MGM MOD: 9 More Including The Killer is Loose, Halliday Brand

A good mixture of crime dramas and Westerns are part of nine more MGM MODs that have been released and are now available for rent. They are:

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.

Tom and Jerry - Golden Collection, Vol. 1 -- Standard & BluTom and Jerry - Golden Collection, Vol. 1 -- Standard & Blu

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Tom and Jerry - Golden Collection, Vol. 1
October 25th
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Tom and Jerry - Golden Collection, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray)
October 25th
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Previously released via their Spotlight line, Warner has announced a chronological collection of Tom & Jerry's first 37 shorts in standard def and Blu-Ray.

They will street on October 25th. Bonus features are not yet known.



37 Shorts Across two Discs:
  1. Puss Gets the Boot
  2. The Midnight Snack
  3. The Night Before Christmas
  4. Fraidy Cat
  5. Dog Trouble
  6. Puss N’ Toots
  7. The Bowling Alley Cat
  8. Fine Feathered Friend
  9. Sufferin’ Cats
  10. The Lonesome Mouse
  11. The Yankee Doodle Mouse
  12. Baby Puss
  13. The Zoot Cat
  14. The Million Dollar Cat
  15. The Body Guard
  16. Puttin on the Dog
  17. Mouse Trouble
  18. The Mouse Comes to Dinner
  19. Mouse In Manhattan
  20. Tee for Two
  21. Flirty Birdy
  22. Quiet Please!
  23. Springtime for Thomas
  24. The Milky Waif
  25. Trap Happy
  26. Solid Serenade
  27. Cat Fishin’
  28. Part Time Pal
  29. The Cat Concerto
  30. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
  31. Salt Water Tabby
  32. A Mouse in the House
  33. The Invisible Mouse
  34. Kitty Foiled
  35. The Truce Hurts
  36. Old Rockin’ Chair Tom
  37. Professor Tom

WARNER ARCHIVE: 4 More Including Powell & Reynolds in Athena

Warner has posted four more new-to-DVD titles this week over at WBShop including the 1954 romantic musical Athena starring Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds.

Also out are two Kathryn Grayson films, both directed by Frank Borzage: Seven Sweethearts (1942) with Marsha Hunt, Van Heflin and S.Z. Sakall; and The Vanishing Virginian (1942) with Frank Morgan and Spring Byington.

Last up is Janet Leigh's debut in The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947) with Van Johnson and Thomas Mitchell.

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 678.

BRITISH VCI: Campbell's Kingdom, Agent 8 3/4 - Standard & Blu

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Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
August 16th
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Campbell's Kingdom (Blu-Ray) (1967)
August 16th
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Agent 8 3/4 (1964) A.K.A. Hot Enough for June
August 16th
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Agent 8 3/4 (Blu-Ray) (1964)
August 16th
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Two more British classics are on the way from VCI, both Dirk Bogarde films, as they have announced the upcoming release of Campbell's Kingdom (1957) and Agent 8 3/4 (1964) in standard definition and Blu-Ray.

They will street on August 16th. Synopses and bonus features are below.


SYNOPSIS:
Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) is a young Englishman who believes himself incurably ill. He travels to Canada to take up his grandfather's inheritance, Campbell's Kingdom, a valley high in the Rockies. Here he intends to spend the last few months of his life. When he arrives in Come Lucky, an old ghost town which has lost the prosperity of its gold rush days, he is greeted with hostility by the men in the "Golden Calf” saloon.

Owen Morgan, a contractor for Henry Fergus, tells him that his grandfather's death ended a deadlock in Come Lucky. The old man, King Campbell, believed there was oil in the valley. Therefore, he prevented Morgan from completing a dam and flooding the valley as part of a new hydro-electric scheme which would bring back prosperity.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Original Trailer

SYNOPSIS:
Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Koscina and Robert Morley star in this satirical comedy-thriller at the height of the 007 popularity and set amidst the world of international espionage. Unemployed Nicolas Whistler accepts a job and a tidy salary with what he believes to be a glass manufacturing company in London.

