Panic in the Streets (Blu-Ray) in March

In November we announced two Elia Kazan sets exclusively available for purchase at FoxConnect, but rentable for members here at ClassicFlix.

Soon after Wild River (Blu-Ray) and Gentleman's Agreement (Blu-Ray) came out as singles, and now Panic in the Streets (Blu-Ray) has been set for its own release date of March 26th.

Retail will be $24.99, but it's available here at ClassicFlix for only $19.99.

In this suspenseful melodrama, a bullet-ridden corpse turns up in the water off the New Orleans docks. To the police, he's a John Doe...until a public health doctor (Richard Widmark) discovers he carries a virulent strain of bubonic plague. Hundreds of officers are mobilized to track down the killers and all who had contact with the dead man in a desperate race against the clock before the highly contagious disease spreads far beyond the port area and puts the entire country in peril.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by authors and historians James Ursini and Alain Silver
• Jack Palance: From Grit to Grace
  
• Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

WARNER ARCHIVE: Great Gildersleeve Collection, Dawn Patrol (1930)

Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve finally gets some DVD love as The Great Gildersleeve Movie Collection is being released via Warner's Archive Collection,

The two disc set features four Gildersleeve starring vehicles (The Great Gildersleeve, Gildersleeve's Bad Day, Gildersleeve on Broadway and Gildersleeve's Ghost), plus Seven Day's Leave (1942) in which he supports Lucille Ball and Victor Mature (who coincidentally would be 100 today if he were still alive).

Also out is Howard Hawk's talkie debut The Dawn Patrol (1930). It stars Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, and features Neil Hamilton, Frank McHugh, Clyde Cook and James Finlayson.

Both will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 26th.

These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

WARNER ARCHIVE: Dead End Kids & Robert Taylor

A Dead End Kids double feature and two Robert Taylor titles are the latest from the Warner Archive Collection over at WBShop.

The single disc The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade / Hell's Kitchen double feature has numerous co-stars including Ronald Reagan, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel and Frankie Thomas.

Robert Taylor's two entries are 1957's crime-drama Tip on a Dead Jockey and the made for TV Western Return of the Gunfighter (1967).

All will be available here at ClassicFlix on February 19th.

Also coming out are two titles previously released on standard DVD that have gone out of print: Angels in the Outfield (1951) and The Green Pastures (1936).

These new DVDs add to the total of over 1,100 Warner Archive titles exclusively available for rent at ClassicFlix.com.

TCM VAULT: Karloff - Criminal Kind in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: TITLES:

Karloff: Criminal Kind (TCM Vault) April 16th Sony The Criminal Code (1931), The Guilty Generation (1931), Behind the Mask (1932)

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Karloff: Criminal Kind, a 3-disc set, has been scheduled to street on April 16th.

A TCM Vault release, it will contain all the usual bonus features associated with the Vault line. Some of the co-stars include with Walter Huston, Robert Young, Constance Cummings and Leo Carrillo with Criminal Code helmed by Howard Hawks.

Available exclusively for purchase at TCM.com, this set will be available for rent here at ClassicFlix and nowhere else!

SYNOPSIS:
Turner Classic Movies and Sony Home Entertainment proudly present Karloff: Criminal Kind, a new collection of three atmospheric crime thrillers that showcase Boris Karloff’s intensity and depth as a dramatic actor.

Before he gained notoriety as “The Monster” in Frankenstein, Boris Karloff (b. William Henry Pratt) had appeared in over 75 feature films and serials.

Born to a distinguished British family, he assumed a stage name and immigrated to Canada and then the United States, where he performed various manual labor jobs while trying to launch an acting career. The grittiness of his life experience carries over to his performances in the three films in this collection.

The Criminal Code (1931)
Directed by Howard Hawks (Scarface, The Big Sleep), Karloff plays a prisoner who is both a ruthless killer and a steadfast friend to other convicts—so long as they maintain the prisoner’s code of silence.

The Guilty Generation (1931)
Karloff plays a notorious bootlegger whose son falls for the daughter of his mortal enemy in a Prohibition-era twist on “Romeo and Juliet.

