Criterion has scheduled April 14th as the street date for the Blu-Ray debuts of Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels (1941) and Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947). Click here for details.
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CRITERION: The Uninvited, I Married a Witch in October
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I Married a Witch October 8th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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I Married a Witch (Blu-Ray) October 8th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99 |
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The Uninvited October 22nd Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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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
TCM VAULT: Noir Thrillers - Glass Key, Phantom Lady & Blue Dahlia
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Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers (TCM Vault) December 4th Universal The Glass Key (1942), Phantom Lady (1944), The Blue Dahlia (1946) |
Some long-awaited Universal Film Noir titles, including two with Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, are finally getting a DVD release via TCM's Vault line this December 4th.
The 3-disc set, Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers, will contain The Glass Key (1942), Phantom Lady (1944) and The Blue Dahlia (1946) 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!
SYNOPSIS:
The Glass Key (1942)
A ruthless political boss and his personal advisor become entangled in a web of organized crime and murder which involves the alluring daughter of a rising gubernatorial candidate in The Glass Key, a stylish remake of the 1935 film based on Dashiell Hammett's popular pulp fiction.
Phantom Lady (1944)
A man arrested for murdering his wife can't produce his only alibi - a mysterious woman he met in a bar - so his loyal secretary goes undercover to locate her in Phantom Lady, based on the crime novel by Cornell Woolrich.
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
A WWII veteran is accused of killing his unfaithful wife and races against time to find the real murderer with the help of a sympathetic stranger in The Blue Dahlia, adapted for the screen by hard-boiled detective writer Raymond Chandler who received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
OLIVE: Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake in Ramrod
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Ramrod November 20th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Ramrod (Blu-Ray) November 20th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: | |
Ramrod (1947), an Andre De Toth Western with a noir feel starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, has been announced for release on DVD and Blu-Ray by Olive Films.
Both street on November 20th with the Blu-Ray having the special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday September 9th.
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