KINO: Sherlock Jr., Three Ages - Ultimate & Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages (Ultimate Edition) November 16th Kino Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Sherlock Jr. / Three Ages (Blu-Ray) November 16th Kino Retail $34.95, Our: 27.99

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Kino has announced a November16th release date for a double feature of Sherlock Jr. and Three Ages to be released in both a Standard Ultimate Edition and Blu-Ray.

Both titles have been previously released, but this marks the first time either has made it to Blu-Ray. Bonus features, which are many, are below.

Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Dramatizing the uproarious exploits of a meek theater projectionist turned amateur sleuth, the film blends the knockabout physical comedy normally associated with more subtly crafted moments of humor -- such as the sequence in which Buster leaps through the silver screen and lands in the midst of the action.

Packed within its modest 45 minutes is enough comic material for several ordinary features, but Keaton chooses to compress it all into a dazzling display of cinematic inventiveness that races along like the driver-less motorcycle hurtling through a traffic-clogged city in the film's unforgettable climax -- with a stone-faced Buster perched obliviously on the handlebars.

Three Ages (1923)
A brilliant historical satire teeming with inventive flourishes, Buster Keaton's Three Ages is a silent comedy of truly epic proportions. This clever parody of D. W. Griffith's Intolerance follows Buster's hard-luck romantic adventures throughout world history: form the dawn of man in the Stone Age, through the gladiatorial arenas of Ancient Rome, to the city streets of the American Jazz Era.

By flavoring the ancient stories with bits of modern comedy (e.g. the "spare tire" with which Buster repairs his chariot, the "home run" that he scores against an angry caveman), Keaton not only won raucous laughter from the audience but forged an original approach to history, humor, and cinema that clearly foreshadowed the Mel Brooks and Monty Python films that followed half a century later.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Sherlock Jr.
  
  • Music by The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra in 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround (DTS on the Blu-ray) and 2.0 Stereo
  • Music by The Club Foot Orchestra
  • Vintage jazz score compiled by Jay Ward
  • 15 minute documentary on the making of the film
  • Audio commentary by historian David Kalat
  • Stills gallery

• Three Ages
  
  • Music arranged and directed by Robert Israel in 2.0 Stereo
  • Organ Score by Lee Erwin
  • Piano score
  • Man’s Genesis (1912): A nine-minute excerpt of the D.W. Griffith prehistoric romance that inspired Keaton’s parody
  • Visual essay on the film’s locations by Silent Echoes author John Bengston
  • Three Ages re-cut as a trio of stand alone short films

WARNER ARCHIVE: Joe E. Brown - Eleven Men and a Girl (1930)

In Elmer the Great and two more baseball-themed hits, fan and former semi-pro player Joe E. Brown wound up and pitched winning comedy. In Eleven Men and a Girl, he swaps horsehide for pigskin and – surrounded by the 1929 All-American football team, who make the lithe Brown look like a greyhound at a Rottweiler convention – scores more big laughs.

Directed with plenty of gridiron action by William A. Wellman (Wings), the story concerns a college with a losing team, until the college president’s daughter (Joan Bennett) whips off her glasses and va-va-vooms 11 football heroes into choosing a new alma mater.

NO BONUS FEATURES

The Films of Rita Hayworth in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES:

The Films of Rita Hayworth November 2nd Sony Retail $59.95, Our: $44.99 Cover Girl (1944), Tonight and Every Night (1945), Gilda (1946), Salome (1953), Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)

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Long expected, Sony has announced a November 2nd release date for The Films of Rita Hayworth.

The 5-disc set will contain five films with Tonight and Every Night, Salome and Miss Sadie Thompson being new-to-DVD. Cover Girl and Gilda have been previously released, but will likely be remastered. Bonus features (below) are typical of Sony's Collector's Choice series.

Retail will be $59.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $44.99.

SYNOPSIS:
These films highlight Hayworth's charm, grace and allure as a dancer, dramatic actress, and vamp--while charting the exceptional range of her career. It's a collection that showcases one of Hollywood's most unforgettable stars...and is certain to win her legions of new admirers as well.

Cover Girl (1944)
Rita Hayworth, Academy Award winner Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers and Eve Arden star in this lavishly produced musical about a nightclub dancer from Brooklyn who leaves her sweetheart after winning a Cover Girl contest -- only to learn that fame and fortune are no substitute for true love.

Rusty Parker is a chorus girl at a nightclub run by her sweetheart, Danny McGuire. Driven by ambition, she enters a "Cover Girl" contest. When Coudair, the magazine's publisher, discovers that she is the granddaughter of a former Broadway belle with whom he had been in love, Rusty wins the contest.

