Showing posts with label Humphrey Bogart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humphrey Bogart. Show all posts
Stand-In (1937) is Ready to Ship!
Stand-In (1937), our latest release, starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell & Humphrey Bogart is in the house and ready ship!
Stand-In (1937) Trailer & Restoration Comparison
Having undergone a major restoration, the romantic comedy send-up of Tinseltown Stand-In (1937), starring Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell and featuring Humphrey Bogart, is set to be released on February 26th.
For your enjoyment, we've cut both a custom trailer as well as a restoration comparison which you'll find below.
For your enjoyment, we've cut both a custom trailer as well as a restoration comparison which you'll find below.
WARNER ARCHIVE: To Have and Have Not Debuts on Blu
Warner Archive has announced the release of the 1944 adventure, To Have and Have Not, on Blu-Ray as part of their Archive Collection. Click here for details.
KINO: Bogart in Deadline U.S.A. Gets First Home Video Release in July
Three titles from Kino are scheduled for release on DVD and Blu-ray in July. Click here for details.
CRITERION: In a Lonely Place Arrive in May
Criterion announced Nicholas Ray's In a Lonely Place will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in May. Click here for details.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Bogie and Bacall on Blu, Plus Hedy Lamarr & George O'Brien
Five new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Click here for details.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Bogie on Blu Leads New Releases
Six new titles have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection, including the arrival of the Humphrey Bogart war drama Passage to Marseille (1944) on Blu-Ray. Click here for details.
Restored Beat the Devil Coming to Blu-Ray
After wallowing in public domain DVD prints for years, John Huston's Beat the Devil (1953) is finally getting an HD release from The Film Detective. Click here for details.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Fredric March and Humphrey Bogart Lead Latest Wave
Four new-to-DVD releases have been announced by Warner as part of their Archive Collection. Click here for details.
WARNER: Ball of Fire, Dead End, Little Foxes & Time Machine Blu
Warner has scheduled July release dates for 3 Goldwyn classics previously released by MGM, but long since out of print: Ball of Fire (1941), Dead End (1937) and The Little Foxes (1941). Click here to read the full story.
WARNER ARCHIVE: The Oklahoma Kid & More in Cagney Wave
Three James Cagney films make up this week's Warner Archive releases.
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Funny Face, Sabrina Blu-Ray's in April
Warner Bros. has announced an April 8th street date for Blu-Ray versions of Funny Face (1957) and Sabrina (1954).
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Click here to read the full story.
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:
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
Casablanca (Blu-Ray) - 70th Anniversary Limited Edition in March
Casablanca's 70th anniversary will be commemorated with Warner's upcoming release of Casablanca - 70th Anniversary Limited Edition (Blu-Ray) on March 27th. Previously released in hi-def, this new set will be a Blu-Ray/DVD combo and have two new documentaries exclusive to this limited edition set (50,000). It also appears that all bonus features, which are numerous, will carry over from 2008's out of print Ultimate Collector's Edition. Premiums for this set are:
Casablanca: easy to enter, but much harder to leave, especially if your name is on the Nazi's most-wanted list. Atop that list is Czech Resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henried), whose only hope is Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart), a cynical American who sticks his neck out for no one... especially Victor's wife Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), the ex-lover who broke his heart. So when Ilsa offers herself in exchange for Laszlo's safe transport out of the country, the bitter Rick must decide what's more important - his own happiness or the countless lives that hang in the balance.
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TCM VAULT: Humphrey Bogart - The Columbia Pictures Collection
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | Humphrey Bogart - The Columbia Pictures Collection (TCM Vault) November 28th Sony Love Affair (1932), Knock on Any Door (1949), Tokyo Joe (1949), Sirocco (1951),The Harder They Fall (1956) |
Released via TCM's Vault line, Humphrey Bogart gets a 5-disc set due November 28th in Sony's announcement of Humphrey Bogart - The Columbia Pictures Collection.
Love Affair (1932) and Knock on Any Door (1949) are new-to-DVD, while the latter three titles were previously released, but are now out of print.
All five titles will be fully restored and remastered and will include bonus features such as introductions by Ben Mankiewicz, a Humphrey Bogart biography, lobby cards, publicity stills, movie posters and more.
Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix.
Wide Release of The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray) in December
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray) December 6th Sony Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99 |   |
Currently exclusive to Amazon, but available for rent here at ClassicFlix, The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray) has been announced for wide release by Sony on December 6th.
It will retail for 19.99 but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features below.
Nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1955, including Best Picture and Best Actor, The Caine Mutiny is a classic film about the unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) and his tumultuous command of an old minesweeper and her weary crew.
On the high seas during the dramatic battles of World War II, Queeg's by-the-book approach pushes his crew and his popular second-in-command, Lt. Maryk (Van Johnson), to the breaking point. After a series of questionable orders, Maryk confronts Queeg when he orders the ship directly into the path of a deadly typhoon. Maryk invokes naval code and relieves Queeg of his command, forcing the crew to mutiny. Once safely back in port, Maryk is court-martialed for treason, setting off a tense trial that exposes the true state of Queeg's mind. Nominated for Best Actor, Humphrey Bogart gives a searing performance as he is systematically broken down in this classic tale of military conduct in a time of war.
