FOX ARCHIVES: Confirm or Deny, Paris After Dark in Military Wave

A military themed wave is coming from Fox's Cinema Archives line as they have announced 6 more titles.

They are:

• Battle at Bloody Beach (1961) - Audie Murphy, Gary Crosby, Dolores Michaels
• Bird of Paradise (1951) - Debra Paget, Louis Jourdan, Jeff Chandler, Everett Sloane, Jack Elam
• Confirm or Deny (1941) - Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Roddy McDowall, John Loder
• The Fighting Lady (1944) - Charles Boyer, Robert Taylor
• Marines, Let's Go (1961) - Tom Tryon, David Hedison, Tom Reese
• Paris After Dark (1943) - George Sanders, Philip Dorn, Brenda Marshall

They will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 28th and can easily be found in the recent additions section.

The Haunting (Blu-Ray) in October

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The Haunting (Blu-Ray) October 15th Warner Home Video Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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Just in time for Halloween, Warner has set an October 15th release date for The Haunting (Blu-Ray).

It will retail for $19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99. Bonus features should carry over from the previously released DVD.

"It was an evil house from the beginning, a house that was born bad." The place is the 90-year old mansion called Hill House. no one lives there. Or so it seems. But please do come in. Because even if you don't believe in ghosts, there's no denying the terror of The Haunting.

Robert Wise returned to psychological horror for this much admired, first screen adaptation of Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House." Four people come to the house to study its supernatural phenomena. Or has the house drawn at least one of them to it? The answer will unnerve you in this "elegantly sinister scare movie. It's good fun" (Pauline Kael, "5001 Nights at the Movies").

BONUS FEATURES:

• Feature-Length Audio Commentary by Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Director Robert Wise and Screenwriter Nelson Gidding
• Still Galleries
• "Great Ghost Stories" Essay
• Theatrical Trailer

WARNER: The Big Parade - DVD & Blu-Ray in October

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Big Parade October 1st Warner Home Video Retail $14.97, Our: $12.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

The Big Parade (Blu-Ray) October 1st Warner Home Video Retail $27.98, Our: $22.99

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It must be "Silent Friday."

King Vidor's The Big Parade (1925), the highest grossing silent film of the silent era, finally gets its due on October 1st with DVD & Blu-Ray releases.

Each single disc release comes with bonus features (below), with the Blu-Ray being a 64-page "Blu-Ray Book."


The highest-grossing silent film of all time, as well as the first realistic war drama, tells the harrowing story of a young man's (John Gilbert) front-line experiences in World War I.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by Historian Jeffrey Vance with Director King Vidor
• The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor Documentary
• 1925 Studio Tour Vintage Short
• PLUS: 64 Page Book with Comprehensive Notes by Historian Kevin Brownlow. Includes Rare Original Art, Photos and Ad Materials **(Blu-Ray Only)

John Ford's Upstream, More in Lost and Found - American Treasures

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Lost and Found - American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive September 24th Image Entertainment Retail $24.98, Our: $19.99

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Image Entertainment has announced Lost and Found - American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive for release on September 24th.

The single disc release contains recent discoveries thought lost up until 2011. Retail will be $24.98, but It is available at ClassicFlix.com for just $19.99.

SYNOPSIS:
Long-lost films by John Ford, Mabel Normand, and Alfred Hitchcock are brought back to life in Lost and Found - American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive.

Treasures New Zealand draws from the extraordinary cache of nitrate prints safeguarded in New Zealand for nearly a century and preserved through a groundbreaking international partnership led by the National Film Preservation Foundation. None of the DVD's films have been seen before on video; in fact, none were even thought to exist just four years ago.

The 3-1/4 hour DVD, playable worldwide, includes:

• John Ford’s Upstream (1927) and a preview for his lost feature Strong Boy (1929)
• The White Shadow (1924), 3 reels from the first surviving feature credited to Alfred Hitchcock, the assistant director, art director, writer, and editor
• Won in a Cupboard (1914), the first surviving film directed by and starring Mabel Normand
• Lyman H. Howe’s Famous Ride on a Runaway Train (1921), reunited with its sound-effects disc for the first time in decades
• Stetson’s Birth of a Hat (ca. 1920)
• The Love Charm (1928), a South Seas romance filmed in two-color Technicolor by Ray Rennahan and written by Duncan Renaldo (the “Cisco Kid”)
• Andy's Stump Speech (1924), directed by Norman Taurog, following funny-paper favorite Andy Gump (played by Joe Murphy) on the campaign trail
• The cartoon Happy-Go-Luckies (1923), 5 newsreel stories, and an episode from Dolly of the Dailies (1914) in which the unstoppable newspaperwoman saves the day and gets the scoop

Treasures New Zealand includes a 56-page illustrated catalog with forewords by Leonard Maltin and Chris Finlayson and program notes by Scott Simmon and David Sterritt; more than 180 interactive screens; new music created by Michael D. Mortilla and Donald Sosin; and a music video extra. The disc was digitally mastered and produced from the only source materials known to survive.