Cover Girl proved to be a turning point in the history of the Hollywood musical. For the first time, the songs were not merely strung together, but were themselves vital elements, serving to move the story forward. Cover Girl was also a major turning point in the career of Gene Kelly, as it established him as a virtuoso choreographer as well as a major dancing talent. Cover Girl also cemented Hayworth's reputation as Hollywood's most talented female dancer. Betty Grable herself admitted Hayworth danced rings around her.

Tonight and Every Night (1945)
This moving picture of life in war-time London is a tribute to those enduring the nightly bombing raids that strafed the city, and Hayworth is radiant as an American showgirl in London. Another gorgeous Technicolor musical and an unusual dramatic role for Rita, based on the real theater troupe who never missed a performance, despite increasingly dangerous circumstances. Victor Saville (Goodbye, Mr. Chips) produced and directed the film, which co-stars Lee Bowman, Janet Blair and Leslie Brooks.

Gilda (1946)
The legendary Rita Hayworth sizzles with sensuality and magnetism as she sings "Put the Blame on Mame" and delivers a dazzling performance as the enticing temptress Gilda. In the story of Gilda, Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) goes to work for Balin Mundson (George Macready), the proprietor of an illegal gambling casino in a South American city, and quickly rises to become Mundson's "main man." All is well until Mundson returns from a trip with his new bride Gilda -- a woman from Johnny's past. Mundson, unaware of their previous love affair, assigns Farrell the job of keeping Gilda a faithful wife. Fraught with hatred, Gilda does her best to antagonize, intimidate, and instill jealousy in Farrell -- until circumstances allow him to get even.

Salome (1953)
Rita plays the gloriously beautiful but wicked Salome with relish in this Biblical tale of the stepdaughter of Roman King Herod (Charles Laughton), whose growing lust for his charge leads her to make a very unique demand involving John The Baptist (Alan Badel). William Dieterle (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) directed this lavish production, which also stars Stewart Granger, Dame Judith Anderson and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.

Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
The fourth screen version of the famed Somerset Maugham story details the arrival of a free-spirited woman to Samoa, where she naturally arouses the interest of the Marines based there (especially sergeant Aldo Ray), as well as the wrath of the fire-and-brimstone preacher (Jose Ferrer) who wants her sent away immediately. Curtis Bernhardt (A Stolen Life) directed the film, which was originally released in 3-D.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Baz Luhrmann on Cover Girl
• Introducing Miss Sadie Thompson with Patricia Clarkson
• Patricia Clarkson on Tonight and Every Night
• Commentary with Author/Filmmaker Richard Shickel

Foghorn, Tweety & Sylvester - Looney Tunes Super Stars in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Foghorn Leghorn and Friends - Barnyard Bigmouth November 30th Warner Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Tweety and Sylvester - Feline Fwenzy November 30th Warner Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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More Looney Tunes Super Stars sets are on the way from Warner as they have announced Foghorn Leghorn and Friends - Barnyard Bigmouth and Tweety and Sylvester - Feline Fwenzy for release on November 30th.

Each set boasts 15 "new-to-DVD" cartoons, but if the list provided by Warner is accurate, then Canary Row (Tweety Set) and A Broken Leghorn (Leghorn Set) are actually re-issues from the first Golden Collection. All the rest appear to be making their DVD debut.

It should also be noted that the list of shorts did change in the first two Super Stars sets (Bugs and Daffy) shortly after their announcement.

They will retail for $19.98, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99 each.

Foghorn Leghorn and Friends - Barnyard Bigmouth

• All Fowled Up (Foghorn)
• Fox Terrier (Foghorn)
• A Broken Leghorn (Foghorn)
• Crockett Doodle Doo (Foghorn)
• Weasel While You Work (Foghorn)
• Weasel Stop (Foghorn)
• Little Boy Boo (Foghorn)
• Banty Raids (Foghorn)
• Strangled Eggs (Foghorn)
• Gopher Broke (Goofy Gophers)
• A Mutt In A Rut (Elmer Fudd)
• Mouse-Placed Kitten (Misc)
• Chese It The Cat (The Honey Mousers)
• Two Crows From Tacos (Two Crows)
• Crow’s Feet (Elmer Fudd)

Tweety and Sylvester - Feline Fwenzy

• Tweety Pie
• Bad Ol’ Putty Tat
• All A-Birrrrd
• Canary Row
• Puddy Tat Twouble
• Room and Bird
• Tweety’s S.O.S.
• Tweet Tweet Tweety
• Gift Wrapped
• Ain’t She Tweet
• Snow Business
• Satan’s Waitin
• The Last Hungry Cat
• Birds Anonymous
• Tweety and the Beanstalk

POSTPONED: I'll Be Seeing You

We just got word from VCI that their Special Edition of I'll Be Seeing You has been postponed indefinitely. No reason was given and all pre-orders have been cancelled.

