Showing posts with label Dana Andrews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dana Andrews. Show all posts
WARNER ARCHIVE: These Three Plus Dana Andrews & Gary Cooper
Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection including the long-awaited William Wyler drama These Three (1936). Click here for details.
Bishop's Wife, Best Years of our Lives (Blu-Ray) in November
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The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-Ray) November 5th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 |
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Warner has announced a November 5th release date for two of their most prestigious Goldwyn holdings: The Bishop's Wife (Blu-Ray) and The Best Years of Our Lives (Blu-Ray).
Each will retail for $19.98, but will be available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.
GOLDWYN: Wuthering Heights, Bishop's Wife & More in January
Back in April, we announced that Warner had acquired the rights to distribute 74 films from the Samuel Goldwyn library. Today, the studio made public the first six to
be released on standard DVD this January 15th.
Wuthering Heights (1939) and The Bishop's Wife (1947) will be the most welcome of the lot as they have proven to be the most scarce.
The other four are: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Guys and Dolls (1955), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
Almost all the bonus features will carry over from the previous HBO/MGM releases, and some will be added as in the case of Best Years which includes an introduction by Virgina Mayo and interviews with Virginia Mayo and Teresa Wright.
Retail will be $14.97 each, but they are all available at ClassicFlix.com for just $10.99.
Wuthering Heights (1939) and The Bishop's Wife (1947) will be the most welcome of the lot as they have proven to be the most scarce.
The other four are: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Guys and Dolls (1955), Hans Christian Andersen (1952) and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
Almost all the bonus features will carry over from the previous HBO/MGM releases, and some will be added as in the case of Best Years which includes an introduction by Virgina Mayo and interviews with Virginia Mayo and Teresa Wright.
Retail will be $14.97 each, but they are all available at ClassicFlix.com for just $10.99.
BLU NOIR: Laura in February
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Laura (Blu-Ray) February 5th 20th-Century Fox Retail $24.99, Our: $20.99 |
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A definitive noir classic, Laura (Blu-Ray) has been announced by Fox for release on February 5th.
Bonus features (below) will carry over from the standard release. Retail will be $24.99, but It is available at ClassicFlix.com for just $20.99.
Lulled by her stunning portrait, fine liquor and classical music, McPherson doesn't know he's in for a heart-stopping shock with the sudden appearance of a woman who seems to be Laura herself. Steeped in suspense, heightened reality and witty sophistication, Laura leads to a shocking climax.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Extended Movie Version - with Alternate Opening
- Commentary by Composer David Raksin and Wesleyan University Film Professor Jeanine Basinger
- Commentary b Film Historian/Author Rudy Behlmer
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Documentaries
- "Gene Tierney: A Shattered Portrait"
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain"
- Deleted Scene - with Optional Commentary by Rudy Behlmer
- Theatrical Trailer
Jon Hall, Lynn Bari & Dana Andrews in Kit Carson (1940)
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Kit Carson January 29th Hen's Tooth Video Retail $19.95, Our: $17.99 |
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Hen's Tooth Video has announced a January 29th street date for Kit Carson (1940).
This "wagon train" Western stars Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Ward Bond, Harold Huber and Clayton Moore.
Retail will be $19.95, but It is available at ClassicFlix.com for just $17.99.
KAZAN AT FOX: 8 New to Blu-Ray Including A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Exclusive to their site (FoxConnect), 20th Century Fox has released
two Elia Kazan sets on Blu-Ray -- but we have them for rent! They are:
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray)
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 2 (Blu-Ray)
Volume 1 consists of titles that were released before as singles on standard DVD. Most of the bonus features carry over and Panic has two new ones.
Volume 2 titles were released on standard DVD in the 18-disc Elia Kazan Collection, but were never released as singles (and are not likely to be soon). Details below.
Hailed as one of the most acclaimed and influential directors of all time, Elia Kazan remains a true Hollywood icon. This collection presents four of his finest films, available for the first time on Blu-Ray with authentic high-quality picture and sound.
