OLIVE: Dark Mirror, Secret Beyond the Door & Man-Trap in September

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The Dark Mirror September 4th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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The Dark Mirror (Blu-Ray) September 4th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 4-Day Price $17.98

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Man-Trap September 4th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Man-Trap (Blu-Ray) September 4th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 4-Day Price $17.98

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Secret Beyond the Door September 4th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Secret Beyond the Door (Blu-Ray) September 4th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 4-Day Price $17.98

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More great films are on tap from Olive Films as they have announced the DVD and Blu-Ray debuts of the titles above.

Streeting on September 4th all three Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday.

TCM VAULT: Jean Arthur Comedy Collection

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Jean Arthur Comedy Collection (TCM Vault) October 17th Sony The Public Menace (1935), Adventure in Manhattan (1936), More Than a Secretary(1936), The Impatient Years (1944)

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Jean Arthur gets her own set!

Released via TCM's Vault line, Columbia's comedy queen gets her due with the announcement of theJean Arthur Comedy Collection set for October 17th.

TCM's Vault line had been exclusive territory for Universal, but now the release of this set inagurates their new partnership with Sony.

Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix. Bonus features are not forthcoming, but will likely be in number consistent with Vault's previous releases.

In the set:

• The Public Menace (1935) - George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille
• Adventure in Manhattan (1936) - Joel McCrea, Reginald Owen, Thomas Mitchell
• More Than a Secretary (1936) - George Brent, Lionel Stander, Ruth Donnelly, Reginald Denny
• The Impatient Years (1944) - Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Davenport, Jane Darwell

CRITERION: Stagecoach, Standard and Blu in May

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Stagecoach (1939) May 25th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $29.99

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Stagecoach (Blu-Ray) (1939) May 25th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced a May 25th release date for Stagecoach (1939) in both a standard 2-disc DVD set and single disc Blu-Ray release.

Previously released in 2006 in a 2-disc special edition by Warner, new rights holder Criterion is, well, giving Stagecoach the Criterion treatment as bonus features are plenty (below) and all new.

NOTE: We normally retire older versions of any title when a superior version comes out to reduce confusion as to which DVD to rent. However, we'll leave Warner's release in our inventory as it contains completely different bonus features that may be of interest.

SYNOPSIS:
This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances—traveling a dangerous route from Arizona to New Mexico—Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, Stagecoach (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by noted western authority Jim Kitses
• Bucking Broadway (1917), a fifty-four-minute silent western by John Ford, with new music by Donald Sosin
• Extensive video interview with Ford from 1968
• New video interview with Dan Ford, biographer and grandson of the director, about Ford’s home movies
• New video interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich
• New video essay by writer Tag Gallagher
• New video feature about Monument Valley
• New video interview with stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong about Stagecoach’s stuntman Yakima Canutt
• Radio dramatization of Stagecoach from 1949
• Theatrical trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by David Cairns and the short story that inspired the film

Make Way for Tomorrow in February - 3 Day Special Price

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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) February 23rd Criterion Retail: $29.95, Our: $23.99 $20.98 (Until November 16th)

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Yes, there are still companies interested in putting out grade A classics, with bonus features. Such is the case with the upcoming Criterion release of Make Way for Tomorrow (1937).

Talked about for some time, this long-awaited tearjerker has finally been given a solid release date of February 23rd.

Retail will be $29.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99. However, for 3 days only (until November 16th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $20.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow is one of the great unsung Hollywood masterpieces, an enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap. Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi headline a cast of incomparable character actors, starring as an elderly couple who must move in with their grown children after the bank takes their home, yet end up separated and subject to their offspring’s selfish whims. An inspiration for Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Make Way for Tomorrow is among American cinema’s purest tearjerkers, all the way to its unflinching ending, which McCarey refused to change despite studio pressure.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Tomorrow, Yesterday, and Today, a new video interview featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich discussing the career of Leo McCarey and his thoughts on Make Way for Tomorrow
• New video interview with critic Gary Giddins in which he talks about McCarey’s artistry and the political and social context of the film
• PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by critic Tag Gallagher and filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, as well as an excerpt from film scholar Robin Wood’s 1998 piece “Leo McCarey and ‘Family Values’”

It's a Wonderful Life (Blu-Ray) in November

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It's a Wonderful Life (Blu-Ray) November 3rd Paramount Retail $39.99, Our: $27.99

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Paramount has scheduled a November 3rd release date for the Blu-Ray debut of the perennial Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life.

