ARTWORK ADDED: Brenda Starr, Reporter

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Brenda Starr, Reporter March 1st VCI Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99

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VCI has announced Brenda Starr, Reporter for release on March 1st. Bonus features are not yet known and it's likely to be a 2-disc set.

Retail will be $19.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.

NOTE FROM VCI REGARDING THE PRINT:

Our master for this DVD comes from the Library of Congress Film Archive. Sometime in the 1980’s, the LOC attempted to transfer the negative to video. Sadly it was discovered that the nitrate negatives had suffered from severe deterioration and parts of chapter 3 and 4 were unusable; the soundtrack is missing on half of one chapter and the picture is missing on half of the other chapter. There are also sections throughout, showing moderate to severe nitrate damage in the picture, which is beyond today’s technology to restore.

Please be forewarned, the picture on this DVD will have sections of film damage, which though watchable, is not up to our normal standard of quality. Unfortunately, this is the only version available. Visit the VCI website and blog for more details on the Brenda Starr serial story and to view clips from the DVD.

BLU: The Stranger, Kansas City Confidential in February

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Stranger (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) February 15th Virgil Films Retail $15.99, Our: $12.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Kansas City Confidential (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) February 15th Virgil Films Retail $15.99, Our: $12.99

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Two public domain titles, The Stranger and Kansas City Confidential, both released on DVD by MGM in 2007, are getting a face lift from Virgil Films as both are making their Blu debut on February 15th.

Each will be a Blu-Ray / DVD combo pack and retail for $15.99. Bonus features are not yet known.

Who's Virgil you may ask? They were formally Arts Alliance America, and are primarily known for their well-received Donna Reed Show releases.

SERIAL: Brenda Starr, Reporter in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Brenda Starr, Reporter March 1st VCI Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99

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VCI has announced Brenda Starr, Reporter for release on March 1st. Bonus features are not yet known and it's likely to be a 2-disc set.

Retail will be $19.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.

NOTE FROM VCI REGARDING THE PRINT:

Our master for this DVD comes from the Library of Congress Film Archive. Sometime in the 1980’s, the LOC attempted to transfer the negative to video. Sadly it was discovered that the nitrate negatives had suffered from severe deterioration and parts of chapter 3 and 4 were unusable; the soundtrack is missing on half of one chapter and the picture is missing on half of the other chapter. There are also sections throughout, showing moderate to severe nitrate damage in the picture, which is beyond today’s technology to restore.

Please be forewarned, the picture on this DVD will have sections of film damage, which though watchable, is not up to our normal standard of quality. Unfortunately, this is the only version available. Visit the VCI website and blog for more details on the Brenda Starr serial story and to view clips from the DVD.

ARTWORK ADDED: The Virginian - Season 3

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Virginian - The Complete Third Season March 15th Timeless Media Retail: $79.98, Our: $59.99

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On the heels of the just released Season 2, Timeless Media has announced a March 15th release date for The Virginian - The Complete Third Season.

The 10-disc set, as the previous releases, will be in a "Collector's Tin." Retail will be $79.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $59.99. Bonus features are not yet known.

The Virginian - Season 3 in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Virginian - The Complete Third Season March 15th Timeless Media Retail: $79.98, Our: $59.99

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On the heels of the just released Season 2, Timeless Media has announced a March 15th release date for The Virginian - The Complete Third Season.

The 10-disc set, as the previous releases, will be in a "Collector's Tin." Retail will be $79.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $59.99. Bonus features are not yet known.

ARTWORK ADDED: Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2 February 22nd Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount keeps Paladin on the move as they have announced Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2 for release on February 22nd.

The 3-disc set will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features are not likely.

ARTWORK ADDED: King of Kings (Blu-Ray)

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

King of Kings (Blu-Ray) (1961) March 29th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $14.99

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Warner has announced a March 29th release date for King of Kings (Blu-Ray) (1961). Bonus features are being carried over from standard release:

• Vintage Documentary The Camera's Window of the World
• Premiere Newsreels
• Theatrical Trailer

Retail will be $19.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.

Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2 in February

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2 February 22nd Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount keeps Paladin on the move as they have announced Have Gun Will Travel - Season 5, Vol. 2 for release on February 22nd.

The 3-disc set will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. Bonus features are not likely.

King of Kings (Blu-Ray) in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

King of Kings (Blu-Ray) (1961) March 29th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $14.99

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Warner has announced a March 29th release date for King of Kings (Blu-Ray) (1961). Bonus features are being carried over from standard release:

• Vintage Documentary The Camera's Window of the World
• Premiere Newsreels
• Theatrical Trailer

Retail will be $19.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 5 More Including Vitaphone Shorts Set

Five new releases are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection including the 6-disc Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy Shorts.

