WARNER ARCHIVE: Lee Tracy in 3 Pre-Codes

Pre-code's fast-talking flim-flam man Lee Tracy gets the spotlight this week from the Warner Archive Collection as three his films have been announced for release.  Click here to read the full story.

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Beast of Hollow Mountain & Neanderthal Man (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) in January

Shout! Factory has announced a January 28th release date for the Blu-Ray / DVD combo pack of The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) starring Guy Madison and Patricia Medina and The Neanderthal Man (1953) starring Robert Shayne. Click here to read the full story.

Classic TV Comedy Christmas in November

MPI, who has slowed their classic release schedule in recent years, has a new Christmas compilation set coming out on November 5th: Classic TV Comedy Christmas. Click here to read the full story.

Bat Masterson - Season 3 in December

TGG Direct has scheduled Bat Masterson - Season 3 for release on December 10th.

The first two seasons have been well-received by fans and this third and final season should be no exception. The studio does make note, however, that the 4-disc set of will present 33 or the season's 34 episodes; leaving out Terror on the Trinity which has been excluded due to rights issues.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Sugarfoot - Season 2

Will Hutchins returns as amiable drifter Tom Brewster in Sugarfoot - Season 2 -- the sole output from the Warner Archive Collection this week. Click here to read the full story.

CRITERION: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-Ray - DVD Combo) in January

Criterion has scheduled a January 21st street date for a their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Click here to read the full story.

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SHOUT!: Dobie Gillis - Season 2, Hazel - Season 5 in January

Shout! Factory has announced The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - Season 2 and Hazel - The Complete Fifth and Final Season for release on January 14th. Click here to read the full story.

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Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room in November

Milestone Films is releasing Baby Peggy: The Elephant in the Room in November. Click here to read the full story.

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FOX ARCHIVES: Two B Crime Dramas - Circumstantial Evidence (1945) & Backlash

Two 40s B crime dramas have been scheduled to be released as part of the Cinema Archives line this week:

• Backlash (1947) with Jean Rogers and Richard Travis
• Circumstantial Evidence (1945) with Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Reed Hadley and Scotty Beckett

Both will be available at ClassicFlix on November 5th.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 200 Fox Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

Delayed Again: Cry Danger, Young at Heart & Bamboo Saucer

Olive has delayed Cry Danger, Young at Heart and The Bamboo Saucer until April 8th. Click here to read the full story.

Here's Edie - The Edie Adams Television Collection in November

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Here's Edie - The Edie Adams Television Collection November 19th Ediad Retail: $49.95, Our: $39.99

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The Edie Adams estate, via its label "Ediad," is releasing Here's Edie - The Edie Adams Television Collection on November 19th.

The over 12 hour 4-disc set contains all 21 of her Here's Edie variety show that originally aired between 1962 and 1964 -- and haven't been seen since!

Great guest stars abound and are listed below. Retail will be 49.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $39.99.


This 12-hour 4 DVD set contains the entire run of Edie Adams variety show, which aired on ABC from 1962-64 and is the first-ever release of her classic variety show after more than 50 years.

DISC 1:

• Here's Edie Pilot Airdates: April 9, 1962, May 26, 1963 (as Special #7)
  
  • Guests: Dick Shawn, Andre Previn
• Special #1-"New York" Airdate: October 23, 1962
  
  • Guests: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, Peter Falk, the Claremont String Quartet
• Special #2-"London" Airdate: December 13, 1962
  
  • Guests: Sir Michael Redgrave, the Piccadilly Buskers, the Grenadier Guards, the Third Air Force Band, and the children of London
• "Bossa Nova" Airdate: January 20, 1963
  
  • Guests: Stan Getz, Laurindo Almeida, the Roger Wagner Chorale, Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra (plus cameos by Don Rickles and Cesar Romero)
• Special #4-"Las Vegas" Airdate: February 26, 1963
  
  • Guests: Charlie Barnet, The Eligibles, the Earl Barton Dancers, Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra, Eddie Fisher
• Special #5 -"Western" Airdate: March 16, 1963
  
  • Guests: Hoagy Carmichael, Rowan & Martin, Hank Henry, the Homer Garrett Dancers, The Eligibles, Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra

DISC 2:

• Special #6-"Love" Airdate: April 19, 1963
  
  • Guests: Buddy Hackett, The United Nations Children's Choir, Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra
• Special #8 -"Bob Hope" Airdate: June 18, 1963
  
  • Guests: Bob Hope, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra, The United Nations Children's Choir, Jerry Fielding and His Orchestra
• Special #1 Airdate: September 26, 1963
  
  • Guests: Zsa Zsa Gabor, Eddie Sauter, Stan Getz
• Special #2 Airdate: October 10, 1963
  
  • Guests: Louis Nye, Maury Wills
• Special #3 Airdate: October 24, 1963
  
  • Guests: Al Hirt, Nancy Wilson

DISC 3:

• Special #4 Airdate: November 7, 1963
  
  • Guests: Allan Sherman, The United Nations Children's Choir; plus regulars George Furth, Don Chastain, Peter Hanley
• Special #5 Airdate: November 21, 1963
  
