| Dr. Kildare - Season 1 and two mystery triple features make up this week's Warner Archive wave. Kildare will be a 9-disc set and features all 33 episodes of the first season, plus the "lost" never-aired pilot with Wendell Corey and Vera Miles. Also out is Nick Carter Mysteries with all three Walter Pidgeon quickies and the Sloane Mysteries Triple Feature featuring three different sets of co-stars playing the amateur sleuths. All will be available here at ClassicFlix on May 7th. These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.    |
WARNER ARCHIVE: Dr. Kildare Plus Nick Carter & Sloane Mysteries
Bonanza - Season 6 in July
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Bonanza - Season 6, Vol. 1 July 9th Paramount Retail: 41.99, Our: $34.99 |
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Bonanza - Season 6, Vol. 2 July 9th Paramount Retail: 41.99, Our: $34.99 |
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More T.V. Westerns from Paramount as they have announced Bonanza - Season 6, Vol. 1 & Bonanza - Season 6, Vol. 2 for release in on July 9th.
Volume 1 is reported to be a 5-disc set, while Volume 2 has four discs.
CRITERION: Lord of the Flies on Standard & Blu in July
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Lord of the Flies July 16th Criterion Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99 |
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Lord of the Flies (Blu-Ray) July 16th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99 |
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Released on standard DVD thirteen years ago by Criterion, Lord of the Flies (1963) will get an upgrade as they have announced a July 16th street date on both DVD & Blu-Ray.
Both come with all the bonus features from the previous release, plus a few extra (details below).
In the hands of the renowned experimental theater director Peter Brook, William Golding’s legendary novel on the primitivism lurking beneath civilization becomes a film as raw and ragged as the lost boys at its center.
Taking an innovative documentary-like approach, Brook shot Lord of the Flies with an off-the-cuff naturalism, seeming to record a spontaneous eruption of its characters’ ids. The result is a rattling masterpiece, as provocative as its source material.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Audio Commentary by Director Peter Brook, Producer Lewis Allen, Director of Photography Tom Hollyman, and Cameraman/Editor Gerald Feil
- Excerpts from the novel, read by author William Golding
- A deleted scene, with a reading by Golding and commentary
- Interview with Peter Brook (2008)
- Collection of Behind-the-Scenes material, featuring home movies, screen tests, outtakes and stills
- New Interview with Gerald Feil
- Excerpts from Gerald Feil's 1972 documentary The Empty Space, showing Brook's methods
- Something Queer in the Warehouse - A piece composed of never-before-seen footage shot by the boy actors during production, with new voice-over by Tom Gaman, who played Simon
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Geoffrey Macnab and an excerpt from Brook’s book The Shifting Point
Jack Benny - Lost Episodes
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The Jack Benny Program - The Lost Episodes July 23rd Shout! Factory Retail: $29.93, Our: $23.99 |
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Well... Likely to be in the running for best DVD release of 2013, Shout! Factory has announced The Jack Benny Program - The Lost Episodes for release on July 23rd.
The 3-disc set will feature 18 episodes UNSEEN SINCE THEIR ORIGINAL BROADCAST. Guest stars abound and bonus features are included (below).
Retail will be $29.93, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99.
The Jack Benny Program and its legendary star are counted among the most dazzling jewels in the crown of American comedy. From its beginnings as an immensely popular radio program to its heyday on television, the daily trials and tribulations of the beloved comedian kept millions of fans laughing for over 30 years.
Here at last are 18 long-lost episodes — unseen since their original broadcast — that have been lovingly restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Jack, Don, Mary, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson and a constellation of guest stars are all here in this first-of-its-kind DVD collection of The Jack Benny Program.
Guest stars include Natalie Wood, Red Skelton, Gary Cooper, George Burns, John Wayne, Dick Van Dyke, Billy Graham, Milton Berle, Tony Curtis and President Harry Truman.
BONUS FEATURES:
- New Interviews With Director Norman Abbott, Benny Secretary Dorothy Ohman and Actor/Writer/Satirist Harry Shearer
- Comedy Bits From The Jack Benny Television Specials
- Hearst Newsreels
FOX ARCHIVES: 7 in Jane Withers Wave
Jane Withers gets her own wave with seven of her films coming out on April 30th.
They are:
They are:
- Chicken Wagon Family (1939) - Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Weaver, Spring Byington, Kane Richmond
- The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) - Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine
- Golden Hoofs (1941) - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Kay Aldridge, George Irving
- High School (1940) - Joe Brown Jr., Paul Harvey, Lloyd Corrigan, Cliff Edwards
- Little Miss Nobody (1936) - Jane Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden, Harry Carey
- Paddy O'Day (1935) - Pinky Tomlin, Rita Hayworth, Jane Darwell
- Rascals (1938) - Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox
Laurence Olivier & Gloria Swanson Have a Perfect Understanding
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Perfect Understanding June 4th Cohen Media Retail $24.98, Our: $19.99 |
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Perfect Understanding (Blu-Ray) June 4th Cohen Media Retail $34.98, Our: $27.99 |
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Fresh off their classic debut release The Thief of Bagdad (Blu-Ray) starring Douglas Fairbanks, which received rave reviews, Cohen Media has announced Perfect Understanding (1933) on both standard DVD and Blu-Ray.
Set for release on June 4th, the British set comedy of manners stars Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier. Bonus features, if any, are not forthcoming.
A comedy of manners in which two people marry on the condition that each will retain his or her individual freedom. But when each subsequently flaunts their extra-marital escapades in the face of the other, it precipitates an amusing battle of the sexes.
