Elia Kazan's America, America in February

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America, America (1963) February 8th Warner Bros. Retail: $19.97, Our: $14.99 $11.98 (Until November 16th)

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Warner has announced a February 8th release date for Elia Kazan's America, America (1963).

Currently available and exclusive to Fox's Elia Kazan Collection that just streeted, the standard pressed single disc also comes with commentary from historian Foster Hirsch.

Retail will be $19.97, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99. However, for 3 days only (until November 16th), we'll have it for the SPECIAL LOW PRE-ORDER PRICE of $11.98. ORDER TODAY!

SYNOPSIS:
Elia Kazan’s own words begin the saga of young Stavros (Stathis Giallelis), who leaves his war-torn homeland behind to begin a new life. With his family’s meager fortune and his father’s blessing, Stavros encounters both allies and adversaries on a dramatic trek. He ultimately achieves his dream through sheer determination and will, thereby earning his nickname: America, America.

Saluting the masses who sailed toward Miss Liberty’s shining torch, Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire) uses little-known talents here rather than stars. The results impress: Academy Award nominations (1963) for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay, an Oscar for Gene Callahan’s vivid Art Direction, Golden Globes to Kazan (Best Director) and Giallelis (Most Promising Newcomer) and nomination to the National Film Registry for permanent preservation. Both epic and intimate, it’s powerful moviemaking.

The Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection in January

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The Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection January 25th Warner Bros. Retail $59.92, Our: $44.99 Dark Victory (1939), Knute Rockne All-American (1940), Kings Row (1942), Desperate Journey (1942), This is the Army (1943), The Hasty Heart (1949), Storm Warning (1951), The Winning Team (1952)

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In honor of President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday (February 6th), Warner has announced The Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection for release on January 25th.

No new-to-DVD material is part of the set and no word on whether there will be any additional bonus materials or a commemorative booklet.

Retail will be $59.92, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $44.99.


SYNOPSIS:
Honoring our 40th American President’s 100th birthday, Warner Home Video presents the Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection, featuring eight outstanding film performances from the prolific actor and long time Warner Bros. contract player.

The Ronald Reagan Centennial Collection is more than a DVD collection; it’s a tribute to one of the most beloved figures in cinematic and American history and one that fans of Mr. Reagan’s films will surely treasure for years to come.

Dark Victory (1939)
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and must decide whether she'll meet her final days with dignity. Bette Davis enjoyed one of her signature roles as a spoiled socialite facing terminal illness – with friend Reagan among those helping her toward a last chance to give her life meaning.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by historian James Ursini and CNN film critic Paul Clinton
• Tough Competition for Dark Victory Featurette
• Theatrical Trailer

Knute Rockne All-American (1940)
“I’ve decided to take up coaching as my life work,” Knute Rockne says. Coach he does, revolutionizing football with his strategies, winning close to 90 percent of his games, and helping establish the University of Notre Dame’s “Fighting Irish” as a gridiron powerhouse. But victories alone do not mean success to Rockne. He wants to shape his players into responsible and honorable men.

This famed sports biopic combines a passion for the game (and footage of actual Notre Dame contests) with two superb performances: Pat O’Brien in the title role and Ronald Reagan as George Gipp, the gifted but doomed halfback whose deathbed plea to “win one for the Gipper” remains one of cinema’s most memorable quotes. And for the rest of his life, Reagan would often be called the Gipper.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Oscar-winning Technicolor historical short Teddy, the Rough Rider
• Classic cartoon Porky’s Baseball Broadcast
• Audio-Only bonus: 1940 Lux Radio Theater Broadcast with Pat O’Brien and Ronald Reagan
• Theatrical trailer

Kings Row (1942)
It’s a quaint turn-of-the-century small town with shady streets, swimming holes and the clip-clop of horse and buggy. But that peaceful exterior conceals human lives twisted by cruelty, murder and madness. Kings Row is one of Warner Bros.’ most distinguished productions, highlighted by an outstanding cast, haunting James Wong Howe cinematography and a somber, emotion-laden Erich Wolfgang Korngold score.
“Oomph Girl” Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Betty Field, Claude Rains and Charles Coburn give indelible performances – and Ronald Reagan’s portrayal of Drake, a cheerful ne’er-do-well shattered by tragedy, has been hailed as a career high. Nominated for three Academy AwardsÒ including Best Picture, Kings Row is a powerful American saga of dreams, despair and triumph.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Oscar-nominated short United States Marine Band
• Classic cartoon Fox Pop
• Theatrical trailer