It's not a special edition as the only bonus features were on previous releases (The Making of It's A Wonderful Life, Original Theatrical Trailer [in HD]). It will have a colorized version and is reported to be a 2-disc set.

It will retail for 39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $27.99.

Gone With the Wind - 70th Anniversary Editions in November

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Gone With the Wind (2-Disc 70th Anniversary Special Edition) November 17th Warner Retail: $24.98, Our: $19.99

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Gone With the Wind (5-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition) November 17th Warner Retail: $69.92, Our: $54.99

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Gone With the Wind (Blu-Ray) 2-Disc 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition November 17th Warner Retail: $84.99, Our: $64.99

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Known about for some time, Warner has officially announced a November 17th release date for three different releases of Gone With the Wind - 70th Anniversary Edition. Prices are above with all the bonus features and premiums below.

Both the SD and BD Ultimate Collector's Editions will be available for rent and purchase, while the 2-disc SD Special Edition, which has the same content as discs 1 and 2 in the U.C.E., will only be available to buy.

CONTENTS:

Gone With the Wind (2-Disc 70th Anniversary Special Edition)

Contains the movie over 2 discs with commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer

Gone With the Wind (5-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition) & Gone With the Wind (Blu-Ray) 2-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition

Includes the first two discs in the 2-disc S.E. as well as the following:

DISC 3 (About the Movie):

• "The Making of a Legend: Gone With The Wind" the 1989 documentary made by Selznick's sons.
• "Restoring a Legend" - An in-depth look at the restoration.
• Dixie Hails "Gone with the Wind". Footage from 1939 Atlanta and 1961 Civil War Centennial Atlanta premieres.
• Historical theatrical short "The Old South" (1940) directed by Fred Zinnerman.
• Atlanta Civil War Centennial 1961 premiere newsreel
• International prologue
• Foreign language version sample scenes
• Theatrical Trailers

DISC 4 (About the Cast):

• Three Documentaries:
  • "Melanie Remembers: Olivia de Havilland Recalls Gone With The Wind"
  • "Clark Gable: A King Remembered"
  • "Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond"
• The Supporting Players - Cameo portraits of an unforgettable ensemble
  
  • At Tara
    
    • The O’Hara Plantation in Georgia
    • Thomas Mitchell as Gerald O’Hara
    • Barbara O’Neill as Ellen, his wife
  • Their Daughters
    
    • Evelyn Keyes as Suellen
    • Ann Rutherford as Carreen
  • The House Servants
    
    • Hattie McDaniel as Mammy
    • Oscar Polk as Pork
    • Butterfly McQueen as Prissy
  • At Twelve Oaks
    
    • Leslie Howard as Ashley Wilkes
    • Rand Brooks as Charles Hamilton, her brother
    • Carroll Nye as Frank Kennedy, a guest
  • In Atlanta
    
    • Laura Hope Crews as Aunt Pittypat Hamilton
    • Eddie Anderson as Uncle Peter, her coachman
    • Harry Davenport as Dr. Meade
    • Jane Darwell as Mrs. Merriwether
    • Ona Munson as Belle Watling
    • Cammie King as Bonnie Blue Butler

DISC 5:

• Warner Bros. Home Entertainment presents 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year – New documentary about Hollywood’s watershed year narrated by Kenneth Branagh
• Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On -- Exploring the legacy of the most beloved film through illuminating interviews, footage and visits to historical sites, events and museums
• Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars 1980 WBTV Special never before on home video
• Trailers

Plus these Premiums

• 20-page reproduction of the original and complete 1939 Souvenir Program
• 40-page Production History Book with photos and production notes
• Eight Frameable 5x7 Art Prints
• CD soundtrack sampler featuring eight tracks
  
