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
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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
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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

NOTE:

  • 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.

VCI: Darn Good Westerns, Vol. 2 in October

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Darn Good Westerns, Vol. 2
October 20th
VCI
Retail $29.99, Our: 19.99
Massacre (1956), Three Desperate Men (1951), Outlaw Women (1951), Shotgun (1955), Deputy Marshal (1949), Four Fast Guns (1959)
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Following up quickly on Volume 1, VCI has announced an October 20th release date for Darn Good Westerns, Vol. 2. The six titles across two discs boasts such stars as Yvonne DeCarlo, Sterling Hayden, Zachary Scott, Jon Hall, James Craig, Preston Foster and Dane Clark.

It will retail for $29.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $19.99.

TITLES IN THE SET:

Massacre (1956, 76 min.)
Indian treachery leads to tragedy in this made-on-location Western adventure with Dane Clark and James Craig as officers of the law who lead a small group of men into redmen territory to investigate reports of guns being sold to unfriendly Yaqui Indians. Every arrow screams death in an unexpected finale.

Three Desperate Men (1951, 72 min.)
Deputies Preston Foster and Jim Davis save their brother Ross Latimer from hanging for a crime he didn t commit, but a guard is killed in the fracas and this makes all three hunted criminals. Now living to defy the law instead of defend it, they rob a train and then brazenly attempt a one-of-a-kind double-holdup.

Outlaw Women (1951, 72 min.)
Meet the babes who shoot to thrill and make the coyotes howl! In this offbeat Western yarn, the town of Las Mujertes is run by women and controlled by saloon owner Marie Windsor, but male visitors (including Jackie Coogan as a gunslinger!) create complications.

Shotgun (1955, 80 min.)
Sterling Hayden challenges the fury of the untamed west with a shotgun in this gritty outdoor drama. He's a deputy who vows to avenge the murder of a marshal and hits the vengeance trail, encountering half-breed Yvonne DeCarlo and bounty hunter Zachary Scott. Tracking the killer leads into Indian country, where they are captured by redmen who pit Hayden and his quarry against each other in a shotgun duel. Harrison's Reports hailed this Technicolor Western as "fast, exciting and interesting ... it holds [the viewer] in tense suspense."

Deputy Marshal (1949, 76 min.)
Wrongly suspected of murder, deputy marshal Jon Hall devises a plan to draw all the actual suspects (including Dick Foran and Russell Hayden) out into the open and prove which one of them committed murder in order to profit off of the coming railroad line. Hall's real-life wife, Frances Langford, provides a few songs. "Fast-moving action" Motion Picture Exhibitor.

Four Fast Guns (1959, 72 min.)
Against a backdrop of Arizona landscapes, this offbeat Western spins the yarn of a wanted man (James Craig) who turns unofficial lawman to tame the town of Purgatory--but finds that the main troublemaker is a crippled saloon owner whose infirmity, according to the Western code, keeps him safe from gun justice. Craig becomes the target of a succession of hired leadslingers--including his own brother (Brett Halsey). Who is the fastest of the Four Fast Guns?

The Untouchables - Season 3, Vol. 2 in November

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The Untouchables - Season 3, Vol. 2
November 10th
Paramount
Retail $39.99, Our: $29.99
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With Season 3, Vol. 1 due out in two weeks, Paramount has announced a November 10th release date for The Untouchables - Season 3, Vol. 2.

The 4 disc set will contain the last half of Season 3. It will retail for $39.99, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

The Donna Reed Show - Season 3 in October

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The Donna Reed Show - Season 3
October 20th
Virgil Films
Retail $39.99, Our: $29.99
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Virgil Films has announced an October 20th release date for The Donna Reed Show - Season 3.

The 4 disc set will contain all 38 episodes from Season 3. No word on bonus features. It will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

ARTWORK ADDED: Summer Storm (1944)

--Artwork added to previous announcement--

ORIGINAL ANNOUNCEMENT

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Summer Storm (1944)
October 20th
VCI
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VCI has set an October 20th release date for the Douglas Sirk directed Summer Storm (1944). It stars Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee and Edward Everett Horton.

It will retail for $14.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $10.99.

SYNOPSIS:
It’s a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren (Linda Darnell), who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge (George Sanders), a decadent aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) and an estate superintendent (Hugo Haas), with surprising results. Fine direction by master auteur Douglas Sirk (Imitation of Life, 1959) and an Oscar-nominated score highlight this adaptation of the Anton Chekhov drama “The Shooting Party.”

