CRITERION: Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (Blu-Ray / DVD Combo) in February

Criterion has scheduled a February 18th street date for their Blu-Ray / DVD Combo of Alfred Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940). Click here to read the full story.

CRITERION: The Uninvited, I Married a Witch in October

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

I Married a Witch October 8th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

I Married a Witch (Blu-Ray) October 8th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Uninvited October 22nd Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Uninvited (Blu-Ray) October 22nd Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Two of our members most requested films have been announced by Criterion on DVD and Blu-Ray: I Married a Witch (1942) and The Uninvited (1944).

Both are making their DVD and Blu debuts and come with minimal bonus features (below).


Veronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her to the stake, this blonde bombshell with a broomstick finds herself drawn to one of them—a prospective governor (Fredric March) about to marry a spoiled socialite (Susan Hayward).

This most delightful of the films the innovative French director René Clair made in Hollywood is a comic confection bursting with playful special effects and sparkling witticisms.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio interview with director René Clair
• Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by filmmaker Guy Maddin and a 1970 interview with Clair

A pair of siblings (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price; soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the haunted-house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night—this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.

BONUS FEATURES:

• New visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme

UNIVERSAL BACKLOT: The Barbara Stanwyck Collection in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES:

The Barbara Stanwyck Collection (Universal Backlot) April 27th Universal Retail $49.98, Our: $37.99 Internes Can't Take Money (1937), The Great Man's Lady (1942), The Bride Wore Boots (1946), The Lady Gambles (1949), All I Desire (1953), There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

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Proving they have not abandoned their Backlot series, nor standard DVD releases, Universal has announced an April 27th release date for The Barbara Stanwyck Collection.

The 3-disc set spans 19 years over Ms. Stanwyck's career and boasts such co-stars as Joel McCrea (twice), Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Brian Donlevy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Robert Benchley and Lloyd Nolan.

Bonus features will be trailers for a few of the titles. Retail will be $49.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $37.99.