Behind the Mask (1932)
Karloff plays a small-time criminal who helps a federal agent (Jack Holt) bust a narcotics syndicate.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Introduction by Robert Osborne
• Lobby Cards
• Publicity Still(s)
• Movie Poster(s)
• Scene Still(s)
• TCMDb Article

CRITERION: Olivier's Richard III on Standard & Blu in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Richard III April 9th Criterion Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Richard III (Blu-Ray) April 9th Criterion Retail $39.95, Our: $31.99

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Criterion has announced an April 9th release date for Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955) on standard DVD & Blu-Ray.

Both come with all the bonus features from the previous standard 2-disc release, with the exception of an essay by historian Bruce Eder. Exclusive the Blu release is a booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin.


With Richard III, Laurence Olivier-as director, producer and star-transfigures Shakespeare's great historical drama into a mesmerizing vision of Machiavellian villainy. Olivier's performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges Richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother Edward's crown through a murderous set of machinations.

His inspired direction brings to the screen superlative performances by veteran theater actors Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud and the young Claire Bloom.

Filmed in Vista Vision and Technicolor, The Criterion Collection is proud to present the restored film for which Olivier received the 1956 British Academy Film Award for the Best Actor and Best Film.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio Commentary by Playwright and Stage Director Russell Lees, Joined by John Wilders, Former Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Great Acting: Laurence Olivier, a 1966 BBC Interview with Olivier, Hosted by Renowned Theater Critic Kenneth Tynan
• Gallery of On-Set and Production Stills and Posters, featuring excerpts from Olivier's Autobiography on Acting
• 12 Minute Television Trailer, including footage of Olivier, Producer Alexander Korda, Production Designer Roger Furse, and Other Crew Members at Work in Shepperton Studios
• Original Theatrical Trailer
• PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Amy Taubin (BLU-RAY ONLY)

KINO BLU: Keaton's College & Little Fugitive in March

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

College (Ultimate Edition) March 5th Kino Retail $29.95, Our: $23.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

College (Blu-Ray) March 5th Kino Retail $34.95, Our: $27.99

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WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Little Fugitive (Blu-Ray) March 26th Kino Retail $34.95, Our: $27.99

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Kino has scheduled March for the Blu-Ray debuts of Buster Keaton's hilarious College (1927) and 1953's charming Little Fugitive. A standard Ultimate Edition DVD of College will also be released.

Bonus features for the Keaton feature are below, but have yet to be determined for Fugitive.


Buster Keaton goes back to school and stages a hilarious send-up of university life in College.

Keaton stars as Ronald, an idealistic freshman who attends Clayton College in pursuit of higher learning, but finds himself instead embroiled in a war of athletics as he fights for the heart of his beloved coed, Mary (Anne Cornwall). More than he had in any other feature, Keaton stretched the boundaries of solo physical comedy.

In a series of unforgettable vignettes, stone-faced Ronald tries his hand as a baseball player, soda jerk, waiter, coxswain, and track star, performing each task with a steady determination but with consistently disastrous results. These scenes are especially amazing because in demonstrating Ronald's athletic inadequacies, Keaton reveals a surprising degree of physical prowess and finesse, particularly during the film's exhilarating climax.

BONUS FEATURES:

• Audio commentary by film historian Rob Farr (Slapsticon Founder)
• Visual essay on the film's locations
• "The Scribe," a 1966 industrial short that was Keaton's final filmed performance

SHOUT: Howdy, Kids!! Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Howdy, Kids!! - A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup April 9th Shout! Factory Retail: $29.93, Our: $23.99

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Shout! Factory has announced an April 9th release date for Howdy, Kids!! - A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup.

A follow up to their popular Hiya, Kids!! collection released in 2008, this wall to wall TV Western set will be on three discs and feature 14 different shows.

Retail will be $29.93, but it is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $23.99.


In the 1950's television was new and thrilling. And nothing thrilled audiences like Westerns which pitted white-hatted heroes against black-hatted villains a reflection of a time when the world seemed like a simpler place.

Looking back these shows had a significant impact on the children of the first television generation and helped to shape the medium as it increasingly became a part of our culture.