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Author Bernard Dick on Director Douglas Sirk - Interviewed by Joel Blumberg
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

Buck Rogers (70th Anniversary Edition) in November

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Buck Rogers (70th Anniversary Edition)
November 3rd
VCI
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VCI has set a November 3rd release date for Buck Rogers (70th Anniversary Edition). The newly restored and remastered release is expected to be a 2-disc set.

Special features are listed below. It will retail for $29.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $19.99.

SYNOPSIS:
Preserved in a state of suspended animation for 500 years by the Nirvano gas in the gondola of their dirigible wrecked in the arctic ice wastes, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and Buddy (Jackie Moran) are rescued by scientists in the year 2500 to find the world under the despotic rule of Killer Kane (Anthony Warde) and his super gangsters.

Using an arsenal of fantastic weapons created in Dr. Huer's (C. Montague Shaw) clandestine laboratory, the group attempts to seek aid from the planet Saturn to oust the tyrannical ruler only to find that his henchmen have already taken over control of the Prince of Saturn. After several harrowing adventures with the Zugg men, Buck and Buddy return to Earth only to be shot down, imprisoned and finally rescued to participate in a spectacular air battle to wrest control of the Universe from the sinister intergalactic despot.

Digitally restored and remastered from the original 35mm negative.

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Photo Gallery
  • Liner Notes by author Hank Davis
  • “The History of Buck Rogers” by Clifford Weimer
  • Rare 1933 Buck Rogers short
  • Buster Crabbe The All-American Hero (movie clips and highlights from Buster’s hollywood career - the only actor who played Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers -- the top three comic strip heroes of the 1930s)
  • Buck Rogers - 80th Anniversary Panel Discussion from the 2009 San Diego Comic Con

Linda Darnell, George Sanders in Summer Storm (1944) this October

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Summer Storm (1944)
October 20th
VCI
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VCI has set an October 20th release date for the Douglas Sirk directed Summer Storm (1944). It stars Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee and Edward Everett Horton.

It will retail for $14.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $10.99.

SYNOPSIS:
It’s a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren (Linda Darnell), who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge (George Sanders), a decadent aristocrat (Edward Everett Horton) and an estate superintendent (Hugo Haas), with surprising results. Fine direction by master auteur Douglas Sirk (Imitation of Life, 1959) and an Oscar-nominated score highlight this adaptation of the Anton Chekhov drama “The Shooting Party.”

BONUS FEATURES:

  • Author Bernard Dick on Director Douglas Sirk - Interviewed by Joel Blumberg
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

WARNER ARCHIVE: Some Out, Some In - Maybe...

Sometimes you just shake head. It isn't bad enough that Warner's WBShop is as slow as molasses on a cold day, but they can't even keep their database straight as they've again removed titles that were listed briefly on their site.

I'm referring to the ten Warner Archive titles we listed yesterday (HERE). WBShop has now removed all ten from their site. This is not the first time this has happened. It happened with a wave in the spring, and also with Mammy. The spring wave came back a few weeks later, while Mammy has yet to reappear.

We'll still have them on the site and available to put in your queue with the expectation that they'll come back soon.

There are 7 new titles listed on their site, but we'll wait a few days before we enter them in the database to give Warner time to make up their minds.

They are:

  • Colorado Territory
  • Crime School
  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
  • The Male Animal
  • The Strawberry Blonde
  • The Unsuspected
  • The Verdict

WARNER ARCHIVE: 10 More in Silent, Comedy and Western Wave

A new wave of Warner Archive tiltes are up for pre-order at WBShop and are also available for rent at ClassicFlix. They include five silents, three 60's comedies and two 50's westerns.

Among the silents are three Joan Crawford films, including Across to Singapore (1928), and the two-strip Technicolor film The Viking (1928) starring Donald Crisp starring Leif Ericsson.

Also available is the Rosalind Russell, Alec Guiness Comedy A Majority of One (1961) and the Joel McCrea bio-pic of Sam Houston The First Texan (1956).

All 10 new releases are listed HERE in the Recent Additions section.

They're available to put in your queue, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 2 in September

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The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 2
September 22nd
Infinity
Retail: $19.99, Our: $14.99
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Infinity Entertainment has announced The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 2 with a September 22nd release date. This volume (with two episodes), continues with stars like The Smothers Brothers, Ethel Merman, Jane Powell, Ray Bolger (Her Oz Co-Star) and series regular Jerry Van Dyke

Restored and digitally remastered from the original masters, the single disc release will retail for $19.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.