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The following films, which were originally made between 1893 and the end of 1960, have been released on DVD during the past nine months. While being selective, we tried to include something for everyone.
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Under the month the DVD was issued, all movies are listed by the original year of their release.
July, 2009
1922 – Sherlock Holmes, SILENT / MYSTERY, starring John Barrymore & Roland Young
1927 – The Beloved Rogue, SILENT / HISTORICAL ADVENTURE, starring John Barrymore
and Conrad Veidt
1928 – Tempest, SILENT / DRAMA, starring John Barrymore & Camilla Horn
1936 – The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, DRAMA, starring Henry Fonda & Fred
MacMurray
1939 – Beau Geste, ADVENTURE, starring Gary Cooper & Ray Milland
1940 – The Green Hornet, 13 CHAPTER SERIAL, starring Gordon Jones & Keye Luke
1941 – The Green Hornet Strikes Again, 15 CHAPTER SERIAL, starring Warren Hull and
Keye Luke
1944 – Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves, FANTASY, starring Maria Montez & Jon Hall
1960 – A Dog of Flanders, FAMILY, starring David Ladd & Donald Crisp
Box–sets & Collections:
1920–1928: John Barrymore Collection, SILENT, (4 films on 4 discs)
1922/1926: Bardelys The Magnificent / Monte Cristo, SILENT, starring John Gilbert
(2 films + documentary on 2 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
2007 – Polanski Unauthorized, (the life of Roman Polanski) directed by Damian Chapa
June, 2009
1943 – The Outlaw, WESTERN, (2–disc Special Edition) starring Jane Russell & Thomas
Mitchell (contains both the original B&W version and a Colorized version)
1950 – Last Holiday, BRITISH COMEDY, starring Alec Guinness & Beatrice Campbell
1950 – Variety Lights, ITALIAN DRAMA, directed by Federico Fellini
1952 – Forbidden Games, FRENCH DRAMA, directed by Réne Clément
1954 – Suddenly, CRIME DRAMA, starring Frank Sinatra & Sterling Hayden (contains both
the original B&W version and a Colorized version)
1955 – Richard III, SHAKESPEARE, starring Laurence Olivier & Cedric Hardwicke
1957 – The Seventh Seal, SWEDISH FANTASY, directed by Ingmar Bergman
1957 – The Seventh Seal [Blu–ray HD], SWEDISH FANTASY, dir. by Ingmar Bergman
1957 – The Strange One, DRAMA, starring Ben Gazzara & Pat Hingle
1958 – Ashes & Diamonds, POLISH DRAMA, directed by Andrzej Wajda
1958 – The Hidden Fortress, JAPANESE ADVENTURE, directed by Akira Kurosawa
1959 – The Diary of Anne Frank, DRAMA, (50th Anniversary Edition) starring Millie
Perkins & Shelley Winters
1959 – The Diary of Anne Frank [Blu–ray HD], DRAMA, (50th Anniversary Edition)
starring Millie Perkins & Shelley Winters
1959 – Serious Charge, BRITISH DRAMA, starring Anthony Quayle & Sarah Churchill
Box–sets & Collections:
1929–1942: The Charlie Chan Collection, Vols. 1–5, (24 films on 20 discs)
1934–1951: The Three Stooges Collection, Vols. 1–6 Bundle, (136 shorts on 12 discs)
1943–1951: Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 2, (14 cartoons on 1 disc)
1949–1951: The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 6, (24 shorts on 2 discs)
1950–1956: British Cinema: Crime & Noir, (6 films on 2 discs)
1950–1958: Essential Art House, Vol. 3, (6 films on 6 discs)
1954–1964: The Jack Lemmon Film Collection, (5 films + extras on 6 discs)
1957–1960: The Andrzej Munk Trilogy, POLISH DRAMA/COMEDY, (3 films on 3 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
2001–2004: Ultimate World War II Collection, (6 discs from National Geographic)
features archival footage from World War II
2004 – Bergman Island, features interviews with Ingmar Bergman
May, 2009
1941 – Man Hunt, THRILLER, starring Walter Pidgeon & Joan Bennett
1946 – The Verdict, DRAMA, starring Sydney Greenstreet & Peter Lorre
1956 – The King & Four Queens, WESTERN, starring Clark Gable & Eleanor Parker
1957 – Time Limit, WAR, starring Richard Widmark & Richard Basehart