  • Main Title
  • Tara
  • The Barbecue
  • Escape From Atlanta
  • I'll Never Be Hungry Again!
  • Paddock Scene 5:27
  • Scarlett In The Mist/Rhett Leaves
  • Flashback/Finale

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• The 2-disc Blu-Ray release will have all the content above on 2 discs
• Exclusive to the Blu-Ray Ultimate Collector’s Edtion: MGM: When The Lion Roars Documentary

NOTE: The bonus features on discs 3 and 4 of the U.C.E. are identical to those on the previous 4-disc release. However, this new release has a fifth disc with all new bonus features and new premiums to go along with a spectacular new transfer.

Suspense - The Lost Episodes, Vol. 3 in March

What: Suspense - The Lost Episodes, Vol. 3 When: March 17th Studio: Infinity Entertainment Price: Retail $39.98, Our: $29.99 $24.98

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Infinity Entertainment Group has announced a March 17th release date for Suspense - The Lost Episodes, Vol. 3. This set of the early TV anthology series boasts terrific stars and is the last of three volumes in what were previously thought lost episodes.

Great guest stars include: Boris Karloff, James Whitmore, Thomas Mitchell, Hume Cronyn, Jayne Meadows, Ward Bond, Dennis O'Keefe, Jack Warden, Walter Matthau, Walter Slezak, Jackie Cooper, Lloyd Bridges, Patricia Hitchcock, Eddie Albert, Keenan Wynn, George Reeves & Paul Stewart.

It will retail for $39.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99. However, for 4 days only (until January 25th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $24.98. Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
Suspense, an anthology drama featuring stories of mystery and the macabre, was broadcast live from New York over the CBS Television Network beginning in 1949 and continued until 1954. Many top stars of Hollywood and Broadway appeared on Suspense including Paul Newman, Boris Karloff, Rod Steiger, John Forsythe, Brian Keith, Chester Morris, Leslie Nielsen, Hume Cronyn, Eva Gabor, Lloyd Bridges, Jackie Cooper, Jack Palance, Jack Klugman, George Reeves and Lee Marvin. Before moving to television it had been a fixture on the CBS Radio Network since 1942 (where it remained for 20 years) winning a Peabody Award and special citation from the Mystery Writers of America. The television version successfully created the atmosphere of its radio predecessor by using the same opening announcement -- "And now, a tale well calculated to keep you in … Suspense!" -- accompanied by the familiar Bernard Herrmann theme played on a Hammond organ. Suspense was originally aired LIVE. It was never rerun in syndication so it has not been seen since its live run! In association with CBS Enterprises, Falcon Picture Group and Infinity Entertainment has recently uncovered 90 television episodes (that, until recently, were thought to be lost) of Suspense, direct from filmed kinescope masters. Collection 3 offers 30 of these 90 episodes, so be sure to look for Collection 1 and Collection 2, offering the other 60 episodes!

DISC 1:

Post Mortem – originally televised 5-10-49
Starring Sydney Blackmer, Peggy Conklin, Richard Coogan, Julian Noa
A man dies of mysterious circumstances leaving his doctor and widow as beneficiaries. When the widow and doctor marry shortly thereafter, the insurance company sends a man to investigate.

Yellow Scarf – originally televised 6-7-49
Starring Boris Karloff, Felicia Montealegre, Russell Collins, Douglas Watson
In late 19th century London, an older gentleman invites a pretty drunken woman in for shelter. He offers her a job as a house servant, and eventually marries her. Eventually she becomes very lonely and takes a lover. In a tremendous lapse of judgment, she invites him to dinner, while wearing the yellow scarf he gave her.

Goodbye New York – originally televised 11-8-49
Starring Meg Mundy
A woman comes home and interrupts her husband’s suicide attempt. They are down on their luck and desperate. One night he goes out to confront his former employer who owes him back pay, and ends up killing him. As they attempt to flee, the police are hot on their heels.

Death at the Stock Car Races – originally televised 6-21-63
James Whitmore, Vic Morrow and Tommy Linden
A stock car racer desperately in need of prize money and past his prime is up against some young blood.

