Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3) (11 Viewers)

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Actually, until recently, it was October 19th, for the following four titles that are now Coming Soon:

The Mad Doctor
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Secret of the Blue Room
The Spider Woman Strikes Back

All 4 were moved to later dates, we've run into some mastering issues with all of these and will hopefully release them in November or December.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray September 7th from Kino Lorber!

Apocalypse '45
Extended Director's Cut
Directed by Erik Nelson

Apocalypse ’45 recounts the end of World War II. With never-before-seen restored footage and the voices of 24 men who lived through these events, this timely documentary highlights the experiences of the last of the Greatest Generation.

Special features:
*Ford At Pearl (New featurette containing color footage directed by John Ford in Pearl Harbor in 1942, 23 Minutes)
*To The Shores of Iwo Jima - Oscar®-Nominated Documentary
(1945, Newly Restored 6.5K Color Film, 5.1/Stereo Audio Mix, 20 Minutes)
*The Last Bomb - Oscar®-Nominated Documentary
(1945, Newly Restored 6.5K Color Film, 5.1/Stereo Audio Mix, 36 Minutes)
*Restoration Comparison
*Trailer

 

[LeoA]

The description sounds very interesting. Will add it to my wishlist.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming September 28th from CODE RED and Kino Lorber!

Story of a Woman (1970)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

90 Minutes Color 1.78:1 Rated R
From Leonardo Bercovici, the co-writer of The Bishop’s Wife, Kiss the Blood off My Hands and Portrait of Jennie, comes this passionate love story starring Ingmar Bergman regular Bibi Andersson (Duel at Diablo, Persona). While studying to be a concert pianist in Rome, a Swedish girl named Karin (Andersson) falls in love with a handsome medical student named Bruno (James Farentino, Me, Natalie, Dead & Buried). When she discovers that Bruno is married to an older woman, she heads home to Sweden and marries an American diplomat (Robert Stack, The Tarnished Angels, Airplane!). The diplomat is then assigned to Rome, where Karin becomes torn between the two men. This beautiful romantic drama features a wonderful supporting turn by Annie Girardot (Vice and Virtue, Dear Inspector), costumes by the great Edith Head (The Emperor Waltz, The Sting) and a musical score by the legendary John Williams (Jaws, Star Wars).

 

[bujaki]

Coming September 28th from CODE RED and Kino Lorber!

Story of a Woman (1970)
• Theatrical Trailer
• Optional English Subtitles

90 Minutes Color 1.78:1 Rated R
From Leonardo Bercovici, the co-writer of The Bishop’s Wife, Kiss the Blood off My Hands and Portrait of Jennie, comes this passionate love story starring Ingmar Bergman regular Bibi Andersson (Duel at Diablo, Persona). While studying to be a concert pianist in Rome, a Swedish girl named Karin (Andersson) falls in love with a handsome medical student named Bruno (James Farentino, Me, Natalie, Dead & Buried). When she discovers that Bruno is married to an older woman, she heads home to Sweden and marries an American diplomat (Robert Stack, The Tarnished Angels, Airplane!). The diplomat is then assigned to Rome, where Karin becomes torn between the two men. This beautiful romantic drama features a wonderful supporting turn by Annie Girardot (Vice and Virtue, Dear Inspector), costumes by the great Edith Head (The Emperor Waltz, The Sting) and a musical score by the legendary John Williams (Jaws, Star Wars).

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Bibi's last name should be corrected to Andersson before the release of the disc. Looking forward to this release.

 

[Daniel Melius]

Are the first three w.c. fields films still scheduled to come out in the fall its a gift, the bank dick, and an old fashioned way? I noticed they never got put on the list of coming soon.

I was saving my little chickadee order to go with them for free shipping but if they are not being released this year i will have to cancel my two mae west titles and two gary cooper ones and reorder again with my little chickadee included on the new order.

 

[JoeDoakes]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray September 7th from Kino Lorber!

Apocalypse '45
Extended Director's Cut
Directed by Erik Nelson

Apocalypse ’45 recounts the end of World War II. With never-before-seen restored footage and the voices of 24 men who lived through these events, this timely documentary highlights the experiences of the last of the Greatest Generation.

Special features:
*Ford At Pearl (New featurette containing color footage directed by John Ford in Pearl Harbor in 1942, 23 Minutes)
*To The Shores of Iwo Jima - Oscar®-Nominated Documentary
(1945, Newly Restored 6.5K Color Film, 5.1/Stereo Audio Mix, 20 Minutes)
*The Last Bomb - Oscar®-Nominated Documentary
(1945, Newly Restored 6.5K Color Film, 5.1/Stereo Audio Mix, 36 Minutes)
*Restoration Comparison
*Trailer

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So John Ford directed December 7th regarding Pearl Harbor that was released in 1943. How does this release fit into his prior know WWII output?

 

[Camps]

All 4 were moved to later dates, we've run into some mastering issues with all of these and will hopefully release them in November or December.

Thank you, KL Insider, for keeping us posted -- which is such a great and welcome aspect of your organization.

I can wait the extra month or two because The Mad Doctor especially (never having received any kind of homevid release) is worth the extra wait, Just get us this title -- even if it has imperfections. It will sell well for you, as will any other previously AWOL Paramount horror-mysteries you're able to get us.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray September 28th from Kino Lorber!

