BRITISH VCI: Orson Welles, Dirk Bogarde, Peter Finch in July

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) July 19th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Robbery Under Arms (1957) July 19th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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Penny Princess (1952) July 19th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Simba (1955) July 19th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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More British classics are on the way from VCI as they have announced the upcoming release of four 50's Eastmancolor classics:

• Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) - Orson Welles, Curd Jurgens, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser, Noel Purcell
• Robbery Under Arms (1957) - Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith, Maureen Swanson, David McCallum
• Penny Princess (1952) - Dirk Bogarde, Yolande Donlan, A.E. Matthews, Reginald Beckwith, Mary Clare
• Simba (1955) - Dirk Bogarde, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna, Basil Sydney, Marie Ney

They will each street on July 19th and retail for $19.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features are minimal.

MGM: 16 More MODs Including Park Row, The Fearmakers

Sixteen more MGM MODs have been released over the last couple of weeks and are now available for rent. They are:

• The Big Boodle (1957) - Errol Flynn
• The Brass Legend (1956) - Hugh O'Brian, Nancy Gates, Raymond Burr
• Burn Witch Burn (1962) - Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde
• The Careless Years (1957) - Dean Stockwell, Natalie Trundy, John Larch, Barbara Billingsley
• Crime Against Joe (1956) - John Bromfield, Julie London
• The Fearmakers (1958) - Dana Andrews, Dick Foran, Marilee Earle, Veda Ann Borg, Kelly Thordsen
• Ghost Town (1956) - Kent Taylor, John Smith, Marian Carr, John Doucette
• The Girl in Black Stockings (1957) - Lex Barker, Anne Bancroft, Mamie Van Doren, Ron Randell, Marie Windsor
• Gun Brothers (1956) - Buster Crabbe, Ann Robinson, Neville Brand,
• Hell Bound (1957) - John Russell, June Blair, Stuart Whitman
• High School Hellcats (1958) - Yvonne Fedderson, Brett Halsey
• My Gun Is Quick (1957) - Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Patricia Donahue
• The Nun and the Sergeant (1962) - Robert Webber, Anna Sten, Leo Gordon
• Oklahoma Territory (1950) - Bill Williams, Gloria Talbott, Ted de Corsia
• Park Row (1952) - Gene Evans, Mary Welch, Bela Kovacs, Herbert Heyes, George O'Hanlon
• Take a Giant Step (1959) - Johnny Nash, Estelle Hemsley, Ruby Dee

You can also view them in our recent additions section. Place them in your rental queue and they'll be available for shipment in the next few weeks.

We've also got word on MGM's June releases, look for the following to be added in the next few weeks:

• Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
• Return to Treasure Island (1954)
• Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956)
• The Killer is Loose (1956)
• Hot Cars (1956)
• The Boss (1956)
• Gun Duel in Durango (1957)
• The Halliday Brand (1957)
• Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) - Replacing the Cheezy Flicks version.
• Lost Lagoon (1958)
• Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
• The Man in the Net (1959)
• Phaedra (1962)
• Call Me Bwana (1963)
• Johnny Cool (1963)
• Love is a Ball (1963)

WARNER ARCHIVE: The F.B.I. - Season 1, Part 1

WBShop's lone classic release this week is the TV crime-drama The FBI.

The F.B.I. - Season 1, Part 1 contains the first 16 of 31 episodes from the first season across four discs.

This new DVD set brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 663.

It is now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before it is available for shipment.

SHOUT! Mister Ed - Season 5 in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO:

Mister Ed - Season 5 June 21st Shout! Factory

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Another "Select" title from Shout! Factory as they have announced Mister Ed - Season 5 for release on June 21st.

Their "Select" line consists are titles that only available for purchase at their website, as opposed to having wide retail distribution.

And while this set may be exclusive to purchase from Shout! Factory, nowhere else will it be available to rent except at ClassicFlix.com. Put it in your rental queue now and it will be available for shipment in late June.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 3 Paul Newman, Plus Four Daughters Collection

Seven more titles have been added over at WBShop this week including three Paul Newman films and the complete Four Daughters Collection.

The three Paul Newman films are:

• The Rack (1956) - Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Anne Francis, Lee Marvin, Cloris Leachman, James Best
• Until They Sail (1957) - Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, Charles Drake, Sandra Dee
• The Prize (1963) - Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson, Diane Baker, Kevin McCarthy, Leo G. Carroll

The Four Daughters Collection includes a newly remastered Four Daughters (1938), which was previously released via the Archive two years ago, plus the other three films in the series which are new to DVD: Daughters Courageous (1939), Four Wives (1939) and Four Mothers (1941).

Of special note for those looking to buy, these films are on sale at WBShop for an undetermined period. The three Paul Newman films and the Four Daughters Collection are only $39.95 respectively.

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 662.