We have reverted back to carrying the MGM release.

ARTWORK ADDED: I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition)

-- ARTWORK ADDED TO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT --

ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition) (1944) November 9th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99 $9.98 (Until August 29th )

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I'll Be Seeing You (1944), previously released by MGM and out of print like many of their titles, is getting new life from VCI as they have set a November 9th release date for I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition).

This Special Edition includes the rare pilot episode of The Ginger Rogers Show which never materialized. It also contains an interview with Ginger on Cinema Showcase as well as Bonus Movie Trailers.

In addition, and rare for VCI titles, it is subtitled. Not just in English, but also in Spanish.

Retail will be $14.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $12.99. However, for 4 days only (until August 29th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $9.98. ORDER TODAY!

VCI: I'll Be Seeing You in November - 4 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition) (1944) November 9th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99 $9.98 (Until August 29th )

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I'll Be Seeing You (1944), previously released by MGM and out of print like many of their titles, is getting new life from VCI as they have set a November 9th release date for I'll Be Seeing You (Special Edition).

This Special Edition includes the rare pilot episode of The Ginger Rogers Show which never materialized. It also contains an interview with Ginger on Cinema Showcase as well as Bonus Movie Trailers.

In addition, and rare for VCI titles, it is subtitled. Not just in English, but also in Spanish.

Retail will be $14.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $12.99. However, for 4 days only (until August 29th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $9.98. ORDER TODAY!

The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 1 in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 1 November 2nd Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount has announced The Fugitive - Season 4, Vol. 1 for release on November 2nd.

The release, expected to be a four-disc set, will cover the first half of the fourth and final season.

It will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

Previous releases:

• 08/14/2007 - The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 1
• 02/26/2008 - The Fugitive - Season 1, Vol. 2
• 06/10/2008 - The Fugitive - Season 2, Vol. 1
• 03/31/2009 - The Fugitive - Season 2, Vol. 2
• 10/27/2009 - The Fugitive - Season 3, Vol. 1
• 12/08/2009 - The Fugitive - Season 3, Vol. 2

White Christmas (Blu-Ray) in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

White Christmas (Blu-Ray) November 2nd Paramount Retail: $29.99, Our: $23.99

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Paramount has announced a November 2nd street date for White Christmas (Blu-Ray).

It's carries over all the bonus features from the standard edition, however, most are in HiDef. Details below.

Retail will be $29.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99.

White Christmas is a treasury of Irving Berlin classics, among them "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep," "Sisters," "Mandy," and the beloved holiday song, "White Christmas."

Two talented song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. One winter, they join forces with a sister act (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen) and trek to Vermont for a white Christmas. Of course, there's the requisite fun with the ladies, but the real adventure starts when Crosby & Kaye discover that the inn is run by their old army general who's now in financial trouble. And the result is the stuff dreams are made of.

BONUS FEATURES (** Indicates in HD):

• Retrospective Interview with Actress/Singer Rosemary Clooney
• Commentary by Rosemary Clooney
• Backstage Stories from White Christmas**
• Rosemary's Old Kentucky Home**
• Bing Crosby: Christmas Crooner**
• Danny Kaye: Joy to the World**
• Irving Berlin's White Christmas**
• White Christmas: From Page to Stage**
• 2 Theatrical Trailers**

KINO: The Complete Metropolis - Standard & Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Complete Metropolis November 16th Kino Retail $29.99, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Complete Metropolis (Blu-Ray) November 16th Kino Retail $39.99, Our: 29.99

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Kino has announced a November 16th release date for The Complete Metropolis in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats.

Previously released by Kino in 2003 in what was, at the time, it's most complete version at 124 minutes, this new edition boasts 25 minutes of newly found footage. Each will be a single disc release and feature an all-new documentary on the making and restoration of the film.

Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
Metropolis takes place in 2026, when the populace is divided between workers who must live in the dark underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. The tense balance of these two societies is realized through images that are among the most famous of the 20th century, many of which presage such sci-fi landmarks as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner. Lavish and spectacular, with elaborate sets and modern science fiction style, Metropolis stands today as the crowning achievement of the German silent cinema.