Never Gonna Snow Again
Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert

On a gray, foggy morning outside a large Polish city, Zhenia (Alec Utgoff), a masseur from the East, enters the lives of the wealthy residents of a gated community. Using hypnotic, almost magical techniques to get a residence permit, he starts working. The well-to-do residents in their cookie-cutter homes seemingly have it all, but they all suffer from an inner sadness, some unexplained longing. The attractive and mysterious newcomer’s hands heal, and Zhenia’s eyes seem to penetrate their souls. To them, his Russian accent sounds like a song from the past, a memory of their seemingly safer childhoods. The latest from writer/director Małgorzata Szumowska (Elles, In the Name Of) and her longtime collaborator Michał Englert is an unclassifiable meditation on class, immigration, and global warming with touches of magical realism and moments of sober beauty and subtle humor.

Special features:
*Trailer
*Optional English Subtitles

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Coming to Blu-ray September 28th from Kino Classics and Universal Pictures!

13 Washington Square (1928)
Directed by Melville W. Brown
Starring Jean Hersholt, Alice Joyce and Zasu Pitts

Presented in a 4K restoration from Universal Pictures, 13 Washington Square is a romantic comedy in which a meddling aristocratic mother tries to stop her son from eloping with a grocer’s daughter. So Mrs. De Peyster (Alice Joyce, Stella Dallas) dons a working class disguise and goes on a mission with her maid (an uproarious Zasu Pitts, Ruggles of Red Gap) to track down the lovers and block their illicit vows. But instead she crosses paths with a charismatic thief named Pyecroft (Jean Hersholt, Heidi) who has plans to rob De Peyster’s home. All of them end up at her house on 13 Washington Square where their lies hilariously come to light.

Special features:
*Audio commentary by film historian Nora Fiore
*Music by Tom Howe

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Are the first three w.c. fields films still scheduled to come out in the fall its a gift, the bank dick, and an old fashioned way? I noticed they never got put on the list of coming soon.

I just added them and also added the three coming next year.

 

[Kino Lorber Insider]

Mae West's first nine films are now on Blu-ray via KL Studio Classics!

In The New York Times, Jason Bailey says they "reveal recurring themes and concerns beyond even the considerable achievement of creating and cultivating her iconic comic persona."

Mae West Vamped and Winked. She Also Blazed a Trail We’re Still Following. (Published 2021)

New editions of her early films reveal a screenwriter with a deep interest in lives on the margins. That was just one reason the censors couldn’t abide her.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Ed Lachmann]

Super excited over the upcoming 13 Washington Square release. Jean Hersholt and Zasu Pitts, so dynamic in Greed, make a fabulously entertaining pair in a comedy. Just love it when Kino puts out things like this. Thank you for keeping the "deep classic" fans happy!

 

[battlebeast]

I won’t hold my breath, but KINO mentioned a film in their last post, one I’ve been waiting for… knowing how KINO does things, I wonder if that film could be coming? (No, I’m not asking. Just wondering, with no answer needed.)

I’ll be cautious…

 

[darkrock17]

13 Washington Square is a romantic comedy

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This artwork doesn't say romantic comedy in my book, looks more like a Murder Mystery.

 

[borisfw]

I think DarkRock is right. It does look like a murder mystery. Which would make it work for me.

 

[ahollis]

I think DarkRock is right. It does look like a murder mystery. Which would make it work for me.