Desperate Journey (1942)
When Flight Lt. Forbes and his crew are shot down after bombing their target, they discover valuable information about a hidden German aircraft factory that must get back to England. In their way across Germany, they try and cause as much damage as possible. Then, with the chasing Germans about to pounce, they come up with an ingenious plan to escape. Errol Flynn leads Reagan and other flyboys in a rousing wartime spirit-lifter.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Warner Night at the Movies 1942: Newsreel
• Shorts:
  
  • Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica School
  • The Tanks Are Coming and The United States Army Air Force Band
• Cartoon: The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
• Theatrical Trailers

This is the Army (1943)
Irving Berlin’s beloved songs propel a Technicolor musical spectacular based on the hit stage revue with an all-GI cast plus Hollywood’s Reagan, George Murphy and Joan Leslie.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Documentary: Warner at War
• Commentary by Joan Leslie and historian Drew Casper
• My British Buddy: Musical Number Not Seen in North American Theatres
• Warner Night at the Movies 1943: Newsreel
• Shorts:
  
  • I Am an American
  • The United States Army Band
• Theatrical Trailers

The Hasty Heart (1949)
Monsoons drench them. The sun scorches them. Still, the Allies fight doggedly through Burma in 1945. For easygoing Yank (Ronald Reagan) and hard-headed Lachie (Richard Todd), the road to victory ends at a jungle hospital. With the help of a devoted nurse (Patricia Neal), they face a new battle called recovery.

The Hasty Heart playwright John Patrick drew from his own wartime service in a British ambulance unit. Vincent Sherman (The Hard Way, Mr. Skeffington) directs this sensitive adaptation sparked by the performance that ranks with Kings Row as among Reagan’s best. The future President wasn’t the only one to draw accolades. Todd won a 1949 Best Actor Oscar nomination and a Most Promising Newcomer Golden Globe Award as the valorous, wounded Scotsman who doesn’t know that his new fight is his last.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Commentary by director Vincent Sherman and Reagan biographer John Meroney
• Vintage Joe McDoakes comedy short So You Want to Be in Pictures
• Classic Cartoon: The Hasty Hare
• Theatrical trailer

Storm Warning (1951)
A mob in hooded white robes. A man running for his life. Gunfire. In the South to visit her sister Lucy, Marsha Mitchell witnesses a Ku Klux Klan murder. Once safely with Lucy, Marsha relays the terror she has seen…then recognizes her sister’s brutish new husband as one of the killers. She could lie, protect her sister and leave town. Or she could be the one person brave enough to bring the Klan to justice.

Ginger Rogers and Doris Day as the sisters, Steve Cochran as the husband and Ronald Reagan as a crusading D.A. give some of their finest performances in this explosive indictment of a hate that poisoned America from within. Part thriller, part exposé, part stirring human drama, Storm Warning is “feverish…engrossing” (Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide) – and moviemaking at its most powerful.

BONUS FEATURE:

• Theatrical Trailer

The Winning Team (1952)
He was Hollywood’s ideal of the boy next door. She was America’s Sweetheart. Ronald Reagan and Doris Day headline this film about our national pastime. In The Winning Team Reagan is Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Hall of Fame pitcher whose baseball victories paralleled triumphs in his personal life. Suffering from double vision and fainting spells, Alexander sees his career bottom out. But, helped by his wife (Day), he makes a successful return that reaches its peak in the 1926 Yankees/Cardinals World Series. Real-life major leaguers Bob Lemon, Peanuts Lowrey, Hank Sauer, Gene Mauch and more appear in this story of the legendary pitcher.

BONUS FEATURE:

• Theatrical trailer

WARNER ARCHIVE: 3 Including Plymouth Adventure & Madam Satan

Three new releases are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection including Spencer Tracy and Gene Tierney in Plymouth Adventure (1952).

Cecil B. DeMille's pre-Code musical extravaganza Madam Satan (1930) is also part of this wave, as well as the 1964 Hank Williams biopic Your Cheatin' Heart.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 544.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 4 Including Bachelor Mother & Susan Slept Here

Four new releases are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection including the long-awaited Bachelor Mother (1939) with Ginger Rogers; as well as Dick Powell's final film co-starring Debbie Reynolds, Susan Slept Here (1954).

Bachelor Mother's remake, Bundle of Joy (1956), with Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds is making its debut, in addition to 1962's Boys' Night Out with Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Janet Blair and a host of others.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 541.

Coronado 9 - The Complete Series in December

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Coronado 9 - The Complete Series December 14th Timeless Media Retail: $34.98, Our: $28.99

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More from Timeless Media as they have announced Coronado 9 - The Complete Series for release on December 14th.