The Case of Lady Sannox – originally televised 12-27-49
Starring Stella Adler, Henry Brandon
Lady Sannox is having an indiscreet affair with a young doctor. All are aware of the romance, except her husband. The two hatch a sinister plan to murder him so they in turn can be married.

The Bomber Command – originally televised 1-10-50
Starring George Reeves, Susan Douglas, Joseph Hollard, Edward S. Brice, Robert Gallagher
Three friends get together in a drunken celebration on New Year’s Eve in reunion or their adventures together during the war. When the host’s daughter is kidnapped, they rally together to track her down.

One Thousand Dollars To One For Your Money – originally televised 4-4-50
Starring Paul Stewart, Bette Garde, Robert Harris, Cara Williams, Anna Minot, Harold Stone
A man hires a gumshoe through his secretary. When the detective follows up to meet the man to discuss the case, he finds him lying on his sofa with his neck broken.

I’m No Hero – originally televised 6-20-50
Starring Hume Cronyn, Cara Williams, Mark Roberts, Dennis O’Keefe
A doctor and his family are awakened in the middle of the night by a small gang of thugs, one of which is shot in the gut. Now the doctor is forced to help, while trying to protect his family from the dangerous intruders.

DISC 2:

A Pocketful of Murder – originally televised 9-5-50
Barry Nelson, Don Hamner, Cara Williams, Elliot Sullivan, Pat McVety, Jack Warden
A man on trial for the murder of his wife meets with a reporter in his cell and professes his innocence. The reporter upsets the man, and begins to slander him in his articles. Once acquitted, the man threatens to kill the reporter, if only with the most carefully chosen words.

The Mallet – originally televised 12-12-50
Walter Slezak, Cara Williams, Michael Shepley
A traveling “magic tonic” salesman travels through England having run-ins with the locals in every town he goes through, all the while being pursued by two officers from the famed Scotland Yard.

Go Home Dead Man – originally televised 4-3-51
Jackie Cooper, Maria Riva, Viola Roache, George Matthews, Louis Hector
A pilot in post-war Scotland, flies mystery cargo to an unknown destination. He starts to feel uneasy about it, so he decides to quit. His employers decide that he is now a loose end that needs tying up.

Pier 17 – originally televised 12-18-51
Paul Langdon, Lawrence Fletcher, Walter C. Brown
After a series of explosions rock the waterfront due to sabotage, a longshoreman goes to work to find his entire crew at odds with one another. The jitters really set in when a new man is discovered to be an undercover G-man.

The Spider – originally televised 1-15-52
Arnold Moss, Olive Deering, Charles Cooper, Helen Carew, Ramseg Williams
A naturalist descends into the everglades to find a rare bird; she gets disoriented and becomes lost after dusk. Frightened, she discovers a luxurious cabin in the middle of the marshland, with a very strange man that lives within.

The Red Signal – originally televised 1-22-52
Tom Helmore, Beatrice Straight, Peter Cookson, Noel Leslie, Isobel Elsom
A group of socialites has a medium attend their dinner party. Most of the guests treat it with tongue-in-cheek humor, but a couple of people become somewhat unhinged due to her warnings of danger.

Death Drum – originally televised 1-29-52
Herbert Berghof, Ian Keith, Maria Riva, Wright King
In Nazi-occupied France, a traitor who has turned in members of the French underground for execution is forced to go on the run. While hiding out in a foreign land, he must deal with his own guilt and avoid the spies that have been dispatched to kill him.

North of Shanghai – originally televised 2-12-52
Thomas Mitchell, Robert H. Harris, Dorothy Peterson, George K. Leong
In 1949 communist China, Dr. Morgan M.D., a surgeon who is also attempting to introduce Christianity to the populous, acts as a spy for the west. The medical missionary is well received, that is, until the Red Army closes in on the city.

Night Drive – originally televised 2-26-52
Neva Patterson, Robert H. Morris, Robert Keith Jr.
A woman and companion travel by horse-drawn carriage to pick up her husband who is arriving from a long business trip. To reach their destination, they must travel through the woods where a woman was brutally murdered the year before, and the killer was never caught.

