Warner Bros. Classic Holiday Collections in November

I know what you're thinking, a little early for Christmas stuff isn't it. Well **Warner** doesn't think so. They've announced a November 11th release date for Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1 and Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 2. Each 4 Disc set will retail for $29.97, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $23.99. No Bonus Feature details yet, but available details are below.

Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1

(This set was originally released in 2005 with A Christmas Carol, Christmas in Connecticut, Boys Town and Men of Boys Town. It has been repackaged to include The Singing Nun for the same price. The original three in the set are available as singles, while The Singing Nun is exclusive to the set.)

• A Christmas Carol (1938)
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
• Boys Town (1938) / Men of Boys Town (1941)
• The Singing Nun (1966)

Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 2

(All four titles in this set are new to DVD, but only the first three will be available as singles [Retail: $19.97, Our: $14.49]. Blossoms in the Dust is exclusive to the set.)

• It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• All Mine To Give (1957)
• Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

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Donna Reed Show - Season 1 in October SPECIAL 3 DAY PRICE

The Donna Reed Show - Season 1 **Arts Alliance America** has announced an October 28th release date for The Donna Reed Show - Season 1. All 37 episodes from the first season (1958) will be in this 4 disc set. It will retail for $39.95, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $29.99. However, for 3 days only (until July 17th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL PRE-ORDER PRICE of $26.98. More details to follow.

Affair in Trinidad & The Garment Jungle in September

**Sony** has announced a September 23rd release date for Affair in Trinidad (1952) and The Garment Jungle (1957). No additional details yet, but each DVD will retail for $19.94, and is available at Classicflix.com for only $14.99. Details below.

Affair in Trinidad (1952)
A murder investigation sparks a passionate affair between a dancer and her new found love. Affair in Trinidad reunites the screen-scorching team of Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford in this romantic spy drama of international intrigue and sizzling sensuality. Hayworth stars as Chris Emery, a sexy, hip-grinding dancer who works in a Trinidad dive owned by her husband. When he's murdered by an international spy (Alexander Scourny), Chris' life is turned upside down, especially when the police draw her into the investigation. When Glenn Ford, who plays her brother-in-law Steve, arrives in town the two are drawn deeper into the mystery and ultimately, into each other's arms. Fans of Rita Hayworth's dancing will find Affair in Trinidad a dream come true. Her very first scene includes a wild, uninhibited tropical dance to calypso music. Later in the picture, at a fashionable party, Rita suddenly steams things up with a sultry, sophisticated dance which devotees of hot rhythm will devour. The scenes between Ford and Hayworth are magical. The promise provided by the original movie poster, " She's back! With that man from Gilda!," proved to be all the original film audiences needed to make Affair in Trinidad a hit that even out-grossed Gilda at the box office by a million dollars.

Starring: Rita Hayworth and Glenn Ford

The Garment Jungle (1957)
Mathews, a Korean war veteran joins his widowed father's garment company and learns his father, played by Cobb, is in love, and that he must pay "protection money" to a union-busting thug. The son tries to get the father to change his mind about unions, but Cobb won't listen to him. This leads to disastrous consequences.

Starring: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Harold J. Stone and Adam Williams.

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ARTWORK & DETAILS ADDED: Fox Noir Wave 9

--Artwork and Bonus Features added to previous announcement--
--Note: Artwork and Bonus Features for Boomerang may not be final--

Road House (1948)

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette
• Interactive Pressbook
• Still Galleries:
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Lobby Cards and Production Art
    
  • Glamour Shots
  • Production Stills
• Fox Noir:
  
  • Daisy Kenyon
    
  • Black Widow
    
  • Fourteen Hours
    
  • House of Strangers
    
  • Inferno
    
  • Moontide

Moontide (1942)

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Galleries:
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Concept Art and Poster Gallery
  • Glamour Shots
  • Production Stills
• Fox Noir:
  • Black Widow
  • Dangerous Crossing
  • Inferno
  • Laura
  • Vicki

Boomerang (1947)

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by film historians Alain Silver and Jame Ursini
• Poster Gallery
• Unit Photography Gallery
• Theatrical Trailer

**20th Century Fox** has announced Fox Film Noir - Wave 9 for release on September 2nd. Titles include: the perpetually doomed release of Boomerang (1947) [Let's hope it's for real this time], Road House (1948) and Moontide (1942). No additional details yet, but each DVD will retail for $14.98, and is available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99.

Stars include: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Ida Lupino (twice), Richard Widmark (Creepy Jefty), Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell and Claude Rains.