1959 – North West Frontier, ADVENTURE, starring Lauren Bacall & Kenneth More
Box–sets & Collections:
1930–1990: The Ultimate Westerns Collection, (13 films on 20 discs)
1932–1961: The Tortoise & the Hare: Disney Animation, Vol. 4, (6 films on 1 disc)
1933–1936: Alexander Korda's Private Lives, (4 films on 4 discs) biopics directed by
Alexander Korda
1934–1949: Wind in the Willows: Disney Animation, Vol. 5, (6 films on 1 disc)
1938–1948: The Reluctant Dragon: Disney Animation, Vol. 6, (4 films on 1 disc)
1943–1968: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: War – Battlefront Asia, (4 films
on 2 discs)
1944–1953: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: American Musicals, (4 films on
2 discs)
1948–1972: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: John Wayne Westerns, (4 films
on 2 discs)
1949–1970: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: World War II – Battlefront
Europe, (4 films on 2 discs)
1949–1986: Anthology of War on Film, (10 films on 20 discs)
1950–1954: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Broadway Musicals, (4 films on
2 discs)
1951–1996: The Ultimate Sci–Fi Collection, (14 films on 20 discs)
1960–1969: Cowboy Collection, (3 films on 3 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
1984 – Black Hollywood: Blaxploitation & Advancing an Independent Black Cinema,
documentary about the ever–changing state of African–American cinema
April, 2009
1930 – Au Bonheur des Dames FRENCH/SILENT, directed by Julien Duvivier
1934 – Cleopatra, HISTORICAL DRAMA, (75th Anniversary Edition) starring Claudette
Colbert & Henry Wilcoxon
1938 – The Goldwyn Follies, MUSICAL, starring Adolphe Menjou & The Ritz Brothers
1945 – It's A Pleasure, MUSICAL, starring Sonja Henie & Michael O'Shea
1948 – A Song is Born, MUSICAL, starring Danny Kaye & Virginia Mayo
1953 – Wages of Fear [Blu–ray HD], FRENCH SUSPENSE, starring Yves Montand and
Charles Vanel
1959 – Pillow Talk, ROMANTIC COMEDY, (50th Anniversary Edition) starring Doris Day and
Rock Hudson
Box–sets & Collections:
1922–1933: Under Full Sail: Silent Cinema on the High Seas, (6 films on 1 disc)
featuring "The Yankee Clipper" (1927)
1923–1986: Science is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painleve, (23 shorts on 3 discs)
1931–1934: Pre–Code Hollywood Collection, (6 films on 3 discs)
1933–1952: Three Little Pigs: Disney Animation, Vol. 2, (7 cartoons on 1 disc)
1933–1990: The Prince & The Pauper: Disney Animation, Vol. 3, (5 cartoons on 1 disc)
1934–1947: Mickey & The Beanstalk: Disney Animation, Vol. 1, (5 cartoons on 1 disc)
1941–1942: Max Fleischer's Superman, (17 cartoons on 2 discs)
1949–1958: TCM Spotlight: Doris Day Collection, (5 films on 5 discs)
1950/1962: Treasure Island / In Search of the Castaways, (2 films on 2 discs)
1953–1960: British Cinema, Vol. 2 (Comedy Collection), (5 films on 2 discs)
1959/1976: The Shaggy Dog / The Shaggy D.A., (2 films on 2 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
1999–2005: Inside the Third Reich, (four documentaries on 4 discs featuring rare footage
from German film archives)
2002 – From Russia to Hollywood: The 100–Year Odyssey of Chekhov & Shdanoff,
(documentary about Michael Chekhov & George Shdanoff)
March, 2009
1921 – The Haunted Castle, GERMAN/SILENT, directed by F.W. Murnau
1924 – The Finances of the Grand Duke, GERMAN/SILENT, directed by F.W. Murnau
1926 – Faust, GERMAN/SILENT, (2–disc Deluxe Edition) directed by F.W. Murnau
1939 – Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels, ANIMATED FEATURE, produced by Max
Fleischer
1939 – Max Fleischer's Gulliver's Travels [Blu–ray HD], ANIMATED FEATURE
1940 – Pinocchio, ANIMATED FEATURE, (2–disc Platinum Edition) produced by Walt Disney
1940 – Pinocchio [Blu–ray HD], ANIMATED FEATURE, (2–disc 70th Anniversay Edition)
produced by Walt Disney (includes both Blu–ray and standard DVDs)