This Rod Cameron P.I. series ran for just one year (39 episodes) and is set in Coronado, Ca. The 4-disc set will retail for $34.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $28.99. Bonus features are not expected.

State Trooper - Season 1 in December

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State Trooper - Season 1 December 14th Timeless Media Retail: $34.98, Our: $28.99

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Timeless Media has announced State Trooper - Season 1 for release on December 14th.

This Rod Cameron crime drama series ran for three years and is set in Las Vegas. The 4-disc set will retail for $34.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $28.99. Bonus features are not expected.

Guest stars include Michael Landon, Carolyn Jones, Mike Connors, Craig Stevens, Denver Pyle and Amanda Blake.

NOTE: While the cover art doesn't indicate "Season 1," we have been informed that it is indeed the complete first season.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Wheeler and Woolsey, Arliss Collections

Three new releases with seven titles are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection.

First up is a Wheeler and Woolsey double feature with Peach O' Reno (1931) and Girl Crazy (1932) featuring the zany antics of the generally unheralded comedy duo.

Next we have the first George Arliss films of any kind on DVD with The George Arliss Collection. The titles are: Old English (1930), A Successful Calamity (1932) and The King's Vacation (1933). Puzzling that Warner is holding back on his more well-known features, such as Disraeli, and releasing these, but perhaps this is just the first wave of his films.

Also out is a double feature with "socially-conscience B programmers." One is Road Gang (1936) starring Donald Woods and the other is Draegerman Courage (1937) with Barton MacLane.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 537.

WARNER ARCHIVE: The Swan & 3 More Kay Francis Films

Five more new titles are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection.

The big news of this wave is the release of The Swan (1956) as it is the last of Grace Kelly's eleven films to make it to DVD.

Three Kay Francis films are also making their debut:

• One Way Passage (1932) - William Powell, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh
• Stolen Holiday (1937) - Claude Rains, Ian Hunter, Dir. Michael Curtiz
• Street of Women (1932) - Roland Young, Alan Dinehart, Gloria Stuart

Also out is Lillian Gish's Talkie debut One Romantic Night (1930) co-starring Rod La Rocque, Conrad Nagel and Marie Dressler.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 534.

WARNER ARCHIVE: 3 More Including The Opposite Sex

Three more new titles are now up at WBShop as part of Warner's Archive Collection.

The big news of this wave is the release of The Opposite Sex (1956). While not as entertaining as the original 1939 film The Women, it boasts a stellar cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Joan Blondell, Bill Goodwin and Jeff Richards.

Also out is Ronald Reagan in Brass Bancroft of the Secret Service Mysteries Collection collection. The four programmers are featured across two discs.

The action-drama Hot Rod (1950) starring Jimmy Lydon is making its DVD debut.

They are now available for rent at ClassicFlix, but may be approximately four weeks before they are available for shipment.

These new DVDs bring the total Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 529.

TCM VAULT: Colbert and MacMurray Romance Collection

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Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray Romantic Comedy Collection (TCM Vault) November 15th Universal The Gilded Lily (1935), The Bride Comes Home (1935), Family Honeymoon (1949)

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More Universal titles, via TCM's Vault line, are on their way as the Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray Romantic Comedy Collection is now up for pre-order at TCM.com. It's release date is set for November 15th.

And while this set may be exclusive to TCM, nowhere else will these films be available to rent except at ClassicFlix.com. Put them in your rental queue now and they will be available for shipment in the latter half of November.

SYNOPSIS:

The Gilded Lily (1935)
In this romantic comedy, Claudette Colbert stars as a stenographer who remains oblivious to the desires of friend/newspaper reporter Fred MacMurray as she pursues a rich Englishman. When she turns down the wealthy man's marriage proposal, an overjoyed MacMurray writes an article about the event--making Colbert an instant star. But will the pair end up together?

The Bride Comes Home (1935)
Following the collapse of her father's business, penniless socialite Claudette Colbert takes a job working with gruff magazine editor Fred MacMurray and charming writer Robert Young. Before you can say "battle of the sexes," Colbert and MacMurray transform their bickering into romance--and wedding plans. But when an argument sends his would-be bride into the arms of Young, MacMurray hatches a plan to get her back.

Family Honeymoon (1949)
When a botany professor marries a widow with three children, the entire family takes a madcap honeymoon vacation to the Grand Canyon. This doesn't sit too well with the instructor's scheming ex, who plots to win back the heart of her old flame. But when she meets up with the happy groom and his new clan at their destination, the stage is set for some Arizona awkwardness.