MGM: Crime, Westerns & More in October Wave

MGM has announced 13 titles for release in October. They can all be found in the recent additions section. Of note are:

• The Bandits of Corsica (1953) - Richard Greene, Paula Raymond, Raymond Burr, Dona Drake
• Behind the Mask (1946) - Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler
• Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) - Wanda Hendrix, Don Beddoe, Roger Mobley, Richard Crane
• Counterplot (1959) - Forrest Tucker, Allison Hayes
• Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) - Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, Ian Hunter
• Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966) - Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon
• Gunfighters of Abilene (1957) - Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Rachel Ames

CRITERION BLU: The Lady Vanishes, Design for Living in December

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The Lady Vanishes (Blu-Ray) (1938) December 6th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Design for Living (1933) December 6th Criterion Retail: 29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Design for Living (Blu-Ray) (1933) December 6th Criterion Retail: 39.95, Our: $31.99

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Previously released by Criterion in 2007, Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes (1938) will make its Blu-Ray debut on December 6th. All the bonus features from the previous release will carry over.

Out on the same day will be Ernst Lubitsch's Design for Living (1933) on Standard and Blu. Released in SD by Universal in 2005, Design gets the Criterion treatment with great bonus features (below) in addition to being presented in a sparkling new transfer.




Design for Living
Gary Cooper, Fredric March, and Miriam Hopkins play a trio of Americans in Paris who enter into a very adult "gentleman's" agree­ment, in this continental pre-Code comedy freely adapted by Ben Hecht from a play by Noël Coward, and directed by Ernst Lubitsch.

A relationship comedy and a witty take on creative pursuits, it concerns a commercial artist (Hopkins) unable—or unwilling—to choose between the equally dashing painter (Cooper) and playwright (March) she meets on a train en route to the City of Light.

BONUS FEATURES:

• “The Clerk,” starring Charles Laughton—director Ernst Lubitsch’s segment of the 1932 film If I Had a Million, which he made just before Design for Living
• Selected-scene commentary by film professor William Paul
• Play of the Week: A Choice of Coward, a 1964 British television production of the play Design for Living, introduced on camera by playwright Noël Coward
• New interview with film scholar and screenwriter Joseph McBride on Lubitsch and Ben Hecht’s screen adaptation of the Coward play
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kim Morgan

Wagon Train, Virginian, Men From Shiloh, Wells Fargo in October

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Wagon Train - The Complete Fourth Season October 25th Timeless Media Group Retail $79.99, Our: $59.99

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The Virginian - The Complete Fifth Season October 25th Timeless Media Group Retail $79.99, Our: $59.99

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The Men from Shiloh (Virginian: Final Season) October 25th Timeless Media Group Retail $69.98, Our: $54.99

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Tales of Wells Fargo - The Complete Seasons 1 & 2 October 25th Timeless Media Group Retail $49.98, Our: $39.99

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More great T.V. Westerns are coming from Timeless Media Group as they have announced an October 25th release date for all four sets above.

Wagon Train and The Virginian continue along with complete fourth and fifth seasons respectively, while clarity finally comes for Tales of Wells Fargo (previously released with best-of sets) with complete seasons 1 and 2.

Also out, due to fan requests, is the final season of The Virginian which was retitled The Men from Shiloh for that last ninth year.

All four sets will come in collectible tins.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Horror-Thrillers Hysteria, The Couch, Black Zoo

Three new 1960's horror-thriller Warner Archive releases have been posted over at WBShop and are available here at ClassicFlix with a release date of November 15th. They are:

• Black Zoo (1963) - Michael Gough, Jeanne Cooper, Rod Lauren, Virginia Grey, Jerome Cowan
• The Couch (1962) - Grant Williams, Shirley Knight, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie, Anne Helm
• Hysteria (1965) - Robert Webber, Anthony Newlands, Jennifer Jayne, Maurice Denham, Lelia Goldoni

These new DVDs add to the total of over 700 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray)

With over 1,000 titles unavailable for rent anywhere else, ClassicFlix.com is the leader in classic film rentals.

Warner Archive, Sony, MGM and Universal MOD's -- only here and plenty of them! But we also have other hard to find titles like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Blu-Ray) and today's announcement of The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray).

Released last week, and currently only available for purchase on Amazon, The Caine Mutiny (Blu-Ray) is available for rental immediately.

The Lucy Show - Season 5 in December

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The Lucy Show - Season 5 December 6th Paramount Retail: $39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount has announced The Lucy Show - Season 5 for release on December 6th.

Bonus features haven't been detailed, but as indicated by the cover, it looks like there will be a new documentary, as well as many of the great extras that were part of the first four seasons.

The 4-disc set will retail for $39.99, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $29.99.

Early Hitchcock in November

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The Great Alfred Hitchcock Movie Box November 8th E1 Retail: $16.98, Our: $13.99 The Pleasure Garden (1925), The Farmer's Wife (1928), Easy Virture (1928)

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More from E1 as they have announced The Great Alfred Hitchcock Movie Box for release on November 8th.

The 3-disc set will feature three early Alfred Hitchcock silents: The Pleasure Garden (1925), The Farmer's Wife (1928) and Easy Virture (1928).

Retail will be $16.98, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $13.99.

One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) in November

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One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) November 8th E1 Retail: $22.98, Our: $15.99

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E1, a small distribution company that has put out such popular sets as The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Volume 1, has announced the Marlon Brando western One-Eyed Jacks (Blu-Ray) for release on November 8th.

Brando's only directorial effort will retail for 22.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.

SONY: The Quick Gun, In the French Style and Berserk!

Three very different 1960's films are part of the latest wave of Columbia Classics from Sony. They are:

• Berserk! (1967) - Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Michael Gough
• In the French Style (1963) - Jean Seberg, Stanley Baker, Philippe Forquet
• The Quick Gun (1964) - Audie Murphy, Merry Anders, James Best, Ted de Corsia, Walter Sande

This new DVD wave brings the total Columbia Classics exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com to 109.

WE SELL MODS: 12 New MGM Titles in September

Big news item of the day -- WE NOW SELL MODS!

Manufactured on demand titles, which started with Warner's Archive line in March of 2009, were until recently only available through a few select websites. Now, the three major MOD lines, Warner Archive, Columbia Classics and MGM's Limted Edition Collection are all available for sale here at ClassicFlix.com.

As a special kick-off, we've put the 12 titles announced today on sale for only $14.98 (Until September 11th).

TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT:

MGM has announced 12 titles for release in September. They can all be found in the recent additions section. Of note are:

• The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) - Brian Donlevy, Jack Warner, Margia Dean
• Trooper Hook (1957) - Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck, Earl Holliman, John Dehner
• Valerie (1957) - Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg, Anthony Steel
• Top Banana (1954) - Phil Silvers, Rose Marie
• No Escape (1953) - Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts, Marjorie Steele, Lewis Martin, Gertrude Michael
• Top Gun (1955) - Sterling Hayden, William Bishop, Karin Booth, James Millican, Regis Toomey