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[filmlover]

Were any of them on the Forbidden Hollywood collections. Don't know why, but thought Illicit and Ladies They Talk About were.

 

One thing, though, if they do appear on the Archives series, it is highly unlikely they will be put onto a volume 2.

[edgeciff]

These are pretty obscure titles and its doubtful if they would sell in a Stanwyck Vol 2. A FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD package might work better, but I also think these titles could be released on the WB Archives especially if print quality were a problem.

[HollywoodGolightly]

Just read this on classicflix.com:

 

From the same folks that released last year's impressive Studio One Anthology set, comes *The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Vol. 1*. The Archive of American Television is again teaming up with E1 Entertainment (formally Koch Vision) to bring volume one of Barbara Stanwyck's acclaimed anthology series to DVD on October 13th.

 

The 3-disc set will present 15 of the series' 36 episodes featuring such stars as Milton Berle, Lee Marvin, Vic Morrow and Ralph Bellamy.

[HollywoodGolightly]

Also,

 

Criterion has announced a September 15th release date for three French films as part of their Essential Art House line. They are: Gervaise (1956), Le Jour se L?ve (1939) and Mayerling (1936).

 

All three are single discs release with no bonus features expected

[filmlover]

Wow, this takes me back. Shout is releasing the first season of The Patty Duke Show on Sept. 29.

[filmlover]

A little mixture of old and new news:

 

The Rumor Mill at digitalbits.com reported yesterday they have spoken to Paramount and they are:

 

...finally preparing *The African Queen: Centennial Collection* with a tentative street date of 10/13 (date subject to change). We believe this is currently a DVD only release, but a Blu-ray could still be planned for later in the year or next year. Also coming are new Centennial Collection DVD editions of *Chinatown* and *Sorry, Wrong Number*. We're told at least Chinatown is planned for Blu-ray release in 2010. Meanwhile, though it hasn't yet been announced, we're told once again that *It's a Wonderful Life* is tentatively planned for release on Blu-ray in November (the title is already available on DVD).

 

 

Meanwhile, we also have word from our sources that Warner is still working on new Blu-ray catalog editions of the classic *Logan's Run*, as well as *The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen* and *Heat*, all for release sometime later in 2009.

 

 

We have officially confirmed Logan's Run with Warner Home Video as of this afternoon, though the title is still TBA. It will be released on BD this year.

 

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#062509

[HollywoodGolightly]

Since there's already been at least one false alarm in regards to a North American DVD release of The African Queen, I am not going to hold my breath.

 

But CineSage did confirm that the bonus features have been finished, so we know it's coming.

[filmlover]

I know we have mentioned It's A Wonderful Life on Blu-ray comingout, but just got an email that A Christmas Carol will, too.

 

http://www.classicflix.com/christmas-carol-bluray-p-8829.html

[HollywoodGolightly]

As long as they don't include the colorized version, I'll be happy to buy it.

[HollywoodGolightly]

Has anyone mentioned anything about John Landis saying that An American Werewolf in London is coming out on blu-ray this summer? I don't remember reading anything about it.

[lzcutter]

*Has anyone mentioned anything about John Landis saying that An American Werewolf in London is coming out on blu-ray this summer? I don't remember reading anything about it.*

 

It was announced today that the film will be remade with a 21st century take on the story.

[HollywoodGolightly]

> {quote:title=lzcutter wrote:}{quote}

> *Has anyone mentioned anything about John Landis saying that An American Werewolf in London is coming out on blu-ray this summer? I don't remember reading anything about it.*

>

> It was announced today that the film will be remade with a 21st century take on the story.

 

Is John Landis going to be directing?

[filmlover]

A followup bit of news to The Paul Newman Tribute Collection mentioned back on June 21st...the set will also include a 136-page softcover book featuring photos on the sets of his movies, excerpts from each film, and quotes by Newman.

