No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. Click here to read the full story.
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WARNER ARCHIVE: Joan Crawford Bonanza with 5 New to DVD
Five years ago Warner Bros. introduced their Archive Collection (reported here by us).
No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. Click here to read the full story.
No more evidence is needed proving the depth of Warner's catalog than to look at this week's five releases by the studio starring the ever popular Joan Crawford. Click here to read the full story.
Forever Marilyn Blu-Ray Collection in July
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Forever Marilyn Blu-Ray Collection July 31st 20th-Century Fox Retail: $99.99, Our: $89.99 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), River of No Return (1954), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Misfits (1961) |   |
Fox has announced a July 31st release date for their Forever Marilyn Blu-Ray Collection.
The 7-disc set will include five new-to-Blu-Ray titles, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How To Marry A Millionaire (1953), River of No Return (1954), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955) with all seven available as singles.
Bonus features mostly carry over from the standard DVD releases. More details below.
Marilyn Monroe forever stands alone as Hollywood’s quintessential icon with a timeless allure. Her breathy voice, voluptuous figure and wide-ranging talents catapulted her to superstardom, where she remains as legendary today as ever.
Immortalized here in this must-own collection are seven of her best and most popular films, presented on Blu-ray — the perfect format to showcase Marilyn’s flawless beauty and captivating performances as they’re meant to be seen.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Blu-Ray) (1953)
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell sizzle, sing and dance as a couple of gold diggers out to land rich husbands. This Technicolor film fable follows the exploits of two gorgeous women aboard a luxury ocean liner. One (Monroe) loves diamonds and the other (Russell) loves men.
On the ship with them are an elderly diamond mine owner (Charles Coburn), a team of handsome and muscular Olympic athletes, a fascinating but very young millionaire (George Winslow) and a nosy private eye. Packed with 40 minutes of production numbers, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes includes the legendary title song and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."
BONUS FEATURES:
- Movietone News: Mann's Chinese Theater - "Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell Immortalized in Cement"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
Marilyn delivers one of the finest comedic performances of her career in this outrageously funny film co-starring Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall! Three beautiful models plan to snag rich husbands by pooling their funds and renting a posh Manhattan penthouse in which to lure their victims. What follows is a series of near-marital mishaps where love prevails over money, proving that even gold diggers sometimes have hearts of gold!
BONUS FEATURES:
- Movietone Newsreel: "How to Marry a Millionare in Cinemascope"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
After his wife dies, Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum) and his young son begin a new life in the breathtaking, rugged Northwest wilderness, where Matt is robbed and beaten by ruthless gambler Harry Weston (Rory Calhoun). When Weston's beautiful fiancee (Marilyn Monroe) then decides to nurse Calder back to health, the insanely jealous Weston risks their lives by taking them all on a ride down a treacherous river in this spectacular looking western.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
This delightful Irving Berlin musical – featuring Marilyn Monroe, a stellar cast and an array of dazzling, upbeat production numbers – is a showstopper on Blu-ray.
Co-starring with Ethel Merman, Donald O’Connor and Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn plays an ambitious and beautiful showgirl named Vicky, who catches the eye of Tim, a son in the veteran vaudeville family act known as the Five Donahues. But when Vicky steals Tim’s heart, his loyalties to his talented clan will be tested and the show business life will prove to be more surprising and entertaining than anyone thought possible.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers
Featuring one of the most iconic images in cinema history, this classic Billy Wilder comedy will seduce you on Blu-ray.
Marilyn Monroe lights up the screen as a voluptuous actress known only as “The Girl,” who moves into the apartment above a married man named Richard (Tom Ewell.) While Richard’s wife and son are away for the summer, his marriage vows are put to the ultimate test by The Girl’s charm and unwitting flirtations. Will the smitten Richard stay faithful or will he succumb to “the seven year itch”?
