OLIVE: Stanwyck, Grant & Wayne in New Wave of 7

Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant and John Wayne headline Olive Films' latest wave of seven new titles due on May 28th.

All will be released on both standard DVD and Blu-Ray. Non bold titles were previously released on DVD, while bold titles are making their DVD and Blu debuts.

They are:

• Blowing Wild (1953) - Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn
• Dark Command (1940) - John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George 'Gabby' Hayes & Dir. by Raoul Walsh
• Father Goose (1964) - Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard
• The File on Thelma Jordan (1950) - Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly
• The Grass Is Greener (1960) - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
• In Old California (1942) - John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Albert Dekker, Helen Parrish, Patsy Kelly
• Lady from Louisiana (1941) - John Wayne, Ona Munson, Ray Middleton

They can be found in the recent additions section.

UNIVERSAL HORROR: Four New Blu Singles This June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Creature from the Black Lagoon (Blu-Ray) June 4th Universal Retail: 22.98, Our: $18.99

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The Invisible Man (Blu-Ray) June 4th Universal Retail: 22.98, Our: $18.99

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The Mummy (Blu-Ray) June 4th Universal Retail: 22.98, Our: $18.99

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Phantom of the Opera (Blu-Ray) June 4th Universal Retail: 22.98, Our: $18.99

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Universal has announced a June 4th release date for the above four horror titles on Blu-Ray.

All were released last year in their boxed Universal Classic Monsters Collection, but this marks their debuts as singles. Bonus features, of which there are many, carry over from the DVD releases (below).

Creature from the Black Lagoon (Blu-Ray)
Scientists drug and capture the creature, who becomes enamored with the head scientist's female assistant (Julie Adams). The lonely creature, "a living amphibious missing link," escapes and kidnaps the object of his affection. Chief scientist (Richard Carlson) then launches a crusade to rescue his assistant ans cast the ominous creature back to the depths from where he came.

Well-acted and directed, and with Bud Westmore's brilliantly designed monster, Creature From The Black Lagoon remains an enduring tribute to the imaginative genius of its Hollywood creators.

BONUS FEATURES:

• 3D Version of Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Back to the Black Lagoon
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Tom Weaver
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot

Claude Rains delivers a remarkable performance in his screen debut as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible. Covered by bandages and dark glasses, Rains arrives at a small English village and attempts to hide his amazing discover. But the same drug which rends him invisible slowly drives him to commit acts of unspeakable terror.

Based on H.G. Wells' classic novel and direct by the master of macabre James Whale, The Invisible Man not only fueled a host of sequels, but features some special effects that are still imitated today.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Now You See Him: The Invisible Man Revealed. An Original Documentary by Rudy Behlmer
  
• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Rudy Behlmer
• Production Photographs
• Trailer Gallery
• 100 Years of Universal: Unforgettable Characters

Boris Karloff's legendary performance has become a landmark in the annals of screen history. As the mummy, Im-Ho-Tep, he is accidentally revived after 3,700 years by a team of British archaeologists. It is revealed in a flashback that he was a high priest, embalmed alive for trying to revive the vestal virgin whom he loved, after she had been sacrificed. Alive again, he sets out to find his lost love.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Feature Commentary by Rick Baker, Scott Essman, Steve Haberman, Bob Burns and Brent Armstrong
• Feature Commentary by Film Historian Paul M. Jenson
• Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
• He Who Made Monsters: Life and Legacy of Jack Pierce
  
• Unraveling the Legacy of The Mummy
  
• The Mummy Archives
• 100 Years of Universal: The Carl Laemmle Era
• Trailer Gallery

This spectacular retelling of Gaston Leroux's immortal horror tale stars Claude Rains as the masked phantom of the Paris opera house - a crazed composer who schemes to make a beautiful young soprano (Susanna Foster) the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.

Nelson Eddy, the heroic baritone, tries to win the affections of Foster as he tracks down the disfigured "monster" who has begun murdering those who resist his mad demands. This lavish production remains a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Feature Commentary with Film Historian Scott MacQueen
• The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot

In Old Arizona (Blu-Ray) in June

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In Old Arizona June 4th 20th Century Fox Retail: $14.98, Our: $12.99

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In Old Arizona (Blu-Ray) June 4th 20th Century Fox Retail: $24.99, Our: $19.99

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Previously released on DVD, In Old Arizona (1929) has been announced with a June 4th street date on both DVD and Blu-Ray.

Bonus features, if any, are not yet known.


Cisco Kid is a tough but charming bandit who always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. That is until a determined sheriff enlists Kid's girlfriend in a clever scheme to disarm him. But with one more trick up his sleeve, The Kid may just have the last laugh.

Warner Baxter's unforgettable performance as the legendary Cisco Kid earned him the 1929 Oscar for Best Actor.