[filmlover]

Barrie Maxwell at digitalbits.com has announced a lot of upcoming titles in his new thread. Most of the items we know and have mentioned here already, but I will post below an edited version featuring a few new items (again mixed in with items already announced here). It is also worth you going to his column because he talks about the Archive collection and other DVD reviews:

 

Grapevine Video's May releases include four silent and two sound ones. The silents are: a Bob Custer double feature of *Manhattan Cowboy* (1928)/*Code of the West* (1929); *The Comeback* (1930, story of Max Schmeling with added dialogue); *Ranson's Folly* (1926, with Richard Barthelmess); and *Bolshevism on Trial* (1919). The sound ones are a Charles Starrett pre-Durango Kid double feature of *Sons of Steel* (1934)/*Make a Million* (1935) and *Hi Diddle Diddle* (1943 screwball comedy with Adolph Menjou). The June releases follow the same pattern of four silent titles and two sound ones. The silent releases are *D.W. Griffith, Director: Volume #6* (nine short films from 1910); *Dangerous Traffic* (1926, with Francis X. Bushman); *The Family Secret* (1924, with Baby Peggy); and *The Heart of a Hero* (1916, with Robert Warwick). The sound releases are: *Ecstasy* (1933, with Hedy Lamarr) and *The Bashful Bachelor/ Two Weeks to Live* (two Lum and Abner comedies from 1942/1943)

 

 

Kino has set September 1st as the date for its three-disc set devoted to the early French film industry, *Gaumont Treasures: 1897-1913*. Each of Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade, and Leonce Perret will be featured on their own disc, with the latter's including the 1913 feature *L'Enfant de Paris*.

 

 

Koch Entertainment will have *The Dog of Flanders* (1960, with David Ladd and Donald Crisp) on July 14th, but there's no indication if it will appear in the proper OAR. Readers will remember that lack of same was an issue with Koch's recent Blu-ray release of Gulliver's Travels.

 

 

Legend Films will be releasing a two-disc SE of the perennial public domain favorite, *The Outlaw* (1943), on June 16th. The release advertises a restored black and white version as well as a colourized one. Video commentary by Jane Russell and Terry Moore will accompany the latter version. Also coming on the same date is *The Best of Abbott and Costello* (3-disc set of Funniest Routines: Volumes 1 and 2, and the Christmas Show in colour), *Suddenly* (1954, presumably colourized), and a whole slew of the studio's "Rifftrax" takes on the usual public domain suspects (*Plan 9 from Outer Space, House on Haunted Hill,* etc). The latter are not included in the new release database.

 

 

Lionsgate has now rescheduled the previously postponed *Ulysses* (1954, with Kirk Douglas) for release on August 4th.

 

 

There's was a brief flurry of excitement recently when Movies Unlimited suggested that Paramount would finally release *The African Queen* on October 13th as an entry in the studio's Centennial Collection (even though it's not a Paramount picture). The listing was later removed from the website, however. The studio has been actively working at restoring the title and had earlier suggested that a release later this year was a possibility. It is possible then that an October release is planned but the studio just doesn't want anything definite about its plans to be announced as yet. If there is any truth to a possible release this coming fall, that should become clear over the next couple of months.

 

 