That films lost in the United States came to be found 7,000 miles away speaks volumes about the international popularity of American movies from the very start. By the late 1910s, American distributors circulated prints around the globe with the expectation that they would be shipped back or destroyed at the end of their runs. But some prints evaded destruction and made their way into public collections, like the New Zealand Film Archive. Today hundreds of American movies from the silent era that were not saved in the U.S. survive aboard.

The Treasures New Zealand films can be shared today thanks to the generous stewardship of the NZFA, the preservation work directed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, George Eastman House, the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and UCLA Film & Television Archive, and the contributions of hundreds of donors. Net proceeds will support further film preservation.

WARNER ARCHIVE: June Allyson & Dick Powell

Two more latecomers this week from the Warner Archive Collection, and both star real-life husband and wife June Allyson & Dick Powell.

They are:

• The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) - David Wayne, Cecil Kellaway, Ray Collins, Robert Keith
• Right Cross (1950) - Ricardo Montalban, Lionel Barrymore

Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on July 2nd.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. 

COLUMBIA CLASSICS: Dennis Morgan & Joan Davis in Latest Wave

Sony has announced four more from their Columbia Classic line for release on July 9th.

Headlining this latest wave is Uranium Boom (1956) starring Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina and William Talman and the 1950 Western-Comedy The Traveling Saleswoman starring Joan Davis, Andy Devine and featuring Adele Jergens and Joe Sawyer.

Also out are:

• Teenage Crime Wave (1955) - Tommy Cook, Molly McCart
• The Tijuana Story (1957) - Rodolfo Acosta, James Darren, Jean Willes

TCM VAULT: Randolph Scott Westerns Collection in September

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Randolph Scott Westerns Collection (TCM Vault) September 2nd Sony Coroner Creek (1948), The Walking Hills (1949), The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949), 7th Cavalry (1956)

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A Randolph Scott Westerns Collection is due out from Sony on September 2nd.

Released via the TCM Vault line, all four films are new to DVD. Bonus features abound like previous Vault releases. Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!

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Turner Classic Movies and Sony Home Entertainment proudly present Randolph Scott Westerns, a new collection highlighting the quiet charm and stoic courage of one of the greatest Western heroes.

Scott’s career spanned over 30 years and 100 films—more than 60 of them in the saddle. He worked with some of the finest talents the genre has known, many of them showcased in this collection, including director John Sturges (The Magnificent 7, 1960); cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. (3:10 to Yuma, 1957) and screenwriter Alan Le May (The Searchers, 1956).

WARNER ARCHIVE: Glenn Ford & James Mason in Latest Wave

A smaller than usual wave this week from Warner's Archive Collection, but no complaints as Glenn Ford and James Mason headline the two releases.

They are:

• The Decks Ran Red (1958) - James Mason, Dorothy Dandridge, Broderick Crawford, Stuart Whitman
• Terror on a Train (1953) - Glenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice Denham, Harcourt Williams

Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on July 2nd.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,200 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com. 

OLIVE: Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 1 in July

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 1 July 30th Olive Films Retail: $24.95, Our: $17.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 1 (Blu-Ray) July 30th Olive Films Retail: $29.95, Our: $21.99

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Olive is dipping their toe into the Animation pool with the release of their upcoming Betty Boop - The Essential Collection, Vol. 1.

The new collection will contain 12 never-before released shorts on either DVD or Blu-Ray.

FOX ARCHIVES: Western Union, Road to Glory & More in Wave of 7

Another strong wave has been announced by Fox as 7 more titles are being released as part of their Cinema Archives line.

They are:

• Lure of the Wilderness (1952) - Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Smith, Walter Brennan, Tom Tully & dir. by Jean Negulesco
• Red Skies of Montana (1952) - Richard Widmark, Constance Smith, Jeffrey Hunter, Richard Boone
• The Road to Glory (1936) - Fredric March, Warner Baxter, Lionel Barrymore, June Lang, Gregory Ratoff
• The Siege at Red River (1954) - Van Johnson, Joanne Dru, Richard Boone, Milburn Stone
• The Silver Whip (1953) - Dale Robertson, Rory Calhoun, Robert Wagner
• Untamed (1955) - Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson
• Western Union (1941) - Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Slim Summerville, Chill Wills, Barton MacLane

They will be available here at ClassicFlix on June 21st and can easily be found in the recent additions section.