (1930)
- Lazy Bones (1925)
- Street Angel (1928)
- City Girl (1930)
Please note that due to the high cost of this set, it will not be available for rent.
The Gregory Peck Film Collection in November
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Petticoat Junction - Season 1 in December
Soon after MPI covered 20 episodes from the first season of Petticoat Junction in 2005, fans were hoping for a quick follow-up to the popular "Ultimate Collection" -- it didn't happen.
Now **Paramount** has announced a December 16th release date for Petticoat Junction - The Official First Season.
No details on disc count (we'll list it at four for now) or bonus features, but it will retail for $40.99, and is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99.
The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for this highly successful rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only transient housing in town, the Shady Rest Hotel. Helping her run the hotel were her three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo.
Also assisting was the girls' lazy Uncle Joe, who had assumed the title of manager. In addition to her involvement with the hotel, the romantic lives of her daughters, and her association with the townspeople, Kate was constantly at odds with Homer Bedlow, vice-president of the C.F. & W. Railroad. Homer was determined to close down the steam-driven branch of the railroad that ran through Hooterville, scrap its lone engine (the Cannonball), and put its two engineers (Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot) out of jobs.
Now **Paramount** has announced a December 16th release date for Petticoat Junction - The Official First Season.
No details on disc count (we'll list it at four for now) or bonus features, but it will retail for $40.99, and is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99.
The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for this highly successful rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only transient housing in town, the Shady Rest Hotel. Helping her run the hotel were her three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo.
Also assisting was the girls' lazy Uncle Joe, who had assumed the title of manager. In addition to her involvement with the hotel, the romantic lives of her daughters, and her association with the townspeople, Kate was constantly at odds with Homer Bedlow, vice-president of the C.F. & W. Railroad. Homer was determined to close down the steam-driven branch of the railroad that ran through Hooterville, scrap its lone engine (the Cannonball), and put its two engineers (Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot) out of jobs.
Abbott and Costello - Universal Pictures Collection in October
**Universal** has announced an October 28th release date for Abbott and Costello - The Complete Universal Pictures Collection. The 15 Disc, single sided DVD set will contain all 28 A & C Universal films, It Aint Hay (1943) being the only film that hasn't been previously released on DVD.
Also new and exclusive to this set:
DISC 1:
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Bud and Lou get mixed up in a "Love Insurance" scheme.
Buck Privates (1941)
The duo accidentally enlists in the U.S. Army to avoid getting arrested!
In the Navy (1941)
Bud and Lou are sailors bound for duty on the high seas in this musical comedy.
Hold that Ghost (1941)
The boys inherit a haunted house formerly owned by a mobster.
Keep `Em Flying (1941)
Bud and Lou enlist in the Army Air Corps and get caught up in a love triangle.
Ride `Em Cowboy (1942)
The duo head to the Lazy S ranch to hide after Lou accidentally proposes to an Indian girl.
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Bud and Lou travel to the South Seas where Lou is mistaken for a legendary god!
Who Done It? (1942)
The boys are suspected of murder while being targeted by the actual killer.
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Bud and Lou hit the slopes at the Sun Valley Resort after getting mixed up with gangsters.
In Society (1944)
The boys find themselves in hot water after a plumbing job goes wrong at a high society bash.
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down.
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Set aboard the River Queen showboat, Bud and Lou perform their legendary "Who's on First?" routine.
Little Giant (1946)
Lou plays a little man with big dreams...and ends up selling vacuum cleaners!
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Mistaken as a traitor, Lou's ghost is trapped in Danbury Mansion until his innocence is proven.
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Bud and Lou return to civilian life and get involved in midget car racing in the sequel to Buck Privates!
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Accused of murder, Lou is forced to take care of a widow and her children on a farm.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Comedy meets horror when Bud and Lou encounter Frankenstein's monster, Dracula and The Wolf Man!
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Bud and Lou head south of the border after getting mixed up in a phony oil stock scheme.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
The boys meet up with Boris Karloff after a guest is murdered at their hotel.
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Bud and Lou head to Algeria on business and are tricked into joining the Foreign Legion.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
As novice private detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with The Invisible Man.
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Lou discovers he is heir to a secret fortune, and the boys search for the hidden treasure.
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bud and Lou save an ex-sheriff, then discover he is the target of every hitman in the Yukon.
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
The boys accidentally take off for Mars and end up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras!
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
In Egypt Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters!
The World of Abbott and Costello
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Hold That Ghost, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Little Giant, In Society, Ride 'Em Cowboy, The Naughty Nineties, Buck Privates Come Home, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Lost in Alaska, Comin' Round the Mountain, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
PLEASE NOTE: Because of the availability of previous Abbot and Costello films, and the price of this set, it will not be available for rent at this time.