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ARTWORK ADDED: Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition)

--Artwork added to previous announcement--

**Universal** has announced an October 7th release date for Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition). The 2 Disc Set wil retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below.

SYNOPSIS:
This exceptional film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigoted Quinlan after probing into his dark past. A memorable supporting cast including Janet Leigh as Heston's inquisitive wife, Akim Tamiroff as a seedy underworld leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlene Dietrich as an enigmatic gypsy complete this fascinating drama engulfed in haunting cinematography and a magnificently eerie score by Henry Mancini.

DISC 1 (Restored Version - 111 minutes):

BONUS FEATURES:

• Bringing Evil to Life
• Evil Lost & Found
• Audio Commentary featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
• Audio Commentary featuring Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin
• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2 (Theatrical Version - 109 minutes):

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary featuring Writer / Filmmaker F.X. Feeny
• Audio Commentary featuring Welles Historians Joanthan Rosenbaum and James Naremore

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ARTWORK ADDED: Vertigo

--Artwork added for Vertigo-- **Universal** has announced an October 7th release date for 3 Hitchcock Special Editions: Vertigo (Special Edition), Psycho (Special Edition) and Rear Window (Special Edition). Each 2 Disc Set will be loaded with tons of Bonus Features and will retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below. Rear Window (Special Edition) None of Hitchcock's films has ever given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than Rear Window. When professional photographer J.B "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events...Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history. BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1: Feature Commentary with John Fawell Production Photographs Production Notes Theatrical Trailer Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart DISC 2: Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Mr. Blanchard's Secret" Psycho (Special Edition) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose "old dark house" and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Janet Leigh, the film's ill-fated heroine who is victimized in the now notorious "shower scene." BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1: Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho The Shower Scene The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass The Psycho Archives Posters and Psycho Ads Lobby Cards Behind-the-Scenes Photographs Production Photographs Production Notes Theatrical Trailer Re-Release Trailers DISC 2: The Making of Psycho In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter" Vertigo (Special Edition) - NO ARTWORK YET Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement comes this fully restored and remastered version of the haunting film classic. This special release also contains a restoration trailer and revealing documentary footage. Set in San Francisco, James Stewart portrays an acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife. After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautifully troubled woman. One of cinema's most chillingly romantic endeavors:it's a fascinating myriad of haunting camera angles shot among some of San Francisco's renowned landmarks. This film is a must for collectors; Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars and hails it as "A genuinely great motion picture that demands multiple viewings." BONUS FEATURES: DISC 1: Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman, Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and Other Vertigo Participants Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin Foreign Censorship Ending The Vertigo Archives Production Notes Original Theatrical Trailer Restoration Theatrical Trailer DISC 2: Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Case of Mr. Pelham"

Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition) in October

**Universal** has announced an October 7th release date for Touch of Evil (50th Anniversary Edition). The 2 Disc Set wil retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below. SYNOPSIS: This exceptional film noir portrait of corruption and morally-compromised obsessions stars Welles as Hank Quinlan, a crooked police chief who frames a Mexican youth as part of an intricate criminal plot. Charlton Heston plays an honorable Mexican narcotics investigator who clashes with the bigoted Quinlan after probing into his dark past. A memorable supporting cast including Janet Leigh as Heston's inquisitive wife, Akim Tamiroff as a seedy underworld leader, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlene Dietrich as an enigmatic gypsy complete this fascinating drama engulfed in haunting cinematography and a magnificently eerie score by Henry Mancini. DISC 1 (Restored Version - 111 minutes): BONUS FEATURES: Bringing Evil to Life Evil Lost & Found Audio Commentary featuring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin Audio Commentary featuring Restoration Producer Rick Schmidlin Theatrical Trailer DISC 2 (Theatrical Version - 109 minutes): BONUS FEATURES: Audio Commentary featuring Writer / Filmmaker F.X. Feeny Audio Commentary featuring Welles Historians Joanthan Rosenbaum and James Naremore

Vertigo, Psycho and Rear Window Special Editions in October

**Universal** has announced an October 7th release date for 3 Hitchcock Special Editions: Vertigo (Special Edition), Psycho (Special Edition) and Rear Window (Special Edition). Each 2 Disc Set will be loaded with tons of Bonus Features and will retail for $26.98, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $19.99. Details below.

Rear Window (Special Edition)
None of Hitchcock's films has ever given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than Rear Window. When professional photographer J.B "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events...Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history.

