TCM VAULT: Benny, Cooper, Fields & West in 1930's Rarities Collection

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1930's Rarities Collection (TCM Vault) August 7th Universal Million Dollar Legs (1932), Belle of the Nineties (1934), Artists and Models(1937), Souls at Sea (1937)

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More big names headline Universal's upcoming 1930's Rarities Collection due on August 7th.

The 4-disc set features:

• Million Dollar Legs (1932) with W.C. Fields & Jack Oakie
• The previously released and long out of print Belle of the Nineties (1934) starring Mae West
• Artists and Models (1937) starring Jack Benny and Ida Lupino and featuring Richard Arlen and Gail Patrick
• Souls at Sea (1937) directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper, George Raft and Frances Dee along with a host of golden age character actors

Released via the TCM Vault line, it will likely come with the standard bonus features (stills, lobby cards, etc.).

Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, these four titles above will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!

OLIVE: Johnny Guitar, Rio Grande - Standard & Blu in August

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Johnny Guitar August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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Johnny Guitar (Blu-Ray) August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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Rio Grande August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $19.95, Our: $14.99

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Rio Grande (Blu-Ray) August 7th Olive Flims Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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More top-notch Republic titles are on their way from Olive Films as Johnny Guitar (1954) and Rio Grande (1950) have been scheduled for an August 7th release date.

This is the hi-def debut for both, as well as the DVD bow for Guitar. Both Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday May 13th.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Maisie, Navy Blue & Gold

Maisie finally makes it to home video as The Maisie Collection, Vol. 1 has been posted over at WBShop.

Ann Sothern's signature role produced ten films, of which, the first five are in this presumed 5-disc set. It will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 26th.

Navy Blue and Gold (1937) starring James Stewart, Robert Young, Billie Burke and Lionel Barrymore is available immediately.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 900 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

UPDATE: Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles - Chuck Jones Collection

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Mouse Chronicles - Chuck Jones Collection August 28th Warner Bros. Retail: $26.98, Our: $20.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Mouse Chronicles - Chuck Jones Collection (Blu-Ray) August 28th Warner Bros. Retail: $34.98, Our: $27.99

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We've got pricing (above) for the previously mentioned Mouse Chronicles that is set to street on August 28th. Bonus features are not yet forthcoming.

The toons:

1. Naughty but Mice
2. Little Brother Rat
3. Sniffles and the Bookworm
4. Sniffles Takes a Trip
5. Egg Collector, The
6. Bedtime for Sniffles
7. Sniffles Bells the Cat
8. Toy Trouble
9. Brave Little Bat, The
10. Unbearable Bear, The
11. Lost and Foundling
12. Hush my Mouse
13. Aristo Cat, The
14. Trap Happy Porky
15. Roughly Squeaking
16. House Hunting Mice
17. Mouse Wreckers
18. The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
19. Cheese Chasers

Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles - Chuck Jones Collection Std & Blu

More details when they become available, but Warner will release Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles - Chuck Jones Collection on both standard & Blu on August 28th.

All appear to be new to DVD and commentaries and bonus features abound.

The toons:

1. Naughty but Mice
2. Little Brother Rat
3. Sniffles and the Bookworm
4. Sniffles Takes a Trip
5. Egg Collector, The
6. Bedtime for Sniffles
7. Sniffles Bells the Cat
8. Toy Trouble
9. Brave Little Bat, The
10. Unbearable Bear, The
11. Lost and Foundling
12. Hush my Mouse
13. Aristo Cat, The
14. Trap Happy Porky
15. Roughly Squeaking
16. House Hunting Mice
17. Mouse Wreckers
18. The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
19. Cheese Chasers

BRIT VCI: Mills, Hawkins, Johns & Lockwood Headline 4 in July

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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939) July 17th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99

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Highly Dangerous (1950) July 17th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99

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The Long Memory (1953) July 17th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99

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The Seekers (1954) July 17th VCI Retail: $14.99, Our: $12.99

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VCI has set a July 17th release date set for four more Rank films all with top-name British stars such as John Mills, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Margaret Lockwood and Leslie Banks; with Yank Dane Clark thrown in just for fun.

Bonus features are minimal.

BLU OLIVE: Body & Soul, Force of Evil in Late July

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Body and Soul July 31st Olive Flims Retail: 19.95, Our: $14.99

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Body and Soul (Blu-Ray) July 31st Olive Flims Retail: 29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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Force of Evil July 31st Olive Flims Retail: 19.95, Our: $14.99

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Force of Evil (Blu-Ray) July 31st Olive Flims Retail: 29.95, Our: $21.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $17.98

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Olive Films has announced the Blu-Ray debuts for two previously released John Garfield films: Body and Soul (1947) & Force of Evil (1948). Streeting on July 31st, both Blu-Ray's will have a special pre-order price of $17.98 until Sunday.