Based on the advertising for the film when it was released, it appears that Kino followed the same type of advertising.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Kino Lorber Studio Classics Announces its August 2021 Home Video Releases ​ ​ ​ Coogan’s Bluff Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K25473 BD UPC: 738329254735 Genre: Action Year: 1968 Rating: R Runtime: 93 Director: Don Siegel Actors: Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb, Don Stroud, Susan Clark, Tisha Sterling, Betty Field Star Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegel (Two Mules for Sister Sara, The Beguiled, Dirty Harry, Escape from Alcatraz) began their legendary collaboration with the crackerjack crime thriller Coogan’s Bluff. Eastwood commands the screen as Walt Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff who is sent to New York City to extradite captured murderer James Ringerman (Don Stroud, Joe Kidd). Coogan slips up, Ringerman escapes again, and the hunt is on! Coogan’s unorthodox law enforcement techniques don’t go over too well with frustrated NYC Police Lieutenant McElroy (Lee J. Cobb, On the Waterfront), who can’t decide which is worse... the prisoner, or the lawman! Lalo Schifrin (Bullitt) provides the stirring score and Susan Clark (The Midnight Man), Tisha Sterling (The Whales of August), Betty Field (Birdman of Alcatraz) and Tom Tully (The Caine Mutiny) co-star in the film that cemented Eastwood’s status as a strong, silent, no-nonsense icon. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker Alex Cox | NEW Audio Commentary by Sledge Hammer! Creator Alan Spencer | NEW Interview with Actor Don Stroud | Radio Spot | Theatrical Teaser in HD | Theatrical Trailer in HD | Poster & Image Gallery | Reversible Art | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ The Valdez Horses AKA Chino (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics DVD SRP:14.95 DVD Item #: K23724 DVD UPC: 738329237240 BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K23725 BD UPC: 738329237257 Genre: Western Year: 1973 Rating: PG Runtime: 97 Director: John Sturges Actors: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Van Patten, Marcel Bozzuffi, Fausto Tozzi, Ettore Manni From John Sturges, the magnificent director of Bad Day at Black Rock, Backlash, The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape and Joe Kidd, comes this hard-hitting western starring action icon Charles Bronson (Mr. Majestyk, The White Buffalo) as Chino Valdez, a leather-tough horse breeder who lives by his own rules. Avoided by everyone for having Native American blood, Chino lives in seclusion until he takes a young runaway (Vincent Van Patten, Rock ’n’ Roll High School, Hell Night) under his wing and shows him the ropes of ranching. Chino soon strikes up a romance with the beautiful Catherine (Jill Ireland, Breakheart Pass, Someone Behind the Door), but the smoldering passion ignites a fire of hatred when her brother (Marcel Bozzuffi, The French Connection, The Passage), a ruthless cattle baron, unleashes violence upon the half-breed. It’s all-out war—classic Bronson at his toughest! A lush score by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Man of the East, Street Law) highlights this rousing Italian-Spanish-French co-production from Dino De Laurentiis (Navajo Joe, The Valachi Papers). Bonus Features: Bronson in Almería: NEW Interview with Vincent Van Patten | Audio Commentary by Film Historian Paul Talbot, Author of the BRONSON'S LOOSE! Books | The Valdez Horses - New 2K Scan from 35mm Print (1.85:1) | Restored StudioCanal 1.37:1 Master with Italian Title & Credits | CHINO (The Valdez Horses) - TV Spot | CHINO Alternate Opening Titles | CHINO (The Valdez Horses) - French Theatrical Trailer | Unknown Island: 8mm Short Film with Vince and James Van Patten | Charles Bronson Trailers | Reversible Art | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ Arise, My Love Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics DVD SRP:14.95 DVD Item #: K25474 DVD UPC: 738329254742 BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25475 BD UPC: 738329254759 Genre: Comedy Year: 1940 Rating: NR Runtime: 110 Director: Mitchell Leisen Actors: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O’Keefe, Walter Abel, Dick Purcell, George Zucco Black & White From Mitchell Leisen, the acclaimed director of Midnight, Death Takes a Holiday and Easy Living, comes this romantic comedy starring Hollywood greats Claudette Colbert (The Gilded Lily, The Bride Comes Home) and Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend, Alias Nick Beal) with a script co-written by the legendary team of Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett (Five Graves to Cairo, The Emperor Waltz). Ace reporter Augusta “Gusto” Nash (Colbert) poses as the wife of imprisoned American pilot Tom Martin (Milland) to save him from execution by Spanish fascists. The gesture lands her a front-page story and the praise of her boss, Mr. Phillips (Walter Abel, Mr. Skeffington). Of course, Tom tries to romance Gusto; but though she likes him, her career comes first, and Tom himself prefers freedom-fighting to settling down. Comedy becomes drama as their mixed feelings lead them on a circuitous path through the deepening chaos and catastrophe of the early days of World War II. Gorgeously shot by Charles Lang (Angel) and co-starring Dick Purcell (The Bank Dick), Dennis O’Keefe (Brewster’s Millions), Esther Dale (The Awful Truth) and George Zucco (The Cat and the Canary), this wonderful blend of action, comedy and melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Original Story. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger | Theatrical Trailer​ No Time for Love Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25412 BD UPC: 738329254124 Genre: Comedy Year: 1943 Rating: NR Runtime: 83 Director: Mitchell Leisen Actors: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn, June Havoc, Yvonne De Carlo Black & White One of Hollywood’s favorite screen duos of all time, Claudette Colbert (The Gilded Lily, It Happened One Night) and Fred MacMurray (The Bride Comes Home, Murder, He Says), join together in the romantic comedy No Time for Love. Sophisticated fashion photographer Katherine Grant (Colbert) is assigned to photograph the tough “sandhog” construction workers at a tunnel project site. One of the cocky, well-built workers, Jim Ryan (MacMurray), falls for the upper-class Katherine, but the picture is not pretty when he loses his job and she hires him to be her assistant. This heartwarming classic proves the old adage that opposites attract! Wonderfully directed by Mitchell Leisen (Hands Across the Table, No Man of Her Own), shot by Charles Lang (Separate Tables) and co-starring Ilka Chase (Now, Voyager), Richard Haydn (The Emperor Waltz), Paul McGrath (A Face in the Crowd) and June Havoc (Gentleman’s Agreement). