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We have been able to see so many of Claudette Colbert's film catalog from the 30s and 40s, but why has her early 1940's title "Arise My Love" fallen through the cracks? Maybe Kino-Lorber or Criterion can bring forth a blu ray edition.

On April 19th The Cary Grant Vault Collection will debut. It will contain many previously released titles BUT will have FIVE Cary Grant titles from his early years at Paramount. They are Madame Butterfly w/ Sylvia Sidney & Charles Ruggles, Woman Accused w/ Nancy Carroll, Ladies Should Listen...

Did anyone see the tweet on Warner Archives facebook page of some Rosalind Russell DVDs ? Looks like Sister Kenny, Velvet Touch and Flight for Freedom will be released through the Archives in the near future.

When will Universal start a regular release program for the Paramount titles of the 1930's and 1940's ? They have such a wealth of titles with Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Claudette Colbert, Barbara Stanwyck, Veronica Lake, Ginger Rogers, Paulette Goddard...

According to Movies Unlimited coming attractions,,,,Warner Archives will be releasing 6 previously unreleased John Garfield titles,,,,,,,thus finishing up all of Garfield's Warner titles but Sea Wolf which Warner is still trying to get all the elements to restore it to its' original length...

Just read on Movies Unlimited upcoming list of DVDs that Fox has announced about a dozen titles for December. They include six Sonja Henie ice skating musicals, two early Alice Faye musicals, Love That Brute with Paul Douglas, Young America with Spencer Tracy, Beneath the 12 Mile Reef w/ Robert...

Whoever owns "Bill of Divorcement" should look in to releasing it on DVD.....not only for the initial debut of Katharine Hepburn to movies but also John Barrymore's performance and the film was directed by George Cukor. Also this film was remade 8 years later by RKO with Adolphe Menjou and...

Just a thought....with The Uninvited and I Married a Witch coming from Criterion in the near future....I would enjoy seeing TCM/Universal put out a set of Claudette Colbert titles from her most productive period....Zaza...Arise My Love ..... Skylark. These titles were directed by three of...

I was wondering if anyone knew why Fox has not released any of Sonja Henie's musicals on DVD ? Most were available on VHS years ago. With the great push to get all of Tyrone Powers's movies out......I thought his two skating musicals w/Sonja would have been released. Any thoughts ??????

The last two of Jeanette MacDonald's MGM musicals are up for pre-order at Movies Unlimited as exclusives. The Cat and the Fiddle and The Merry Widow were both pre-Nelson Eddy but had many winning moments including some technicolor in one...direction by Ernst Lubitsch and two well known male...

By the Movies Unlimited website, Warner's will be releasing several Samuel Goldwyn titles come mid-January. So far they are listing Wuthering Heights Bishop's Wife Pride of the Yankees Best Years of Our Lives Hans Christian Andersen All listed as on sale for $12.74.

In today's mail, the new Critic's Choice sales catalogue arrived. On the last page are three Warner Archive titles: the Johnny Mack Brown-Monogram Cowboy Collection Volume 4 for about $29 and two ROBERT TAYLOR exclusives-Tip on a Dead Jockey w/Dorothy Malone and Return of the Gunfighter w/Chad...

According to Movies Unlimited's pre-orders for November 23, 2012 : Fox has Father Was a Fullback w/Fred MacMurray/Maureen O'Hara/Natalie Wood/Thelma Rittter Stanley and Livingstone w/Spencer Tracy/Walter Brennan/ Cedric Hardwicke/Nancy Kelly It Happens Every Spring...

A nationaly known retail DVD company has a flyer out listing numerous Archive titles to come out in October and November. These include: The three Gable/Harlow titles-Hold Your Man, Red Dust and Secret Six a Philo Vance collection a Perry Mason collection a BOWERY BOYS collection-Volume 1 2...

Oklahoma Kid- James Cagney,Humphrey Bogart Here Comes the Navy-Cagney, Pat O'Brien Boy Meets Girl-Cagney, O'Brien Ceiling Zero-Cagney June Bride - Bette Davis Winter Meeting - Davis Story of Louis Pasteur-Paul Muni Dispatch From Reuters-Edward G. Robinson Unholy Partners-Robinson Hatchet...

