MORE BLU HITCH: Dial M for Murder (3D), Strangers on a Train

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Dial M for Murder (Blu-Ray) 3D October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $35.99, Our: $30.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Strangers on a Train (Blu-Ray) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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Hitchcock fans will be pleased.

A day after Universal announced a 15-disc Alfred Hitchcock Blu-Ray set, Warner Bros. has announced two more Hitch films on Blu: Dial M for Murder (Blu-Ray) 3D and Strangers on a Train (Blu-Ray).

Streeting on October 9th, Dial M will be presented in standard Blu as well as Blu-Ray 3D. Bonus features are not yet known.

Strangers comes out on the same day and will carry over the commentary from the standard 2-disc special edition (leaving out the Strangers on a Train: A Hitchcock Classic documentary, 3 featurettes and a newsreel). It will also be the "final release version" as the "preview version" will not be included.

NOTE: The Dial M case is lenticular.

BLU OLIVE: High Noon, Invasion of the Body Snatchers in July

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

High Noon - 60th Anniversary Edition July 17th Olive Flims Retail: 19.95, Our: $14.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

High Noon (Blu-Ray) - 60th Anniversary Edition July 17th Olive Flims Retail: 29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers July 17th Olive Flims Retail: 19.95, Our: $14.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Blu-Ray) July 17th Olive Flims Retail: 29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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Olive Films has announced the Blu-Ray debuts for both High Noon (1952) & Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) for release on July 17th. Both Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday.

Standard versions accompany these Blu's and while Invasion doesn't contain any bonus features, High Noon does carry over a featurette from the previous release. Additionally, both previous DVD releases will be kept as rentals as the bonus features on them are numerous.

Bolting out of the gate with these new titles, Olive has stepped up their game a notch with the apparent acquisition of the Republic library. When we get a finalized list, we'll pass it on immediately.

Great cover art too!

BLU: To Catch a Thief in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

To Catch a Thief (Blu-Ray) March 6th Paramount Retail: $22.99, Our: $17.99

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Paramount has announced a March 6th street date for To Catch a Thief (Blu-Ray).

The release will carry over all the bonus features (below) from the standard "Centennial" version which is now out of print.

It will retail for $22.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99.


American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian
• Featurettes:
  • A Night with the Hitchcock's
  • Unacceptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
  • Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
  • The Making of To Catch a Thief
  • Behind the Gates: Cary Grant & Grace Kelly
  • Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
• Galleries

Paramount Centennial Wave 3 - The Odd Couple, To Catch a Thief

What: To Catch a Thief (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99

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What: The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection) When: March 24th Studio: Paramount Price: Retail $24.99, Our: $17.99

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Continuing at about a once every two month pace, Paramount has announced release numbers 6 and 7 in their Paramount Centennial Collection. They are To Catch a Thief (Centennial Collection) and The Odd Couple (Centennial Collection).

To Catch a Thief was released as a Special Edition two years ago, and has several new featurettes (side by side below). The only bonus feature that didn't carry over to the new release is the Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau commentary. This is the first such special treatment for The Odd Couple.

They will retail for $24.99, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
American expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player.

BONUS FEATURES (FOR NEW RELEASE):

• Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper, Hitchcock Film Historian
• Featurettes:
  • A Night with the Hitchcock's
    
  • Unaccteptable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
  • Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
    
  • Behind the Gates: Stars of the 50's
  • The Making of To Catch a Thief
    
  • Behind the Gates
  • Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
  • Edith Head: The Paramount Years
• Original Theatrical Trailer
  
• If You Love To Catch Thief, You’ll Love this Interactive Travelogue
• Galleries

BONUS FEATURES (ON 2007 RELEASE):

• Commentary by Peter Bogdanovich and Laurent Bouzereau
• Four Featurettes:
  
  • Writing and casting To Catch a Thief
  • The Making of To Catch a Thief
  • Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
  • Edith Head - The Paramount Years
• Theatrical Trailer

SYNOPSIS:
Neil Simon has a special genius for finding the great hilarity in ordinary people doing everyday things. Like two divorced men who decide to share a New York apartment. That's the premise of The Odd Couple, though there's nothing odd in the casting of two Oscar-winning talents like Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. The two veteran funnymen work together with the precision timing of a vaudeville team, but always with bright spontaneity. Lemmon plays fussy Felix, fastidious to a fault. He proves that cleanliness is next to insanity. Matthau is Oscar, who wreaks havoc on a tidy room with the speed and thoroughness of a tornado. An enduring and endearing picture, with the intelligence one usually misses in comedies.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by Charlie Matthau and Chris Lemmon
• Featurettes:
  • In the Beginning
  • Inside The Odd Couple
  • Memories from the Set
  • Matthau & Lemmon New
  • The Odd Couple: A Classic
• Galleries
• Theatrical Trailer

Top 20 Actresses Meme

I picked up on the Siren's list a week ago, and viewed, among others, J.C. Loophole's and Laura's. So I thought I might chime in with my own top 20 actresses list. The list represents those who came to mind that I would watch just because they're in it, regardless of the quality of film.

Looking at other lists, some got no mention (Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard and Eleanor Powell), while others got surprisingly very few (Jean Arthur and Jeanne Crain).

The Top 10 are in order with the rest in no particular order. Favorites are listed as well.

1. Barbara Stanwyck (Ball of Fire, Meet John Doe, The Lady Eve & Many Others)
   
2. Jean Arthur (The More the Merrier, Mr. Smith..., Talk of the Town & Many Others)
   
3. Bette Davis (Mr. Skeffington, Now, Voyager, It's Love I'm After & Many Others)
4. Grace Kelly (The Country Girl, Dial M..., High Noon [Okay, ALL of Grace's Films])
5. Eleanor Powell (All Too)
6. Betty Hutton (The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Star Spangled Rhythm, The Stork Club)
7. Jeanne Crain (Pinky, Margie, Apartment for Peggy)
8. Carole Lombard (To Be or Not to Be, They Knew What They Wanted)
   
9. Maureen O'Hara (How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, Miracle on...)
10. Loretta Young (The Bishop's Wife, Key to the City)
11. June Allyson (Good News, Little Women)
12. Myrna Loy (The Thin Man, Libeled Lady)
13. Ingrid Bergman (Casablanca, Gaslight, Notorious)
14. Rosalind Russell (The Women, His Girl Friday, Night Must Fall)
15. Teresa Wright (Shadow of a Doubt, Pride of the Yankees, The Best Years...)
16. Paulette Goddard (Ghost Breakers, The Cat and the Canary, Reap the Wild Wind)
    
17. Virginia Mayo (The Princess and the Pirate, ...Walter Mitty, White Heat)
18. Greer Garson (Pride and Prejudice, Random Harvest, Mrs. Miniver)
19. Dorothy McGuire (A Tree Grow in Brooklyn, Friendly Persuasion, Old Yeller)
20. Katharine Hepburn (Adam's Rib, The Philadelphia Story, A Bill of Divorcement)
    

Didn't quite make the cut, but others that were in the mix:

• Doris Day
• Irene Dunne
• Claudette Colbert
• Ida Lupino
• Lana Turner
• Gene Tierney
• Joan Bennett