1951 – An American in Paris [Blu–ray HD], MUSICAL, starring Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron
1951 – Quo Vadis [Blu–ray HD], HISTORICAL DRAMA, starring Deborah Kerr & Robert
Taylor
1953 – The Robe, BIBLICAL DRAMA, (Special Edition) starring Richard Burton & Jean
Simmons
1953 – The Robe [Blu–ray HD], BIBLICAL DRAMA, starring Richard Burton & Jean
Simmons
1955 – To Catch a Thief, SUSPENSE, starring Cary Grant & Grace Kelly
1958 – Gigi [Blu–ray HD], MUSICAL, starring Leslie Caron & Maurice Chevalier
1958 – South Pacific [Blu–ray HD], MUSICAL, starring Mitzi Gaynor & Rossano Brazzi
1959 – The 400 Blows [Blu–ray HD], FRENCH CRIME DRAMA, directed by Francois
Truffaut
1959 – Il Generale Della Rovere, ITALIAN DRAMA, directed by Roberto Rossellini
1960 – Les Vieux de La Vieille, FRENCH COMEDY, starring Jean Gabin & Pierre Fresnay
Box–sets & Collections:
1921–1926: Murnau, GERMAN/SILENT, (6 films on 6 discs) directed by F.W. Murnau
1931–1933: Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 3, (6 films + 2 documentaries on
4 discs)
1933–1941: Travels With Hiroshi Shimizu (Eclipse Series 15), (4 films on 4 discs)
1945–1952: Darn Good Westerns, Vol. 1, (6 films on 2 discs)
1946–1948: The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 5, (24 shorts on 2 discs)
1940–1963 : Woody Woodpecker Favorites, (20 cartoons + 2 TV shows on 1 disc)
1947–1986: Treasures IV: American Avant–Garde Film, 1947–1986, (26 films on
2 discs)
1948/1949: Classic Film Noir Double Feature, Vol. 3: The Amazing Mr. X / Reign
of Terror, (2 films on 1 disc)
1958–1965: Hercules Collection, ITALIAN MYTHICAL ADVENTURES, (8 films on 4 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
1943 – The True Glory: From D–Day to the Fall of Berlin, (documentary using vintage
films from the Imperial War Museum) (2–disc set)
1944 – Desert Victory: The Battle of Alamein, (documentary using vintage films from the
Imperial War Museum) (2–disc set)
1983–1998: Ultimate Collections: World War II, (28 documentaries on 10 discs from
A&E & The History Channel, featuring archival film footage from WWII)
2008 – 1930s: Hollywood Singing & Dancing, A Musical History, hosted by Shirley
Jones
2008 – 1940s: Hollywood Singing & Dancing, A Musical History, hosted by Shirley
Jones
2008 – 1950s: Hollywood Singing & Dancing, A Musical History, hosted by Shirley
Jones
February, 2009
1927 – The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, BRITISH SUSPENSE (silent), directed
by Alfred Hitchcock
1932 – Poil de Carotte, FRENCH DRAMA, directed by Julien Duvivier
1937 – Young & Innocent, BRITISH SUSPENSE, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1936 – Sabotage, BRITISH SUSPENSE, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1938 – Pygmalion, BRITISH COMIC MELODRAMA, directed by Anthony Asquith & Leslie
Howard
1943 – The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp, BRITISH DRAMA, directed by Michael Powell &
Emeric Pressburger
1947 – The Paradine Case, CRIME, directed by Alfred Hitchcock
1951 – An American in Paris, MUSICAL, (2–disc Special Edition) starring Gene Kelly &
Leslie Caron
1951 – Five, SCI–FI, starring William Phipps & Susan Douglas
1951 – Kaiser's Lackey (Der Untertan), GERMAN COMEDY, directed by Wolfgang Staudte
1951 – Tom Brown's Schooldays, BRITISH DRAMA, starring Robert Newton & John
Howard Davies (contains both the original b&w version and a colorized version)
1952 – Ikiru, JAPANESE DRAMA, directed by Akira Kurosawa
1952 – The Pickwick Papers, BRITISH LITERARY ADAPTATION, starring James Hayter &
James Donald
1954 – Hobson's Choice, BRITISH COMEDY, directed by David Lean
1954 – La Strada, ITALIAN DRAMA, directed by Federico Fellini
1954 – Svengali, BRITISH DRAMA, starring Hildegard Knef & Donald Wolfit (includes the
1931 version of "Svengali" starring John Barrymore)
1954 – The Silver Chalice, BIBLICAL DRAMA, starring Paul Newman & Virginia Mayo