BONUS FEATURES:
- Commentary by Author Kevin Lally
- The Hays Code - Picture in Picture
- Marilyn Monroe Interactive Timeline
- Monroe & Wilder - An Intersection of Genius
- Deleted Scenes
- Hollywood Backstory: The Seven Year Itch
- Fox Movietone News: "The Seven Year Itch Has Sneak Preview"
- Theatrical Trailers
- Still Galleries
Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon star in Some Like It Hot, hailed by the American Film Institute as the funniest American movie of all time. When two Chicago musicians accidentally witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, they trade in their union suits for flapper frocks and hightail it down to Florida as the newest members of an all-girl jazz band. Jam-packed with a sizzling selection of brand new bonus features, the Some Like It Hot Collector's Edition is a comic salute to "one of the greatest film comedies" (The Motion Picture Guide). Zowie!
BONUS FEATURES:
- New Full-Length Commentary Featuring:
- A New Interview with Tony Curtis
- An archived 1984 interview with Jack Lemmon
- Additional Commentary by Paul Diamond (Son of I.A.L Diamond)
- The Screenwriting Team of Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel
- New Documentary: The Making of Some Like It Hot
- New Documentary: The Legacy of Some Like It Hot
- Nostalgic Look Back With Tony Curtis
- Memories from the Sweet Sues Featurette
- Virtual Hall of Memories
- Original Theatrical Trailer
Divorced and disillusioned, Roslyn Tabor (Marilyn Monroe) befriends a group of "misfits," including an aging cowboy (Clark Gable), a heartbroken mechanic (Eli Wallach) and a worn-out rodeo rider (Montgomery Clift). Through their live-for-the-moment lifestyle, Roslyn experiences her first taste of freedom, exhilaration and passion. But when her innocent idealism clashes with their hard-edged practicality, Roslyn must risk losing their friendship... and the only true love she's ever known.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection November 1st Warner Retail: $64.99, Our: $59.99 Bombshell (1933), The Girl from Missouri (1934), Reckless (1935),Riffraff (1936), Suzy (1936), Personal Property (1937), Saratoga(1937) | |
The buzz of the web for some time, Warner has officially announced their Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection.
Although a Warner Archive release, and not a standard DVD set, it is still a throwback similar to the kind of sets Warner Bros. used to produce as it contains bonus features as well as having each title with individual cases and artwork.
Seven films on seven DVDs, this set is available for sale now at WBShop. The normal lag time of eight weeks for Archive titles is waved for this set some as we will have all seven available on November 1st.
A true trend-setter, the first “Platinum Blonde” provided the template for an archetype that stretches from one century into the next. True film buffs owe it to themselves to celebrate, discover, or rediscover her achievements as an actor.
Join us in paying tribute with this special collection, celebrating her centennial year with seven of her films, three newly remastered. None ever before available on DVD. Lovingly packaged in a striking, glamour filled slipcase filled with special features.
Bombshell (1933)
Glamour queen Lola (Harlow) is quitting the movie biz – something her manipulative press agent (Lee Tracy) can’t allow!
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Eadie’s not easy! A plucky bachelorette (Harlow) intends to bag a New York millionaire…without abandoning her virtue.
Reckless (1935)
Harlow goes dramatic as a Broadway star accused of murder after the death of her high-living, high society hubby. With William Powell, the last real-life love of Harlow’s short life.
Riffraff (1936)
She works in a cannery. He’s a fisherman. But their playful romance is fated to give way to a tragedy surrounding union activism. She’s Harlow, he’s Spencer Tracy.
Suzy (1936)
Harlow, Cary Grant, and Franchot Tone are involved in a World War I triangle of romance and spy intrigue.
Personal Property (1937)
Debt-ridden socialite Harlow puts on a show of wealth to impress a suitor who’s also making a pretense of fortune. Robert Taylor is the butler who sees through the ruses.
Saratoga (1937)
In Harlow’s final film she plays the daughter of a horse breeder who is engaged to a millionaire, but drawn to a bookie played by Clark Gable.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Portfolio of seven 5” x 7” MGM studio portraits of Miss Harlow
- Trailers for six films, including newly discovered trailers for Bombshell, The Girl From Missouri, and Personal Property
- Rare, never before heard Reckless pre-recording sessions including Jean Harlow’s unused vocals captured live on the MGM stage
- Lux Radio Theater presentation "Madame Sans-Gene" with Jean Harlow and Robert Taylor (Audio Only)
- Two Leo is on the Air radio “air trailers”
KINO BLU: Sherlock Holmes, Seven Chances in December
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Seven Chances (Ultimate Edition) December 13th Kino Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Seven Chances (Blu-Ray) December 13th Kino Retail $34.95, Our: $27.99 | |
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: | Sherlock Holmes (Blu-Ray) December 13th Kino Retail $34.95, Our: $27.99 | |
More Blu from Kino as they have announced Sherlock Holmes (1922) and Seven Chances (1925) for release on December 13th.
