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Showing posts with label Loretta Young. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loretta Young. Show all posts
FOX BLU: Black Swan, Jesse James & Desk Set in Wave of 8
Fox has really picked up the pace in their Blu output this year and
the studio has decided to end 2013 with a bang by scheduling eight
Blu-Ray (below) releases for December 3rd:
UNIVERSAL VAULT: DeMille, Alan Ladd, Loretta Young & W.C. Fields
Four long overdue titles -- all with big names -- have been added from Universal's Vault Series:
- China (1943) - Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Philip Ahn & dir. by John Farrow
- This Day and Age (1933) - Charles Bickford, Richard Cromwell, Judith Allen & dir. by Cecil B. DeMille
- Tillie and Gus (1933) - W.C. Fields, Alison Skipworth, Baby LeRoy, Julie Bishop
- Back to God's Country (1953) - Rock Hudson, Marcia Henderson, Steve Cochran, Hugh O'Brian
KINO BLU: Hitch-Hiker, The Stranger & Night Tide in October
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The Hitch-Hiker October 15th Kino Retail: 24.95, Our: $19.99 |
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The Hitch-Hiker (Blu-Ray) October 15th Kino Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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Night Tide October 15th Kino Retail: 24.95, Our: $19.99 |
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Night Tide (Blu-Ray) October 15th Kino Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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The Stranger October 15th Kino Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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The Stranger (Blu-Ray) October 15th Kino Retail: 34.95, Our: $27.99 |
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Some familiar classics are getting an upgrade from Kino this October 15th: The Hitch-Hiker (1953), Night Tide (1961) and The Stranger (1946). All three films have undergone restoration from 35mm prints and will be released on both DVD & Blu-Ray.
The films have seen numerous public domain company releases over the years with Film Chest recently doing a decent job with their 2011 Stranger combo set (which we carried until today's announcement). Hitch-Hiker was first released on DVD by Kino in 2000, but this will mark its Blu debut.
Announced by Kino earlier this year, Night Tide was postponed, but with this announcement, appears to have a solid release date.
Bonus features are expected for The Hitch-Hiker and Night Tide (below).
Suddenly their car and their very lives are commandeered by psychopathic serial killer Emmett Myers (William Talman). The striking light/dark contrasts, the stunning compositions (the two kidnap victims separated by a narrow stream from a gun-cradling madman with a bum eye) and the spatial integrity of a determining sense of locale (the pitiless topography of a rock-bound, horizonless Mexico over which hovers an ever-present doom) all contribute mightily to this fascinating character-study.
NOTE: This release is a 35mm archival restoration from the Library of Congress exclusively on the Kino label.
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny (Dennis Hopper) becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. After strange occurrences, Johnny begins to believe that she may actually be a real mermaid that habitually kills during the cycle of the full moon.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary from Director Curtis Harrington and Actor Dennis Hopper
- Extended interview (50 min.) with Director Curtis Harrington
- Original Theatrical Trailer
From Academy Award Winning Producer Sam Spiegel (Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, On The Waterfront).
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio commentary from filmmaker, historian and curator Bret Wood
- Original Nazi concentration and prison camp footage (which are featured in the final film) from filmmaker George Stevens
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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.
The Cary Grant Film Collection in April
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The Cary Grant Film Collection April 9th 20th Century Fox Retail: 39.98, Our: $30.99 |
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Nothing new here, but Fox has announced a collection of six Cary Grant films in a handsome boxed set for a very reasonable price. You can check out the "Beauty Shot" at our Facebook page.
The Cary Grant Film Collection will street on April 9th and retail for only $39.99. Films below.
Over the course of his legendary career, two-time Oscar Nominee Cary Grant has charmed audiences with his debonair style, sophisticated wit and dashing good looks.
This 6-disc set includes some of his finest films and most critically acclaimed performances. From screwball comedies to romantic dramas, this must-own collection also features some of Grant's most alluring co-stars, including Deborah Kerr, Jeanne Crain and Ginger Rogers.
IN THE SET:
- Born to Be Bad
- I Was a Male War Bride
- People Will Talk
- Monkey Business
- Kiss Them for Me
- An Affair to Remember
TIMELESS: Wagon Train - Season 6, Loretta Young & Restless Gun
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Wagon Train - The Complete Sixth Season March 5th Timeless Media Group Retail $59.97, Our: $44.99 |
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The Restless Gun - Complete Series April 23rd Timeless Media Group Retail $59.97, Our: $44.99 |
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The Loretta Young Show - 100th Birthday Edition February 12th Timeless Media Group Retail $99.88, Our: $84.99 |
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More TV from Timeless Media as they have announced the upcoming releases of Wagon Train - The Complete Sixth Season, The Restless Gun - Complete Series and The Loretta Young Show - 100th Birthday Edition.