1956 – El Pequeño Ruiseñor (The Little Nightingale), SPANISH DRAMA, starring Joselito
1957 – The Helen Morgan Story, BIOPIC, starring Ann Blyth & Paul Newman
1958 – Gigi, MUSICAL, (2–disc Special Edition) starring Leslie Caron & Maurice Chevalier
1959 – Black Orpheus, FRENCH/BRAZILIAN DRAMA, directed by Marcel Camus
1959 – The 400 Blows, FRENCH DRAMA, directed by Francois Truffaut
1960 – Our Man in Havana, BRITISH COMEDY, starring Alec Guinness & Maureen O'Hara
Box–sets & Collections:
1936/1940: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street / Crimes at the
Dark House, BRITISH HORROR, starring Tod Slaughter
1938–1951: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romantic Comedies, (4 films
on 2 discs)
1938–1959: Janus Films Presents: Essential Art House, Vol. 2, (6 films on 6 discs)
1942–1958: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Best Picture Winners, (4 films
on 2 discs)
1942–1990: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Vol. XIV, SCI–FI, (4 films on 4 discs)
1951–1952: Gasoline Alley & Friends, (6 films on 2 discs) starring Scotty Beckett
1951–1954: British Cinema: The Renown Pictures Literary Classics Collection,
(3 films on 3 discs – plus bonus feature, the 1931 version of "Svengali" starring
John Barrymore)
1951–1958: TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: Romantic Dramas, (4 films on
2 discs)
1957–1965: The Natalie Wood Signature Collection, (6 films on 6 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
1944 – A Newsreel History of the Third Reich, Vol. 19, vintage German newsreels from
World War II
January, 2009
1940 – Waterloo Bridge, WAR ROMANCE, starring Vivien Leigh & Robert Taylor
1954 – Carmen Jones, MUSICAL, starring Harry Belafonte & Dorothy Dandridge
1954 – Magnificent Obsession, MELODRAMA, (2–disc set) starring Jane Wyman & RocK
Hudson
1957 – Funny Face, MUSICAL, (2–disc Centennial Collection) starring Audrey Hepburn and
Fred Astaire
Box–sets & Collections:
1957–1969: 4 Film Favorites: Elvis Presley Classics, (4 films on 4 discs)
1957–1973: Sidney Poitier Collection, (4 films on 4 discs)
1946/1969: Michael Powell Double Feature, (2 films on 2 discs) "Stairway to Heaven"
and "Age of Consent"
Documentaries & Specials:
1939 – The City, a documentary about the 1939 New York World's Fair with a score
written by Aaron Copland
1992 – MGM – When the Lion Roars: The Story of a Hollywood Empire, (2 disc set)
narrated by Patrick Stewart
2004 – Imaginary Witness: Hollywood & the Holocaust, narrated by Gene Hackman
December, 2008
1934 – It Happened One Night, ROMANTIC COMEDY, starring Clark Gable & Claudette
Colbert
1936 – Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, ROMANTIC COMEDY, starring Gary Cooper & Jean Arthur
1938 – You Can't Take It With You, ROMANTIC COMEDY, starring James Stewart &
Jean Arthur
1939 – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, DRAMA, starring James Stewart & Jean Arthur
1942 – Casablanca [Blu–ray HD], ROMANCE, (2–disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
starring Humphrey Bogart & Ingrid Bergman
1942 – Casablanca, ROMANCE, (3–disc Ultimat Collector's Edition) starring Humphrey
Bogart & Ingrid Bergman
1951 – The Day the Earth Stood Still [Blu–ray HD], SCI–FI, starring Michael Rennie
and Patricia Neal
1951 – The Day the Earth Stood Still, SCI–FI, (2–disc Special Edition) starring Michael
Rennie & Patricia Neal
1960 – Man in the Moon, FOREIGN (British), starring Kenneth More & Shirley Anne Field
Box–sets & Collections:
1916–1921: Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer, (11 films + extras on 5 discs)
1925–1932: Murnau, Borzage & Fox, (12 films on 12 discs)
1943/1944: Amok / Maria Eugenia, FOREIGN (Mexican), starring Maria Félix
1953–2008: Peter Pan / Return to Never Land / Tinker Bell, (3 animated features
on 3 discs)
1957–1981: Great Directors, Vol. 1, FOREIGN, (5 films on 5 discs) contains films by
Claude Chabrol, Michelangelo Antonioni, et al.