Also out will be a standard Ultimate Edition of Seven Chances. Both the Blu and Standard version ofChances will have the bonus features below:
- Audio Commentary (TBD)
- “Silent Echoes” featurette
- Seven Chances restoration featurette featuring Technicolor comparison and more!
CRITERION: Josef von Sternberg Silent Collection in August
| WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE: TITLES: | Three Silents by Josef von Sternberg Collection August 24th Criterion Retail $79.95, Our: $64.99 Underworld (1927), The Last Command (1928), The Docks of New York (1928) | |
With news sure to delight silent film fans the world over, Criterion has announced an August 24th release date for Three Silents by Josef von Sternberg Collection.
The 3-disc set includes three new-to-DVD titles (above) with stars such as George Bancroft, Emil Jannings and William Powell.
Bonus features and synopses are below.
Retail will be $79.95, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $64.99.
SYNOPSIS:
Vienna-born, New York–raised Josef von Sternberg (Shanghai Express, Morocco) directed some of the most influential, extraordinarily stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his star-making collaborations with Marlene Dietrich, Sternberg began his movie career during the final years of the silent era, dazzling audiences and critics with his films’ dark visions and innovative cinematography.
The titles in this collection, made on the cusp of the sound age, are three of Sternberg’s greatest works, gritty evocations of gangster life (Underworld), the Russian Revolution (The Last Command), and working-class desperation (The Docks of New York) made into shadowy movie spectacle. Criterion is proud to present these long unavailable classics of American cinema, each with two musical scores.
Underworld (1927)
Josef von Sternberg’s riveting breakthrough is widely considered the film that launched the American gangster genre. George Bancroft is the main heavy, “Bull” Weed, an urban criminal kingpin whose jealous devotion to his moll, Feathers (Evelyn Brent), gets him into hot water with a rival hood and, ultimately, the authorities. Further complicating matters is the attraction blossoming between Feathers and an alcoholic former lawyer (Clive Brook). With its supple, endlessly expressive camera work, and a screenplay by legendary scribe Ben Hecht (who won a best original story Oscar the first year the awards were given), Underworld solidified Sternberg’s place as one of Hollywood’s most exciting new talents.
The Last Command (1928)
Emil Jannings won the first best actor Academy Award for his passionate, heartbreaking performance as a sympathetic tyrant, an exiled Russian military officer turned Hollywood actor whose latest part—a czarist general—brings about his emotional downfall.
With its brilliantly realized Russian Revolution sequences, virtuoso camera work, and grandly designed sets and effects, Josef von Sternberg’s The Last Command is a gripping silent melodrama that grapples with tumultuous recent history, as well as a striking portrait of one man’s increasing blurring of the line between fantasy and reality.
The Docks of New York (1928)
Roughneck stoker Bill Roberts (George Bancroft) gets into all sorts of trouble during a brief shore leave when he falls hard for Mae (Betty Compson), a wise and weary dance hall girl, in Josef von Sternberg’s evocative portrait of lower-class waterfront folk.
Fog-enshrouded cinematography by Harold Rosson (The Wizard of Oz), expressionist set design by Hans Dreier (Sunset Boulevard), and sensual performances make this one of the legendary director’s finest works, and one of the most exquisitely crafted films of its era.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Six scores: one by Robert Israel for each film; two by the Alloy Orchestra, for Underworld and The Last Command; and a piano and voice piece by Donald Sosin for The Docks of New York
- Two new visual essays: one by UCLA film professor Janet Bergstrom and the other by film scholar Tag Gallagher
- 1968 Swedish television interview with director Josef von Sternberg, covering his entire career
- PLUS: A ninety-six-page booklet featuring essays by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien, film scholar Anton Kaes, and author Luc Sante; the original film treatment for Underworld by Ben Hecht; and an excerpt from Sternberg’s autobiography, Fun in a Chinese Laundry, on Emil Jannings
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