Sony will be releasing?Icons of *Screwball Comedy: Volume 1* and *Icons of Screwball Comedy: Volume 2*. Each will be a two-disc set. Volume 1 will contain Jean Arthur in *If You Could Only Cook* (1935) and *Too Many Husbands* (1940), and Rosalind Russell in *My Sister Eileen* (1942) and *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945) while Volume 2 will offer Irene Dunne in *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936) and *Together Again* (1944), and Loretta Young in *The Doctor Takes a Wife* (1940) and *A Night to Remember* (1943). Each volume will contain a bonus short. August 18th will bring John Cassavetes' *Husbands* (1970, with Ben Gazzara and Peter Falk). Sony has also added a Blu-ray release of *Easy Rider* (1969) to its September 15th plans. Meanwhile rumours also abound regarding *Rita Hayworth, William Castle and two Columbia film noir sets* in the works for release this autumn. Some e-tailers are even taking orders for them although there have been no studio announcements as yet. *The Rita Hayworth Collection* would apparently include *Tonight and Every Night, Salome, Miss Sadie Thompson, Gilda,* and *Cover Girl*. *The William Castle Collection* would include *Homicidal, Mr. Sardonicus, Zotz!, The Old Dark House, The Tingler, 13 Ghosts, 13 Frightened Girls,* and *Strait-Jacket.* The Film Noir Collection: Volume 1 (as mentioned in my previous column) would include *The Sniper, 5 Against the House, The Lineup, Murder by Contract,* and *The Big Heat*. *The Film Noir Collection: Volume 2* would include *Pushover, Nightfall, The Brothers Rico, City of Fear,* and *In a Lonely Place*. Each of these obviously includes some titles previously released on DVD, but it's likely that each of them will get at least a new transfer. *A Study in Terror* (1965, with John Neville) may also be on the way. The titles in the planned *Sam Fuller Film Collection* also appear to be crystallizing with the contents now expanded from 3 titles to 7, apparently to include: *It Happened in Hollywood (1937); Adventure in Sahara (1938); Power of the Press (1943); Shockproof (1949); Scandal Sheet (1952); The Crimson Kimono (1959*); and *Underworld U.S.A.* (1961). Some e-tailers are showing a release date of September 29th, but there's been nothing official from the studio.

 

 

Universal will offer a Legacy Series release of *The Wolf Man* (1941) on September 15th.

 

 

VCI has now revealed a release date for the previously anticipated *The Green Hornet* (1940) and *The Green Hornet Strikes Again* (1941). They will appear on July 28th. Both will be two-disc sets and will include liner notes, Green Hornet radio shows, photo galleries, and trailers. A British film, *Serious Charge* (1959, with Anthony Quayle), is set for a June 30th release. VCI's August releases are set for the 4th. They include *Actors and Sin* (1952, with Edward G. Robinson and Marsha Hunt); the Mascot serial *The Last of the Mohicans* (1932, with Harry Carey); and the *Big Iron Collection* of 6 James Ellison/Russell Hayden B westerns from 1950 (*Crooked River, Colorado Ranger, Fast on the Draw, Hostile Country, Marshal of Heldorado, West of the Brazos*). All are remakes of Bob Steele or Johnny Mack Brown westerns of the 1930s.

 

 

Those interested in *You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story* - Richard Schickel's 5-part tribute to the studio shown on PBS last year - should be aware that it will appear on August 4th as a two-disc set exclusive to Amazon.com. Just announced by Warners is an October 6th release of *Karloff & Lugosi Horror Classics*. It'll be a two-disc set containing *The Walking Dead* (1936), *Frankenstein-1970* (1958), *You'll Find Out* (1940), and *Zombies on Broadway* (1945). The first two titles will both offer audio commentaries. October 20th will bring the 1971 version of *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory to Blu-ray*. Warners has now indicated (via Ron Epstein of the HTF) that they are still looking to release the *Bowery Boys* films (on pressed discs and not part of the WB Archive) in original release order by the end of 2010, although it's unclear if that means just beginning the releases or actually completing them all by that time - likely the former though. The later films will be released in 16x9 as appropriate.

 

*Classic fans should also be aware that Warners no longer holds the home video rights to My Fair Lady or the Charlie Chaplin library as of the end of June.*

 

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/barriemaxwell/maxwell070109b.html

 

That last bit was quite surprising, so I underlined it.

 

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[HollywoodGolightly]

I'm sorry to hear about WHV and My Fair Lady. I would have loved it if they had been the ones to release it on blu-ray. Wonder who owns it now.

