It has a scheduled release date of Wednesday (Aug. 4th) and is now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before it's available for shipment.
For those only interested in buying, you better make it quick. Warner is offering a to have the DVD autographed by Clint Walker for the first 300 purchased. The price is $24.95.
This new DVD brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 454.
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Gunsmoke - Season 4, Vol. 1 October 5th Paramount Retail: $36.99, Our: $27.99 |   |
Paramount has announced an October 5th release date for Gunsmoke - Season 4, Vol. 1.
The 3-disc set will retail for $36.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99.
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Summer and Smoke (1961) October 26th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99 |  |
Olive Films has announced an October 26th release date for Summer and Smoke (1961).
It will retail for $24.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. No bonus features.
SYNOPSIS:
Based on a play by Tennessee Williams (expanded from his one-act piece Eccentricities of the Nightingale). From childhood, Alma (Geraldine Page) has loved John Buchanan (Laurence Harvey). Repressed by the pressure of a minister father and a mother who has never recovered for a nervous breakdown, she keeps these feelings bottled up. Her life becomes unbearable when John returns from medical school and takes up with the sultry Rosa (Rita Moreno), the daughter of the casino owner who is as open and willing, as Alma is shy and repressed.
Geraldine Page delivers a smoldering, stellar performance, which won her the Golden Globe and the National Board of Review Best Actress Awards. The film received 4 Academy Award nominations, including Best Actress (Page), Best Supporting Actress (Una Merkel) and Best Music (Elmer Bernstein). Directed by DGA nominee, Peter Glenville (Becket).
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Paths of Glory October 26th Criterion Retail $29.99, Our: $23.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Paths of Glory (Blu-Ray) October 26th Criterion Retail $39.99, Our: $31.99 | |
Criterion has scheduled an October 26th release date for the Criterion Treatment of Paths of Glory in separate standard and Blu-Ray DVDs.
Each will be a single disc release. Details below.
SYNOPSIS:
A pivotal work by Stanley Kubrick, Paths of Glory is among the most powerful war films ever made. A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a French colonel serving in World War I who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.
This haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection of the military machine in all its absurdity and capacity for dehumanization (a theme Kubrick would continue to explore throughout his career) is assembled with its legendary director’s customary precision, from its tense trench warfare sequences to its gripping courtroom climax to its ravaging final scene.
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Following The Ultimate Goldbergs and Ironside - Season 3 releases earlier this year, Shout Factory has now added Father Knows Best - Season 5 as part of the "Select" line of DVDs.
Shout's Select line is not released through traditional distribution channels and is only available for purchase on their site.
And while they are only for sale their site, nowhere else are they available for rent except at ClassicFlix.com.
About the release:
Father Knows Best - Season 5 will likely be a 5-disc set and will street on August 17th. No other specs are known at this time.
Warner has added 13 Archive titles over at WBShop including two Eddie Cantor musical-comedies If You Knew Susie (1948) and Show Business (1944). Other musicals include:
Westerns too including:
Plus four William Haines titles:
All 13 titles can also be found HERE in the Recent Additions section.
They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.
This new wave brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 453.
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Blu-Ray November 16th Warner Retail: $34.99, Our: $29.99 | |
Warner has announced a November 16th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
The single disc Blu-Ray book release comes with all the bonus features on the previous standard edition, plus 30 pages of rare photographs and insight.
It will retail for $34.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.
SYNOPSIS:
HMS Bounty sails for Tahiti by way of Cape Horn... and into movie lore as an American Film Institute Top-100 American Films selection. Grandly filmed, Mutiny on the Bounty captured the 1935 Best Picture Academy Award and eight nominations total. Charles Laughton portrays Captain Bligh, a seafaring monster ruling with the law of fear.
Solidifying his status as Hollywood's #1 male star, Clark Gable is first officer Fletcher Christian, whose will to obey erodes under Bligh's tyranny. And Franchot Tone plays idealistic midshipman Byam, torn by his allegiance to both. T hat all three portrayals are vividly memorable is accented by the fact that for the only time in Oscar history, three stars from the same film were Best Actor nominees.
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Fantomas - The Complete Saga September 21st Kino Retail: $34.95, Our: $27.99 | |
Kino has set a September 21st release date for Fantomas - The Complete Saga. The 3-disc set will contain all five films in Louis Feuillade's silent, crime-drama series.
It will retail for $34.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99. Details and bonus features below.
SYNOPSIS:
Based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, Louis Feuillade’s outrageous, ambitious Fantomas series became the gold standard of espionage serials in pre-WWI Europe, and laid the foundation for such immortal works as Feuillade’s own Les Vampires and Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse films.
Rene Navarre stars as the criminal lord of Paris, the master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black: Fantomas. Over the course of five feature films (which combined to form a 5 1/2-hour epic), Fantomas, along with his accomplices and mistresses, are pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve (Edmund Bréon) and his friend, journalist Jerome Fandor (Georges Melchior). 3-Disc set Includes Collectible O-Card packaging.
THE FILMS
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Third Man (Blu-Ray) September 14th Lions Gate Retail: $39.99, Our: $31.99 | |
Released by Criterion in December of 2008, and out of print soon thereafter, The Third Man (Blu-Ray) is being re-released by Lions Gate on September 14th.
It will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $31.99. Bonus features are below.
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 5 August 31st Infinity Retail $19.98, Our: $14.99 | |
Another installment of The Judy Garland Show is on tap from Infinity Entertainment with The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 5 scheduled for release on August 31st. Guest stars include Steve Allen, Mel Torme, Jayne Meadows and Diahann Carroll.