BLU: Shane & The Odd Couple in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Odd Couple (Blu-Ray) June 4th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $13.98

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Shane (Blu-Ray) June 4th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $13.98

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Warner Bros. has scheduled a June 4th street date for The Odd Couple (Blu-Ray) and Shane (Blu-Ray).

Bonus features, if any, are not yet known.

Each single disc release will retail for $19.98, and can be purchased here at ClassicFlix for only $15.99. However, for three days only (until March 28th), we'll have them for the special pre-order price of $13.98.

HITCHCOCK: The Essentials Collection (Blu-Ray) in June

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Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection (Blu-Ray) June 4th Universal Retail $79.98, Our: $64.99 Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963)

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Universal has announced a June 4th release date for Alfred Hitchcock: The Essentials Collection (Blu-Ray).

The 5-disc set contains the five titles above, all of which were released last year in a pricey 15-disc Masterpiece Collection, with two (North by Northwest and Psycho) having been previously released before that as singles.

Retail will be $79.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $64.99. Details below.


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Universally recognized as the Master of Suspense, the legendary Alfred Hitchcock directed some of cinema’s most thrilling and unforgettable classics.

Starring Hollywood favorites such as James Stewart, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Tippi Hedren, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak and Rod Taylor, this essential collection captures the most memorable moments in the career of a true cinematic master.

Rear Window (1954)
One of Alfred Hitchcock's most suspenseful screen achievements, Rear Window, is now available in a new 2-disc Special Edition DVD! When a professional photographer (James Stewart) suspects his neighbor of murdering his nagging wife, he enlists his socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to help investigate the suspicious chain of events.

Honored in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies for excellence in film, Rear Window has also been hailed as "one of Alfred Hitchcock's most stylish thrillers" (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide). With in-depth bonus features an digitally remastered picture, this set showcases a cinematic masterpiece that continues to entertain audiences around the world.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
• A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
• Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
• Feature Commentary with Author John Fawell
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart

Vertigo (1958)
One of Alfred Hitchcock's greatest cinematic achievements, Vertigo, celebrates its 50th anniversary with an all-new 2-disc Special Edition DVD! Set in San Francisco, Vertigo creates a dizzying web of mistaken identity, passion and murder after an acrophobic detective (James Stewart) rescues a mysterious blonde (Kim Novak) from the bay.

Recognized for excellence in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, this dreamlike thriller from the Master of Suspense is as entertaining today as it was 50 years ago. Featuring revealing bonus features and a digitally remastered picture, Vertigo is a "great motion picture that demands multiple viewings" (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide).

BONUS FEATURES:

• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Foreign Censorship Ending
• The Vertigo Archives
• Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin
• Original & RestorationTheatrical Trailers

North by Northwest (1959)
Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo.

He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from the facial features of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (backlot sets were used). But don't expect the Master of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Behind-the-Scenes Documentary Destination Hitchcock: The Making-Of North By Northwest - Hosted By Eva Marie Saint and Featuring Martin Landau, Screenwriter Ernest Lehman, Patricia Hitchcock and Others
• North by Northwest: One for the Ages
• The Master’s Touch: Hitchcock’s Signature Style
• Cary Grant: A Class Apart
• Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Ernest Lehman
• Stills Gallery
• Hitchcock Theatrical Trailers

Psycho (1960)
One of the most shocking films of all time, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, is now available in hi-definition! Join the Master of Suspense on a chilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of cinema's most notorious psychopaths - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).

Named #1 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills list, this notorious film has become a cultural phenomenon. Featuring one of the most iconic scenes in film history - the infamous "shower scene" - plus new bonus features and a digitally remastered picture, Psycho is "still terrifying after all these years" (Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide).

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary with Stephen Rebello
• The Making of Psycho
• Psycho Sound
• In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
• The Shower Scene: With and Without Music
• The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives
• Lobby Cards
• Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-release Trailers

The Birds (1963)
Nothing equals The Birds for sheer terror when Alfred Hitchcock unleashes his foul friends in one of his most shocking and memorable masterpieces. As beautiful blond Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) rolls into Bodega Bay in pursuit of eligible bachelor Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor), she is inexplicably attacked by a seagull. Suddenly thousands of birds are flocking into town, preying on school children and residents in a terrifying series of attacks. Soon Mitch and Melanie are fighting for their lives against a deadly force that can't be explained and can't be stopped in one of Hollywood's most horrific films of nature gone berserk.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Deleted Scene
• The Original Ending
• The Birds: Hitchcock’s Monster Movie
• All About The Birds
• Storyboard Sequence
• Tippi Hendren’s Screen Test
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• The Birds Is Coming (Universal International Newsreel)
• Suspense Story: National Press Club Hears Hitchcock (Universal International Newsreel)
• Production Photographs
• Theatrical Trailer
• 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics
• 100 Years of Universal: The Lot

FOX ARCHIVES: 25 More in Latest Wave

20th Century-Fox isn't slowing down their MOD release schedule as they've announced 25 more titles from their Cinema Archive line will street on April 8th.