[HollywoodGolightly]

Originally mentioned here on 6/26 (but without a firm release date):

 

Warner Home Video has confirmed that The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen will be released on Blu-ray Disc on 9/8 (the title is already available on DVD).

 

Also,

 

VCI has announced what will be the definitive edition of a film that has languished in PD releases too numerous to count.

 

A Walk in the Sun (Restored Collector's Edition) will street on August 25th with a new digitally restored and remastered transfer. Bonus features include a video interview with Norman Lloyd and the original theatrical trailer.

 

VCI also announced WWII Double Feature for release on August 25th. It will feature a couple of B's: Jungle Patrol (1948) and The Silent Raiders (1954) .

[fredbaetz]

Had not heard about "Walk in the Sun" one of mine all time favorites. first I've heard about that. That and" Wagon master" let the good timed roll....Boy it sure doesn't take much to make me happy these days....

[HollywoodGolightly]

I am very happy about it, too. From what I remember, even the print they've shown on TCM didn't look all that great.

[HollywoodGolightly]

A couple of westerns are on tap for an August 25th release date from Timeless Media: The San Francisco Story (1952) starring Joel McCrea and Yvonne DeCarlo and Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955) starring Zachary Scott, Carole Mathews and Barton MacLane.

[filmlover]

VCI has announced an August 25th release date for British Cinema - Renown Pictures Comedy Collection. Titles in the set include: Where There's a Will (1955), Down Among the Z Men (1952), Love in Pawn (1953), Those People Next Door (1953), No Smoking (1955) and Not So Dusty (1956).

 

http://www.classicflix.com/british-cinema-renown-pictures-comedy-collection-where-theres-will-down-among-love-pawn-those-people-next-door-smoking-dusty-p-8864.html

[HollywoodGolightly]

I don't believe I've seen this posted anywhere in the thread yet:

 

Next, Warner Home Video has set 4 final box sets for release on DVD on 11/3 as part of the *TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection* line (SRP $27.92 each each). Available on that day will be the *TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Holiday* (includes A Christmas Carol, Christmas in Connecticut, The Shop Around the Corner and It Happened on 5th Avenue), the *TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Comedy* (Arsenic and Old Lace, A Night at the Opera, The Long, Long Trailer and Father of the Bride), the *TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection*: Family (National Velvet, Lassie Come Home, Flipper and The Incredible Mr. Limpet) and the *TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Hitchcock Thrillers* (Suspicion, Strangers on a Train, I Confess and The Wrong Man).

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The Blu-ray *North by Northwest* now has a listing on Amazon UK at ?9.69 (about $16 U.S.), release date November 16th. It lists it as a single disc, so likely it won't be any special boxset...at least in the UK. It's being released by Warners, so it should be region free, and able to be played here in the U.S. Likely, though, it is best to sit and wait and we'll probably get the U.S. version at the same time.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002CYIR5W?tag=bluraycom-21

 

They also have the Wizard of Oz Blu release (Nov. 2nd) listed at ?15.79 (about $25.50), but it lists it as having 3 discs, so who know what is on theirs? But it will be without all the extras of the boxset here.

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wizard-Oz-Blu-ray-Judy-Garland/dp/B002EDTTJY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246980923&sr=1-1

[HollywoodGolightly]

According to blu-ray.com, Warner's UK branch has also announced the upcoming blu-ray release of Dances with Wolves - a title to which they don't own the rights in the U.S. Since I don't recall anything about that title being released here in blu-ray any time soon, this is one UK title I really hope will be region-free.

[filmlover]

Cover art for the upcoming Blu version of Miracle on 34th Street:

 

 

Amazon now has it up for pre-order.

[HollywoodGolightly]

According to digitalbits.com, Warner Home Video has revealed that they'll re-release the *Amadeus Director's Cut* on Blu-ray Disc on 9/15 (SRP $28.99) in - gasp! - regular Blu-ray blue Elite plastic case packaging! The disc is otherwise identical to the version currently available in Digibook packaging.