Howdy Kids!! A Saturday Afternoon Western Roundup is a collection of the best Westerns from the dawn of television Features classic episodes from these beloved TV shows: The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, The Rifleman, Annie Oakley, Adventures of Kit Carson, Cisco Kid, Champion the Wonder Horse, Buffalo Bill Jr., Sgt. Preston, Fury, The Range Rider, Adventures of Rick O'Shay, Sky King, and Red Ryder. 

OLIVE: Devil and Miss Jones, Ruthless, Sun Shines Bright & 3 More

Six more titles are coming from Olive Films on March 26th. All will be released on both standard DVD and Blu-Ray.

They are:

• The Atomic Kid (1954) - Mickey Rooney, Robert Strauss, Elaine Devry, Bill Goodwin, Whit Bissell
• China Gate (1957) - Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov, Lee Van Cleef & dir. by Samuel Fuller
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) - Jean Arthur, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn, Edmund Gwenn, Spring Byington, S.Z. Sakall, William Demarest & dir. by Sam Wood
• Hell's Half Acre (1954) - Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes, Elsa Lanchester, Marie Windsor, Nancy Gates
• Ruthless (1948) - Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Martha Vickers, Raymond Burr & dir. by Edgar G. Ulmer
• The Sun Shines Bright (1953) - Charles Winniger, Arleen Whelan, John Russell, Stepin Fetchit, Grant Withers, Milburn Stone & dir. by John Ford

All will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray and can be found in the recent additions section.

Sylvester and Hippety Hopper - Looney Tunes Super Stars in April

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Sylvester & Hippety Hopper (Looney Tunes Super Stars) April 23rd Warner Bros. Retail: $19.98, Our: $15.99

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Warner Bros. has announced an April 23rd release date for Sylvester & Hippety Hopper (Looney Tunes Super Stars).

The single disc release will feature all 13 Sylvester/Hippety shorts plus five bonus Sylvester cartoons. 17 of the 18 are new-to-DVD.

It will retail for 19.98, but is available at ClassicFlix.com for only $15.99.


From the moment they teamed up, the endlessly-persistent Sylvester J. Pussycat, Sr. and the hyperactive young kangaroo Hippety Hopper would go on to became one of Warner Bros. most reliably hilarious animated duos. Now, together for the first time on DVD, it’s the best of the failure-prone feline and spring-loaded little marsupial in 18 classic cartoons re-mastered to all their Golden-Age-of-Animation glory!

Featuring 17 shorts never-before-seen on DVD, these timeless cat vs “giant mouse” gems include Sylvester’s riotous pursuit of Hippety after the ‘roo escapes the zoo in Hop, Look and Listen, Sylvester’s hapless attempts to impress his son Sylvester, Jr. in Pop ‘Im Pop! and the acclaimed Hoppy-Go-Lucky, a brilliant send-up of John Steinbeck’s classic Of Mice and Men. And that’s just the beginning of the bounding, bouncing, cat-confounding fun in this cartoon cornucopia from the heyday of Warner Bros. animation!

SHORTS:

• Hop, Look an Listen
• Hippety Hopper
• Pop ‘im Pop!
• Who's Kitten Who?
• Hoppy-Go-Lucky
• Cats Aweigh!
• Bell Hoppy
• Lighthouse Mouse
• Too Hop to Handle
• Slap-Hoppy Mouse
• Mouse-Taken Identity
• Hoppy Daze
• Freudy Cat
• Cat's Paw
• Fish and Slips
• Birds of a Father
• Claws in the Lease
• Goldimouse and the Three Cats

Route 66 - Season 4 in April - 3 DAY SPECIAL PRICE

WHAT: WHEN: STUDIO: PRICE:

Route 66 - The Complete Fourth Season April 2nd Shout! Factory Retail: $29.93, Our: $23.99 SPECIAL 3-Day Price $19.98

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In November of 2011, Shout! Factory announced they had acquired the exclusive home video rights of the iconic 1960's TV series Route 66. Then last May, after Infinity Entertainment had already released the first three seasons, Shout! bypassed the idea of releasing Season 4 as a stand-alone set and instead released Route 66 - The Complete Series.

Now comes word from Shout! that Route 66 - The Complete Fourth Season has been announced for an April 2nd street date.

The 5-disc set will retail for $29.93, and can be purchased here at ClassicFlix for only $23.99. However, for three days only (untill January 17th), we'll have it for the special pre-order price of $19.98.