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COMING SOON: I Met My Love Again (1938) starring Joan Bennett and Henry Fonda.
Coming soon to DVD via our Silver Series line, the romantic melodrama I MET MY LOVE AGAIN (1938) starring Joan Bennett & Henry Fonda.
Details coming shortly...
Details coming shortly...
Merrily We Live (1938) Trailer
Out today for the first time on Blu & DVD, here's a trailer we cut for our restoration of Merrily We Live (1938).
The Hal Roach, screwball comedy stars Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne with a splendid supporting cast including Billie Burke in here only Oscar-nominated role.
The Kilbourne’s are a curious lot. Henry, the irascible patriarch, has his patience duly tried by his three impetuous and irreverent children: Geraldine (Jerry), Kane and Marion. Mother Emily rounds out the clan and may be the most endearingly peculiar of them all, as she doesn’t knit or collect stamps as a hobby, but instead takes in “Forgotten Men” intent on rehabilitating them.
However, after her latest protege makes off with the family silver, Emily swears off any do-gooding… that is until the vacationing Wade Rawlins shows up at her doorstep and is mistaken as a tramp. Becoming the family’s new chauffeur, Rawlins soon proves useful to the Kilbourne’s in more ways than one. He also quickly grabs the attention of nearly every female about him—especially and including Jerry’s.
Billie Burke is not only reunited in Merrily We Live with her Topper co-stars Constance Bennett (Jerry) and Alan Mowbray (Grosvenor, the Kilbourne's long-suffering butler), but her performance as the delightfully daffy Emily also garnered her the only Academy Award nomination of her career (Best Supporting Actress). Joining the Topper trio is also a sublime cast including Brian Aherne, Clarence Kolb, Bonita Granville, Ann Dvorak, Tom Brown, Patsy Kelly and Willie Best.
A textbook example of screwball comedy, this Hal Roach production was directed by Norman Z. McLeod (Horse Feathers, Topper) and received five Oscar nods in all, including for Norbert Brodine's sparkling cinematography and Charles D. Hall's art direction.
Merrily We Live On Sale and Ready to Ship
Our restoration of the top-notch screwball comedy Merrily We Live (1938) starring Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne is now in the house and ready to ship!
It's on sale too, so buy it today for only $14.98!
Super Summer Sale - Up to 75% Off - $2.99 Flat Shiping!
Our SUPER SUMMER SALE starts today and runs through August! Up to 75% OFF and always with $2.99 FLAT SHIPPING.
Includes some new releases like TODD/KELLY & super deals like on T-MEN & HE WALKED BY NIGHT Special Editions too!
Includes some new releases like TODD/KELLY & super deals like on T-MEN & HE WALKED BY NIGHT Special Editions too!
Blondie - The Complete 1957 Television Series -- With Special Autographed Copies!
Coming to DVD on September 18th: Blondie - The Complete 1957 Television Series!
Newly transferred from original 35mm elements, Blondie makes its home video debut with all 26 sparklingly sharp episodes in this 4-disc DVD set.
All pre-orders at ClassicFlix will be autographed by Stuffy Singer who played Alexander on the series! Check out the announcement for more details.
Newly transferred from original 35mm elements, Blondie makes its home video debut with all 26 sparklingly sharp episodes in this 4-disc DVD set.
All pre-orders at ClassicFlix will be autographed by Stuffy Singer who played Alexander on the series! Check out the announcement for more details.
Bring Blondie to Blu-ray Kickstarter Update
Thanks to all who've pledged to our Kickstarter campaign to Bring Blondie to Blu and spread the word thus far!
Below you'll find a fresh scan of the seventh episode "Husband Once Removed".
Share our campaign today, and Bring Blondie to Blu!
Below you'll find a fresh scan of the seventh episode "Husband Once Removed".
Share our campaign today, and Bring Blondie to Blu!
Complete Hal Roach Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection Trailer
Here's a trailer we cut for The Complete Hal Roach Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection which is out today! This collection contains all 21 Todd/Kelly shorts made at Roach and includes three additional bonus shorts.
