Showing posts with label Joan Crawford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joan Crawford. Show all posts
CRITERION: Mildred Pierce Arrives in February
Criterion announced Joan Crawford's Oscar-winning film, Mildred Pierce will be making its Blu-Ray premiere in February, as well as receiving an upgraded DVD. Click here for details.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Joan Crawford Bonanza with 5 New to DVD
Five years ago Warner Bros. introduced their Archive Collection (reported here by us).
No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. Click here to read the full story.
No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. 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.
WARNER BLU: Mrs. Miniver, Grand Hotel in January
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Mrs. Miniver (Blu-Ray) January 8th Warner Home Video Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99 |
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Grand Hotel (Blu-Ray) January 8th Warner Home Video Retail: $19.99, Our: $15.99 |
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Warner has announced Mrs. Miniver (Blu-Ray) and Grand Hotel (Blu-Ray) for release on January 8th. It is not yet known whether bonus features will carry over from the standard releases.
Each will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.
TCM VAULT: Joan Crawford in the Fifties - Harriet Craig, Autumn Leaves
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | Joan Crawford in the Fifties (TCM Vault) November 6th Sony Harriet Craig (1950), Queen Bee (1955), Autumn Leaves (1950), The Story of Esther Costello (1950) |
Joan Crawford is getting a TCM Vault release on November 6th.
The 4-disc set, Joan Crawford in the Fifties, will contain Harriet Craig (1950), Queen Bee (1955) [previously released], Autumn Leaves (1956) and The Story of Esther Costello (1957) and should have all the bonus features usually associated with the Vault line.
Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!
Crawford plays a materialistic housewife who ruins her marriage and alienates her friends through her obsession with maintaining the perfect home.
Queen Bee (1955)
Joan Crawford (Mildred Pierce, 1945) is at her conniving and devious best as the Southern socialite who manipulates the lives of those around her with tragic results. The poster art screamed, "One female alone may be the queen bee. The other females serve only to sacrifice themselves while tending the queen bee or defending her. The males of the species exist only to serve the queen's pleasure…" and who better to exact the role than Crawford?
Eva Phillips (Crawford) is married to Avery (Barry Sullivan), a wealthy mill owner who has been driven to drink and bitterness by Eva's ruthless, self-seeking machinations and frank infidelity. When Avery's sister Carol Lee (Betsy Palmer) announces her engagement, Crawford maneuvers to prevent the wedding to Judson Prentiss (John Ireland), the queen bee's secret lover.
Autumn Leaves (1956)
Is a dark romantic drama about a lonely spinster who falls in love with a younger man with severe mental problems.
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Crawford plays a wealthy divorcee who devotes herself to helping a deaf and blind girl while fending off charlatans who want to exploit the teenager.
ARTWORK ADDED: Baby Jane, Dead Ringer Blus
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ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Blu-Ray) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $34.99, Our: $30.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (50th Anniversary Edition) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $14.96, Our: $12.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Dead Ringer (Blu-Ray) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 | |
Bette Davis will go Blu twice on October 9th as Warner has scheduled the Blu-Ray debuts of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Dead Ringer.
Also out will be a 2-disc standard DVD (50th Anniversary Edition) of Baby Jane which will carry over the bonus features from the previous edition. Ringer is expected to carry over bonus features as well.
The Blu-Ray Book release of Baby Jane will carry over all the bonus features too, plus include 36 pages of essays and behind-the-scenes photography.
BLU BETTE: Baby Jane, Dead Ringer in October
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Blu-Ray) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $34.99, Our: $30.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $14.96, Our: $12.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Dead Ringer (Blu-Ray) October 9th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99 | |
Bette Davis will go Blu twice on October 9th as Warner has scheduled the Blu-Ray debuts of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? and Dead Ringer.
Also out will be a 2-disc standard DVD (50th Anniversary Edition) of Baby Jane which will carry over the bonus features from the previous edition. Ringer is expected to carry over bonus features as well.
The Blu-Ray Book release of Baby Jane will carry over all the bonus features too, plus include 36 pages of essays and behind-the-scenes photography.
OLIVE: Johnny Guitar, Rio Grande - Standard & Blu in August
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Johnny Guitar August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Johnny Guitar (Blu-Ray) August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $29.95, Our: | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Rio Grande August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $19.95, Our: $14.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Rio Grande (Blu-Ray) August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $29.95, Our: | |
More top-notch Republic titles are on their way from Olive Films as Johnny Guitar (1954) and Rio Grande (1950) have been scheduled for an August 7th release date.
This is the hi-def debut for both, as well as the DVD bow for Guitar. Both Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday May 13th.
TCM VAULT: Women in Danger - 1950s Thrillers in June
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES: | Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers (TCM Vault) June 5th Universal Woman in Hiding (1950), Female on the Beach (1955), The Unguarded Moment (1956), The Price of Fear (1956) |
"Four glamorous leading ladies of the studio era are featured in a quartet of suspenseful melodramas that showcase them as endangered heroines" in Women in Danger: 1950s Thrillers due on June 5th.
Released via the TCM Vault line, the 4-disc set will come with the standard bonus features (stills, lobby cards, etc.).
Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, these four titles above will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!
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