Standard versions accompany these Blu's and Force will have a Martin Scorsese introduction (1995).

UNTOUCHABLES: Fourth and Final Season in July

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The Untouchables - Season 4, Vol. 1 July 24th Paramount Retail: 39.99, Our: $29.99

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The Untouchables - Season 4, Vol. 2 July 24th Paramount Retail: 39.99, Our: $29.99

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Paramount has announced The Untouchables - Season 4, Vol. 1 & The Untouchables - Season 4, Vol. 2 for release on July 24th.

The is the last year for the series which ran for 118 episodes. Bonus features are not expected.

FLICKER: The Most Dangerous Game (Blu-Ray) in July

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The Most Dangerous Game (Blu-Ray) July 3rd Flicker Alley Retail: 34.99, Our: $27.99

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Flicker Alley has announced a July 3rd release date for the chilling cat-and-mouse thriller The Most Dangerous Game (Blu-Ray).

Also included in the set is the exploration documentary Gow (1931). Details and bonus features below.


SYNOPSIS:

The Most Dangerous Game (1932, 60 min.)
A superb, pre-Code action-adventure film based upon a famous short story by Richard Connell, The Most Dangerous Game follows big game hunter, Bob Rainsford, (Joel McCrea), as he becomes quarry for another, the opulently deranged Count Zaroff, (floridly played by Leslie Banks).

Utilizing some of the amazing sets made for King Kong, the film is sometimes thought of as a place-holder to keep key cast and crew available during Kong’s lengthy animation schedule. This included actors Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson and Steve Clemento, as well as editor Archie Marshek, composer Max Steiner, sound effects expert Murray Spivak, illustrators Mario Larrinaga and Byron Crabbe, and optical effects wizards Vernon Walker and Linwood Dunn.

The strong story and theme, excellent production values, vigorous action and fast pacing make The Most Dangerous Game an exciting and more than satisfying entertainment after eighty years. Both picture and sound are scrupulously restored in high definition by Lobster Films from the original 35mm studio fine grain master positive.

Gow (1931, 63 min.)
Not only a true curiosity but also in many ways a key influence of later Cooper and Schoedsack productions including King Kong.

The footage in Gow was produced by Edward A. Salisbury, a wealthy British adventurer, who in 1920 set sail in an 80-ton yacht equipped with a motion picture laboratory to, in his words, catch and hold for history a photo record of the fast–disappearing races of the South Seas Islands”. Cooper and Schoedsack were among the cameramen on this two-year expedition that documented genuine headhunters and cannibals along its route.

The material was originally released as four separate films in the silent era and was consolidated as the film Gow, The Headhunter for an illustrated lecture for expedition member William Peck. Peck recorded his own cringe-inducing commentary in 1931. Gow was reissued as an exploitation film into the 1950s under the title Cannibal Island, but was made with a serious purpose. True to Salisbury’s intent, it indeed documents vanished cultures and is brilliantly illuminated here with an exclusive audio essay by Matthew Spriggs, Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University and author of The Island Melanesians. Gow is mastered for this edition in high definition from the original 35mm fine grain master positive.

BONUS FEATURES:

• A full-length optional audio essay by Rick Jewell, Professor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and author of The RKO Story and The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood 1929-45
• Excerpts from an original audio interview with Merian C. Cooper conducted by film historian Kevin Brownlow
• PLUS: A booklet containing notes on each film by Merian C. Cooper as quoted in David O. Selznick's Hollywood by Ronald Haver and Emerson College professor, Eric Schaefer

WARNER ARCHIVE: Star of Midnight, This is the Night in New Wave

Comedy, Romance, Drama, Musical & Mystery genres are all covered in four new Warner Archive titles that have been posted over at WBShop. They are:

• Bridge to the Sun (1961) - Carroll Baker, James Shigeta
• Hullabaloo (1940) - Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey, Billie Burke, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen, Leni Lynn, Virginia O'Brien
• Star of Midnight (1935) - William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Paul Kelly, Gene Lockhart, Ralph Morgan
• This Could Be the Night (1957) - Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa, Joan Blondell, J. Carrol Naish, Zasu Pitts

All will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 5th.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 900 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.