Classicflix.com Blog: January 2014

FOX ARCHIVES: Jeanne Crain, Ann Sothern Featured in Latest Wave

Two Jeanne Crain films highlight this week's wave of three from Fox's Cinema Archives line. Click here to read the full story.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Dr. Kildare - Season 2, Bill Elliott Mysteries

More Dr. Kildare this week as Warner has announced Dr. Kildare - Season 2 as part of their Archive line. Click here to read the full story.

Double Indemnity, Touch of Evil Blu-Rays in April

Depressed on tax day? Universal is doing their part to relieve those tax burden blues by announcing their Blu-Ray releases of two of the golden age's most revered film noirs on April 15th: Double Indemnity (1944) and Touch of Evil (1958). Click here to read the full story.

ARTWORK UPDATE: The Big Valley - Season 2

Timeless Media has updated the artwork for The Big Valley - Season 2.

FLICKER BLU: Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Lon Chaney stars in Flicker Alley's latest offering as they have announced the Blu-Ray release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923). Click here to read the full story.

FOX ARCHIVES: The Glory Brigade & More

Two Military/War dramas and a B Crime-Drama make up this week's Fox Cinema Archives wave. Click here to read the full story.

The Women (Blu-Ray) in May

One of the top films of what is usually considered the Golden Age's greatest year of filmmaking (1939), The Women (Blu-Ray) has been announced by Warner Bros. with a May 6th street date. Click here to read the full story.

TIMELESS: The Big Valley - Season 2 -- 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

In the last decade, when the major studios were cranking out DVDs at a brisk pace, it was rare for a TV series to be abandoned mid-season. Such was the case however for The Big Valley when Fox stopped output for the series midway through Season 2 in 2007.

This decade has seen smaller labels flourish by picking up popular, yet unwanted studio properties. Timeless Media is one such label that continuously does so with their strong TV Westerns output and does so again today with the announcement of The Big Valley - Season 2.

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WARNER ARCHIVE: Dr. Kildare Movie Collection & Monogram Cowboy, Vol. 7

Two releases this week from Warner's Archive Collection: Dr. Kildare Movie Collection and Monogram Cowboy Collection, Vol. 7. Click here to read the full story.

CRITERION: Riot in Cell Block 11, Dreyer's Master of the House in April

Criterion has scheduled an April 22nd street date for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo's of Don Siegel's Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) and Carl Theodor Dreyer's Master of the House (1925). Click here to read the full story.

WIDE RELEASE: Beverly Hillbillies - Season 4, Petticoat Junction - Season 3

Just announced last week as exclusive to Walmart, Paramount has now made Beverly Hillbillies - Season 4 and Petticoat Junction - Season 3 available for wide release on April 15th. Click here to read the full story.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Fibber McGee and Molly & Kirby Grant, Vol. 2

Two releases this week from Warner's Archive Collection: A Fibber McGee and Molly Double Feature and Kirby Grant & Chinook, Vol. 2. Click here to read the full story.

TCM VAULT: The Lady from Shanghai (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo)

TCM will release The Lady from Shanghai (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) on Januray 28th as part of their TCM Vault line. Click here to read the full story.

TIMELESS: Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 5 in March

More Gene Autry from Timeless Media as they have announced Gene Autry Collection, Vol. 5 for release on March 25. Click here to read the full story.

COLUMBIA CLASSICS: The Miami Story, Trail of the Rustlers

Two more from Sony's Columbia Classics line will be available on January 28th. Click here to read the full story.

FOX ARCHIVES: Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, More Sonja Henie Too

More Sonja Henie from Fox's Cinema Archives line as they have announced Happy Landing (1938) and One in a Million (1936) for release. Both co-star Don Ameche as well as numerous other 30's Fox players.

Also out is Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) starring Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish and Richard Boone. This perpetually public domain title was the 3rd CinemaScope film released by the studio and will reportedly be in the proper aspect ratio (as opposed to pan and scan as with most of Fox's MOD releases).Click here to read the full story.