CRITERION: The Killing, Killer's Kiss - Standard & Blu in August

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Killing / Killer's Kiss - Criterion Collection August 16th Criterion Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Killing / Killer's Kiss (Blu-Ray) - Criterion Collection August 16th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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More MGM properties are coming from Criterion as they have announced Stanley Kubrick's heist thriller The Killing (1956) in both standard & Blu-Ray for release on August 16th.

Included in the 2-disc standard release and the single disc Blu-Ray, will be 1955's Killer's Kiss. Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
Stanley Kubrick’s account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood’s tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. And with its precise tracking shots and gratifying sense of irony, it’s Kubrick to the core.

Includes a restored transfer of Stanley Kubrick’s 1955 noir feature Killer’s Kiss.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New video interview with producer James B. Harris
• Excerpts of interviews with actor Sterling Hayden from the French television series Cinéma cinémas
• New video interview with film scholar Robert Polito about writer Jim Thompson and his work on The Killing
• New video appreciation of Killer’s Kiss with film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
• Theatrical trailers
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film historian Haden Guest and a reprinted interview with Marie Windsor on The Killing

WARNER ARCHIVE: 9 in Military Comedy, Drama Wave

Nine more titles have been added over at WBShop this week in a military wave featuring both comedies and dramas.

Not a B movie among them, of special note are Bombardier (1943) with Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert, Robert Ryan and Barton MacLane; See Here, Private Hargrove (1944) with Robert Walker, Donna Reed and Keenan Wynn; and PT 109 (1963) with Cliff Robertson, Ty Hardin, James Gregory and Robert Culp.

The others are:

• Advance to the Rear (1964) - Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell
• Don't Go Near the Water (1957) - Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis, Keenan Wynn
• Flight Command (1940) - Robert Taylor, Ruth Hussey, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Kelly, Shepperd Strudwick
• The Honeymoon Machine (1961) - Steve McQueen, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Brigid Bazlen, Dean Jagger
• The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962) - Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Jack Carter, Jim Backus, Charles McGraw
• Toward the Unknown (1956) - William Holden, Lloyd Nolan, Virginia Leith, Charles McGraw, Murray Hamilton

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.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 656.

FLICKER ALLEY: Wild and Weird - Alloy Orchestra Set in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Wild and Weird June 28th Flicker Alley Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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Flicker Alley has announced a June 28th release date for Wild and Weird - The Alloy Orchestra Plays 14 Fascinating and Innovative Films 1902 - 1965.

The single DVD release is a compilation of 14 films with all-new music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra. Bonus features include a short film by David Davidson documenting The Alloy Orchestra in a recording session for one of the films, as well as a printed DVD booklet of individual film annotations.

Retail will be $29.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. More details below.


SYNOPSIS:
Flicker Alley, a specialty supplier of fine silent films and classic cinema programming, in collaboration with the Blackhawk Films Collection, is proud to present a new compilation of fourteen landmark short films – some favorites, others unfamiliar – produced between 1902 and 1965. These films boast new music composed and performed by the Alloy Orchestra, a three-man ensemble that critic Roger Ebert has called “the best in the world at accompanying silent films.” Alloy Orchestra shuns the nostalgic approach, successfully using found percussion and state-of-the-art electronics to reinvigorate these films for new audiences with its unique sound, heard here in a spectacular variety of styles.

Following D. W. Griffith’s curtain-raiser Those Awful Hats from 1909, the program proceeds in chronological order with many of the shorts separated by vintage hand-painted slides created for use in movie theaters a century ago. The selections include the Georges Melies classic, A Trip to the Moon, Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (Edwin S. Porter), Red Spectre (Segundo de Chomon), The Acrobatic Fly (Percy Smith), The Thieving Hand and Princess Nicotine (both Vitagraph Studios), Artheme Swallows His Clarinet (Eclipse Films), The Cameraman’s Revenge (Ladislas Starewicz), The Pet (Winsor McCay), The Playhouse (Buster Keaton, in a beautiful copy with all original titles), Filmstudie (Hans Richter), The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich and Gregg Toland), and Clay, or the Origin of Species (Eliot Noyes, Jr.).

If you don’t know anything about the first 70 years of cinema, or even if you are an expert, share the enthusiasm and enjoy the revelations this entertaining collection has to offer. As an added bonus, the DVD features a short film by David Davidson documenting The Alloy Orchestra in a recording session for one of the films in this collection, as well as a printed DVD booklet of individual film annotations.

OLIVE: The Colossus of New York

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Colossus of New York (1958) August 16th Olive Films Retail: 24.95, Our: $17.99

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Olive Films has announced an August 16th release date for The Colossus of New York. It stars John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger, Robert Hutton and Ross Martin.