He soon discovers that his business behind the Iron Curtain is in fact illegal. Everyone apparently believes him to be a spy but it takes much time and adventure for him to realize it. The realization numbs him with horror, and with his contacts gone, he is on his own. He must escape arrest and flee to England but the secret police are close behind him. Robert Morley, as his boss is a scene stealer!

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Photo Gallery
  • Original Trailer

Ben-Hur: Standard & Blu Collector's Editions in September

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Ben-Hur (50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition)
September 27th
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Ben-Hur (Blu-Ray) 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition
September 27th
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September 27th
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Years in the making, with a $1 million restoration, Warner has announced a September 27th street date for three different releases of Ben-Hur - 50th Anniversary Edition.

Both the standard and Blu Ultimate Collector's Editions will be available for rent and purchase, while the 2-disc Edition, which has the same content as discs 1 and 2 in the U.C.E., will only be available to buy.

All the bonus features from the previous collector's edition will carry over. Additionally, two new features (Charlton Heston: A Personal Journey, Charlton Heston: The Ben-Hur Diaries) and a hardbound collector's book are included in both U.C.E.'s.

As far as bonus features that will be in HD for the Blu edition, it appears that only Charlton Heston: A Personal Journey will be in Hi-Def. Also note that both U.C.E.'s are limited to 100,000 in production.

And in case you're wondering as to why this is the "50th" in 2011, Warner noted in their press release that they had hoped to have the release ready in 2009, but the meticulous restoration process took longer than expected.

CONTENTS:

Ben-Hur (50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition)

DISCS 1 & 2 (1959 Version)

The numbers speak volumes: 100,000 costumes, 8,000 extras, 300 sets and a staggering budget in its day the largest in movie history. Ben-Hur's creators made it the best, the greatest Biblical-era epic ever.

Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to the role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, a bold escape from an embattled slave galley, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Heston's charismatic performance brought him the Best Actor Oscar; the winner as 1959's Best Picture with the legendary William Wyler earning his third Best Director trophy, the film won a total 11 Academy Awards - a tally unequaled until 1997's Titanic set sail.

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Audio Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston
  • Music Only Track Showcasing Miklos Rozsa's Score

DISC 3 (Charlton Heston: A Personal Journey) **NEW TO DVD
An all-new feature-length documentary chronicling Charlton Heston’s life while filming Ben-Hur. Includes behind-the-scenes details and home movie footage shot by his wife Lydia while in Rome. The film shows a rarely seen, different side of Heston – as a warm, loving father and husband balancing his home and work life, and as an artist devoted to his craft.

DISC 4 (1925 Version)

Known as Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, this 1925 version is the Thames Television Restoration with a Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Carl Davis.

B/W with Color Sequences.

DISC 5 (BONUS DISC)

  • Charlton Heston: The Ben-Hur Diaries -- First-time exclusive look into an Oscar-winning actor’s experience while making an award-winning film. A reproduction of Charlton Heston’s private and insightful diary from January 1958 through April 1960, documents his time before production of the film all the way through his Oscar win. Includes personal photos from the Heston family and Charlton Heston’s own sketches. **NEW TO DVD
  • 2005 Documentary Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
  • 1994 Documentary Ben-Hur: The Making Of An Epic
  • Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures: Audiovisual Recreation Via Stills, Storyboards, Sketches, Music and Dialogue
  • Screen Tests
    • Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova
    • Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler
    • George Baker and William Russell
    • Hay Haraveet Hair and Makeup Tests
  • Vintage Newsreels Gallery
  • Highlights from the 4/4/60 Academy Awards Ceremony
  • Theatrical Trailer Gallery
PLUS: Exclusive hardbound book with rare photography, production art and reproductions from the original theatrical press book.

Ben-Hur (Blu-Ray) 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition

DISCS 1 & 2 (1959 Version)

The numbers speak volumes: 100,000 costumes, 8,000 extras, 300 sets and a staggering budget in its day the largest in movie history. Ben-Hur's creators made it the best, the greatest Biblical-era epic ever.

Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to the role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, a bold escape from an embattled slave galley, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Heston's charismatic performance brought him the Best Actor Oscar; the winner as 1959's Best Picture with the legendary William Wyler earning his third Best Director trophy, the film won a total 11 Academy Awards - a tally unequaled until 1997's Titanic set sail.

