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Coming August 25th!

The Sign of the Cross (1932)
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Mark A. Vieira, co-author of Cecil B. DeMille
• NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle
• Theatrical Trailer
• Dual-Layered BD50 Disc
• Optional English Subtitles

B&W 126 Minutes 1.37:1 Not Rated
From Cecil B. DeMille, the legendary director of Cleopatra, Reap the Wild Wind, Samson and Delilah and The Ten Commandments, comes this classic and turbulent biblical tale starring screen greats Fredric March (The Eagle and the Hawk), Claudette Colbert (Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife) and Charles Laughton (Witness for the Prosecution). Ancient Rome comes to life on a grand scale in the epic spectacular The Sign of the Cross. In the year 64 A.D., the corrupt and maniacal Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar (Laughton) torches the city so he can blame the ensuing destruction on the unsuspecting Christians. Meanwhile, Roman Prefect Marcus Superbus (March) falls for an innocent and beautiful Christian maiden, Mercia (Elissa Landi, The Count of Monte Cristo). When the seductive and wicked Empress Poppaea (Colbert) learns that she has a romantic rival for Marcus’s attentions, she conspires with Nero to send all Christians to a chilling death. Filled with some of the most outrageous and breathtaking scenes ever filmed, including the infamous “milk bath,” this pre-Code classic is a dynamic testament to DeMille’s visionary style. The great Karl Struss (Sunrise) received an Oscar nomination for his stunning cinematography.

DVD Beaver wrote:Colbert's robust bitrates look quite pleasing in motion

Cash Flagg wrote: Wed Jun 03, 2020 7:57 pm

DVD Beaver wrote:Colbert's robust bitrates look quite pleasing in motion

Coming August 25th on DVD and BD!

Hell Bent (1918)
• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES
• Archival 1970 Audio Interview with John Ford by Joseph McBride, author of Searching for John Ford
• Audio commentary by Film Historian Joseph McBride
• Video Essay by Film Critic Tag Gallagher
• Music by Zachary Marsh

Hell Bent is a rousing Western from the series of Cheyenne Harry adventures that legendary director John Ford (credited as Jack Ford early in his career) made with star Harry Carey (Straight Shooting). Cheyenne Harry was an outlaw with a heart of gold, played with stoic warmth by Carey, whose performances were a pivotal influence on John Wayne.

Coming to DVD and Blu-ray August 25th from Kino Classics!

Reginald Denny Collection (two-disc set)

The Reckless Age (1924)
Directed by Harry Pollard
Starring Reginald Denny

Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
Directed by William A. Seiter
Starring Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante

What Happened to Jones?(1926)
Directed by William A. Seiter
Starring Reginald Denny and Marian Nixon

NEW 4K RESTORATIONS FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES!

The Reginald Denny Collection gathers three silent features from the career of the debonair British star: The Reckless Age, Skinner’s Dress Suit, and What Happened to Jones? The former amateur boxing champion made his name in a series of two-reelers about the fighting life, The Leather Pushers (1922), but soon made his way up to leading man. In the romantic comedy The Reckless Age Denny plays an insurance agent who insinuates himself into the case of a wealthy heiress. In Skinner’s Dress Suit, directed by comedy ace William A. Seiter (Sons of the Desert), he is a shy clerk who asks his boss for a raise at the urging of his wife. His request is rejected, but he lies to his wife, who immediately goes out and buys an expensive suit, an act that upends his once-ordered life. And in What Happened to Jones?, also directed by Seiter, Denny plays a wealthy young bachelor on the night before his wedding. He is convinced to attend a poker party which is promptly raided, sending him on the run in a series of increasingly hilarious disguises.

Special features:
*Audio commentary for The Reckless Age, What Happened to Jones?, and Skinner's Dress Suit by film historian Anthony Slide
*The Reckless Age music by Jake Monaco
*What Happened to Jones? music by Anthony Willis
*Skinner's Dress Suit music by Leo Birenberg
*O-Card slipcase (Blu-ray only)

9/1
Death on the Nile (1978)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
The Raging Moon (1971)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Clockwise (1986)

9/8
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Dr. Who: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
The Grey Fox (1982)
Actor 3-Film Collection TBA

9/15
The Cat and the Canary (1939)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Spawn of the North (1938)
Disputed Passage (1939)

9/22
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
The Art of Love (1965)
Lord Love a Duck (1966)

9/29
Love Me Tonight (1932)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
1984 Film TBA
Gotcha! (1985)
1988 Film TBA
Havana (1990)

Death on the Nile (1978)

domino harvey wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:37 pm

Death on the Nile (1978)

I watched thus recently and could not BELIEVE how bad it was. I like fun hammy overacting but these are just untethered bad performances, especially from Mia Farrow and Angela Lansbury. The editing and direction are so obvious in terms of “clues” that I figured out the gist of whodunnit way, way before I was supposed to, which didn’t help matters while sitting through all 2 1/2 hours of this. I have no words for anyone who thinks Ustinov is a better Poirot than Albert Finney. I like Ustinov (if not particularly here), but absolutely not

domino harvey wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:37 pm

Death on the Nile (1978)

I watched thus recently and could not BELIEVE how bad it was. I like fun hammy overacting but these are just untethered bad performances, especially from Mia Farrow and Angela Lansbury. The editing and direction are so obvious in terms of “clues” that I figured out the gist of whodunnit way, way before I was supposed to, which didn’t help matters while sitting through all 2 1/2 hours of this. I have no words for anyone who thinks Ustinov is a better Poirot than Albert Finney. I like Ustinov (if not particularly here), but absolutely not

domino harvey wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:37 pm

Death on the Nile (1978)

I watched thus recently and could not BELIEVE how bad it was. I like fun hammy overacting but these are just untethered bad performances, especially from Mia Farrow and Angela Lansbury. The editing and direction are so obvious in terms of “clues” that I figured out the gist of whodunnit way, way before I was supposed to, which didn’t help matters while sitting through all 2 1/2 hours of this. I have no words for anyone who thinks Ustinov is a better Poirot than Albert Finney. I like Ustinov (if not particularly here), but absolutely not

senseabove wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:33 pm 9/29
Love Me Tonight (1932)

9/29
Love Me Tonight (1932)

dustybooks wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:30 pm Love Me Tonight is huge news, I'm very excited.

My kevyip's been overrun lately and I haven't had time to get around to the Maya Deren set, but someone at blu-ray.com raised some concerns about it yesterday.