BONUS FEATURES:

DISC 1:

• Feature Commentary with John Fawell
• Production Photographs
• Production Notes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-Release Trailer Narrated by James Stewart

DISC 2:

• Rear Window Ethics: An Original Documentary
• A Conversation with Screenwriter John Michael Hayes
• Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Breaking Barriers: The Sound of Hitchcock
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Mr. Blanchard's Secret"

Psycho (Special Edition)
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose "old dark house" and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening. No one knows that better than Janet Leigh, the film's ill-fated heroine who is victimized in the now notorious "shower scene."

BONUS FEATURES:

DISC 1:

• Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello
  
• Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho
• The Shower Scene
• The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass
• The Psycho Archives
• Posters and Psycho Ads
• Lobby Cards
• Behind-the-Scenes Photographs
• Production Photographs
• Production Notes
• Theatrical Trailer
• Re-Release Trailers

DISC 2:

• The Making of Psycho
• In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Lamb to the Slaughter"

Vertigo (Special Edition) - NO ARTWORK YET
Considered by many to be director Alfred Hitchcock's greatest achievement comes this fully restored and remastered version of the haunting film classic. This special release also contains a restoration trailer and revealing documentary footage.

Set in San Francisco, James Stewart portrays an acrophobic detective hired to trail a friend's suicidal wife. After he successfully rescues her from a leap into the bay, he finds himself becoming obsessed with the beautifully troubled woman.

One of cinema's most chillingly romantic endeavors:it's a fascinating myriad of haunting camera angles shot among some of San Francisco's renowned landmarks. This film is a must for collectors; Leonard Maltin gives Vertigo four stars and hails it as "A genuinely great motion picture that demands multiple viewings."

BONUS FEATURES:

DISC 1:

• Feature Commentary with Associate Producer Herbert Coleman, Restoration Team Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz and Other Vertigo Participants
• Feature Commentary with Director William Friedkin
• Foreign Censorship Ending
• The Vertigo Archives
• Production Notes
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• Restoration Theatrical Trailer

DISC 2:

• Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Hitchcock's Masterpiece
• Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
• Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents "The Case of Mr. Pelham"

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Fox Noir Wave 9 - Road House, Boomerang & Moontide in September

**20th Century Fox** has announced Fox Film Noir - Wave 9 for release on September 2nd. Titles include: the perpetually doomed release of Boomerang (1947) [Let's hope it's for real this time], Road House (1948) and Moontide (1942). No additional details yet, but each DVD will retail for $14.98, and is available at Classicflix.com for only $10.99. Stars include: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Ida Lupino (twice), Richard Widmark (Creepy Jefty), Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell and Claude Rains.

The Adventures of Robin Hood (Blu-Ray) in August

Almost two years after its HD-DVD version release, **Warner** has announced an August 26th release date for the Blu-Ray debut of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). A complete list of Bonus Features isn't available, but below we've listed the HD-DVD Bonus Features that Warner will presumably carry over to this release. It will retail for $28.99, but is available at Classicflix.com for only $23.99. Details below.

Dashing Errol Flynn triumphs in this lavish, fast-paced version of the Robin Hood legend, a winner of three Academy Awards in ravishing Technicolor. Doing many stunts himself, Flynn is at his athletic, romantic best in a role originally intended for James Cagney. Olivia de Havilland (as Maid Marian), consummate screen villains Basil Rathbone and Claude Rains and a boisterous who’s who of character actors co-star. Welcome to Sherwood!

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by film historian Rudy Behlmer
• Warner Night at the Movies, 1938 introduced by Leonard Maltin:
  • Angels with Dirty Faces Trailer
  • Newsreel
  • Musical short subject Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
  • Merrie Melodies Classic Cartoon Katnip Kollege
• 2 in-depth documentaries
  • Welcome to Sherwood (2003)
  • Glorious Technicolor (1998)
• Outtakes
• Robin Hood Through the Ages featurette
• A Journey to Sherwood Forest travelog
• Classic Cartoons:
  • Rabbit Hood
  • Robin Hood Daffy
• Splitting the Arrow: Historical Art, Costume Design, Scene Concept Drawings, Cast & Crew, Publicity & Poster Galleries
• Vintage Shorts:
  • Cavalcade of Archery (1946)
  • The Cruise of the Zaca (1952)
• Breakdowns of 1938: Studio Blooper Reel
• Audio only: "The Robin Hood Radio Show" and Korngold piano session
• Errol Flynn Trailer Gallery

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