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Audio Commentary by Film Historian T. Gene Hatcher with Charlton Heston
  • Music Only Track Showcasing Miklos Rozsa's Score

DISC 3 (BONUS DISC)

  • Charlton Heston: A Personal Journey (HD)- An all-new high-definition feature-length documentary chronicling Charlton Heston’s life while filming Ben-Hur. Includes behind-the-scenes details and home movie footage shot by his wife Lydia while in Rome. The film shows a rarely seen, different side of Heston – as a warm, loving father and husband balancing his home and work life, and as an artist devoted to his craft.
  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, this 1925 version is the Thames Television Restoration with a Stereophonic Orchestral Score by Carl Davis.
  • Charlton Heston: The Ben-Hur Diaries -- First-time exclusive look into an Oscar-winning actor’s experience while making an award-winning film. A reproduction of Charlton Heston’s private and insightful diary from January 1958 through April 1960, documents his time before production of the film all the way through his Oscar win. Includes personal photos from the Heston family and Charlton Heston’s own sketches.
  • 2005 Documentary Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
  • 1994 Documentary Ben-Hur: The Making Of An Epic
  • Ben-Hur: A Journey Through Pictures: Audiovisual Recreation Via Stills, Storyboards, Sketches, Music and Dialogue
  • Screen Tests
    • Leslie Nielsen and Cesare Danova
    • Leslie Nielsen and Yale Wexler
    • George Baker and William Russell
    • Hay Haraveet Hair and Makeup Tests
  • Vintage Newsreels Gallery
  • Highlights from the 4/4/60 Academy Awards Ceremony
  • Theatrical Trailer Gallery
PLUS: Exclusive hardbound book with rare photography, production art and reproductions from the original theatrical press book.







Lolita (Blu-Ray) in August

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August 23rd
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More Blu-Ray from Warner as they have announced Lolita (Blu-Ray) (1962) for release on August 23rd.

The single disc Blu-Ray will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.


SYNOPSIS:
Newly arrived in Ramsdale, New Hampshire, European emigre Humbert Humbert is smitten. He plans to marry Charlotte Haze. That way he'll always be close to his dear one - Charlotte's precocious daughter! Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick explores the theme of obsession.

James Mason plays devious, deluded Humbert: wedded to needy Charlotte (Shelley Winters); rivaled by the ubiquitous Clare Quilty (chameleonlike Peter Sellers); and enraptured to his gelatinous core by the blithe teen (Sue Lyon) with that "lovely, lyrical, lilting name" - Lolita.

BONUS FEATURE:

  • Theatrical Trailer

WARNER ARCHIVE: 10 in The Saint, Drama Wave

Following four weeks of minimal output, Warner has announced 10 more titles this week over at WBShop in a wave that features The George Sanders Saint Collection, as well as numerous dramas, most of the weepie variety.

It is unknown how many discs, although likely three, The Saint Collection will have, but the five films are: The Saint Strikes Back, The Saint in London, The Saint's Double Trouble, The Saint Takes Over and The Saint in Palm Springs.

Two Carole Lombard films are part of the pack: In Name Only (1939) with Cary Grant, Kay Francis and Charles Coburn; and Vigil in the Night (1940) with Brian Aherne and Anne Shirley. As are two Irene Dunne films: If I Were Free (1933) with Clive Brook; and Symphony of Six Million (1932) with Ricardo Cortez.

And not a slouch in the rest of the bunch either:

All 10 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 674.

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-Ray) in July

With over 1,000 titles unavailable for rent anywhere else, ClassicFlix.com is the leader in classic film rentals.

Warner Archive, Sony, MGM and Universal MOD's -- only here and plenty of them. But we also have other hard to find titles like The Big Country (Blu-Ray), which we announced earlier today, and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-Ray).

With a street date of July 5th, and only available for purchase at Walmart, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu) will be available for shipment in early July.

The Big Country (Blu-Ray)

Currently exclusive for purchase only at Walmart, we have acquired The Big Country (Blu-Ray) for rental.

Available here, and nowhere else, the star-studded classic features Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Chuck Connors, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives and is helmed by William Wyler.