Also new and exclusive to this set:
- Six commentaries (See Below)
- Book - "Abbott & Costello: The Universal Story" with details on the team's legacy and their films at Universal Pictures
DETAILS
DISC 1:
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Bud and Lou get mixed up in a "Love Insurance" scheme.
Buck Privates (1941)
The duo accidentally enlists in the U.S. Army to avoid getting arrested!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historians Bob Furmanek and Ron Palumbo (Buck Privates)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
In the Navy (1941)
Bud and Lou are sailors bound for duty on the high seas in this musical comedy.
Hold that Ghost (1941)
The boys inherit a haunted house formerly owned by a mobster.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historian Jeff Miller (Hold That Ghost)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Keep `Em Flying (1941)
Bud and Lou enlist in the Army Air Corps and get caught up in a love triangle.
Ride `Em Cowboy (1942)
The duo head to the Lazy S ranch to hide after Lou accidentally proposes to an Indian girl.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Bud and Lou travel to the South Seas where Lou is mistaken for a legendary god!
Who Done It? (1942)
The boys are suspected of murder while being targeted by the actual killer.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historian Frank Coniff (Who Done It?)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Hit the Ice (1943)
Bud and Lou hit the slopes at the Sun Valley Resort after getting mixed up with gangsters.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
In Society (1944)
The boys find themselves in hot water after a plumbing job goes wrong at a high society bash.
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
Bud and Lou head to campus and attempt to save Bixby College from closing down.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Set aboard the River Queen showboat, Bud and Lou perform their legendary "Who's on First?" routine.
Little Giant (1946)
Lou plays a little man with big dreams...and ends up selling vacuum cleaners!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
Mistaken as a traitor, Lou's ghost is trapped in Danbury Mansion until his innocence is proven.
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Bud and Lou return to civilian life and get involved in midget car racing in the sequel to Buck Privates!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historian Frank Thompson (The Time of Their Lives)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
Accused of murder, Lou is forced to take care of a widow and her children on a farm.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Comedy meets horror when Bud and Lou encounter Frankenstein's monster, Dracula and The Wolf Man!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historian Gregory W. Mank (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Bud and Lou head south of the border after getting mixed up in a phony oil stock scheme.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
The boys meet up with Boris Karloff after a guest is murdered at their hotel.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Bud and Lou head to Algeria on business and are tricked into joining the Foreign Legion.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
As novice private detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with The Invisible Man.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Comin' Round the Mountain (1951)
Lou discovers he is heir to a secret fortune, and the boys search for the hidden treasure.
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Bud and Lou save an ex-sheriff, then discover he is the target of every hitman in the Yukon.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)
The boys accidentally take off for Mars and end up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras!
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Slim and Tubby are American cops in London to study police tactics. They wind up in jail and are bailed out by Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll has been murdering fellow doctors who laugh at his experiments. He has more murders in mind. At one point the serum that turns Jekyll into the murderous Hyde gets injected into Tubby.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary with Film Historians Tom Weaver and Richard Scrivani (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
Harry and Willie buy the Edison Movie Studio in the year 1912 from Joseph Gorman, a confidence man. They follow Gorman to Hollywood where, as stunt men, they find him directing movies as Sergei Trumanoff and stealing the studio payroll.
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
In Egypt Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Production Notes
- Theatrical Trailer
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Monsters!
The World of Abbott and Costello
A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In the Navy, Hit the Ice, Who Done It?, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Mexican Hayride, Hold That Ghost, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Little Giant, In Society, Ride 'Em Cowboy, The Naughty Nineties, Buck Privates Come Home, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops, Lost in Alaska, Comin' Round the Mountain, Abbott and Costello Go to Mars and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.
PLEASE NOTE: Because of the availability of previous Abbot and Costello films, and the price of this set, it will not be available for rent at this time.
Budd Boetticher / Randolph Scott Western Collection in November
**Sony** has announced a November 4th release date for five Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott Westerns. Preliminarily titled The Budd Boetticher Box Set, the color Westerns are: The Tall T (1957), Decision at Sundown (1957), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Ride Lonesome (1959) and Comanche Station (1960).
All five are reportedly wide-screen anamorphic. Some additional details regarding bonus features are below. It will retail for $59.95, and is available at Classicflix.com for only 44.99. Titles will not be sold as singles.
All five are reportedly wide-screen anamorphic. Some additional details regarding bonus features are below. It will retail for $59.95, and is available at Classicflix.com for only 44.99. Titles will not be sold as singles.