For the first time on home video come all 21 of Hal Roach's two-reelers starring the lovely Thelma Todd and the pugnacious Patsy Kelly. These timeless shorts showcase the incredible comedic talents of an unsung duo who simply wanted to make audiences laugh... and succeeded!
In Hollywood, the laugh factory operated by Roach was known to one and all as "The Lot of Fun." Established in 1915, the studio hosted many of the familiar names in comedy at one time or another: Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase and the popular and iconic team of Laurel and Hardy.
Determined to find the female equivalent of "The Boys," Roach paired Thelma Todd (already under contract and a veteran of several Chase shorts) with comic actress ZaSu Pitts. Thelma and ZaSu appeared in 17 shorts between 1931 and 1933 that were very popular with moviegoers, but their fruitful partnership ended when Pitts and Roach failed to come to terms on a new contract.
After seeing comedienne Patsy Kelly in the stage production of Flying Colors, Roach agreed that she was the perfect replacement for ZaSu, and the new team of Todd-Kelly was soon putting out hilarious efforts like Babes in the Goods (1934), Maid in Hollywood (1934) and Top Flat (1935). All-American Toothache (1936) would be their final pairing as Todd's tragic death brought an end to the girls' entertaining partnership.
Though efforts were made to jump-start the franchise with Pert Kelton and Lyda Roberti, the writing was on the wall where Roach's two-reelers were concerned as the producer soon transitioned solely to "streamliners" and feature films.
In Hollywood, the laugh factory operated by Roach was known to one and all as "The Lot of Fun." Established in 1915, the studio hosted many of the familiar names in comedy at one time or another: Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase and the popular and iconic team of Laurel and Hardy.
Determined to find the female equivalent of "The Boys," Roach paired Thelma Todd (already under contract and a veteran of several Chase shorts) with comic actress ZaSu Pitts. Thelma and ZaSu appeared in 17 shorts between 1931 and 1933 that were very popular with moviegoers, but their fruitful partnership ended when Pitts and Roach failed to come to terms on a new contract.
After seeing comedienne Patsy Kelly in the stage production of Flying Colors, Roach agreed that she was the perfect replacement for ZaSu, and the new team of Todd-Kelly was soon putting out hilarious efforts like Babes in the Goods (1934), Maid in Hollywood (1934) and Top Flat (1935). All-American Toothache (1936) would be their final pairing as Todd's tragic death brought an end to the girls' entertaining partnership.
Though efforts were made to jump-start the franchise with Pert Kelton and Lyda Roberti, the writing was on the wall where Roach's two-reelers were concerned as the producer soon transitioned solely to "streamliners" and feature films.
PLEDGE to bring Blondie to Blu-ray today! Our Kickstarter campaign is live!
Our Kickstarter campaign to bring the 1957 TV series Blondie to Blu-ray is now live! YOU can bring this almost unseen show out of the vaults and into your living room in HD in a special edition with bonus features.
Click here to find out how.
Click here to find out how.
SHIPPING TODAY: The Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection
Out next week, if you ordered our Complete Hal Roach Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly Comedy Collection it ships today!
Here are some shots:
Here are some shots:
Bring Blondie to Blu-ray!
WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THE UPCOMING CAMPAIGN WITH A PLEDGE:
- You love Blondie!
- You love classic TV
- Both of the above AND you want to send a message to the Blondie rights holders that the Blondie franchise is still well-loved the world over and they're leaving money on the table by not releasing the 28 feature films, restored and uncut.
- You love classic TV
- Both of the above AND you want to send a message to the Blondie rights holders that the Blondie franchise is still well-loved the world over and they're leaving money on the table by not releasing the 28 feature films, restored and uncut.
DETAILS: We've acquired the rights to the 1957 TV series Blondie starring Arthur Lake and Pamela Britton and fully expected to use the existing masters and release the complete series on DVD. However, after viewing the masters and finding them sub-standard, we did a test scan in 2k of the existing 35mm prints on one episode and were blown away by the sharpness of the transfer.
And we thought "THIS HAS TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY!" So stay tuned as in the coming days we'll announce a crowdfunding campaign as to how you can help bring this series to Blu-ray in a special edition with bonus features.
More details to come...
Check out this short clip of a scan we did on one episode:
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