Documentaries & Specials:
1940–1944: The Royal Air Force at War: The Unseen Films, (3–discs from The Imperial
War Museum Collection) archival WWII film footage
1940–1944: The Royal Navy at War, (4–discs from The Imperial War Museum) archival
WWII film footage
1995 – Buster Keaton, (from The Biography Channel – A&E Home Video)
2004 – Federico Fellini, (from The Biography Channel – A&E Home Video)
November, 2008
1914 – The Avenging Conscience, SILENT, (Griffith Masterworks 2) directed by D.W.
Griffith
1920 – Way Down East, SILENT, (Griffith Masterworks 2) directed by D.W. Griffith
1925 – The Lost World, SILENT, starring Bessie Love & Wallace Beery
1925 – Sally of the Sawdust, SILENT, (Griffith Masterworks 2) directd by D.W. Griffith
1927 – The General, SILENT, (Ultimate 2–disc Edition) starring Buster Keaton & Marion
Mack
1934 – The Blind Woman of Sorrento, FOREIGN (Italian), starring Dria Paola & Anna
Magnani
1947 – It Happened on 5th Avenue, HOLIDAY COMEDY, starring Charles Ruggles &
Gale Storm
1949 – Holiday Affair, HOLIDAY ROMANCE, starring Robert Mitchum & Janet Leigh
1949 – The Third Man [Blu–ray HD], FILM NOIR, starring Joseph Cotten & Orson Welles
1950 – Sunset Boulevard, FILM NOIR, (2–disc Centennial Collection) starring William
Holden & Gloria Swanson
1951 – Quo Vadis, HISTORICAL DRAMA, (2–disc Special Edition) starring Robert Taylor &
Deborah Kerr
1952 – Fanfan la Tulipe, FOREIGN (French), starring Gerard Philipe & Gina Lollobrigida
1953 – Little Fugitive, DRAMA, (Special Edition) directed by Morris Engel, Ruth Orkin &
Ray Ashley
1953 – Roman Holiday, ROMANCE, (2–disc Centennial Collection) starring Gregory Peck &
Audrey Hepburn
1954 – Sabrina, ROMANTIC COMEDY, (2–disc Centennial Collection) starring Humphrey
Bogart & Audrey Hepburn
1957 – All Mine to Give, DRAMA, starring Glynis Johns & Cameron Mitchell
1959 – Lady With the Dog, FOREIGN (Russian), starring Nina Alisova & Aleksey Batalov
Box–sets & Collections:
1914–1931: Griffith Masterworks 2, (5 disc box–set) directed by D.W. Griffith
1930/1931: Abraham Lincoln / The Struggle, (Griffith Masterworks 2) directed by D.W.
Griffith
1930–2001: Hollywood Musicals Collection, (50 films on 61 discs)
1934–1982: Columbia Best Pictures Collection, (11 films on 14 discs)
1937–1950: The Awful Truth / Born Yesterday / His Girl Friday, (3 comedies on
3 discs)
1938–1966: Warner Home Video Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 1, (4 films on 4 discs)
1941–1957: Warner Home Video Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 2, (4 films on 4 discs)
1941–1943: Popeye the Sailor, Volume 3, (33 cartoons on 2 discs)
1941–1951: Forgotten Noir & Crime, Vol. 4, (9 films on 3 discs)
1942–1944: Warner Bros. & the Homefront Collection, (3 musicals + extras on 3 discs)
1948–1955: Man from Colorado / Man from Laramie / Man in the Saddle, (3 westerns
on 3 discs)
1951–1961: Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 4, (31 cartoons
on 2 discs)
1952–1966: The Gregory Peck Film Collection, (6 films on 7 discs)
1953/1956: White Mane / The Red Balloon, FOREIGN (French), directed by Albert
Lamorisse
1954/1960: Roberto Rossellini, (2–disc Collector's Edition) (2 Italian films on 2 discs)
Dov'è la libertà . . . ? (Where is Freedom?) / Era notte a Roma (Escape by Night)
1957–1960: The Films of Budd Boetticher, (5 westerns on 5 discs)
Documentaries & Specials:
1982 – The Atomic Cafe, a collection of government propaganda films from the 1940s &
1950s explaining what to do in case of nuclear attack.
1993 – D.W. Griffith: Father of Film, a 3–part documentary by Kevin Brownlow & David
Gill
2008 – Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema, narrated by Diane Lane
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