Kino International is proud to announce the DVD and long awaited first time ever Blu-ray release of the new restoration of Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction masterpiece Metropolis, now with 25 minutes of lost footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz score. This new 147-minute version (being released as The Complete Metropolis), opened theatrically in April 2010 earning over $350,000 at the box office, and since it’s original restoration, has gone on to earn $1,000,000 in theatrical ticket sales!

When it was first screened in Berlin on January 10, 1927, the sci-fi epic ran an estimated 153 minutes. After its premiere engagement, in an effort to maximize the film's commercial potential, the film's distributors (UFA in Germany, Paramount in the U.S.) drastically shortened Metropolis, which had been a major disappointment at the German box office. By the time it debuted in the United States later that year, the film ran approximately 90 minutes (exact running times are difficult to determine because silent films were not always projected at a standardized speed).

Metropolis went on to become one of the cornerstones of science fiction cinema foreshadowing Blade Runner and the Matrix to name just a few recent examples. Testament to its enduring popularity, the film has undergone restorations in 1984 and again in 1987. The 2001 restoration combined footage from four archives and ran at a triumphant 124 minutes. And at the time was widely believed that this would be the most complete version of Lang's film that contemporary audiences could ever hope to see.

But, in the summer of 2008, the curator of the Buenos Aires Museo del Cine discovered a 16mm dupe negative that was considerably longer than any existing print. It included not merely a few additional snippets, but 25 minutes of "lost" footage (about a fifth of the film) that had not been seen since its 1927 debut in Berlin. The discovery of such a significant amount of material called for yet another restoration, carefully executed by Anke Wilkening of the Murnau Stiftung (Foundation) (the German institution that is the caretaker of virtually all pre 1945 German films), Martin Koerber, Film Department Curator of the Deutche Kinemateque and on the music side, by Frank Stoebel.

Regarding the quality of the added footage Ms. Wilkening has said: "The work on the restoration teaches us once more that no restoration is ever definitive... Even if we are allowed for the first time to come as close to the first release as ever before, the new version will still remain an approach. The rediscovered sections which change the film's composition, and at the same time always be recognizable through their damages as those parts that had been lost for 80 years."

Contains The Original 1927 Orchestral Score

BONUS FEATURES:

• Voyage to Metropolis: A 50-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film
• Interview with Paula Felix-Didier -- Curator of the Museo del Cine, Buenos Aires, where the missing footage was discovered
• 2010 re-release trailer

WARNER ARCHIVE: Riptide, Song of Love Among 6 New Releases

Six more titles have been added over at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection including Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery and Herbert Marshall in Riptide (1934) and Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid and Robert Walker in Song of Love (1947).

Also out is:

• Between Two Worlds (1944) - John Garfield, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Eleanor Parker, Edmund Gwenn, George Tobias
• The Conquerors (1932) - Richard Dix, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Guy Kibbee
• Crack-Up (1946) - Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford
• Flesh (1932) - Wallace Beery, Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Jean Hershholt

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 479.

WARNER ARCHIVE: A Lady Without Passport & Invasion Quartet

Two more titles have been added over at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection. First up is Hedy Lamar in the Film Noir A Lady Without Passport (1950) also featuring John Hodiak, James Craig and George Macready. The other is the British Military-Comedy Invasion Quartet (1961).

Both 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 473.

Chitty Chitty Blu Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Blu-Ray) November 2nd MGM Retail: $34.99, Our: $27.99

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Dormant for some time, MGM is releasing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Blu-Ray) on November 2nd.

This 2-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack carries all of the bonus features over from the previous standard special edition, and adds a couple more (below).

Retail will be $34.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99.

SYNOPSIS:
Let your imagination take flight with one of the most wonderful family films of all time! Dick Van Dyke will take you on an incredible ride in an extraordinary car called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Experience the timeless Oscar nominated classic in an all new definitive special edition that boasts an array of extras as magical as the film itself.

NOTE: This is a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack which contains the standard version on the 2nd disc. While that disc is not rentable, you may rent the standard version by clicking here.