SYNOPSIS:
One of Hollywood's greatest directors teams with a cast of incredible screen legends for this bold, sweeping tale of a ship's captain who ventures west to find a hotbed of jealousy, hatred and dangerous rivalries. As the reluctant hero is thrust into the maelstrom, he must summon all of his resolve to save not only his own life, but also the life of the woman he loves.

William Wyler directs this action-packed adventure that triumphs as "a work of art" (Motion Picture Herald). Starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Chuck Connors and Burl Ives, this magnificently entertaining epic will take your breath away with unbridled suspense, exhilarating excitement and explosive drama on a grand scale.

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Fun in the Country
  • TV Spot
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

KINO: Battling Butler / Go West - Ultimate & Blu in September

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Battling Butler / Go West (Ultimate Edition)
September 27th
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September 27th
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More Buster from Kino as they have announced a September 27th release date for a double feature of Battling Butler and Go West in both a Standard Ultimate Edition and Blu-Ray. The standard release will be across two DVD's, while the Blu-Ray will be a single disc. Bonus features are not yet known, but will be numerous if the pattern of previous Ultimate Editions are followed.

Citizen Kane - 70th Anniversary Collections in September

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Citizen Kane (70th Anniversary U.C.E.)
September 13th
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Citizen Kane (Blu-Ray) 70th Anniversary U.C.E.
September 13th
Criterion
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Warner has announced a September 13th release date for Ultimate Collector's Editions of Orson Welles' masterpiece Citizen Kane (1941) on standard DVD and Blu-Ray.

Some bonus features (below) are carry-overs, but other are new to this collection.



SYNOPSIS:
Orson Welles' masterwork (#1 in the American Film Institute's list of Best American Movies) dazzles anew in a superb 70th-anniversary digital transfer. It’s grand entertainment, sharply acted (starting many of Welles' Mercury Players on the road to thriving film careers) and directed with inspired visual flair. Chronicling the stormy life of an influential publishing tycoon, this Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner (1941) is rooted in themes of power, corruption, vanity – the American Dream lost in the mystery of a dying man’s last word: “Rosebud.”

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich
  • Commentary by Roger Ebert
  • Opening: World Premier of Citizen Kane Vintage Featurettes
  • Interview with Ruth Warrick
  • Interview with Robert Wise
  • Storyboards
  • Call Sheets
  • Still Photography with Commentary by Roger Ebert
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Ad Campaign
  • Press Book
  • Opening Night
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • The Battle over Citizen Kane Documentary (Disc 2)
  • RKO 281 (Disc 3) - Not available as a rental
NOTE: The Blu-Ray edition is currently only available for purchase. We will carry Kane on Blu-Ray when Warner issues a single disc release. Additionally, the 3rd disc in the standard edition (RKO 281) is not available for rent.

CRITERION: The Phantom Carriage in September

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September 27th
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September 27th
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Criterion has announced a September 27th release date for the silent Swedish classic The Phantom Carriage (1920) on standard DVD and Blu-Ray.

Bonus features are below.

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SYNOPSIS:
The last person to die on New Year’s Eve before the clock strikes twelve is doomed to take the reins of Death’s chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year. So says the legend that drives The Phantom Carriage (Körkarlen), directed by the father of Swedish cinema, Victor Sjöström, about an alcoholic, abusive ne’er-do-well (Sjöström himself) who is shown the error of his ways and the pure-of-heart Salvation Army sister who believes in his redemption.

Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, this extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic (which inspired Ingmar Bergman to make movies) is a Dickensian ghost story and a deeply moving morality tale, as well as a showcase for groundbreaking special effects.

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Two scores, one by acclaimed Swedish composer Matti Bye and the other by the experimental duo KTL
  • Audio commentary featuring film historian Casper Tybjerg
  • Interview with Ingmar Bergman excerpted from the 1981 documentary Victor Sjöström: A Portrait, by Gösta Werner
  • The Bergman Connection, an original visual essay by film historian and Bergman scholar Peter Cowie on The Phantom Carriage’s influence on Bergman
  • Archival footage from 1919 of the construction of Räsunda Studios, where The Phantom Carriage was filmed
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Mayersberg

Powell and Pressburger's Ill Met by Moonlight in August

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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
August 16th
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Henstooth Video, a boutique distributor of classic films on DVD, has announced an August 16th release date for Powell and Pressburger's final collaboration: Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), A.K.A. Night Ambush.