  • Guests: Don Chastain, John Hendricks, Lauritz Melchior, Count Basie and His Band; plus George Furth
• Special #6 Airdate: December 5, 1963
  
  • Guests: Sammy Davis Jr., Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill; plus Don Chastain, Peter Hanley
• Special #7 Airdate: December 19, 1963
  
  • Guests: Rowan & Martin, Andre Previn; plus Don Chastain, Peter Hanley
• Special #8 Airdate: January 2, 1964
  
  • Guests: Pete Fountain, Cliff Norton; plus Don Chastain, Peter Hanley

 DISC 4:

• Special #9 Airdate: January 16, 1964
  
  • Guests: Terry-Thomas, Spike Jones
• Special #10 Airdate: February 6, 1964
  
  • Guest: Bobby Darin
• Special #11 Airdate: February 20, 1964
  
  • Guests: Woody Herman and His Band, Jack Sheldon, Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill
• Special #12 Airdate: March 5, 1964
  
  • Guests: John Raitt, Louis Nye, Charlie Byrd, Mitzi McCall & Charlie Brill
• Special #13 Airdate: March 18, 1964
  
  • Guests: Johnny Mathis, Soupy Sales, Alan Sues

BONUS FEATURE: 

• Edie's musical performances from Ernie Kovacs programs

FOX ARCHIVES: Victor Mature in Cry of the City, Moss Rose

A pre-loincloth attired Victor Mature gets two releases from Fox's Cinema Archives line this week:

• Cry of the City (1948) with Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Berry Kroeger, Tommy Cook, Debra Paget, Hope Emerson and Roland Winters
• Moss Rose (1947) with Peggy Cummins, Ethel Barrymore, Vincent Price, George Zucco and Patricia Medina

Both will be available at ClassicFlix on October 29th.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 200 Fox Cinema Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Maverick - Season 3 & Billy Rose's Jumbo (Blu)

Two releases this week from the Warner Archive Collection.

First up is Maverick - The Complete Third Season with all 26 episodes on 6 discs. This is the first "MOD" release for this series, however the studio will likely press several thousand before permanently rendering it to MOD status.

Also out is Billy Rose's Jumbo (Blu-Ray) (1962) starring Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante, Martha Raye and Dean Jagger.

Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on November 5th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

UNIVERSAL VAULT: Flesh & Fantasy, You Can Never Tell & More!

Five more new-to-DVD titles have just been added from Universal's Vault Series:

• Flesh and Fantasy (1943) - Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Boyer, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Betty Field, Charles Winninger, Anna Lee, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith
• For Love or Money (1963) - Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Thelma Ritter, Julie Newmar, William Bendix, Leslie Parrish, Dick Sargent, William Windom
• Little Man, What Now? (1934) - Margaret Sullavan, Douglass Montgomery, Alan Hale
• The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) - William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Jeffrey Stone
• You Never Can Tell (1951) - Dick Powell, Peggy Dow, Joyce Holden, Charles Drake

All are now available for rent at ClassicFlix... and nowhere else!

WARNER ARCHIVE: Bowery Boys, Vol. 3 & Beast with Five Fingers

Two releases this week from the Warner Archive Collection. First up is The Bowery Boys, Vol. 3 with 12 films on 4 discs:

• Angels' Alley (1948)
• Jinx Money (1948)
• Angels in Disguise (1949)
• Feudin' Fools (1952)
• Jalopy (1953)
• Paris Playboys (1954)
• Dig that Uranium (1956)
• Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
• Hot Shots (1956)
• Spook Chasers (1957)
• Looking for Danger (1957)
• Up in Smoke (1957)

Also out is The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) starring Peter Lorre, Robert Alda and Andrea King.

All will be available here at ClassicFlix on October 29th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

FOX BLU: Black Swan, Jesse James & Desk Set in Wave of 8

Fox has really picked up the pace in their Blu output this year and the studio has decided to end 2013 with a bang by scheduling eight Blu-Ray (below) releases for December 3rd:

• The Black Swan (Blu-Ray)
• Call of the Wild (Blu-Ray)
• Carmen Jones (Blu-Ray)
• Desk Set (Blu-Ray)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Blu-Ray)
• Jesse James (Blu-Ray)
• North to Alaska (Blu-Ray)
• The Undefeated (Blu-Ray)

Also the bonus features from the DVD releases are expected to carry over (subtitles and dubbing too).

COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Charley Chase, Vol. 2 & More

More from Sony's Columbia Classics line as three releases are scheduled for November 5th.

Following up on the studio's well-received Volume 1, Charley Chase Shorts, Vol. 2 has been announced.

The shorts are:

• The Big Squirt (1937)
• Calling All Doctors (1937)
• From Bad to Worse (1937)
• The Grand Hooter (1937)
• His Bridal Fright (1940)
• Many Sappy Returns (1938)
• The Nightshirt Bandit (1938)
• Pie a la Maid (1938)
• The Sap Takes a Wrap (1939)
• Teacher's Pest (1939)
• Time Out for Trouble (1938)
• The Wrong Miss Wright (1937)

Also out is the Ernie Kovacs comedy Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) which also stars Robert Wagner, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Frankie Avalon, Frank Gorshin and Jesse White and the Buck Jones Western Unknown Valley (1933).