BONUS FEATURES:

• "Remembering Chitty Chitty Bang Ban with Dick Van Dyke" Documentary
• "A Fantasmagorical Motorcar" Featurette
• Sherman Brothers Song Demos
• Vintage Featurettes:
  
  • The Ditchling Tinkerer
  • Dick Van Dyke Interview
  • The Potts Children's
    
• Vintage Advertising Gallery Including English and French Version of the Theatrcial Trailer and Several Television Spots
  
• Sing-a-long Version of the Film
• Music Machine
• “Toot Sweet Symphony” melody maker – the Toot Sweet Toots Musical Maestro **NEW**
• Chitty Chitty’s, Bang Bang, Driving Game **NEW**

FLICKER ALLEY: Chaplin At Keystone in October

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Chaplin At Keystone October 26th Flicker Alley Retail: $79.99, Our: $62.99

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Flicker Alley has announced an October 26th release date for Chaplin At Keystone.

The four-disc set will contain all 34 (of 35) of Chaplin's Keystone films known to exist. It will also have plenty of bonus features (below), along with an extensive booklet.

Retail will be $79.99, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $62.99.

SYNOPSIS:
Charles Chaplin came to Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian, and after a year, had not only established his Tramp character, but learned to write and direct his own films, and also achieved public recognition as a star comedian. Although Keystone did not publicize its performers by name, standees of Chaplin's likeness outside theatres sufficed to attract audiences. Some of the films, especially Tillie's Punctured Romance, remained in theatrical distribution for decades.

The fact that all but one of the Chaplin Keystones exist is due, of course, to the star’s enormous subsequent popularity. Most of the original Keystone negatives, however, were simply printed away and the survival of all but a few of these films depends upon a very few original prints, a larger number of reissue prints, and some duped prints from later years.

With the support of Association Chaplin (Paris), 35mm full aperture, early-generation materials were gathered over an eight year search on almost all the films from archives and collectors around the world, and were painstakingly pieced together and restored by the British Film Institute National Archive, the Cineteca Bologna and its laboratory L’Immagine Ritrovata in Italy, and Lobster Films in Paris.

Most are now clear, sharp and rock-steady, although some reveal that their source prints are well-used and a handful survives only in 16mm. While admitting these limitations, one can now understand Chaplin's meteoric rise, for it is possible for the first time in generations to see clearly what clever and imaginative films he made at Keystone.

Flicker Alley is proud to present the world debut of Chaplin at Keystone, a 4-DVD boxed set. These editions feature all-new musical settings by outstanding practitioners of silent film accompaniment Eric Beheim, Neil Brand, Antonio Coppola, Frederick Hodges, Stephen Horne, Robert Israel, Rodney Sauer and The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Ethan Uslan, and Ken Winokur's band Tillie’s Nightmare with the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration of Tillie's Punctured Romance.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Inside the Keystone Project: A short documentary detailing the international restoration efforts
• Historian John Bengtson takes a "then and now" look at several Keystone film locations in a 10 minute filmed tour based on his book Silent Traces.
• A short excerpt from A Thief Catcher, recently-discovered by Paul E. Gierucki, with Chaplin as a Keystone Cop
• The animated Charlie's White Elephant
• A gallery of rare photographs.
• PLUS: An extensive booklet provides an overview of the importance of the Chaplin Keystone comedies and detailed notes on the individual films by film historian and author Jeffrey Vance (Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema)

WARNER ARCHIVE: The Sellout, Tomorrow Is Another Day & 4 More

Six more titles have been added over at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection including Walter Pidgeon and Audrey Totter, among others, in The Sellout (1952) and Ruth Roman and Steve Cochran in Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951).

Also out is:

• It's A Small World (1950) - Steve Brodie, Paul Dale
• Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) - Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hutchinson
• Saadia (1953) - Cornel Wilde, Mel Ferrer, Rita Gem
• Santiago (1956) - Alan Ladd, Lloyd Nolan

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 471.

Wagon Train - Season 2 in November

Timeless Media Group has announced Wagon Train - Season 2 for release on November 23rd. However, like Season 1, it will be exclusive to certain retail outlets upon its initial release.

For now, Amazon.com is the only outlet that is authorized to sell it. Season 1 was released on November 17th last year, but by mid-December had wide retail distribution.

We expect to have it for sale by early December and will add it to our inventory for rental as well some time in the fall. Stay tuned for more details.

CRITERION: Modern Times - Standard & Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Modern Times November 16th Criterion Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Modern Times (Blu-Ray) November 16th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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Modern Times (1936) finds a new home at Criterion in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats.

Released by Warner in 2003 in a 2-disc special edition (and now out-of-print), Chaplin's last outing as the tramp gets the Criterion treatment on November 16th.

Each will be a 2-disc set and come loaded with bonus features (below).

SYNOPSIS:
Modern Times, Charlie Chaplin’s last outing as the Little Tramp, puts the iconic character to work as a giddily inept factory employee who becomes smitten with a gorgeous gamine (Paulette Goddard).