DISC 3:

Four Days To Kill – originally televised 3-11-52
Joseph Buloff, Robert Keith Jr., Robert Emhardt, Lewis Charles
A hoodlum named Johnny is hired to go to Cuba to eliminate a member of the mob. The table turns, when the mark uncovers the plot, and it’s a race to see who can kill whom first.

Her Last Adventure – originally televised 8-19-52
Arlene Francis, Lloyd Bridges
A wealthy spinster leaves her home and all of her possessions to wed a younger man she barely knows. She moves into his mansion in the dark, eerie, and isolated woods. While exploring the house, she goes into the cellar to return a misplaced shovel, only to find the body of a young woman buried under the coals.

The Old Lady of Bayeux – originally televised 9-2-52
Louis Van Rooten, Edgar Stehill, Nicole Stephan
A wealthy woman dies suddenly of natural causes leaving half of her fortune to a female friend. A detective conducting a routine check of the situation goes to the mansion where she was vacationing with her estranged family. All seems normal until there are more mysterious deaths.

Set-Up For Death – originally televised 9-23-52
Mary Sinclair, Robert Keith Jr., Robert Emhardt
A reputed mobster is released from prison and wants to go straight, but the mob, of course, has other plans.

The Blue Panther – originally televised 10-14-52
Phyllis Brooks, Eric Rhodes, Michael Strong, Bruce Gordon
A private detective is hired to guard a rare painting on loan to a private gallery. On his night off, a thief makes off with not only the painting but also a diamond necklace from a patron as well.

A Time of Innocence – originally televised 12-2-52
Thomas Mitchell, Pat Hitchcock, Guy Spavill, Louise Larabee, Doris Roberts
A kind-hearted pharmacist struggles living with his arrogant wife who foolishly spends his money on her frivolous pursuits, and obnoxious friends. After telling her he wants a divorce, he begins an affair with his secretary. They decide to leave the country, but the police find his wife’s body.

Mutiny Below – originally televised 2-3-53
Eddie Albert, Murray Hamilton, Cameron Prud’Homme, Glen Charles Gordon
Albert is an engineering chief aboard a cargo ship bound for Australia. One of the crew finds a newspaper article stating a famous jewel thief is on the run heading for the exact same destination. So, they all start pointing fingers at each other.

DISC 4:

F.O.B. Vienna – originally televised 4-28-53
Walter Matthau, Jayne Meadows, Mike Kellin, Robert Webber
Businessman Lawrence Stevens gets caught up in a ring of communist freight smugglers in Vienna but gets help from a woman writing a story for the press on the smuggling ring.

The Man Who Cried Wolf – originally televised 6-9-53
Martin Brooks, Marian Winters, David Stewart, Logan Ramsey
A Russian embassy worker living in Mexico intercepts a message that he is to be sent back to Moscow for suspicion of treason. The charges are true, now he and his family are on the run from the secret police.

The Dance – originally televised 7-28-53
Starring John Baragrey, Katharine Baird, June Walker
A young woman falls in love with an engaged man. When she discovers his fiancé kissing another man, it adds to the dilemma. Later, during a dance, the cheating fiancé is found lying dead on the powder room floor.

Nightmare at Ground Zero – originally televised 8-18-53
O.Z. Whitehead, Louise Larabee, Calvin Thomas, Lonnie Chapman, Pat Hingle
Written by Rod Serling. An even-tempered man decides he can no longer put up with his nagging wife and plots to have her blown up at the atomic test site he works at. But can he actually go through with it?

The Hunted – originally televised 6-29-54
Ward Bond, John Kerr, Jane Du Frayne, Steve Parker
A game warden catches a young man hunting in a game preserve. The warden decides he will teach the young man a lesson he will never forget when he turns the tables and sets the young man out into the night to be hunted.

The Funmaster – originally televised in 1958
Keenan Wynn, Timmy Everett, Molly McCarthy, Bert Freed
A teenage couple wanders into a closed amusement park and find themselves
being held captive by an angry employee of the park who just got fired from
his job.