SPHE - Bad Girls of Film Noir Vols 1 and 2

Originally Posted by GregoryMesh 

Videoeta has 2 listings (with UPC numbers and February 2 release date) for Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 1 and Bad Girls of Film Noir Volume 2.  Each set contains 2 discs and list price is 24.95.  Actual titles are not listed although I suspect they decided to break a recently rumored set into 2 volumes.  That set was going to include:
Over-Exposed (1956)
Glass Wall, The (1953)
One Girl's Confession (1953)
Two of a Kind (1951)
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Killer That Stalked New York, The (1950)

If the decide to follow Screwball Comedies formula, each set should contain 4 titles.
 

Originally Posted by GregoryMesh 

Any clue what are other 2 titles will be included?

Sheila (Evelyn Keyes) was clever enough to smuggle diamonds into Manhattan from Cuba, but she's also "The Killer That Stalked New York" (1950) because she's carrying smallpox! Noir thriller co-stars Barry Kelley, Dorothy Malone. Two con artists plot to scam a couple by producing a double of their missing son, in "Two of a Kind" (1951). With Edmond O'Brien, Lizabeth Scott. Returning home to Pennsylvania from service in the Korean War, a doctor (Charlton Heston) falls under the spell of a lovely gal (Lizabeth Scott), but they're "Bad for Each Other" (1953). Co-stars Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock. Unless a "displaced person" from World War II can locate the soldier whose testimony can break down "The Glass Wall" (1953) keeping him from entering America, the man faces branding as a criminal fugitive. Vittorio Gassman, Gloria Grahame star. Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.

A "Night Editor" (1946) of a busy newspaper passes the time by relating the ripping crime yarn of a cop (William Gargan) whose affair with a beautiful woman (Janis Carter) gets complicated when they both witness a murder. With Jeff Donnell, Coulter Irwin. What's "One Girl's Confession" (1953) worth? A lot, when it's by a waitress (Cleo Adams) with a bead on $25,000. With Hugo Haas, Glenn Langan. The supervisor (Ida Lupino) of a "Women's Prison" (1955) uses her inadequacy with men as an excuse to torment her prisoners. Jan Sterling, Phyllis Thaxter co-star. An ambitious female photographer (Cleo Moore) gets seriously "Over-Exposed" (1956) after snapping a shot that eventually gets her in hot water with the mob. With Richard Crenna, Raymond Greenleaf. Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.

Originally Posted by MarcoBiscotti 

Sounds good, but I urge Sony to please consider the addition of bonus shorts/cartoons from their Columbia library as simple supplements to future collections.

The Katzman set (incl. Terror Face Magoo and Midnight Blunders) and The Golden Boy release were among of my all-time favorites for this very reason. They're cheap if no-cost at all and require very little other than accommodating the menu screen to play them back. Unlike other studios, the Columbia short film library is left virtually untapped, and even with 2-3 bonus shorts per set, it would offer a wealth of entertainment for classic film fans that are rarely seen. And in context, considering the amount of money and resources thrown into these films at a time when the studio was turning them out regularly for theater audience (to accompany their features as supplemented entertainment, like these releases) there can really be no substitute for the golden age studio short productions when compared to a 12 min. interview or whatever. These are part of the Columbia classic film library and deserve to be coupled with feature film releases, as they were when initially exhibited theatrically. Personally, I take more value from these vintage shorts than I do an 8 min. talking head interview of Scorsese's opinion which does nothing to affect my viewing of the film. Not that there can't be both. Please continue to devote a portion of future DVD productions to their inclusion!
 

Originally Posted by cadavra 




Believe me, we do all we can to include shorts. But there's only so much space available on a disc that already holds two features.

Mike S.