Starring Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring and David Oxley, the single disc DVD will be in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio and run an uncut 104 minutes (the U.S. version was cut to 93 min.).

It will also have the original theatrical trailer and optional English subtitles.

Retail will be $19.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.

The Bad Seed (Blu-Ray) in October

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October 11th
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One of filmdom's creepiest chillers comes to Blu-Ray as Warner has announced The Bad Seed (Blu-Ray) (1956) for release on October 11th.

The single disc Blu-Ray will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features are not known, but will likely carry over from the standard release.

MGM: 7 More MODs Including The Boss, Man in the Net

Seven more MGM MODs have been released and are now available for rent. They are:

  • The Boss (1956) - John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee
  • Call Me Bwana (1963) - Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries
  • Lost Lagoon (1958) - Jeffrey Lynn, Leila Barry, Peter Donat
  • Love Is a Ball (1963) - Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Charles Boyer, Ricardo Montalban, Telly Savalas
  • The Man in the Net (1959) - Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, Diane Brewster
  • Phaedra (1962) - Melina Mercouri, Anthony Perkins, Raf Vallone
  • Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) - Jerome Thor, Marcia Henderson, Scott Marlowe
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.

SONY MOD: 6 Including Key Witness, No Sad Songs for Me

Sony's Screen Classics MOD program has added 6 more titles and all are available for purchase over at WBShop.

Most notable are Key Witness (1947) starring John Beal and Trudy Marshall; and No Sad Songs for Me (1950) which stars Margaret Sullavan, Wendell Corey, Viveca Lindfors and Natalie Wood.

Also out are:

  • Barbary Pirate (1949) - Donald Woods, Trudy Marshall, Lenore Aubert, Stefan Schnabel
  • Love Has Many Faces (1965) - Lana Turner, Cliff Robertson, Hugh O'Brian, Ruth Roman, Stefanie Powers
  • Slightly French (1949) - Dorothy Lamour, Don Ameche, Janis Carter, Willard Parker, Adele Jergens
  • Snake River Desperadoes (1951) - Charles Starett, Don Reynolds, Tommy Ivo, Monte Blue, Smiley Burnette

This new DVD wave brings the total Screen Classics titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 96.

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

WARNER ARCHIVE: John Garfield in The Breaking Point, Tortilla Flat

Two new to DVD titles this week from Warner and they both star John Garfield.

Garfield's second to last film, The Breaking Point (1950) is out and also stars Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford and is directed by Michael Curtiz.

John Steinbeck’s Tortilla Flat (1942) is also making its DVD debut and stars Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff and is directed by Victor Fleming.

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

WARNER ARCHIVE: The Great Caruso

Warner has now made available The Great Caruso (1951) with Mario Lanza and Ann Blyth.

It is up for sale at WBShop, but is available for rent only here at ClassicFlix.com.

This new DVD brings the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 664.

SYNOPSIS:
Bravo, Enrico! Bravo, Mario! Renowned tenor Mario Lanza portrays his long-time singing idol Enrico Caruso in the crowd-pleasing musical that was 1951’s #4 box-office hit.

Suggested by Dorothy Caruso’s biography of her husband, The Great Caruso rings out with aural pleasures (27 musical selections) and shines with the grandeur of a life lovingly refracted through the Hollywood biopic lens. The music (by Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi and more) emphasizes works most closely associated with Caruso. The story, spanning Caruso’s Naples boyhood to worldwide acclaim and tragedy-stricken final performance, touches on the down-to-earth character traits that spread the singer’s fame beyond the black-tie society of Metropolitan Opera connoisseurs.

Nominated for three Academy Awards, the movie won for Best Sound Recording.

ARTWORK ADDED: VCI's July Lineup

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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
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Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
July 19th
VCI
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Robbery Under Arms (1957)
July 19th
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Penny Princess (1952)
July 19th
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Simba (1955)
July 19th
VCI
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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.