Boomerang (1947)
Director Elia Kazan won critical acclaim for this vividly portrayed, suspenseful 1947 true crime drama set in Connecticut, where the events actually happened. When a beloved priest is gunned down, the local police chief (Lee J. Cobb) is under enormous pressure to find his murderer, and, based only on vague descriptions, he undertakes a massive manhunt, eventually arriving at both a suspect (Arthur Kennedy) and a confession.
But the state’s attorney (Dana Andrews) is determined to convict only if it’s right to do so. Also starring Jane Wyatt, Cara Williams, Sam Levene, Ed Begley and Karl Malden, Boomerang is gripping noir entertainment from start to finish.
BONUS FEATURES:
Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar nominated role as a journalist assigned to write a series on anti-Semitism.
Searching for an angle, he decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is to be a victim of religious intolerance. Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Dean Stockwell and June Havoc also star in this riveting World War II classic.
BONUS FEATURES:
Pinky, a young nurse (Jeanne Crain), returns to her small southern hometown, but the trip is bittersweet one: Educated in the North, Pinky is engaged to a doctor who doesn't know that she is part black. Her grandmother (Ethel Waters) is a proud black woman who is less than happy to learn that Pinky's fiancee is white. Then, Pinky's friendship with a southern aristocrat, Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore), is cause for more scandal - and a lawsuit - when she dies and leaves her house to Pinky.
Shunned by both blacks and whites, Pinky's choices make her the unfortunate target of bigotry in this compelling classic. This deeply moving drama features three indelible Oscar-nominated performances from Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters.
BONUS FEATURES:
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
BONUS FEATURES:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
This poignant and heartwarming story, Elia Kazan's directorial debut, is based on the best-selling novel about life in Brooklyn's Irish tenements at the turn of the twentieth century.
BONUS FEATURES:
Marlon Brando stars as Emiliano Zapata, the hero of the 1920 Mexican revolution. Anthony Quinn's portrayal of Zapata's hard-living brother earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The legendary Fredric March plays Karel Cernik, who courageously leads his traveling circus in a desperate run for the German border to escape from 1950's communist Czechoslovakia.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Wild River (1960)
Montgomery Clift is a government agent who must evacuate lands to make way for a new dam. When an elderly woman refuses to leave, Clift falls for her granddaughter (Lee Remick).
BONUS FEATURE:
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray)
Kazan at Fox, Vol. 2 (Blu-Ray)
Volume 1 consists of titles that were released before as singles on standard DVD. Most of the bonus features carry over and Panic has two new ones.
Volume 2 titles were released on standard DVD in the 18-disc Elia Kazan Collection, but were never released as singles (and are not likely to be soon). Details below.
Hailed as one of the most acclaimed and influential directors of all time, Elia Kazan remains a true Hollywood icon. This collection presents four of his finest films, available for the first time on Blu-Ray with authentic high-quality picture and sound.
Boomerang (1947)
Director Elia Kazan won critical acclaim for this vividly portrayed, suspenseful 1947 true crime drama set in Connecticut, where the events actually happened. When a beloved priest is gunned down, the local police chief (Lee J. Cobb) is under enormous pressure to find his murderer, and, based only on vague descriptions, he undertakes a massive manhunt, eventually arriving at both a suspect (Arthur Kennedy) and a confession.
But the state’s attorney (Dana Andrews) is determined to convict only if it’s right to do so. Also starring Jane Wyatt, Cara Williams, Sam Levene, Ed Begley and Karl Malden, Boomerang is gripping noir entertainment from start to finish.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and Jame Ursini
Director Elia Kazan and producer Darryl F. Zanuck caused a sensation with "the most spellbinding story ever put on celluloid" (Hollywood Reporter), which won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. One of the first films to directly tackle racial prejudice, this acclaimed adaptation of Laura Z. Hobson's bestseller stars Gregory Peck in an Oscar nominated role as a journalist assigned to write a series on anti-Semitism.