Of particular note:

• Call Me Mister (1951) - Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson
• The I Don't Care Girl (1953) - Mitzi Gaynor, David Wayne, Oscar Levant
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) - Linda Darnell, Shepperd Strudwick, Virginia Gilmore, Jane Darwell
• The Meanest Man In the World (1943) - Jack Benny, Priscilla Lane, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Edmund Gwenn
• Meet Me After the Show (1951) - Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Rory Calhoun, Eddie Albert, Fred Clark
• The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) - Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter, Zero Mostel, Michael O'Shea
• The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959) - Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Charles Coburn, Jill St. John
• A Royal Scandal (1945) - Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Vincent Price
• Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) - Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen, Jimmy Durante, Gregory Ratoff, Joan Davis
• Sitting Pretty (1948) - Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton
• Thanks A Million (1935) - Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Paul Whiteman
• Wake Up and Live (1937) - Walter Winchell, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly, Ned Sparks, Jack Haley, Walter Catlett, Joan Davis

All can be found in the recent additions section. 

CRITERION: Safety Last! & Things to Come - Standard & Blu in June

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Safety Last! June 18th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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Safety Last! (Blu-Ray) June 18th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Things to Come June 18th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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Things to Come (Blu-Ray) June 18th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced a June 18th release date for standard DVD and Blu-Ray versions of Safety Last! (1923) and Things to Come (1936).

Both are making their Blu debut and come with plenty of bonus features (below).

The comic genius of silent star Harold Lloyd is eternal. Chaplin was the sweet innocent, Keaton the stoic outsider, but Lloyd—the modern guy striving for success—is us. And with its torrent of perfectly executed gags and astonishing stunts, Safety Last! is the perfect introduction to him.

Lloyd plays a small-town bumpkin trying to make it in the big city, who finds employment as a lowly department-store clerk. He comes up with a wild publicity stunt to draw attention to the store, resulting in an incredible feat of derring-do on his part that gets him started on the climb to success.

Laugh-out-loud funny and jaw-dropping in equal measure, Safety Last! is a movie experience par excellence, anchored by a genuine legend.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Introduction by Suzanne Lloyd, Lloyd’s granddaughter and president of Harold Lloyd Entertainment
• Audio commentary featuring film critic Leonard Maltin and director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll
• Musical score by composer Carl Davis from 1989, synchronized and restored under his supervision
• Alternate score by organist Gaylord Carter from the late 1960s
• Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius, a 104-minute documentary from 1989
• Three newly restored Lloyd shorts:
  
  • Take a Chance (1918)
  • Young Mr. Jazz (1919)
  • His Royal Slyness (1920), with commentary by Correll and film writer John Bengtson
• Locations and Effects, a new documentary featuring Bengtson and special effects expert Craig Barron
• New interview with Carl Davis
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park

A landmark collaboration between writer H. G. Wells, producer Alexander Korda, and designer and director William Cameron Menzies, Things to Come is a science fiction film like no other, a prescient political work that predicts a century of turmoil and progress.

Skipping through time, Things to Come bears witness to world war, dictatorship, disease, the rise of television, and finally, utopia. Conceived, written, and overseen by Wells himself as an adaptation of his own work, this megabudgeted production, the most ambitious ever from Korda’s London Films, is a triumph of imagination and technical audacity.

BONUS FEATURE:

• Audio commentary featuring film historian and writer David Kalat
• Interview with writer and cultural historian Christopher Frayling on the film’s design
• Film historian Bruce Eder on Arthur Bliss’s musical score
• Audio recording from 1936 of a reading from H. G. Wells’s writing about the “wandering sickness,” the plague in Things to Come
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

Perry Mason - Season 9, Vol. 1 in June

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Perry Mason - Season 9, Vol. 1 June 11th Paramount Retail: $41.99, Our: $34.99

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The last season of Perry Mason is making its way to DVD as Paramount has announced Perry Mason - Season 9, Vol. 1 for release on June 11th.

The 4-disc set will retail for $41.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $34.99.

BETTE BLU: Of Human Bondage, Hell's House in June

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Hell's House June 18th Kino Retail $24.95, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Hell's House (Blu-Ray) June 18th Kino Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Of Human Bondage June 18th Kino Retail $24.95, Our: $19.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Of Human Bondage (Blu-Ray) June 18th Kino Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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Kino has scheduled June 18th for the Blu-Ray debuts of two early Bette Davis films: Of Human Bondage (1934) and Hell's House (1932).

Along with the Blu releases, the studio will also put out standard DVDs of the remasterd films. More details to follow.