The single disc DVD will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.
Previous releases:
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 September 14th Shout! Factory Retail: $39.97, Our: $27.99 | |
On the heels of their recently released Season 3 & Complete Series DVD sets, Shout! Factory has announced the release of Leave It to Beaver - Season 4 for release on September 14th.
The six-disc set will retail for $39.97, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99.
Previous releases:
One more Lana Turner title has been added over at WBShop to Warner's Archive Collection: Cass Timberlane (1947) starring Spencer Tracy, Lana Turner, Zachary Scott, Tom Drake and Mary Astor.
It is now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before it's available for shipment.
This new DVD brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 439.
Warner has added 9 Archive titles over at WBShop with 5 Lana Turner films in this new wave.
The five Turner titles are: Dancing Co-Ed (1939), These Glamour Girls (1939), Two Girls on Broadway (1940), Slightly Dangerous (1943) and Keep Your Powder Dry (1945).
The other four are:
All 9 titles can also be found HERE in the Recent Additions section.
They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.
This new wave brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 438.
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Where Love Has Gone (1964) September 28th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Harlow (1965) September 28th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
More is on the way from Olive Films with the today's announcement of two 60's dramas. First up is 1964's Where Love Has Gone starring Susan Hayward and Bette Davis. The second is 1965's bio-pic Harlow starring Carroll Baker.
Each DVD will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
Based on Harold Robbins’ dexterously salacious bestselling novel, a young woman, Danny (Joey Heatherton) has murdered a man, who was the latest lover of her mother (Susan Hayward). Danny’s father, Luke Miller (Mike Connors) describes the events that led to the tragedy.
Bette Davis plays Danny’s domineering grandmother and Jane Greer plays her sympathetic probation officer. The stellar cast also includes DeForest Kelley (Star Trek), George Macready (Gilda), Anne Seymour and Anthony Caruso. Directed by Edward Dmytryk (The Carpetbaggers), Screenplay by John Michael Hayes (Peyton Place) and costumes by legendary designer Edith Head.
Harlow (1965)
Hollywood in 1928 is a land of milk and honey, magic and fantasy. Jean Harlow’s spectacularly controversial and tragic career begins with bit parts in movies while she’s living with her mother and opportunistic stepfather. When Hollywood agent, Arthur Landau (Red Buttons), spots her on a film set, he gets her a series of comedy roles and soon realizes he has a gold mine in Miss Harlow (Carroll Baker). She becomes an overnight sensation and critics hail her as the next great sex symbol.
This film documents the rise and fall of a true Hollywood Legend. Directed by Gordon Douglas, screenplay by John Michael Hayes (Peyton Place) and costumes by legendary designer Edith Head.
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | The Further Adventures of the Kettles (TCM Vault) July 30th Universal The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956), The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957) | |
More Universal titles, via TCM's Vault line, are on their way as The Further Adventures of the Kettles is now up for pre-order at TCM.com. It's release date is set for July 30th.
At this point we don't know if it's a single or two-disc set, but put them in your queue now and, either way, they'll ship early next month. Bonus features and synopsis below.
And while this set may be exclusive to TCM, nowhere else will these films be available to rent except at ClassicFlix.com.
TCM VAULT SIDE NOTE: The Deanna Durbin Collection which has been pushed back at least twice is now confirmed with a July 6th release date. Keep your fingers crossed...
SYNOPSIS:
Join everyone's favorite country family for twice the fun and twice the laughs in The Further Adventures of the Kettles collection. Twice the fun, twice the laughs in a double feature containing the final two films in the popular Kettles series.
The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
Ma Kettle (Marjorie Main) and her kids pay a visit to their relative Sedge Kettle (Arthur Hunnicutt) and help him out of a jam involving bootleggers and an illegal moonshine operation on his property.
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
Ma and Pa Kettle (played by Parker Fennelly) move into a new home and discover a pair of young lovers (Gloria Talbott and John Smith) hiding out in their barn and a mischievous bear on the prowl.
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | My Favorite Spy (1951) September 28th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Knock on Wood (1954) September 28th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
More is on the way from Olive Films with the today's announcement of two long-awaited spy-comedies: Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr in My Favorite Spy (1951) and Danny Kaye's Knock on Wood (1954).
Each DVD will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.
My Favorite Spy (1951)
While on his way to Tangier to purchase a microfilm containing important war secrets, foreign spy Eric Augustine (Bob Hope) is wounded and captured by the authorities. Burlesque comedian Peanuts White (Also, Bob Hope); a dead ringer for Augustine is recruited by the government to take over Augustine’s mission. He’s briefed in the role of the suave and romantic Augustine, dressed to look exactly like him and is thrust into the world of espionage and international intrigue. In Tangiers, he meets Lily Dalbray (Hedy Lamarr), Augustine’s sweetheart, a beautiful spy working with Karl Brubaker (Francis L. Sullivan) mastermind of the spy ring.
All of Bob Hope’s “My Favorite” films (My Favorite Blonde, My Favorite Brunette, My Favorite Spy) were parodies of classic genre films. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod (Topper, Secret Life of Walter Mitty).
Knock on Wood (1954)
The film casts Danny Kaye as a neurotic American ventriloquist performing in Europe. In a parody of the 1946 thriller Dead of Night, Kaye is unable to control the words coming out of his dummy, resulting in a near-nervous breakdown. His manager and best friend (David Burns) orders him to see a famous psychiatrist in Zurich. What follows is a zany adventure involving secret weapons, international spies and the beautiful Mai Zetterling. This classic Danny Kaye comedy was written, produced and directed by the great team of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank (The Court Jester).
