Film Noir - LIST - Page 3

For those who weren't aware, noir title Lady On A Train (1945) is being released as part of the Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Collection by Universal which is to be released August 3rd along with several other titles as a set.

Gordy,

Berlin Express (Manga Films) is available in Spain from www.dvdgo.com. They were recommended by a few other HTF members. I wound up ordering 5 or 6 noir titles from them and they were great to deal with. I've watched one of the titles so far (Crossfire '47), and the transfer was pretty good.

Secret Beyond The Door (Wild Side Video) can be ordered from Amazon.fr, there are 5 or 6 other noirs that Wild Sild have available in Fr. but to be honest, I'm hesitant to order them due to the forced subs and I don't know if that's the case on all of the titles.

Great news on Leave Her To Heaven. I suspect it'll be the first title among the group of noirs to show up early in the new year among the new Fox noir line.

And finally, Alpha will be releasing another decent noir, Jigsaw (1949) starring Franchot Tone on October 26th.

Some noir news. The following titles are now available or soon to be released:

The Letter – Warner Brothers January 11th, 2005

The WB Gangster Collection – January 25th, 2005 – Contains White Heat, The Petrified Forest, Angels With Dirty Faces, Little Caesar, The Public Enemy and The Roaring Twenties.

The Bigamist (1953) Dec 21st - Alpha
Port Of New York (1949) Dec 21st - Alpha
Alimony (1949) - Alpha
Jigsaw (1949) - Alpha
Trapped (1949) - Alpha

The following titles are also available in R2:

The Fugitive (1947) – Spain (Manga Films)
Clash by Night (1952) - Spain (Manga Films)
Second Chance (1953) - Spain (Manga Films)
Whistle Stop (1946) - Spain (Manga Films)
His Kind of Woman (1951) - Spain (Manga Films)
Obsession (1949) – UK (Fabulous Films Ltd.)
Female Jungle (1956) – UK (Direct Video Distribution Ltd.)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) – UK (Direct Video Distribution Ltd.)


If you know of any others, please let me know.


EDIT: I've now had a chance to finally watch all of the Manga RKO's and can safely say these are all very good releases with the exception of one; Second Chance (1953). Besides the fact the film is only mediocre at best, it was apparently shot for 3D and it appears to suffer some nasty artifacting (color shifting - overall terrible color and an extremely blurry image lacking any real sharpness). I wouldn't be in a hurry to order this one.

Everything is updated, including the changes to the Fox lineup. Thank you.

Thanks eifert. I’ve only edited the Fox release changes three times now, so I was reluctant to do it again... Let’s hope at least Leave Her To Heaven is safe since the cover art has surfaced. Caged is still a rumor (per Mondo Digital) as is Kiss Of Death (1947), but as soon as I hear something definitive, I'll gladly bold them.




List is updated and I've included the 1957 U.A. film Monkey On My Back due to release on February 8th, ’05.

Hi Gregory,

Thanks very much for the info. By chance, do you have info or links for Las Vegas Story and They Won't Believe Me…?

I checked two Italian etailers - www.dvd.it and www.dvdland.it (admittedly, the only two Italian etailers I’m familiar with) and I can’t seem to locate them. I do have the other four listed and I will add the R1 Brentwood release for Whistle Stop. Thanks again.

Herb.

Great - thanks Gregory. Lists updated and it looks as though I have a couple of late Christmas gifts to pick up (for me).

Also, some cover art for the three upcoming Fox noirs (Laura, Panic In The Streets and Call Northside 777), which is absolutely gorgeous.






I've also edited the list to include the upcoming release of Dead End (Bogart) on March 8th, '05.

Eifert:

Barry at the Bits posted this recently:

Fox's first wave of film noir titles is set for March 15th, but the titles are changed from those originally planned. The officially announced films are Call Northside 777 (1948, with James Stewart), Sam Fuller's House of Bamboo (1955, with Robert Ryan), and Panic in the Streets (1950, with Richard Widmark). Supplements include audio commentaries by James Ursini and Alain Silver, newsreel footage, and trailers. All will be in their OAR which means 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen for House of Bamboo and full frame for the other two. Laura has apparently been moved back to wave 2 scheduled for June 7 and currently slated to include Nightmare Alley and Street with No Name. Wave 3 is tentatively set for September 6 and to include The Dark Corner, The Lodger, and Hangover Square. Given the last-minute changes in wave 1, one should not, however, take the wave 2 and 3 news to the bank.

His article can be found here. Fox then changed House of Bamboo to Laura – specs and cover art can be found here. In light of all the recent Fox changes, I'd prefer to wait till we get closer to the release date before we start bolding specific titles. There's also more discussion regarding Nightmare Alley which can be found here.

Yes, Criterion is releasing Touchez Pas au Grisbi which I plan to review when the screener copy arrives.

Totally agree Steve. In fact all three of the BFI Preminger’s available in R2 are equally worthy – really well done.

Fallen Angel (1945)
Whirlpool (1949)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)