Wagon Train will be a 10-disc set and packaged in the usual wagon shaped tin offerred for the series. Restless Gun, starring John Payne, is an 8-disc set, while The Loretta Young Show is a massive 17-disc "best of" compilation set of the eight year series.
Note: The Loretta Young set is available for purchase, but due to the size and cost, it will not be offered for rental at this time. Details below.
Continuing in their great tradition of classic TV westerns, NBC Universal and Timeless Media Group now bring you the uncut Wagon Train The Complete Sixth Season, one of the most enduring and sought after westerns of all time. Direct from film masters stored in the Universal vaults, these 37 episodes have been re-mastered and presented on 10 dual layer DVDs in a special edition tin box, with a handsome DVD booklet complete with all the episode synopses, the guest stars and more.
Inspired by the classic western film Wagonmaster, directed by John Ford (The Searchers, Stagecoach), Wagon Train debuted on Wednesday, September 18, 1957 on the NBC Television Network. The ensemble acting, wonderful scripts and great western scenery soon made Wagon Train a fixture in American homes on Wednesday nights, as millions of Americans of all ages tuned in to NBC for great family entertainment.
Each well-crafted episode focused on a personal story of courage and perseverance of not just the main cast, but of the westward-bound emigrants as they made the perilous journey from the banks of the Missouri to California s Pacific shores. In the face of great odds, their uplifting, heart-warming, and at times heart-breaking stories tell the tale of how the west was truly won. They were hard-working people, determined and driven by the promise of rich fertile land and the freedom and prosperity that it would bring. But to get there they would have to make the hardest trip of their lives and to succeed they would need strong, knowledgeable people to led the way.
John McIntire heads the cast of Wagon Train as Wagon Master Chris Hale. Joining him are long time costars, Frank McGrath (Charlie Wooster), Terry Wilson (Bill Hawks), and Denny Miller (Duke Shannon). Season Six marks the first year without star Robert Horton in Wagon Train, leaving Denny Miller to admirably take up the role of head scout.
Each weekly episode featured some of Hollywood s brightest stars in guest roles, including Joseph Cotten (The John Augustus Story), Robert Ryan (The John Bernard Story), Barbara Stanwyck (The Caroline Castell Story), Eddie Albert (The Kurt Davos Story), Dan Duryea (The Wagon Train Mutiny), Art Linkletter (The Sam Darland Story), Dennis Hopper (The Emmett Lawton Story), Brian Keith (The Tom Tuesday Story) and many more!
This 10 DVD collector's edition of Wagon Train The Complete Sixth Season, including all 37 great episodes, is sure to please both fans of the original broadcast and newcomers who are seeing it for the first time. "WAGONS, HO!"
Her first show, Letter to Loretta, went on the air that September and was an immediate hit. Later re-titled The Loretta Young Show, her weekly anthology series was the first to feature a female star as host and actress, and made Miss Young one of the best-known and beloved personalities on television.
With a mix of both melodramas and light romantic comedies, the series was designed and intended for a female audience. Young chose stories for their messages, and while many stories affirmed postwar, middle-class ideas about the home, families, and gender roles, the show also explicitly addressed social issues of the day. It stands out as a rare, primetime network drama series where a woman tells her stories.
Starting with the very first episode of the original show, Letter from Loretta, this 17 DVD box set includes the very best of The Loretta Young Show.
Authorized by the Loretta Young Estate.
BONUS FEATURES:
- A conversation with Loretta's children
- Rare family home movies and photographs
- Movie trailers, interviews with veterans of The Loretta Young Show
- A short biography that highlights Loretta's career as actress, mother and role model to millions of American women
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: The Stranger, Kansas City Confidential in February
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| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Kansas City Confidential (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) February 15th Virgil Films Retail $15.99, Our: $12.99 | |
Two public domain titles, The Stranger and Kansas City Confidential, both released on DVD by MGM in 2007, are getting a face lift from Virgil Films as both are making their Blu debut on February 15th.
Each will be a Blu-Ray / DVD combo pack and retail for $15.99. Bonus features are not yet known.
Who's Virgil you may ask? They were formally Arts Alliance America, and are primarily known for their well-received Donna Reed Show releases.
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