Letty Lynton-Joan Crawford A Guy Named Joe-Spencer Tracy/Irene Dunne Test Pilot-Clark Gable/Spencer Tracy/Myrna Loy Hold Your Man - Gable/Jean Harlow Red Dust-Gable/Harlow Secret Six-Gable/Harlow Of Human Hearts-James Stewart/Walter Huston They Gave Him a Gun-Tracy Merry Widow-Jeanette MacDonald...

According to yesterday's Warner Archive Podcast, a six film DVD set of the Warner Brothers Perry Mason films is now available but for some reason has not shown up on their website. The six titles starred Warren William, Ricardo Cortez and Donald Woods as Perry Mason through the years with...

According to Movies Unlimited, Universal will be releasing a set of four Paramount titles from the 1930's. They are Million Dollar Legs w/W.C. Fields; Souls at Sea w/Gary Cooper & George Raft; Artists and Models w/Jack Benny & Joan Bennett; and Belle of the Nineties w/Mae West. As has been...

Movies Unlimited has just posted on their website that Jeanette and Nelson's 2 greatest titles will be available as an exclusive to MU on May 1st ! ROSE MARIE and MAYTIME !

According to Movies Unlimited's website the restored version of The Human Comedy (Mickey Rooney/Van Johnson/Donna Reed) will be available tomorrow for $29.95 reduced from $34.95 This was Louis B. Mayer's favorite film. Hotel is also up for tomorrow at $19.95. There are probably more for...

Does any one know where this title is coming from ? It hasn't been available through the Warner Archive or regular DVD release from Warner Home Entertainment. This was a 1939 RKO title so should be coming from Warner one way or the other. Why a single title with no one posting of its...

ClassicFlix is reporting a 6 film set of Claudette Colbert movies plus the Colbert featurette that was included on the recent Cleopatra special. They include Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, Three Cornered Moon, Maid of Salem and the Egg and I already released in Ma and Pa Kettle set. I hope the other...

Movies Unlimited is listing two volumes of screwball comedies coming from Columbia/Sony the beginning of August including Irene Dunne's Theodora Goes Wild and Together Again; Jean Arthur's Too Many Husbands and If You Could Only Cook; Loretta Young's Doctor Takes a Wife and A Night to Remember...

Has anyone scheduled another forum visit with the folks at Warner Brothers ? The past few years were always enjoyable. Hope the problems which didn't allow a get together in 2008 have been straightened out !!! George and his team are always worth a 3 hour investment.

No one has mentioned the inclusion of the Edward Robinson/Bette Davis/Humphrey Bogart title Kid Galahad on the partial list of the 50 restored Warner titles for this year's 85th Celebration. What themed box set will this go in ? Possibly an E G Robinson set or another Bogart or another Gangster...

Is there any word if George and company at Warner are ready to do another chat ? I spoke to George a few weeks ago and he indicated they really enjoyed the annual chat. Is an announcement pending ?

According to the digital version of Home Media, Warner will street a new Gangster Collection Volume 2 in March for $60. Titles will include Picture Snatcher, Lady Killer, Smart Money, Black Legion, Mayor of Hell and Brother Orchid. The whole collection is loaded with trailers/shorts/cartoons...

Does anyone know what this Noel Coward Collection from Warner Brothers will contain ? Could it be titles like Private Lives and We Were Dancing, both Norma Shearer titles for which Coward had written the original stage presentations ? The set is due out mid September. This was posted this...

What is it with the Katharine Hepburn Collection on DVD Beaver which wiil be available soon containing African Queen, On Golden Pond and Iron Petticoat with Bob Hope ? Who is putting this out ? Iron Petticoat. Was it originally a Paramount movie ? How can African Queen be coming out in England...

Over on Digitalbits, Barrie Maxwell's Classic Comings article says that Fox is working on a Tyrone Power Collection for sometime in Summer 07 consisting of Son of Fury, Captain from Castile, Prince of Foxes and The Black Rose.