BONUS FEATURES:- Commentary with Richard Pena and Ken Bowser
- Behind the Caine Mutiny Documentary
The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray)
With over 1,000 titles unavailable for rent anywhere else, ClassicFlix.com is the leader in classic film rentals.
Warner Archive, Sony, MGM and Universal MOD's -- only here and plenty of them! But we also have other hard to find titles like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-Ray) and today's announcement of The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray).
Released last week, and currently only available for purchase on Amazon, The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray) is available for rental immediately.
Bogart Blu's, Plus Essential Collection in October
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Maltese Falcon (Blu-Ray) (1941) October 5th Warner Retail $24.98, Our: $19.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Blu-Ray) (1948) October 5th Warner Retail $24.98, Our: $19.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection October 5th Warner Retail $99.98, Our: $84.99 | |
Warner has officially announced their Humphrey Bogart titles due out on October 5th. Regarding bonus features, both Blu releases appear to mimic the standard def releases.
Humphrey Bogart: The Essential Collection will be a 13-disc set with no new material. However, this set will be the only way to get many Bogart titles as most of his Warner titles out of print. It will include a 48 page book, 10 photo cards and studio correspondence.
NOTE: We will likely not rent the Essential Collection until such a time as market supply of older releases are depleted.
IT'S OFFICIAL: The African Queen in March
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $19.99, Our: $14.99 |  |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Blu-Ray) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $26.99, Our: $20.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Commemorative Edition) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $34.99, Our: $24.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The African Queen (Blu-Ray Commemorative Edition) (1951) March 23rd Paramount Retail: $43.99, Our: 32.99 | |
It's official! Paramount has announced The African Queen for release on March 23rd. Four different editions, all single disc, are part of this long-awaited announcement.
Bonus features are:
Standard & Blu-Ray Editions:
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen,—This comprehensive documentary takes a look back at the production with commentary about the cast, the challenges of the filming locations and how the spectacular cinematography impacted the industry overall. Includes on-camera interviews with notable Hollywood icons, critics and crew members from the film including Martin Scorsese, Tony Huston, Richard Schickel and more, plus never-before-seen archival images and home movie footage provided by the estate of cinematographer Jack Cardiff.
Commemorative Editions:
- Embracing Chaos
- An audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater presents The African Queen radio broadcast
- A Senitype film frame collectible reproduction
- Collectible postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film
- A reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind
Subtitles and audio are English, French and Spanish. Additionally, the Blu-Ray releases will have Portuguese subtitled.
Artwork and press release below.
FULLY RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY,
DIRECTOR JOHN HUSTON’S MONUMENTAL CLASSIC DEBUTS ON DVD AND BLU-RAY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
THE AFRICAN QUEEN
The Final Film from AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies to Arrive on DVD Makes its
Long-Awaited Premiere March 23, 2010
Including Nearly an Hour of All-New Bonus Material
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (January 11, 2010) – Filled with adventure, drama, humor and romance, the epic and enduring cinematic classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN will finally make its way home when it debuts on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time ever on March 23, 2010 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Meticulously restored using state-of-the-art 4K digital technology, THE AFRICAN QUEEN will now be available for a new generation to appreciate and for long-time fans to see again, as if for the first time. Legendary director John Huston’s treasured romantic adventure stars the incomparable Humphrey Bogart as hard-drinking boat captain Charlie Allnut—a role that won him his only Academy Award® (Best Actor, 1951)—and renowned actress Katharine Hepburn as missionary Rose Sayer in a tale of two disparate people thrown together by fate and drawn together by love.
A six-year journey filled with challenges nearly as difficult as those faced by Rose and Charlie, the restoration process began at the source: Romulus Films—one of the film’s original production companies—provided access to the original three-strip negative at a
To ensure that the restored picture matched the filmmakers’ original vision, Paramount arranged a screening of an MPAA archive print for the film’s original cinematographer, Academy Award® winner Jack Cardiff*, whose comments were recorded live during the screening. That same archival print was later screened alongside the newly restored version so that the restoration team could ensure that all of
THE AFRICAN QUEEN will be available as a single disc DVD or Blu-ray and also in Commemorative, Limited Edition DVD or Blu-ray box sets. Both the DVD and Blu-ray feature a new documentary entitled “Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen”, which includes new interviews with contemporary film experts such as Martin Scorsese and incorporates home movies, archival images and more. The Commemorative box set includes either the DVD or Blu-ray detailed above, plus an audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater broadcast of The African Queen, a reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind, a Senitype® film frame collectible reproduction and postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film.
THE AFRICAN QUEEN DVD & Blu-ray
THE AFRICAN QUEEN DVD is presented in full screen format with English, French and Spanish Mono and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray is presented in 1080p High Definition with English, French and Spanish Mono and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. Special features are as follows:
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen—This comprehensive documentary takes a look back at the production with commentary about the cast, the challenges of the filming locations and how the spectacular cinematography impacted the industry overall. Includes on-camera interviews with notable
The Commemorative, Limited-Edition DVD and Blu-ray box sets include the above along with:
- An audio disc with a recording of the Lux Radio Theater presents The African Queen radio broadcast
- A Senitype® film frame collectible reproduction
- Collectible postcards featuring reproductions of images related to the film
- A reproduction of Katharine Hepburn’s out-of-print memoir The Making of The African Queen or How I Went to
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