ClassicFlix

[lzx]

Their next release is the world Blu-ray premiere of Black Magic (1949), in a new restoration. Street date 10/26

[Finch]

ClassicFlix has You Only Live Once and other noirs for $9.99 plus $3.99 shipping.

[L.A.]

“I think now is a very good time to chime in to confirm that we have licensed I, THE JURY (1953) for home video and will be releasing it later this year. It will be our first 4K release and our first 3-D release.

In regards to the 3-D presentation, the stereoscopic alignment/restoration will be will be performed by the 3-D Film Archive and will be exclusive to our release.

Nothing more on the release at this time, but details to follow in the coming months.”

- David
ClassicFlix Founder, Producer

[domino harvey]

Why? Here’s my write up, and good luck to them

I, the Jury (Harry Essex 1953) I'd never seen a non-ironic Mike Hammer movie and boy, it's so close to Aldrich's contemptuous parody that it's hard to imagine anyone taking this seriously. Thuggish posturing from the thoroughly uncharismatic lead, looking every bit like Dean Martin's hoodrat brother, and a catalog of abominable cliches and wizened figures waiting to be crudely discarded by Our Hero make this one a tough slog. Somehow this Christmas-set noir was both shot by John Alton (evidence supporting this restricted to his name in the credits, as there's no evidence in how the film's shot) and originally presented in 3-D

[swo17]

How many US 4K/3D releases are there even?

Alita: Battle Angel
Flesh for Frankenstein
I, the Jury

[Finch]

Let's face it though, we need this to sell so that Classic Fix are doing 4ks of T-Men, Raw Deal and He Walked By Night next.

[dwk]

Their deal for He Walked By Night is ending and it is going OOP soon.

They did renew their deal for Raw Deal.

[swo17]

Let's face it though, we need this to sell so that Classic Fix are doing 4ks of T-Men, Raw Deal and He Walked By Night next.

Truth

[captveg]

How many US 4K/3D releases are there even?

Alita: Battle Angel
Flesh for Frankenstein
I, the Jury

Dredd (2012)

From a purely "get as many 50s 3D films on 3D Blu-ray as possible" standpoint, this is most welcome.

I really wish the rights issues could get cleared up on The Glass Web, probably the best 50s 3D film that is unreleased.

[L.A.]

Raw Deal (1948) Blu-ray reissue coming in July and limited to 5000 copies.

[What A Disgrace]

I received my copy of the Little Rascals Complete Collection, and I'm rather delighted that it's a compact release; not just a collection of the six volumes (plus bonus disc) in a flimsy box. It's in a plastic case about the size of Film Movement's Alastair Sim and Their Finest Hours boxes, but clear plastic instead of blue - a real shelf saver, as its thinner than the first three volumes as individually released. The seven discs of the individual volumes have been reduced to five, plus the bonus disc.

[What A Disgrace]

Classicflix will be releasing a 4K UHD of Frank Capra's Meet John Doe, tentatively slated for an autumn release. They've also announced that their Little Rascals Centennial Collection will be increasing in price, which I suppose is a better fate than going out of print.

ALso, the following items are low in stock...


Another Man's Poison (Blu-ray, 1951) - Less than 200 units (will not be re-pressed)
The Complete Hal Roach Streamliners Collection, Volume 5 - Less than 100 units (will likely not be re-pressed)
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 1 - Less than 60 units (will likely be re-pressed at some point)
You Only Live Once (Blu-ray, 1937 - Less than 80 units (will not be re-pressed)

[domino harvey]

Cause for Alarm!, the Loretta Young suburban anxiety noir, is coming soon as well. This one charted in our last Noir list in large part to it being included in TCM’s Noir festival also running at the time

[therewillbeblus]

Cause for Alarm!, the Loretta Young suburban anxiety noir, is coming soon as well. This one charted in our last Noir list in large part to it being included in TCM’s Noir festival also running at the time

Just five minutes into this, and it may win the “how did the Code possibly miss this” award

Spoiler

When Young asks if a soldier’s head is sore and needs a rub, he says, “Yeah, both of them” - she barely reacts to this, but exclaims, “Woah!” and backs away when he talks about wanting to kiss the lips of a woman.. Though then the film has the gall to have her repeat the double entendre that he wanted “both” heads rubbed before exiting the scene in a huff!

[domino harvey]

Didn’t realize the Crystal Ball came out in 2021 because it is DVD only, but it’s on sale right now for under $10, FYI

[domino harvey]

Classic Flix rescued Our Town from PD Hell for their new Blu-ray release, and unlike most of their Blus, there’s a nice selection of extras included too

[Stefan Andersson]

Thread re: Our Town, with some posts about restoring image and soundtrack:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... ay.381230/

[Zepfanman]

ClassicFlix is working on restoring the Our Gang silents, with Volume 1 Blu-ray likely early this summer. They've uploaded the entire restored "The Big Show" episode (1923) with new score. https://youtu.be/8PjMrR2CPq0

More details here: https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?p=285833#p285833

[jazzo]

This just came in from CF. I'm ecstatic it's still happening in some form:

Meet John Doe 4K/UHD Canceled, Blu-ray Still On with April Street Date
Today we have made public the difficult decision to cancel the 4KUHD for Meet John Doe (1941). While this isn't something we even remotely anticipated, the extremely poor pre-sales for the release leaves us no alternative.

The Blu-ray and DVD releases of Doe are still on, but with a revised street date of April 30th. These releases will still be derived from our 4K restoration of the beloved Capra film, but 4KUHD produced discs are upwards of 3 to 4 times as expensive to produce as standard Blu-ray making our chances of recouping that extra cost from sales very slim.

All orders placed at ClassicFlix.com for the 4KUHD of Doe have been canceled. All those awaiting shipment of the Doe 4KUHD on an order with other titles purchased have had the Doe 4KUHD removed from the order and the remainder of the order shipped.

If you'd still like to pre-order the Blu-ray of Doe you may do so by clicking any link on this page or by clicking the image below.

Thank you for your understanding.

[What A Disgrace]

I wish they realized that 4K releases of old Hollywood films was a more difficult sell to their demographic some time after they released this disc, as I was anticipating it myself.

[domino harvey]

Weren’t there zero special features planned? Like, that’s part of creating an appealing package (and the label has been getting better about this)

[Cash Flagg]

I wish they realized that 4K releases of old Hollywood films was a more difficult sell to their demographic some time after they released this disc, as I was anticipating it myself.

Also, plenty of people (including me) were waiting for a/the post-release price-drop that occurs with roughly 100% of all titles. How many folks pre-order non-LEs anyway? This seems like a really bizarre and pre-emptive decision on their part.

[TMDaines]

I wish they realized that 4K releases of old Hollywood films was a more difficult sell to their demographic some time after they released this disc, as I was anticipating it myself.

Also, plenty of people (including me) were waiting for a/the post-release price-drop that occurs with roughly 100% of all titles. How many folks pre-order non-LEs anyway? This seems like a really bizarre and pre-emptive decision on their part.

Maybe they simply do not have the cash flow to fund such a project without anticipated advanced sales?

[therewillbeblus]

It appears that the reissued Raw Deal blu-ray is out of stock across retailers, but it’s still available on their website. Getting close to OOP, perhaps

[Stefan Andersson]

The Proud Rebel (1958):
"Restored from a Library of Congress 4K scan on an IB Tech print in their collection. Aspect ratio is 1.85:1."
https://www.classicflix.com/products/co ... roud-rebel
Restoration Comparison, see Post 834:
https://www.hometheaterforum.com/commun ... 96/page-42