Showing posts with label Paul Henreid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paul Henreid. Show all posts
VCI: The Tall Lie Debuts on DVD in January
VCI has announced a January 13th street date for Paul Henreid's directorial debut, The Tall Lie (1952). Click here for details.
OLIVE BLU: Film Noir Collection, Vol. 1 in November
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Film Noir Collection, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray) November 13th Olive Retail $89.95, Our: $69.99 Rope of Sand (1949), Dark City (1950), Union Station (1950), Appointment with Danger (1951) |   |
Heston, Holden, Lancaster and Ladd -- four big names in four big noirs.
Olive Films has announced a November 13th release date for Film Noir Collection, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray) which includes Rope of Sand (1949), Dark City (1950), Union Station (1950) and Appointment with Danger (1951).
All four, previously released as singles on DVD, will only be available in this 4-disc collection.
Retail will be $89.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $69.99.
Rope of Sand (1949)
After a two-year hiatus, Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) returns to the same African city where he was tortured and left for dead at the hands of a sadistic Police Commandant (Paul Henreid).
Originally innocent of all charges, Mike is back to claim the diamonds he had supposedly stolen two years ago. He enlists the help of an alcoholic stranger (Peter Lorre) and the doctor (Sam Jaffe), who had helped him back to health. The diamond syndicate head (Claude Rains) recruits a nightclub temptress Suzanne Renaud (Corinne Calvet) to seduce and betray Mike as an alternate to brute force.
Dark City (1950)
After losing his company’s $5,000 cashier's check in a crooked card game, a stranger in Chicago commits suicide. The group of gamblers, with Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) as a member, worries about the dangers of cashing the check, but this becomes the least of their worries when the head of the group is found hanged. Police Captain Garvey (Dean Jagger) concludes the hanging to be a case of homicide and discovers that the stranger had a mentally deranged brother who is out to avenge his brother’s death. Fran (Lizabeth Scott), a torch singer desperately in love with Danny, begs him to runaway with her.
This classic film noir also features the stars of Dragnet, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as Danny’s gambling partners.
Union Station (1950)
Returning to the city from her wealthy employer residence, Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson), spots two armed men on the train. She reports them to the conductor who radios in to the Station’s police. Once at Union station she points out the men to Lt. William Calhoun (William Holden), head of the station’s police squad and they find out that the gunmen are members of a gang who have kidnapped her employer’s blind daughter and are seeking a $100,000 ransom.
The Chicago police headed by inspector Donnelly (Barry Fitzgerald), and the FBI are both called in. The action in this classic Film Noir culminates in a chase through the station’s underground tunnels.
Appointment with Danger (1951)
Postal Inspector Al Goddard (Alan Ladd) is assigned to investigate the murder of a fellow officer. The only witness to the crime is Sister Augustine (Phyllis Calvert), who identifies the photograph of one of the assailants. This leads Goddard to a seedy hotel where he learns that the assailant is a member of a gang headed by Earl Boettiger (Paul Stewart), and he soon discovers that the gang is planning a million dollar mail robbery.
This classic film noir also features the stars of Dragnet, Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, as Stewart’s Henchmen. This was Alan Ladd’s final Film Noir.
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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OLIVE FILMS: Rope of Sand, The Mountain in April
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Rope of Sand (1949) April 5th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | The Mountain (1956) April 5th Olive Films Retail $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
More is on the way from Olive Films on April 5th.
Rope of Sand (1949) boasts an all-star cast with
The Mountain (1956) stars Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner along with Claire Trevor,
Each DVD will retail for $24.95 each, but are available at ClassicFlix.com for only $17.99. Bonus features are not expected.
CRITERION: Night Train to Munich in June
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Night Train to Munich (1940) June 22nd Criterion Retail: $29.95, Our: $23.99 |  |
Criterion has announced a June 22nd release date for Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich (1940).
The war-time thriller stars Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison and Paul Henreid. Bonus features and synopsis are below.
It will retail for $29.95, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99.
SYNOPSIS:
A twisting, turning, cloak-and-dagger delight, Night Train to Munich is a gripping, occasionally comic confection from writers Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat and director Carol Reed.
Paced like an out-of-control locomotive, Night Train takes viewers on a World War II–era journey from Prague to England to the Swiss Alps, as Nazis pursue a Czech scientist and his daughter (Margaret Lockwood), who are being aided by a debonair British undercover agent, played by Rex Harrison. This captivating, long-overlooked adventure—which also features Paul Henreid—mixes comedy, romance, and thrills with enough skill and cleverness to give the master of suspense himself pause.
BONUS FEATURES:
- New video conversation between film scholars Peter Evans and Bruce Babington about director Carol Reed, screenwriters Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and the social and political climate in which Night Train to Munich was made
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Philip Kemp
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