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



SYNOPSIS:
After the accidental death of a brilliant scientist… his lunatic father and brother transplant the dead man’s brain into the body of a giant robot. The operation is successful, but the Colossus Robot mourns for his wife and child and doesn’t want to be the guinea pig in his father’s psychotic project and starts displaying homicidal behaviors. Sci-Fi specialist Eugène Lourié (Gorgo) directs this Frankenstein-flavored feature.

BRITISH VCI: Miranda, Tiara Tahiti in July

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Miranda (1948) July 5th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Tiara Tahiti (1962) July 5th VCI Retail $19.99, Our: $15.99

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More British classics are on the way from VCI as they have announced Miranda (1948) with Glynis Johns, Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, John McCallum and Margaret Rutherford and Tiara Tahiti (1962) with James Mason, John Mills, Claude Dauphin and Herbert Lom for release on July 5th.

Each will retail for $19.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features are not expected.

Miranda
Paul Marton is a Harley Street doctor who announces to his wife that he intends to take a fishing holiday alone. He sets off for Cornwall and indulges in a spot of fishing until one day he catches a beautiful mermaid!

Meanwhile, his wife receives a telegram saying that her husband will be returning accompanied by a patient. Expecting an aging invalid, she is shocked on their arrival to see a beautiful young woman with her legs wrapped in cloth. Will anyone discover Miranda’s fishy secret?

Tiara Tahiti
Sir John Mills and James Mason star as two long-time rivals. Brett (James Mason) is the nephew of a wealthy uncle, and envied by Clifford Southey (John Mills), a clerk for the firm. Brett’s cool and privileged demeanor make Southey constantly jealous, so when Brett is appointed to Southey’s regiment where he has been in charge for a long time, Southey is fearful of the effect this will have both on his authority and his self-esteem.

Sure enough, Brett becomes an instant hit and undermines Southey’s control. When Southey discovers that Brett is indulging in a spot of black-market trading, he informs the authorities. Disgraced and ousted by his family, Brett sets off for Australia. Southey thinks he has won, but the rivalry is far from over.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Complete Mexican Spitfire Collection & More

In their most prolific Archive wave for a single actor/actress, Warner has released ten new titles and all ten star Lupe Velez. Most notable is The Mexican Spitfire Collection featuring all 8 Spitfire films. Also out:

• Kongo (1932) - Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Bruce, C. Henry Gordon
• Strictly Dynamite (1934) - Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, William Gargan, Marian Nixon

They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

SONY MOD: 6 Including The Reluctant Saint, Eight Iron Men

Sony's "Screen Classics" MOD program has added 6 more titles this week. Additionally, they have made the DVD-r line more visible by adding the titles for purchase over at WBShop.

Most notable are Eight Iron Men (1952) starring Lee Marvin and directed by Edward Dmytryk; and The Reluctant Saint (1962) which stars Maximilian Schell and Ricardo Montalban, and is also directed by Dmytryk.

Also out are:

• The Return of Daniel Boone (1941) - Bill Elliott, Betty Miles, Dub Taylor
• Laramie (1949) - Charles Starett, Fred F. Sears, Tommy Ivo, Smiley Burnette
• The Goddess (1958) - Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges
• Because They're Young (1960) - Dick Clark, Victoria Shaw, Tuesday Weld

This new DVD wave brings the total Screen Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 90.

They are now available to put in your rental queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

Dumbo - 70th Anniversary Standard & Blu in September

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Dumbo (70th Anniversary Edition) September 20th Walt Disney Retail $29.99, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Dumbo (Blu-Ray) - 70th Anniversary Edition September 20th Walt Disney Retail $39.99, Our: $34.99

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Dumbo is flying out of Disney's vaults on standard DVD and hi-def Blu-Ray this September 20th for his 70th anniversary.

Newly restored and featuring some all-new bonus features, the standard version appears to be on a single disc, while the 2 disc Blu-Ray release is a Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack. Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
With high-flying entertainment and messages about friendship, acceptance, courage and believing in yourself, Walt Disney's Dumbo is "a timeless classic for children of all ages. Walt Disney at his finest" (US Weekly).

Meet Dumbo, Mrs. Jumbo's sweet little "Baby Mine," who charms all who see him...until it's discovered that he has huge floppy ears! With the support of his very best friend, Timothy the mouse, Dumbo soon learns that his spectacular ears make him unique and special, allowing him to soar to fame as the world's only flying elephant.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary**
• Celebrating Dumbo Featurette**
• Art Galleries**
• Animated Shorts The Flying Mouse, Elmer Elephant**
• Games**
• Deleted Scene - The Mouse's Tale
• Deleted Song - Are You a Man or a Mouse
  
• Backstage Disney:
  
  • Taking Flight - The Making of Dumbo
  • The Magic of Dumbo - A Ride of Passage. A heartfelt look at Disneyland's Most Popular Ride

**Not confirmed, but likely exclusive to the Blu-Ray Release.