With its barrage of unforgettable gags and sly commentary on class struggle during the Great Depression, Modern Times—though made almost a decade into the talkie era and containing moments of sound (even song!)—is a timeless showcase of Chaplin’s untouchable genius as a director of silent comedy.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New audio commentary by Chaplin biographer David Robinson
• Two new visual essays, by Chaplin historians John Bengtson and Jeffrey Vance
• New program on the film’s visual and sound effects, with experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt
• Interview from 1992 with Modern Times music arranger David Raksin
• Chaplin Today: “Modern Times” (2004), a half-hour program with filmmakers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• Two segments removed from the film
• Three theatrical trailers
• All at Sea (1933), a home movie by Alistair Cooke featuring Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, and Cooke, plus a new score by Donald Sosin and a new interview with Cooke’s daughter, Susan Cooke Kittredge
• The Rink (1916), a Chaplin two-reeler highlighting his skill on wheels
• For the First Time (1967), a Cuban documentary short about a projectionist who shows Modern Times to first-time moviegoers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Saul Austerlitz and a piece by film scholar Lisa Stein that includes excerpts from Chaplin’s writing about his travels in 1931 and 1932

CRITERION: Night of the Hunter - Standard & Blu in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Night of the Hunter November 16th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $29.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Night of the Hunter (Blu-Ray) November 16th Criterion Retail $49.95, Our: $37.99

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Previously released by MGM, and rumored to come out two years ago in a special edition, Night of the Hunter has now been announced by Criterion in both Standard and Blu-Ray formats.

The 2-disc sets will each come loaded with bonus features and will be released on November 16th.

Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
The Night of the Hunter—incredibly, the only film the great actor Charles Laughton ever directed—is truly a standalone masterwork. A horror movie with qualities of a Grimm fairy tale, it stars a sublimely sinister Robert Mitchum as a traveling preacher named Harry Powell (he of the tattooed knuckles), whose nefarious motives for marrying a fragile widow, played by Shelley Winters are uncovered by her terrified young children.

Graced by images of eerie beauty and a sneaky sense of humor, this ethereal, expressionistic American classic—also featuring the contributions of actress Lillian Gish and writer James Agee—is cinema’s quirkiest rendering of the battle between good and evil.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary featuring assistant director Terry Sanders, film critic F. X. Feeney, archivist Robert Gitt, and author Preston Neal Jones
• Charles Laughton Directs “The Night of the Hunter,” a two-and-a-half-hour archival treasure trove of outtakes from the film
• New documentary featuring interviews with producer Paul Gregory, Sanders, Jones, and author Jeffrey Couchman
• New video interview with Simon Callow, author of Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor
• Clip from the The Ed Sullivan Show, in which cast members perform live a scene that was deleted from the film
• Fifteen-minute episode of the BBC show Moving Pictures about the film
• Archival interview with cinematographer Stanley Cortez
• Gallery of sketches by author Davis Grubb
• New video conversation between Gitt and film critic Leonard Maltin about Charles Laughton Directs “The Night of the Hunter”
• Original theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by critics Terrence Rafferty and Michael Sragow

ARTWORK ADDED: Bing Crosby Backlot Collection

Artwork added to previous announcement. Click here to see.

UNIVERSAL BACKLOT: The Bing Crosby Collection in November

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The Bing Crosby Collection (Universal Backlot) November 2nd Universal Retail $49.98, Our: $37.99 College Humor (1933), We’re Not Dressing (1934), Here Is My Heart (1934), Mississippi (1935), Sing You Sinners (1938), Welcome Stranger (1947)

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Continuing their Backlot series, Universal has announced a November 2nd release date for The Bing Crosby Collection (Universal Backlot) .

The 3-disc set has five new to DVD titles with We're Not Dressing being the lone re-release. Some of the co-stars include: W.C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Fred MacMurray, Donald O'Connor, Carole Lombard, Ray Milland, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Jack Oakie, Roland Young, Reginald Owen, Joan Caulfield and Barry Fitzgerald.

Bonus features will be trailers for a few of the titles and English subtitles will be available for all.

Retail will be $49.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $37.99.

SYNOPSIS:
One of the most popular entertainers of all-time, Bing Crosby was a superstar of movies, music, radio and television during a spectacular career that lasted over 50 years. He remains beloved around the world for his easygoing charm, mesmerizing voice and on-screen charisma.