Also out are:

• Girl of the Night (1960) - Anne Francis, Lloyd Nolan
• Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) - Steve Cochran, David Brian
• The Window (1949) - Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Bobby Driscoll
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) - Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer

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

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 571.

BOB HOPE, MICKEY ROONEY: Off Limits in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Off Limits (1953) March 8th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Olive Films has announced a March 8th release date for Off Limits (1953). The Bob Hope / Mickey Rooney comedy also stars Marilyn Maxwell and boxing great Jack Dempsey.

Retail will be $24.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.

DANNY KAYE: On the Double in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

On the Double (1961) March 8th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Olive Films has announced a March 8th release date for Off Limits (1953). The Danny Kaye military comedy also stars Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford and Diana Dors.

Retail will be $24.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 11 More Including Night Must Fall

Eleven more DVDs are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection with the big news being the release of Night Must Fall (1937) and Season 2 of Cheyenne.

Others include:

• Black Fury (1935) - Paul Muni, Karen Morley, William Gargan, Barton MacLane
• Blondie Johnson (1933) - Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins
• Goodbye, My Lady (1956) - Walter Brennan, Brandon De Wilde, Phil Harris
• Wallace Beery Double Feature (The Bad Man of Brimstone / The Bad Man)

All 11 titles can also be found HERE in the Recent Additions section.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 566.

SONY MOD: 5 More Including Ladies in Retirement

Sony's MOD program is continuing with five more titles now available. Most prominent is Ida Lupino in Ladies in Retirement (1941). The other four are:

• Everything's Ducky (1961) - Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jackie Cooper, Roland Winters
• Idol on Parade (1959) - William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Lionel Jeffries
• Mark of the Gorilla (1950) - Johnny Weissmuller
• Screaming Mimi (1958) - Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee

NOTE: Please be aware that delivery of the titles from Sony has been very slow, so it may be 4 - 8 weeks before they are available to ship.

ARTWORK ADDED: The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2 February 15th Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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The final DVD release of The Fugitive is set with Paramount's official announcement of The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2.

The February 15th release is expected to be a 4-disc set. Bonus features are not yet known.

Retail will be $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2 in February

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2 February 15th Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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The final DVD release of The Fugitive is set with Paramount's official announcement of The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 2.

The February 15th release is expected to be a 4-disc set. Bonus features are not yet known.

Retail will be $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

Oo! Oo! Francis! Car 54 - Season 1 is Coming in February

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Car 54, Where Are You? - Season 1 February 22nd Shanachie Retail: $39.98, Our: $29.99

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Toody and Muldoon finally make it to DVD with the official release of Car 54, Where Are You? - Season 1 on February 22nd!

The 4-disc set will feature newly remastered episodes from the only known set of 35mm fine grain prints and is being released by Shanachie, a small player in the DVD market -- until today's announcement.

Retail will be $39.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

All the extras aren't known yet, but we do know that one bonus feature specifically produced for this release will be a round table conversation with Charlotte Rae (Sylvia Schnauser) and Hank Garrett (Officer Ed Nicholson).

SYNOPSIS:
Many critics and comedians believe that CAR 54 Where Are You? is one of the best comedy series ever to appear on television. Leonard Maltin calls it “one of the funniest TV shows of all time.” Carol Burnett, who worked with the show’s creator Nat Hiken, called him a comedy genius. In Carl Reiner’s words, “All comedy writers of Hiken’s day agreed that he had no peer.” Long out of circulation, this brilliant show can now be discovered by new generations who will have a chance to view it for the first time. This is the first time the shows have ever been on DVD, now newly remastered from the only known set of 35mm fine grain prints.

Specifically shot as a bonus extra for this release is a brand-new free-wheeling round table conversation between Bronx-raised comedian Robert Klein and two of the regular cast members -- Charlotte Rae, who played Sylvia Schnauser, and Hank Garrett, who played Officer Ed Nicholson, one of the cops of the 53rd precinct. Rae and Garrett share stories, anecdotes and memories with Klein (a fan of Hiken’s work) that shed light on what went on behind the scenes.

Nat Hiken was already famous for his highly acclaimed Sgt. Bilko show, and when the opportunity to do another TV series came up, he threw himself into the task – writing, producing, casting and directing. Drawing on his 25 years of writing experience for top comedy shows on radio and television (Fred Allen, Milton Berle, Martha Raye), the result is one of his greatest creative achievements -- a comedy rich with New York humor and filled with offbeat characters in scripts that were polished jewels of comedy.

The show is set in the Bronx’s 53rd precinct, where the cops depicted are all great comedic characters, as are the residents of the neighborhood they patrol. The central figures of the show are the Mutt & Jeff squad car team of Toody and Muldoon, played by Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynne. In real life the actors were also an odd couple for the ages – the crudest burlesque comedian from the lower rungs of show business paired with a trained Harvard-educated actor. Muldoon plays the long-suffering voice of reason who invariably reins in his short stocky partner’s dimwitted schemes and patiently listens to his hilariously inane prattle.