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton | Theatrical Trailer​ Four Frightened People Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25412 BD UPC: 738329254124 Genre: Adventure Year: 1934 Rating: NR Runtime: 78 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Actors: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marsh, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Lee Carrillo, Nella Walker Black & White From Cecil B. DeMille, the legendary director of The Plainsman, The Sign of the Cross, Union Pacific and Reap the Wild Wind, comes the adventure-filled Four Frightened People, starring the fabulous Claudette Colbert (Cleopatra, The Gilded Lily). When a deadly bubonic plague breaks out on a coastal steamer ship, four passengers steal a lifeboat and set sail on a mission of survival. They land on a remote Malayan island and soon shed all trappings of their former selves. After their native guide is suddenly murdered, they find themselves at the mercy of hostile islanders and must use their newfound survival skills if they are going to escape a terrible fate. Co-starring Herbert Marshall (The Good Fairy), Mary Boland (Stingaree), William Gargan (The Story of Temple Drake) and Leo Carrillo (20 Mule Team), this largely overlooked treasure highlights the versatility of one of Hollywood’s most renowned filmmakers. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton | Theatrical Trailer​ Union Pacific Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25478 BD UPC: 738329254780 Genre: Adventure Year: 1939 Rating: NR Runtime: 135 Director: Cecil B. DeMille Actors: Barbara Stanwiyck, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Anthony Quinn Black & White Filmmaking legend Cecil B. DeMille (The Plainsman, The Ten Commandments) directs the classic screen duo of Barbara Stanwyck (Internes Can’t Take Money, The Lady Eve) and Joel McCrea (The Great Man’s Lady, The Palm Beach Story) in this explosive western about the struggle to build America’s first transcontinental railroad. Jeff Butler (McCrea), overseer of the Union Pacific’s construction, finds a network of schemers bent on sabotage. Most prominent are gamblers Sid Campeau (Brian Donlevy, Beau Geste), Jack Cordray (Anthony Quinn, Against All Flags) and Dick Allen (Robert Preston, Reap the Wild Wind). Dick is a former pal of Jeff’s, but their relationship changes as they fight over the railroad and over Mollie Monahan (Stanwyck), the railroad’s spirited postmistress. Featuring Akim Tamiroff (The General Died at Dawn) and Lynne Overman (Spawn of the North), this action-packed spectacle, filled with political intrigue, stampeding buffalo and train wrecks, delivers everything you would expect from a Cecil B. DeMille epic. Bonus Features:​ NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Dr. Eloise Ross and Paul Anthony Nelson | Theatrical Trailer​ Peter Ibbetson Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25479 BD UPC: 738329254797 Genre: Drama Year: 1935 Rating: NR Runtime: 85 Director: Henry Hathaway Actors: Gary Cooper, Ann Harding, Ida Lupino, John Halliday, Douglas Dumbrille, Donald Meek Black & White From Henry Hathaway, the masterful director of The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Spawn of the North, The Shepherd of the Hills, 23 Paces to Baker Street and True Grit, comes this unique romantic drama based on the George du Maurier novel. Screen legend Gary Cooper (The General Died at Dawn, Beau Geste) stars as Peter Ibbetson, a successful bachelor who feels no interest in a charming woman named Agnes (Ida Lupino, Woman in Hiding, Road House), but longs for his childhood neighbor, Mary (Ann Harding, Holiday, The Animal Kingdom). When he is commissioned by British royalty to rebuild some stables, he is delighted to find that the spirited Duchess is actually his long-lost beloved. Her quick-tempered husband (John Halliday, Desire, Intermezzo) becomes violent when he discovers their past, but his jealousy is no match for their will to be together… even if it is only in a dream world of their creation. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle, Moderated by Producer Miles Hunter | Theatrical Trailer​ Desire Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25480 BD UPC: 738329254803 Genre: Comedy Year: 1936 Rating: NR Runtime: 95 Director: Frank Borzage Actors: Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, Akim Tamiroff, John Halliday, William Frawley, Alan Mowbray Black & White From Frank Borzage, the acclaimed director of Bad Girl, Little Man, What Now?, The Mortal Storm and Moonrise, comes the classic romantic comedy Desire. Screen legends Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Touch of Evil) and Gary Cooper (Beau Geste, High Noon) star in this story about a crime spree that leads to love. In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving “Countess” Madeline (Dietrich) embezzles a small fortune of pearls. As she makes her getaway to Spain to deliver the hot goods, her escape is thwarted by car trouble, until a handsome and likable young tourist (Cooper) helps her out. She shows her gratitude by leaving the unsuspecting good Samaritan in the dust—literally! When he accidentally ends up with the pearls, she must feign romantic interest to get them back. The charade soon turns into the real thing, however, and Madeline realizes that her only hope of happiness is to clean up her act—no matter what the cost—or lose the man she loves. Desire co-stars Akim Tamiroff (The General Died at Dawn), John Halliday (Bird of Paradise) and William Frawley (TV’s I Love Lucy). Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Nathaniel Bell | Theatrical Trailer​ O.S.S. Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25481 BD UPC: 738329254810 Genre: Thriller Year: 1946 Rating: NR Runtime: 108 Director: Irviing Pichel Actors: Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patrick Knowles, John Hoyt, Gloria Saunders, Bobby Driscoll Black & White From Irving Pichel, the outstanding director of The Most Dangerous Game, She, The Bride Wore Boots, Quicksand and Destination Moon, comes this noirish actioner about a team of spies and saboteurs in Nazi-occupied France. Screen great Alan Ladd (This Gun for Hire, Calcutta, Shane) stars with Geraldine Fitzgerald (So Evil My Love) in this riveting war-time spy thriller. The story opens at an Army spy school where tactics and gadgets used in espionage operations are demonstrated to students—as well as the sobering lesson that one wrong move could cost them their lives. A cunning captain (Ladd) of an O.S.S. team is sent undercover into Nazi-occupied France to blow up a railway tunnel. With danger constantly at their backs, the team carefully plots a course of action while the enemy is closing in and D-Day is fast approaching. Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Samm Deighan | Theatrical Trailer​ Back Street Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25482 BD UPC: 738329254827 Genre: Drama Year: 1961 Rating: NR Runtime: 107 Director: David Miller Actors: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Virginia Grey, Charles Drake, Reginald From David Miller, the acclaimed director of Sudden Fear, Midnight Lace, Lonely Are the Brave and Captain Newman, M.D., comes this quintessential tearjerker starring Susan Hayward (Rawhide, I Want to Live!) and John Gavin (Psycho, Thoroughly Modern Millie). Based on the bestselling novel by Fannie Hurst (Imitation of Life), Back Street tells the story of two people who meet and fall in love but are unable to marry due to impossible circumstances. However, despite their situation, they carry on a lifelong illicit affair until tragedy strikes. For this lush 1961 color version that garnered an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design, producer Ross Hunter (All That Heaven Allows) teamed Hayward and Gavin as the star-crossed lovers with Vera Miles (23 Paces to Baker Street), Charles Drake (Harvey) and Virginia Grey (Portrait in Black) cast in prominent supporting roles. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle, Moderated by Filmmaker David DeCoteau | Theatrical Trailer​ Lilies of the Field Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25483 BD UPC: 738329254834 Genre: Drama Year: 1963 Rating: NR Runtime: 94 Director: Ralph Nelson Actors: Sydney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis, Pamela Branch Black & White Nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and winner of the Best Actor Oscar for Sidney Poitier (Duel at Diablo, In the Heat of the Night). Homer Smith (Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapel—for free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he’ll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it. Ralph Nelson (Soldier Blue, Charly, The Wilby Conspiracy) wonderfully directed this gem of a motion picture featuring stunning black-and-white cinematography by the great Ernest Haller (Gone with the Wind, Mildred Pierce). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle | Theatrical Trailer​ The Emperor Waltz Prebook Date: 7/20/21 Street Date: 8/17/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25484 BD UPC: 738329254841 Genre: Musical Year: 1948 Rating: NR Runtime: 106 Director: Billy Wilder Actors: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucie Watson, Richard Haydn, Sig Ruman From Billy Wilder, the brilliant director of Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot and Witness for the Prosecution, comes this delightful musical comedy starring screen greats Bing Crosby (Road to Morocco, Going My Way) and Joan Fontaine (Kiss the Blood off My Hands, Suspicion). American gramophone salesman Virgil Smith (Crosby) wants to sell his wares in pre-WWI Austria. To get the ball rolling, he hits on the idea of going straight to the top and selling one to Emperor Franz Joseph (Richard Haydn, No Time for Love, The Sound of Music). First off, the palace guards think he’s carrying a bomb and he’s arrested. He subsequently meets Countess Johanna von Stolzenberg-Stolzenberg (Fontaine) and, after the usual misunderstandings, falls in love with her. She falls in love with his dog, Buttons. The relation is fraught with obstacles and the emperor thinks royal blood marrying a commoner is bad darts altogether—what is to become of Smith and his countess? Co-written by Wilder and his frequent collaborator Charles Brackett (A Foreign Affair, Arise, My Love), this charming farce garnered Oscar nominations for its wonderful score by Victor Young (The Paleface) and elegant costumes by Edith Head (Sabrina) and Gile Steele (The Heiress). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge | Billy Wilder and Volker Schlöndorff Discuss THE EMPEROR WALTZ | Trailers​ The Fortune Cookie (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 7/20/21 Street Date: 8/17/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25485 BD UPC: 738329254858 Genre: Comedy Year: 1966 Rating: NR Runtime: 125 Director: Billy Wilder Actors: Jack Lemmon, Walter Mathau, Judi West, Ron Rich, Cliff Osmond, Harry Holcombe Black & White Powered by an Oscar-winning performance by Walter Matthau (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Charley Varrick) as the quintessential all-American chiseler, The Fortune Cookie is a hysterically funny comedy that showcases legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder (Some Like It Hot, The Lost Weekend) at his uproarious best. Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon, Irma La Douce, Avanti!) is one lucky guy! When he’s accidentally clobbered by a 220-pound halfback, all Harry suffers is a slight concussion. All, that is, until Whiplash Willie (Matthau)—a legal scoundrel of the first order—arrives on the scene! For if Harry follows shyster Willie’s advice and feigns a crippling injury, the two charlatans can split a cool million in phony insurance claims. But can Willie’s world-class finagling dispel those ominous words that lie within the fortune cookie on Harry’s hospital plate: You can’t fool all of the people all of the time? The first film to feature the dynamic duo of Matthau and Lemmon (The Odd Couple, The Front Page, Grumpy Old Men) was co-written by Wilder and his brilliant collaborator I.A.L. Diamond (One, Two, Three) and boasts beautiful black-and-white cinematography by Joseph LaShelle (Laura). Bonus Features:​ NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride, author of Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge | Call for Extras: Jack Lemmon Asks the Good People of Cleveland to Show Up at Municipal Stadium | Tribute to I.A.L. Diamond - Scene Work with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Chris Wilkinson | Theatrical Trailer​ Fitzwilly Prebook Date: 7/20/21 Street Date: 8/17/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25486 BD UPC: 738329254865 Genre: Comedy Year: 1967 Rating: NR Runtime: 102 Director: Delbert Mann Actors: Dick Van Dyke, Barbara Feldon, John McGiver, Edith Evans, Harry Townes, Norman Fell This comic confection from director Delbert Mann (Marty, Separate Tables) stars the incomparable Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins, The Art of Love) as butler-turned-thief Claude R. Fitzwilliam, known to his friends as Fitzwilly. The once-sizable fortune of elderly philanthropist Miss Vicki (Edith Evans, The Chalk Garden, The Whisperers) has dried up, and in order to keep the daily charity checks from bouncing, her loyal servant Fitzwilly enlists the aid of the household staff to commit a series of robberies. It’s all working out quite nicely until the nosy Juliet (Barbara Feldon, TV’s Get Smart) comes to work as Miss Vicki’s personal secretary and senses something fishy about Fitzwilly. Alternately madcap and touching, this comedy classic features a score by the great John Williams (Star Wars) and co-stars John McGiver (Midnight Cowboy), John Fiedler (The Odd Couple), Anne Seymour (Mirage), Norman Fell (Charley Varrick) and Cecil Kellaway (Harvey). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Historian Michael Schlesinger and Film Archivist Stan Taffel | Theatrical Trailer​ Thoroughly Modern Millie (Special Roadshow Edition) Prebook Date: 7/27/21 Street Date: 8/24/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25487 BD UPC: 738329254872 Genre: Musical Year: 1967 Rating: G Runtime: 152 Director: George Roy Hill Actors: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, James Fox, Carol Channing, John Gavin, Beatrice The hit musical Thoroughly Modern Millie stars the iconic Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music) in the title role of an innocent small-town girl who comes to the big city in search of a husband. Along the way she becomes the secretary of the rich and famous Trevor Graydon (John Gavin, Back Street), befriends the sweet Miss Dorothy (Mary Tyler Moore, What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?), fights off the wretched Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie, On Approval) and hooks up with a lively paper clip salesman, Jimmy (James Fox, Isadora). In the end it takes a rich and nutty jazz baby like Muzzy (Carol Channing, Skidoo) to unravel all these complications, give a great party and match up lovers. George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting) directed this zany romantic spoof of the Roaring Twenties that garnered seven Academy Award nominations and won for its wonderful score by the great Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven, To Kill a Mockingbird). Bonus Features: Roadshow Edition - Newly Restored in 4K by Universal Pictures | NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin and Art Historian Ian McAnally | Theatrical Trailer​ What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? Prebook Date: 7/27/21 Street Date: 8/24/21 Label: KL Studio Classics DVD SRP: 14.95 DVD Item #: K25488 DVD UPC: 738329254889 BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25489 BD UPC: 738329254896 Genre: Comedy Year: 1968 Rating: NR Runtime: 94 Director: George Seaton Actors: George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Susan Saint James, Don Stroud, Dom DeLuise, Thelma Ritter George Peppard (Newman’s Law) and Mary Tyler Moore (Thoroughly Modern Millie) star in this infectious comedy from director George Seaton (Miracle on 34th Street). Pete (Peppard) and Liz (Moore) live a cynical existence as part of a beatnik commune in a New York City loft. One day, the loft receives an unexpected visitor—a wayward toucan carrying a highly contagious virus that causes intense feelings of happiness and kindness in anyone affected by it! Pete catches the virus and soon an outbreak of euphoria spreads throughout the city like wildfire. But happiness threatens a society that thrives on misery, so the government sends professional problem-solver J. Gardner Monroe (Dom DeLuise, Spaceballs), who arrives wearing a space helmet, to save the good people of New York. Co-starring John McMartin (Sweet Charity), Nathaniel Frey (Damn Yankees), Charles Lane (Papa’s Delicate Condition), Susan Saint James (P.J.), Don Stroud (Coogan’s Bluff) and Thelma Ritter (Daddy Long Legs), this sweet-natured, side-splitting satire poses the question: What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson | Two Theatrical Trailers​ Moment by Moment Prebook Date: 7/27/21 Street Date: 8/24/21 Label: KL Studio Classics DVD SRP: 14.95 DVD Item #: K25490 DVD UPC: 738329254902 BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25491 BD UPC: 738329254919 Genre: Drama Year: 1978 Rating: R Runtime: 105 Director: Jane Wagner Actors: John Travolta, Lily Tomlin, Debra Feuer, Andra Akers, Bert Kramer, Shlley R. Bonus The only thing they have in common... is each other. Hot on the heels of Saturday Night Fever and Grease, screen icon John Travolta (Blow Out) teamed up with the sensational Lily Tomlin (Nashville, 9 to 5) for the May/December love story Moment by Moment. Trisha Rawlings (Tomlin), a lonely, middle-aged Beverly Hills socialite, meets Vick “Strip” Harrison (Travolta), a suave young drifter. Their initial flirtation turns into a passionate relationship despite their age and class differences. Tomlin’s longtime partner Jane Wagner (The Incredible Shrinking Woman) wrote and directed this superb romantic melodrama shot by ace cinematographer Philip H. Lathrop (They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?) and co-starring Bert Kramer (Bloody Birthday) and Debra Feuer (To Live and Die in L.A.). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historians Lee Gambin and Sergio Mims with Maya Montanez Smukler, Author of Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors & the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema| 3 Radio Spots | Theatrical Trailer​ Master of the World (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 8/3/21 Street Date: 8/31/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25487 BD UPC: 738329254872 Genre: Science Fiction Year: 1961 Rating:NR Runtime: 101 Director: William Whitney Actors: Vincent Price, Charles Bronson, Henry Hull, Mary Webster, David Frankham, Richard Harrison From action-adventure ace William Witney, the director of Daredevils of the Red Circle, Adventures of Captain Marvel, Trigger, Jr. and Sunset in the West, comes this high-flying sci-fi spectacular starring screen legend Vincent Price (House of the Long Shadows, Scream and Scream Again). A mad inventor known only as Robur (Price) kidnaps a team on a government expedition to investigate a mysterious crater in Pennsylvania. The team is taken aboard Robur’s fantastically engineered airship, the “Albatross,” which Robur plans to fly around the world to various military installations in his desperate desire to eradicate weapons of mass destruction, thereby bringing about world peace. The kidnapped team’s leader, John Strock (Charles Bronson, Mr. Majestyk, Breakheart Pass), responds by planning an uprising. Henry Hull (Lifeboat), Mary Webster (The Tin Star) and David Frankham (Tales of Terror) co-star in this astonishing airborne adventure scripted by Richard Matheson (The Last Man on Earth) from the classic Jules Verne novels Robur the Conqueror and Master of the World. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tom Weaver and Vincent Price Biographer Lucy Chase Williams | Audio Commentary by Actor David Frankham | Richard Matheson: Storyteller | Theatrical Trailer | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ The Last Man on Earth (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 8/3/21 Street Date: 8/31/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25493 BD UPC: 738329254933 Genre: Science Fiction Year: 1964 Rating: NR Runtime: 86 Director: Sidney Salkow Actors: Vincent Price, Franca Bettola, Emma Danieli, Giacomo Rossi, Umbert Raho, Christi Courtland Black & White Screen legend Vincent Price (Tales of Terror, The Raven) gives a masterful performance in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi chiller, the first and most faithful adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic novel I Am Legend. A plague envelops the earth, decimating the population and leaving one man still alive: scientist Robert Morgan (Price), who exhibits a strange immunity to the deadly disease. The rest of the earth’s people slowly turn into bloodsucking vampires and Morgan must use all of his knowledge to survive their onslaught. Directed by Sidney Salkow (Twice-Told Tales) and produced by Robert L. Lippert (The Earth Dies Screaming), this seminal classic influenced the creation of Night of the Living Dead plus countless imitations. Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Richard Harland Smith | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Joe Dante | Richard Matheson Storyteller | 2 TV Spots | Alternate Ending | Italian Trailer | Theatrical Trailer | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ The Raven (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 8/3/21 Street Date: 8/31/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25493 BD UPC: 738329254933 Genre: Comedy / Horror Year: 1963 Rating: NR Runtime: 86 Director: Roger Corman Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess The legendary “Triumvirate of Terror”—Vincent Price (Scream and Scream Again), Peter Lorre (The Comedy of Terrors) and Boris Karloff (The Crimson Cult)—star in this twisted tale of sorcery most fowl! Director Roger Corman (The Tomb of Ligeia) and screenwriter Richard Matheson (The Last Man on Earth) deliver a tongue-in-cheek take on Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem. Dr. Craven (Price), the son of a great sorcerer (now dead), was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo (Lorre) comes to Craven for help—the evil Scarabus (Karloff) has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven’s long-lost wife Lenore (Hazel Court, The Premature Burial), whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus. Featuring Jack Nicholson (Prizzi’s Honor) in an early screen role, this Corman-Poe classic about two wizards dueling for magical supremacy is utterly bewitching! Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle | Corman’s Comedy of Poe: An Interview with Producer/Director Roger Corman | Richard Matheson: Storyteller | TRAILERS FROM HELL with Mick Garris | Theatrical Trailer | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ The Comedy of Terrors (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 8/3/21 Street Date: 8/31/21 Label: KL Studio Classics BD SRP: 24.95 BD Item #: K25495 BD UPC: 738329254957 Genre: Comedy / Horror Year: 1964 Rating: NR Runtime: 83 Director: Jacques Tourneur Actors: Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Joe E. Brown, Joyce Jameson Your Favorite Creeps Together Again! Four masters of the macabre star in this sinister and screamingly funny scare-fest! Waldo Trumbull (Vincent Price, The Raven) is running his father-in-law’s (Boris Karloff, Black Sabbath) funeral home business... straight into the ground! Hounded by his landlord (Basil Rathbone, The Magic Sword), Trumbull and his assistant (Peter Lorre, Tales of Terror) devise a way to make death pay: by increasing their customer base through murder and burying the secrets of their success... body by body! Jacques Tourneur, the diabolical director of Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, Out of the Past and War-Gods of the Deep, blended humor and horror for The Comedy of Terrors, written by Richard Matheson (The Last Man on Earth) and co-starring Joyce Jameson (The Apartment) with special guest star Joe E. Brown (Some Like It Hot). Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tim Lucas | Richard Matheson Storyteller | Theatrical Trailer | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ The Devil’s 8 aka The Devil’s Eight Prebook Date: 8/3/21 Street Date: 8/31/21 Label: Scorpion BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K25506 BD UPC: 738329255060 Genre: Action Year: 1979 Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 98 Director: Burt Topper Actors: Christopher George, Fabian, Ralph Meeker, Larry Bishop, Ross Hagen, Tom Nardini A federal agent (Christopher George, Grizzly, Day of the Animals, Mortuary) helps six convicts escape from a chain gang in order to use them in his war on a moonshine ring, led by the sadistic Burl (Ralph Meeker, Kiss Me Deadly, Paths of Glory, The Naked Spur), Fabian (Thunder Alley), Larry Bishop (Angel Unchained, The Savage Seven), Tom Nardini (Self Defense, The Young Animals), Robert DoQui (Robocop, Guyana: Cult of the Damned), Joe Turkel (Blade Runner, The Shining), Ross Hagen (Armed Response, Alienator), Ron Rifkin (TV’s Alias, Silent Running) and Leslie Parrish (Crash, The Manchurian Candidate) all star in this two-fisted brutal actioner. Now see it from a brand new HD master! Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | NEW Interview with Actor Larry Bishop | Theartical Trailer​ Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker AKA Night Warning (Special Edition) Prebook Date: 7/6/21 Street Date: 8/3/21 Label: KL Studio Classics/Code Red BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K25478 BD UPC: 738329254780 Genre: Horror Year: 1981 Rating: R Runtime: 96 Director: William Asher Actors: Susan Tyrell, Bo Svenson, Jimmy McNichol, Julia Duffy, Pill Paxton, Marcia Lewis Terror begins when a night of murder and bloodshed leads bigoted police detective Joe Carlson (Bo Svenson, Walking Tall Part 2, Choke Canyon, Breaking Point) to try to frame orphaned high school basketball player Billy Lynch (Jimmy McNichol, Escape From El Diablo). However, Billy’s aunt Cheryl (Susan Tyrrell, Fat City, Forbidden Zone) is the real knife-wielding culprit, and with Billy about to graduate, her twisted urge to keep him all to herself is about to erupt in a wave of carnage. No one is safe when an unstable lawman and a psychotic aunt converge in a shocking climax you’ll never forget! Julia Duffy (TV’s Newhart) and Bill Paxton (Aliens, Mortuary) co-star in this cult shocker directed by TV great William Asher (Johnny Cool). Now see this cutting-edge thriller in HD from a 2k scan from the original camera negatives! Bonus Features: 2017 2K Scan from the Original Camera Negative | Audio Commentary by Producer/Writer Steven Breimer and Co-Writer Alan Jay Glueckman, Moderated by Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson | Audio Commentary by Star Jimmy McNichol | On Camera Interviews with Stars Jimmy McNichol and Susan Tyrrell, Actor Steven Eastin, Make-Up Artist Allan A. Alpone and Producer Steve Breimer | Theatrical Trailer | Reversible NIGHT WARNING Art | Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase​ Percy Prebook Date: 7/13/21 Street Date: 8/10/21 Label: Code Red DVD SRP: 19.95 DVD Item #: K25531 DVD UPC: 738329255312 BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K25532 BD UPC: 738329255329 Genre: Comedy Year: 1971 Rating: R Runtime: 101 Director: Ralph Thomas Actors: Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, Elke Sommer, Denholm Elliott, Anonia Ellis, Cyd Hayman The Story of a very successful transplant! After a freak accident dismembers Edwin Anthony’s (Hywel Bennett, Endless Night, Twisted Nerve) member, master surgeon Sir Emmanuel Whitbread (Denholm Elliott, Raiders of the Lost Art, Trading Places) successfully performs the world’s first penis transplant which Edwin names “Percy”. But when Edwin begins to experience identity problems, he decides to investigate the life and loves of "Percy's" former owner. Can a sincere young man find love among the world's most beautiful women when guided by an organ with a mind of its own? Screen goddesses Britt Ekland (The Wicker Man, The Man with the Golden Gun) and Elke Sommer (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar) co-star in this 1971 British cult comedy directed by Ralph Thomas (The High Commissioner, Deadlier Than the Male), that also features a rocking soundtrack of original songs written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks, including the hit "God's Children." Bonus Features: Brand New 4K Restoration from the Original Camera Negative | Trailers​ Guyana: Cult of the Damned Prebook Date: 7/27/21 Street Date: 8/24/21 Label: Code Red DVD SRP: 14.95 DVD Item #: K25533 DVD UPC: 738329255336 BD SRP: 29.95 BD Item #: K25534 BD UPC: 738329255343 Genre: Thriller Year: 1979 Rating: R Runtime: 90 Director: Rene Cardona Jr. Actors: Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotton, Yvonne DeCarlo, Bradford Dillman Guyana: Cult of the Damned (aka Guyana: Crime of the Century) is a 1970 Mexican-American exploitation drama written and directed by René Cardona Jr. (Tintorera, The Bermuda Triangle). The film was shot in Mexico, was based on the Jonestown Massacre. The names of the central characters are slightly tweaked from the historical ones, the film is set in “Johnsontown” rather than Jonestown, the cult is led by “Reverend James Johnson” (Stuart Whitman, Shadows in an Empty Room, Rio Conchos, Maniac!) rather than Rev. Jim Warren Jones, and the murdered Congressman is “Lee O’Brien” (Gene Barry, The War of the Worlds and TV’s Burke’s Law) instead of Leo Ryan. Guyana: Cult of the Damned features a stellar cast that includes John Ireland (Red River), Joseph Cotten (The Third Man), Yvonne De Carlo (TV’s The Munsters), Bradford Dillman (Chosen Survivors), Nadiuska (Conan the Barbarian), Hugo Stiglitz (Tintorera) and Robert DoQui (The Devil’s 8). Now see this cult classic thriller in HD, from a brand new 2K scan! Bonus Features: Brand New 2K Master | Isolated Score and Effects | Theatrical Trailer​ ​

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[Yeoman007]

ARGH! My ACHING wallet! Mercy! Mercy!

 

[borisfw]

That is quite a line up.