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jeanine Basinger
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jeremy Arnold
- Audio Commentary with Taylor Hackford
- Clint Eastwood on "Comanche Station" TBD
- Martin Scorsese on "The Tall T"
- Taylor Hackford on "Buchanan Rides Alone"
- Taylor Hackford on "Decision at Sundown"
- Martin Scorsese on "Ride Lonesome"
- "Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That" Documentary
Casablanca U.C.E. and Blu-Ray U.C.E. in December
   SYNOPSIS: Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazi's most-wanted list. Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henried), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one... especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important - his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance. BONUS FEATURES:
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KINO: The General (Ultimate Edition) in November
 Rejected by the Confederate army as unfit, and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle Lee (Marion Mack), young Johnny Gray (Keaton) is given a chance to redeem himself when Yankee spies steal his cherished locomotive. Johnny wages a one-man war against hijackers, an errant cannon and the unpredictable hand of fate while roaring along the iron rails. “Every shot has the authenticity and the unassuming correct composition of a Mathew Brady Civil War photograph,” wrote film historian David Robinson, “No one—not even Griffith or Huston and certainly not Fleming (Gone With the Wind) caught the visual aspect of the Civil War as Keaton did.” BONUS FEATURES:
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. in October - SPECIAL 3 DAY PRICE
**VCI** has announced an October 21st release date for Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941). The last of four Ralph Byrd Dick Tracy serial portrayals will be a 2 Disc DVD set and retail for $29.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. However, for 3 days only (until August 22nd), we'll have it for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $14.98. Details below.
Chester Gould modeled his famous comic strip sleuth on the features of square-jawed actor Jack Holt, but it is Ralph Byrd who became the definitive Dick Tracy on the big screen. In this action-packed chapter play, Tracy battles the Ghost, a fiendish master criminal who has the ability to make himself invisible. One of the Ghost's less savory ambitions is to wipe out New York City with a gigantic tidal wave. Can Dick Tracy save the Big Apple from being swallowed up by the sea? Don't miss a single thrilling minute!
BONUS FEATURES:
Chester Gould modeled his famous comic strip sleuth on the features of square-jawed actor Jack Holt, but it is Ralph Byrd who became the definitive Dick Tracy on the big screen. In this action-packed chapter play, Tracy battles the Ghost, a fiendish master criminal who has the ability to make himself invisible. One of the Ghost's less savory ambitions is to wipe out New York City with a gigantic tidal wave. Can Dick Tracy save the Big Apple from being swallowed up by the sea? Don't miss a single thrilling minute!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Intro by Max Allan Collins
- Photo Gallery
The Third Man (Blu-Ray) in November
Mentioned here back in May, **Criterion** has now formally announced a November 18th release date for The Third Man (Blu-Ray). Bonus features are the same as in last year's Special Edition. And the cover art, for now, is identical. The single disc DVD release will retail for $39.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99.
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime, and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder. Thanks to brilliant performances by Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, and Orson Welles; Anton Karas's evocative zither score; Graham Greene's razor-sharp dialogue; and Robert Krasker's haunting deep focus shots, off-kilter angles, and dramatic use of light and shadow, The Third Man, directed by the inimitable Carol Reed, only grows in stature as the years pass.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Video introduction by writer-director Peter Bogdanovich
- Two audio commentaries: one by filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Tony Gilroy, and one by film scholar Dana Polan
- Abridged recording of Graham Greene’s treatment, read by actor Richard Clarke
- Shadowing "The Third Man", a ninety-minute 2005 feature documentary on the making of the film
- "Graham Greene: The Hunted Man," an hour-long, 1968 episode of the BBC's Omnibus series, featuring a rare interview with the novelist
- Who Was the Third Man? (2000), a thirty-minute German documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew
- The Third Man on the radio:
- The 1951 “A Ticket to Tangiers” episode of The Lives of Harry Lime series, written and performed by Orson Welles
- The 1951 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of The Third Man
- Illustrated production history with rare behind-the-scenes photos, original UK press book, and U.S. trailer
- Actor Joseph Cotten’s alternate opening voice-over narration for the U.S. version
- Archival footage and photos of postwar Vienna
- A look at the untranslated foreign dialogue in the film
- PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by Luc Sante, Charles Drazin, and Philip Kerr
Red Skelton, Doris Day & Shari Lewis Christmas DVD's
Three more Christmas related DVD's are coming out bringing the total 10 so far this year. Titles and specs below.