The ensemble of supporting actors was perfectly cast. With a naturally shrill voice, Beatrice Pons was ideal as Toody’s domineering shrew of a wife. Circus veteran Al Lewis, blessed with a face that could find a contortion to accompany every passing thought, was the irascible Officer Leo Schnauser. Charlotte Rae, who stole the show with her pitch perfect comic performance in an early episode, was written in by Hiken as Schnauser’s moody, hot-tempered wife and became one of the most memorable characters on the show.

To fill out each episode, Hiken drew on a wealth of New York talent – seasoned film and TV veterans, borscht belt comedians and some of the brightest young talent from the Broadway stage. Regulars Paul Reed, Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were on the set during the day and appearing in Broadway shows in the evening. Episodes in the first season featured show business pros Wally Cox, Jan Murray, Molly Picon, Maureen Stapleton, Jake La Motta and many more.

BLU: All About Eve, An Affair to Remember in February

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

All About Eve (Blu-Ray) February 1st 20th Century Fox Retail $34.99, Our: $27.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

An Affair to Remember (Blu-Ray) February 1st 20th Century Fox Retail $34.99, Our: $27.99

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Fox has announced the Blu-Ray debut of two of the most popular films in their library: All About Eve and An Affair to Remember.

Each will be a single-disc release and will street on February 1st. Bonus features will be carried over from the previous standard releases and no new ones are expected.

They will retail for $34.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99.

SYNOPSIS:
From the moment she glimpses her idol on Broadway, Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) strives relentlessly to upstage Margo Channing (Bette Davis). Cunningly stealing Margo's role, Eve then disrupts the lives of Margo's director boyfriend (Gary Merrill), and her other friends in this juicy, witty drama.

Joseph Mankiewicz's "captivating" (Variety) 1950 Best Picture Academy Award-winning film about backstage backstabbing earned an Oscar nomination for star Bette Davis in the performance many consider her finest. Nominated for a record 14 awards, the scintillating film also led to Oscars for Mankiewicz as Director and Writer, the honors also went to Sound Recording and Costume Design, and George Sanders was named Best Supporting Actor.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by Celeste Holm, Christopher Mankiewicz and Kenneth Geist (Joseph L. Mankiewicz Biographer)
• Audio Commentary by Sam Staggs (Author of All About "All About Eve")
• Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey
• The Real Eve
• The Secret of Sarah Siddons
• AMC Backstory: All About Eve
• Bette Davis Promotion
• Ann Baxter Promotion
• MovieTone News:
  • 1951 Academy Awards Honor Best Film Achievements
  • 1951 Hollywood Attends Gala Premiere of "All About Eve"
  • Holiday Magazine Awards
  • Look Magazine Awards
• Restoration Comparison
• Theatrical Trailer
• Theatrical Pressbook Gallery
• Advertising Gallery
• Still Gallery

SYNOPSIS:
Although each is engaged to someone else, when Nickie (Cary Grant) and Terry (Deborah Kerr) meet aboard an ocean liner, they fall in love. After they agree to rendezvous six months later atop the Empire State Building, tragedy strikes, and the lovers' future takes an uncertain turn in the unforgettable classic.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by Singer Marni Nixon and Film Historian Joseph McBride
• Affairs to Remember: Deborah Kerr
• Affairs to Remember: Cary Grant
• Directed by Leo McCarey
• A Producer to Remember: Jerry Wald
• The Look of An Affair to Remember
• AMC Backstory Episode: An Affair To Remember
• Movietone Newsreel (Shipboard Premiere)
• Still Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer
• Poster Gallery

ARTWORK ADDED: America, America

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

America, America (1963) February 8th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.97, Our: $14.99 $11.98 (Until November 16th)

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Warner has announced a February 8th release date for Elia Kazan's America, America (1963).

Currently available and exclusive to Fox's Elia Kazan Collection that just streeted, the standard pressed single disc also comes with commentary from historian Foster Hirsch.

Retail will be $19.97, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99. However, for 3 days only (until November 16th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $11.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
Elia Kazan’s own words begin the saga of young Stavros (Stathis Giallelis), who leaves his war-torn homeland behind to begin a new life. With his family’s meager fortune and his father’s blessing, Stavros encounters both allies and adversaries on a dramatic trek. He ultimately achieves his dream through sheer determination and will, thereby earning his nickname: America, America.

Saluting the masses who sailed toward Miss Liberty’s shining torch, Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire) uses little-known talents here rather than stars. The results impress: Academy Award nominations (1963) for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay, an Oscar for Gene Callahan’s vivid Art Direction, Golden Globes to Kazan (Best Director) and Giallelis (Most Promising Newcomer) and nomination to the National Film Registry for permanent preservation. Both epic and intimate, it’s powerful moviemaking.