The Bing Crosby Collection showcases 6 rare films featuring Bing in top-form singing some of his most memorable songs such as “June in January,” “Swanee River”“ and “I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams.” This timeless collection will entertain longtime fans and introduce a whole new generation to the legendary style of the most popular singing star of the 20th century!

College Humor (1933, 81 min.)
A college professor (Bing Crosby) and the school’s football star (Richard Arlen) fall for the same beautiful co-ed in this comedy featuring George Burns and Gracie Allen.

We’re Not Dressing (1934, 75 min.)
A lowly deckhand (Bing Crosby) is shipwrecked on an island with several passengers including the heiress (Carole Lombard) he's smitten with plus two wacky locals (George Burns and Gracie Allen).

Here Is My Heart (1934, 77 min.)
When a wealthy radio crooner (Bing Crosby) falls for an icy Russian princess, he goes undercover as a hotel waiter in order to gain access to her suite - and her heart.

Mississippi (1935, 74 min.)
Set in the Old South, a disgraced gentleman (Bing Crosby) takes a singing job on a riverboat where the captain (W.C. Fields) tries to teach him the meaning of honor.

Sing You Sinners (1938, 91min.)
Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray and Donald O’Connor star as a trio of talented brothers who travel to Los Angeles seeking fortune only to get mixed up at the racetrack.

Welcome Stranger (1947, 108 min.)
In this charming musical comedy, a crotchety old physician (Barry Fitzgerald) finds himself sharing his medical practice with an impetuous younger doctor (Bing Crosby).

The Legendary Bing Crosby in September

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The Legendary Bing Crosby September 28th Infinity Ent Retail: $19.98, Our: $14.99

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Following up on one of the best sleeper releases of the year, Bing Crosby - The Television Specials, Vol. 1, Infinity Entertainment has announced a September 28th release date for The Legendary Bing Crosby.

And while this is not Volume 2 with complete shows, it will have songs, performed in their entirety, by Bing as a solo and in duets.

It will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.

SYNOPSIS:
In this extraordinary musical celebration, first seen on public television, Bing performs solo and in duets with superstar colleagues. These memorable performances from TV specials Bing headlined between 1954 and 1977 haven’t been seen since their original broadcasts.

Full song performances by Bing blend seamlessly with unique insight from Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Michael Feinstein, Leonard Maltin, Regis Philbin and Andy Williams. Classic songs performed in their entirety include: Ol’ Man River, Swanee, I Love Paris, Pennies From Heaven, June In January, I’m An Old Cow Hand, Now You Has Jazz, Mama Don’t Allow It, Married, It Had To Be You, I Believe In You, The Oldest Established, Sing, Swingin’ On a Star, Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day, Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth, White Christmas.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 5 Kay Francis Films

Five Kay Francis dramas have been added over at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection. They are The House on 56th Street (1933), Stranded (1935), The Goose and the Gander (1935), Living on Velvet (1935) and Give Me Your Heart (1936).

Co-stars include George Brent (in 4 of them), Roland Young, Patric Knowles, Ricardo Cortez, Gene Raymond, Warren William and Donald Woods.

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 465.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Ex-Mrs. Bradford, None But the Lonely Heart

Two more titles have been added over at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection. They are:

• The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936) - William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore, Robert Armstrong
• None But the Lonely Heart (1944) - Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald, June Duprez, Jane Wyatt, Dan Duryea

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 460.

UNIVERSAL: Douglas Sirk Collection in September

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Douglas Sirk Filmmaker Collection September 30th Universal Thunder on the Hill (1951), Taza, Son of Cochise (1954), Captain Lightfoot (1955), The Tarnished Angels (1957)

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Universal has listed its next TCM Vault release, the Douglas Sirk Filmmaker Collection, at TCM.com. It's scheduled to street on September 30th and can only be purchased at TCM.com.

And while this release may be exclusive to TCM, nowhere else will the films in this set be available for rent except at ClassicFlix.com.

Rock Hudson stars in 3 of the 4 films. Other stars include Claudette Colbert, Ann Blyth, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Gladys Cooper and Barbara Rush. Bonus features include those typical in TCM Vault sets: A Robert Osborne Intro, Publicity Stills, Scene Stills and Lobby Cards.

SYNOPSIS:
Recognized today as one of the most distinctive and influential directors of the 1950's, Douglas Sirk was rarely praised and often overlooked by critics during his years in Hollywood. His penchant for melodramatic storylines were accented by a baroque visual style, emotional intensity and lush production values.

Thunder on the Hill (1951)
A nun (Claudette Colbert) races against time to prove the innocence of a convicted murderess (Ann Blyth) who is being escorted to prison for a date with the gallows in Thunder on the Hill.