Red Skelton - Christmas Classics (Legend Films) Retail: $14.95, Our: $10.99
Beloved funnyman Red Skelton weaves his Christmas magic in this classic collection of the finest of his hilarious - and touching - sketches from his long-running television show. Bonus features including Clem Kadiddlehopper and Cauliflower McPugg, plus Jack Benny and Dinah Shore! Colorized and Original Black and White.
Doris Day - Christmas Memories (MPI Home Video) Retail: $14.98, Our: $10.99
For five successful seasons, superstar Doris Day starred in her own CBS-TV series, The Doris Day Show . For the first time, all three Christmas episodes (A Two Family Christmas, It's Christmas Time In The City, Whodunnit, Doris?) from the program are presented together, with the added bonus of a new audio commentary track by Doris herself!
Also featured are 1950s-1960s newsreels of Doris Day -- including Christmas footage -- not seen in decades; long-lost holiday broadcasts of The Doris Day Show radio series from 1952; a Doris Christmas photo gallery; original network promos for The Doris Day Show and a special Christmas greeting from Doris. You'll also hear Doris sing Silver Bells, Silent Night, Hark The Herald Angels Sing and other holiday favorites. So, bring the whole family together and share the warm and wonderful memories of Christmas with the warm and wonderful Doris Day!
Red Skelton - Christmas Classics (Legend Films) Retail: $14.95, Our: $10.99
Beloved funnyman Red Skelton weaves his Christmas magic in this classic collection of the finest of his hilarious - and touching - sketches from his long-running television show. Bonus features including Clem Kadiddlehopper and Cauliflower McPugg, plus Jack Benny and Dinah Shore! Colorized and Original Black and White.
Doris Day - Christmas Memories (MPI Home Video) Retail: $14.98, Our: $10.99
For five successful seasons, superstar Doris Day starred in her own CBS-TV series, The Doris Day Show . For the first time, all three Christmas episodes (A Two Family Christmas, It's Christmas Time In The City, Whodunnit, Doris?) from the program are presented together, with the added bonus of a new audio commentary track by Doris herself!
Also featured are 1950s-1960s newsreels of Doris Day -- including Christmas footage -- not seen in decades; long-lost holiday broadcasts of The Doris Day Show radio series from 1952; a Doris Christmas photo gallery; original network promos for The Doris Day Show and a special Christmas greeting from Doris. You'll also hear Doris sing Silver Bells, Silent Night, Hark The Herald Angels Sing and other holiday favorites. So, bring the whole family together and share the warm and wonderful memories of Christmas with the warm and wonderful Doris Day!
A Shari Lewis Christmas (S'More Entertainment) Retail: $9.98, Our: $7.99
Each year Shari Lewis celebrated Christmas with her usual cast of characters, Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy, and of course, America’s favorite little sock puppet, Lamb Chop. These themed extravaganzas showcased the multi-talented performer’s ventriloquism skills, acting, dancing and singing prowess.
This DVD includes all three Christmas episodes from The Shari Lewis Show, plus we’ve added the Christmas episode from the Emmy Award-winning Hi Mom, the NBC television series that aired locally in New York, where Shari debuted Lambchop. In these episodes, Shari displays the warmth and playfulness that continues to charm audiences to this day. Above all, Lamb Chop’s childish innocence reminds viewers of the wonder and delights brought by the holiday season.
Each year Shari Lewis celebrated Christmas with her usual cast of characters, Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy, and of course, America’s favorite little sock puppet, Lamb Chop. These themed extravaganzas showcased the multi-talented performer’s ventriloquism skills, acting, dancing and singing prowess.
This DVD includes all three Christmas episodes from The Shari Lewis Show, plus we’ve added the Christmas episode from the Emmy Award-winning Hi Mom, the NBC television series that aired locally in New York, where Shari debuted Lambchop. In these episodes, Shari displays the warmth and playfulness that continues to charm audiences to this day. Above all, Lamb Chop’s childish innocence reminds viewers of the wonder and delights brought by the holiday season.
Route 66 - The Complete Second Season in October
**Infinity Entertainment** has announced an October 21st release date for Route 66 - The Complete Second Season. The 8 disc DVD set will retail for $49.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features are likely to be Classic Original TV Commercials as in the first set.