Searching for an angle, he decides to pose as a Jew - and soon discovers what it is to be a victim of religious intolerance. Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Dean Stockwell and June Havoc also star in this riveting World War II classic.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by Celeste Holm, June Havoc and Film Critic Richard Schickel
- AMC Backstory Episode: Gentleman's Agreement
- Fox Movietone Newsreels
Pinky, a young nurse (Jeanne Crain), returns to her small southern hometown, but the trip is bittersweet one: Educated in the North, Pinky is engaged to a doctor who doesn't know that she is part black. Her grandmother (Ethel Waters) is a proud black woman who is less than happy to learn that Pinky's fiancee is white. Then, Pinky's friendship with a southern aristocrat, Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore), is cause for more scandal - and a lawsuit - when she dies and leaves her house to Pinky.
Shunned by both blacks and whites, Pinky's choices make her the unfortunate target of bigotry in this compelling classic. This deeply moving drama features three indelible Oscar-nominated performances from Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by film historian Kenneth Geist
In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by authors and historians James Ursini and Alain Silver
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Jack Palance: From Grit to Grace
- Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
This poignant and heartwarming story, Elia Kazan's directorial debut, is based on the best-selling novel about life in Brooklyn's Irish tenements at the turn of the twentieth century.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel with Elia Kazan, Ted Donaldson and Norman Lloyd
- The Making of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- An Appreciation of Dorothy McGuire
- Fox Movietone News Segments
Marlon Brando stars as Emiliano Zapata, the hero of the 1920 Mexican revolution. Anthony Quinn's portrayal of Zapata's hard-living brother earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Man on a Tightrope (1953)
The legendary Fredric March plays Karel Cernik, who courageously leads his traveling circus in a desperate run for the German border to escape from 1950's communist Czechoslovakia.
NO BONUS FEATURES
Wild River (1960)
Montgomery Clift is a government agent who must evacuate lands to make way for a new dam. When an elderly woman refuses to leave, Clift falls for her granddaughter (Lee Remick).
BONUS FEATURE:
- Commentary by Film Historian Richard Schickel
Crack in the World (Blu-Ray) in July
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Crack in the World (Blu-Ray) (1965) July 5th Olive Films Retail: 29.95, Our: $19.99 | |
The first Paramount title licensed by Olive Films to go Blu has been announced as Crack in the World (Blu-Ray) will be released on July 5th.
Retail will be $29.95, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $19.99. Bonus features are not expected.
STREET DATE CHANGE: Olive Films Releases
We have a street date change for the four Olive Films titles previously announced. They were scheduled to release on July 13th, but have now been pushed back to July 27th.
ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Dark City (1950) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Union Station (1950) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Appointment with Danger (1951) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Crack in the World (1965) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
We mentioned back in February that Olive Films had licensed 27 films from Paramount. Now, Olive has officially announced four titles (above) for release on July 13th.
All four have been mastered from 35mm archive prints and will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.
Dark City, Appointment with Danger Part of Olive's First Wave in July
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Dark City (1950) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Union Station (1950) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Appointment with Danger (1951) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Crack in the World (1965) July 13th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
We mentioned back in February that Olive Films had licensed 27 films from Paramount. Now, Olive has officially announced four titles (above) for release on July 13th.
All four have been mastered from 35mm archive prints and will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.
A Walk in the Sun (Restored Collector's Edition) in August
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | A Walk in the Sun (Restored Collector's Edition) August 25th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $10.99 | |
VCI has announced what will be the definitive edition of a film that has languished in PD releases too numerous to count.
A Walk in the Sun (Restored Collector's Edition) will street on August 25th with a new digitally restored and remastered transfer. Bonus features include a video interview with Norman Lloyd and the original theatrical trailer.
It will retail for $14.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $10.99.
During the World War II Allied invasion of Italy, one of the ranking officers is killed after the platoon lands on the beach. Now Sgt.Tyne (Dane Andrews) must take over and lead the troops. The film is noted for its attempt to portray the infantryman’s experience realistically, in particular the banter and mid-1940s slang.
This WWII film was the first to use a ballad as a thematic element, a practice which, after High Noon,
would become a cliche of the 1950s. One of the best WWII films, A Walk in the Sun combines documentary-like sequences with a sharp awareness of the isolation of each soldier in the midst of
battle.
- Digitally Restored and Un-cut with a New Transfer from the 35mm Negative.
- Video interview with actor Norman Loyd
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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