This classic comedy has been fully restored and is being presented in
its original form for the first time on DVD. Stars Gloria Swanson
(Sunset Boulevard) and Laurence Olivier (Hamlet).
WARNER ARCHIVE: Eddie Cantor & Bowery Boys, Volume 2
In January, Warner Bros. released their first wave of Samuel Goldwyn
acquired titles on standard DVD. Now, two Goldwyn films with old Banjo
Eyes himself will be released as part of Warner's Archive line: Whoopee! (1930) & Kid Millions (1934).
Also out are twelve more with Slip and Sach, and the rest of the Bowery Boys in The Bowery Boys, Vol. 2.
The 4-disc set will contains:
These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Also out are twelve more with Slip and Sach, and the rest of the Bowery Boys in The Bowery Boys, Vol. 2.
The 4-disc set will contains:
- Spook Busters (1946)
- Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
- Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
- Smuggler’s Cove (1948)
- Ghost Chasers (1951)
- Let’s Go Navy! (1951)
- Hold That Line (1952)
- Loose in London (1953)
- Clipped Wings (1953)
- Private Eyes (1953)
- The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)
- High Society (1955)
These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Second Chorus - Standard & Blu in May
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Second Chorus (Blu / DVD) May 14th Film Chest Retail: $19.98, Our: $14.99 |
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Previously released on DVD, Second Chorus (1940) has been announced by Film Chest with a May 14th street date on both DVD and Blu-Ray.
Retail will be $19.98, but it's available at ClassicFlix.com for only $14.99.
Students who were in the college band together go searching for a job and end up in Artie Shaw's band. In only his second film after ending his legendary partnership with Ginger Rogers in 1939, Fred Astaire returned to the screen in the frothy big band musical Second Chorus.
Excited about the opportunity to work with legendary big band leader Artie Shaw, Fred signed on for this romp co-starring Burgess Meredith and a winning Paulette Goddard. Shenanigans abound: Fred and Burgess play friendly rivals, musicians who purposely flunk their college courses in order to maintain lucrative jobs as college band leaders, but the real attraction,of course, lies in Fred’s musical numbers.
With lyrics by the legendary Johnny Mercer (“Dream”, “Moon River”) and music by both Hal Borne (Astaire’s rehearsal pianist) and Artie Shaw, Second Chorus received Academy Award nominations for Best Song (“Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life?”) and Best Score. But it’s the film’s terrific final number, “Poor Mr. Chisholm”, that’s the real award winner, with Fred whirling through an all-stops-out sensational tap while simultaneously conducting Artie Shaw’s top of the line big band—proof yet again of Astaire’s unquestioned status as the greatest dancer in Hollywood history.
WARNER ARCHIVE: Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 6
The Forbidden Hollywood line continues with the announced release of Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 6 from the Warner Archive Collection.
The 4-disc set includes: The Wet Parade (1932), Downstairs (1932), Mandalay (1934) and Massacre (1934).
This new set adds to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
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Audacious, controversial and shockingly frank, Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 6 turns the spotlight on adultery, alcoholism, and prostitution, issues the Production Code would soon ban from the screen.
Starring the pre-Code era’s biggest stars, including John Gilbert, Richard Barthelmess, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis and Ann Dvorak, these four rarely seen gems are a provocative reflection of Hollywood's desire to push the limits in a more innocent time.
The Wet Parade (1932)
Demon whiskey brings ruin to two families in this all-star adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s impassioned novel.
Downstairs (1932)
A philandering chauffeur (John Gilbert) creates havoc in an upper-class household.
Mandalay (1934)
A Russian refugee (Francis) seeks revenge upon the ex-lover (Ricardo Cortez) who sold her into slavery.
Massacre (1934)
A college-educated Sioux (Barthelmess) wreaks vengeance upon the white officials who abused his family and cheated his people.
The 4-disc set includes: The Wet Parade (1932), Downstairs (1932), Mandalay (1934) and Massacre (1934).
This new set adds to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.
Audacious, controversial and shockingly frank, Forbidden Hollywood, Vol. 6 turns the spotlight on adultery, alcoholism, and prostitution, issues the Production Code would soon ban from the screen.
Starring the pre-Code era’s biggest stars, including John Gilbert, Richard Barthelmess, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis and Ann Dvorak, these four rarely seen gems are a provocative reflection of Hollywood's desire to push the limits in a more innocent time.
The Wet Parade (1932)
Demon whiskey brings ruin to two families in this all-star adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s impassioned novel.
Downstairs (1932)
A philandering chauffeur (John Gilbert) creates havoc in an upper-class household.
Mandalay (1934)
A Russian refugee (Francis) seeks revenge upon the ex-lover (Ricardo Cortez) who sold her into slavery.
Massacre (1934)
A college-educated Sioux (Barthelmess) wreaks vengeance upon the white officials who abused his family and cheated his people.
COLUMBIA: Rita Hayworth in Latest Wave of Four
Sony has announced four Columbia Classic DVDs for release on May 7th.
A couple of crime dramas, including a quota quickie starring Rita Hayworth, are coming:
A couple of crime dramas, including a quota quickie starring Rita Hayworth, are coming:
- Special Inspector (1939) - Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, George McKay, Edgar Edwards
- Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) - Michael Duane, Trudy Marshall, Lloyd Corrigan
- Adventures in Silverado (1948) - William Bishop, Gloria Henry, Edgar Buchanan, Forrest Tucker, Edgar Barrier
- The Thrill Hunter (1946) - Buck Jones, Dorothy Revier, Edward LeSaint, Eddie Kane, Arthur Rankin
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