Dr. Strangelove (Blu-Ray) in December
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More Perry Mason, Gunsmoke and Rawhide in December
**Paramount Home Video** has announced the following releases due to street in December:
Perry Mason - Season 3, Vol. 2
List $49.99, Our: $37.99
Release Date: December 2nd
Gunsmoke - Season 3, Vol. 1
List $36.99, Our: $27.99
Release Date: December 9th
Rawhide - Season 3, Vol. 2
List $39.99, Our: $29.99
Release Date: December 9th
Rawhide - The First Three Seasons
List $179.99, Our: $129.99
Release Date: December 9th
Perry Mason - Season 3, Vol. 2
List $49.99, Our: $37.99
Release Date: December 2nd
Gunsmoke - Season 3, Vol. 1
List $36.99, Our: $27.99
Release Date: December 9th
Rawhide - Season 3, Vol. 2
List $39.99, Our: $29.99
Release Date: December 9th
Rawhide - The First Three Seasons
List $179.99, Our: $129.99
Release Date: December 9th
FLICKER ALLLEY: Douglas Fairbanks Set in November
 Douglas Fairbanks came to the movies in 1915, when high salaries were luring well-known stage performers to the new feature-length productions. Although most of these performers failed to “register” on camera and soon returned to New York, Fairbanks quickly became a supernova. His energetic, optimistic character, ingratiating smile and graceful, acrobatic style rapidly made Fairbanks one of the most admired stars in the world. By 1917, he had established his own production company. In 1919, along with Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith, Fairbanks formed United Artists Corporation. This five-disc DVD collection includes eleven of the delightful modern-dress comedies, westerns, satires, dream-fantasies and romances which made Fairbanks a popular hero, before he launched into the costume spectacles for which he is best remembered. The set begins with four films produced in 1916 through Triangle-Fine Arts: His Picture in the Papers, The Mystery of the Leaping Fish, Flirting With Fate and The Matrimaniac. The collection continues with three films produced by Fairbanks for Artcraft / Famous Players-Lasky Corp. in 1917 and 1918: Wild and Woolly (1917), Reaching for the Moon (1917) and A Modern Musketeer (1918). Finally, four wonderful features that Fairbanks produced for United are included: When the Clouds Roll By (1919), The Mollycoddle (1920), The Mark of Zorro (1920) and The Nut (1921). In addition to Fairbanks’s great talent, these ebullient films are also informed by gifted collaborators, including scenario writer Anita Loos and directors Allan Dwan and Victor Fleming, among others. This body of work showcases the lively “All-American” character that Fairbanks would continue to draw upon in his later 1920s epics. Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer will coincide with the release of a new book, Douglas Fairbanks by Jeffrey Vance, the first critical analysis of Fairbanks’s body of work in over twenty-five years as well as the first full scale biography in over a half century. This extensively researched, engagingly written and sumptuously designed book goes behind Fairbanks’s public persona to thoroughly explore his art and far-reaching influence. Utilizing access to Fairbanks’s personal and professional papers, Douglas Fairbanks is a superb portrait of a true pioneer, critically important to the creation of cinema as the defining art form of the 20th-century. (With Tony Maietta. Robert Cushman, Photographic Editor - University of California Press. Co-Published with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Many of the films in this collection have been digitally mastered from 35mm or original-negative sources with music scores created for these editions by Eric Beheim, Philip Carli, Frederick Hodges, Robert Israel, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and Franklin Stover. A Modern Musketeer, long thought to survive only as a fragment, is finally complete in a new restoration by the Danish Film Institute with an optional audio essay by Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta. The Mark of Zorro is digitally re-mastered from an original 35mm fine grain. BONUS FEATURES:
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ARTWORK ADDED: Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 4
Artwork added to previous announcement for The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 4 (1943 - 1945).
Check it out here.
Ulysses (1954) in October
Released 9 years ago by Fox Lorber, **Lions Gate ** has announced an October 28th release date for Ulysses (1954).
The single-disc DVD will retail for $14.98, but is available here at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. No additional details at this time, but it is likely to contain no bonus features.
The single-disc DVD will retail for $14.98, but is available here at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. No additional details at this time, but it is likely to contain no bonus features.
Roy and Dale's Apache Rose (1947) in August
Not earth-shattering news as far as releases go, but great news that after a two-year absence from producing DVD's **Roan** is back with an August 28th release of Apache Rose (1947).
Responsible for superior PD prints like Sinatra's Suddenly (1954), Steve McQueen's The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) and Wheeler and Woolsey's Dixiana (1930), Roan will hopefully be back in old form with 8 to 10 releases per year that ended with the September 2006 release of Yellowneck (1955).
The single disc DVD will retail for $9.95, but is available here at Classicflix.com for only $7.99. No additional details at this time.
Responsible for superior PD prints like Sinatra's Suddenly (1954), Steve McQueen's The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) and Wheeler and Woolsey's Dixiana (1930), Roan will hopefully be back in old form with 8 to 10 releases per year that ended with the September 2006 release of Yellowneck (1955).
The single disc DVD will retail for $9.95, but is available here at Classicflix.com for only $7.99. No additional details at this time.
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