OLIVE: Hoodlum Empire, Cloak and Dagger, Enforcer & Lonely Trail

Four more titles are coming from Olive Films on April 30th. 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:

• Cloak and Dagger (1946) - Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda
• The Enforcer (1951) - Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane
• Hoodlum Empire (1952) - Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers
• The Lonely Trail (1936) - John Wayne, Ann Rutherford, Cy Kendall

All can be found in the recent additions section.

OLIVE FILMS: Rope of Sand, The Mountain in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Rope of Sand (1949) April 5th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Mountain (1956) April 5th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99

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More is on the way from Olive Films on April 5th.

Rope of Sand (1949) boasts an all-star cast with Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre, to name a few, in this noir-thriller.

The Mountain (1956) stars Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner along with Claire Trevor, William Demarest, Barbara Darrow, Richard Arlen and E.G. Marshall in this exciting adventure-drama.

Each DVD will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.

CRITERION: Stagecoach, Standard and Blu in May

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Stagecoach (1939) May 25th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $29.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Stagecoach (Blu-Ray) (1939) May 25th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced a May 25th release date for Stagecoach (1939) in both a standard 2-disc DVD set and single disc Blu-Ray release.

Previously released in 2006 in a 2-disc special edition by Warner, new rights holder Criterion is, well, giving Stagecoach the Criterion treatment as bonus features are plenty (below) and all new.

NOTE: We normally retire older versions of any title when a superior version comes out to reduce confusion as to which DVD to rent. However, we'll leave Warner's release in our inventory as it contains completely different bonus features that may be of interest.

SYNOPSIS:
This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances—traveling a dangerous route from Arizona to New Mexico—Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, Stagecoach (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by noted western authority Jim Kitses
• Bucking Broadway (1917), a fifty-four-minute silent western by John Ford, with new music by Donald Sosin
• Extensive video interview with Ford from 1968
• New video interview with Dan Ford, biographer and grandson of the director, about Ford’s home movies
• New video interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• New video essay by writer Tag Gallagher
• New video feature about Monument Valley
• New video interview with stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong about Stagecoach’s stuntman Yakima Canutt
• Radio dramatization of Stagecoach from 1949
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by David Cairns and the short story that inspired the film