Based on the popular British play Bonaventure, this moody mystery serves up many twists and is distinguished by one of Claudette Colbert's most intriguing and least-known performances. In addition to Douglas Sirk's fast-paced direction, the film is enriched by Hans J. Salter's stirring dramatic score, a first rate supporting cast and the luminous black and white cinematography of William H. Daniels, who helped immortalize the screen personas of Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer during his MGM period.

Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)
The two sons of Apache leader Cochise (Jeff Chandler) have conflicting views of the white men who trepass on their land; Taza (Rock Hudson) argues for peaceful co-existence but his younger brother Naiche (Bart Roberts) joins Geronimo on the warpath. One of the few Westerns made in the 1950s that attempted to present a positive view of Native Americans, Taza, Son of Cochise was the second of eight movies that Rock Hudson made with director Douglas Sirk.

Filmed on location in Utah, the natural setting of the desert is one of the movie's many assets which is vividly captured by the glorious Technicolor cinematography.

Captain Lightfoot (1955)
Michael Martin (Rock Hudson) is a headstrong young patriot who has turned to highway robbery to support his country's cause against England during the Irish revolution. When he is taken under the wing of the famous rebel leader Captain Thunderbolt (Jeff Morrow), he soon finds himself second-in-command with a bounty on his head.

Filmed on location in Ireland, Captain Lightfoot features Rock Hudson in a versatile role that allows him to play an action hero with a wry sense of humor as well as a dashing ladies man.

The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Set in the 1930s Depression era during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, The Tarnished Angels covers three days in the lives of a trio of flying-circus performers, headlined by former WWI fighter-pilot hero Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) and his beautiful blonde wife, Laverne (Dorothy Malone). Romantic complications arise when newspaper reporter Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson) falls in love with Laverne while covering their daredevil aerial show.

Based on the William Faulkner novel Pylon, this screen adaptation was a personal favorite of director Douglas Sirk's and is considered by many to be a masterpiece equal to his Academy Award-winning Written on the Wind (1956), which also starred Hudson, Malone and Stack in the key roles.

BONUS FEATURES (ALL 4 DVDS):

• Robert Osborne Introduction
• Publicity Stills
• Scene Stills
• Lobby Cards

ARTWORK ADDED: Cuban Rebel Girls, Four in a Jeep

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Positively No Refunds Double Feature, Vol. 2 October 26th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99 Cuban Rebel Girls (1959), Untamed Women (1952)

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Four in a Jeep (1951) October 26th VCI Retail $14.99, Our: $12.99

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VCI has scheduled an October 26th release date for two releases.

The first is volume 2 of their Positively No Refunds line with Errol Flynn's swan song Cuban Rebel Girls (1959). Also on the disc is 1952's Untamed Women.

Also out will be Four in a Jeep (1951) with Ralph Meeker and Viveca Lindfors.

Each will be a single disc release and bonus features are not expected. Details below.

Positively No Refunds Double Feature, Vol. 2

Cuban Rebel Girls (1959, 66 min.)
High on “Worst Films” lists but low on the resume of legendary swashbuckler Errol Flynn, this no-budget semi-documentary provided the actor with his humiliating screen epitaph.

Playing himself, he is seen working as a correspondent arriving in Cuba to interview Fidel Castro. Go over-the-mountains with over-the-hill Flynn and see troop skirmishes, a raid and sugar cane field fires--and get an eyeful of his 16-year-old “protege” Beverly Aadland as the American girlfriend of a Cuban mercenary. I don’t think we’re in Sherwood Forest any more, Toto!

Untamed Women (1952, 70 min)
When an Air Force plane goes down in mid-ocean, its captain (Mikel Conrad) and his three-man crew wash ashore on an uncharted island of fur-clad cuties (descended from the Druids) led by high priestess Sandra (Doris Merrick). Cult rites, a hostile tribe of Neanderthal men and (of course) mucho giant-lizard footage from One Million B.C. put this near the top of the list of “island of lost women” disasterpieces.

Four in a Jeep (1951)

Intrigue and danger follow the International Police on their rounds in post-WWII Vienna in this suspenseful made-on-location drama. The city is divided between the U.S., England, France and Russia, and each Jeep patrol is comprised of one sergeant from each country.

The beautiful Franziska (Viveca Lindfors) wants to leave the Russian zone with her husband, an escapee from an interment camp, and American sergeant Ralph Meeker is sympathetic. But will the Russian sergeant say nyet?

Un-Cut European Version.