A Double Shopping List

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A Double Life [Blu-ray]

Classic entertainment new to DVD/BD this week of SEPTEMBER 18…

From warner archive, they call it “Swords, Sandals, and Sanders” and that’s the truth, but they forgot to mention the warbling. Some are stories that have George Sanders at key moments in British history, like the Restoration, Revolutionary war, the rest are swashbucklers and some Doctorin’ by the recently departed Chad Everett . More via the WAC tumblr,

</p> <p>KING RICHARD AND THE CRUSADERS (1954) <br /> George Sanders roars as Richard while Virginia Mayo enchants as a Lady of the Plantagenets and a young Laurence Harvey deploys dash as a heroic Scots Knight Errant in this medieval tale of diplomacy and derring-do during the Third Crusade. The show is stolen, tents and all, by Rex Harrison having the time of his life playing a Kurdish surgeon with a secret. All twinkle and gleam, Harrison’s bravura swashbuckling turn seems composed of equal parts of Flynn’s Robin Hood, Fairbanks’ Rupert of Hentzau and his own King of Siam. Based on The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott, King Richard soars even higher thanks to a magnificent Max Steiner score. IN STEREO<br /> THE SCARLET COAT (1955) Sanders trades in his scepter to act as an agent of the crown in the Colonial Era spy saga. Sanders’ Tory spymaster is opposed by the Flemingesque ruthless agent of the revolution, John Boulton (Cornel Wilde). Michael Wilding wins our admiration and our sympathy as the truly noble British soldier caught up in the Revolutionary War machinations, while Anne Francis is the lady caught between the two. Directed by John Sturges with all of his trademark muscular humanism. IN STEREO<br /> THE KING’S THIEF (1955) Sanders re-dons a crown for this Restoration Era tale of noble thieves and thieving nobles. David Niven, in superb, cynical, sneering form, is the larcenous Duke of Brampton, who is busy removing the allies of a supercilious Charles II (Sanders) for their wealth and to consolidate his control of the king. Edmund Purdom plays the highwayman who opposes him (aided by neophyte Roger Moore) and Ann Blyth is the dispossessed gentry ensnared by the Duke. Robert Z. Leonard directs at full tilt sword hilt pace, delivering sweeping scenes of high adventure, climaxing in a truly breathtaking dungeon break sequence. IN STEREO<br /> THE SECRET OF MONTE CRISTO (1961) </p> <p>MGM picks up some Hammer flavor in this treasure quest across the continent and into the depths of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Produced and directed by future The Saint co-producers Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, this tale may be salted by some sly sixties sensibility, but never stints on the swashbuckling. Rory Calhoun plays a down on his luck soldier who ends up as guardian of a young naïf (Patricia Bredin) and a quarter of a piece of treasure map. The other pieces of the map are held by a treacherous quartet of characters (Peter Arne, David Davies, Francis Matthews and The Slave’s Gianna Maria Canale) which leads them to an island held by a rogue as apt to swing his moods as his sword. Moon Zero Two’s Sam Kydd is a delight as the naïf’s bumbling wanna-be daring man servant.<br /> SWORDSMAN OF SIENA (1962) </p> <p>Scaramouche himself, Stewart Granger, grasps the epee of fate in this MGM euro-duction, in which an English merc rides to the rescue of an oppressed Tuscany. Thomas Stanwood (Granger) is a sword-for-hire seemingly at ease with his lack of apparent ethics, until he enters the employ of Spanish warlord Don Carlos (Riccardo Garrone) who plans on marrying Tuscan heiress Orietta Arconti (the lovely Sylva Koscina) while crushing the secretive revolutionary cabal known as the Ten. When Orietta’s sibling Serenella (the equally lovely Christine Kaufmann) becomes swept up in the affairs of state, the swordsman unleashes his sword in the cause of justice — and love.</p> <p>With the release of the following two films, we are happy to announce that the entire Eddy/MacDonald oeuvre is at last complete on DVD!<br /> THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST (1938) </p> <p>Nelson and Jeanette team-up to form a triangle with Walter Pidgeon in this Western fable about a saloon singer, a sheriff, and a bandit. Packed to the rafters with giddy Romberg/Kahn confections (“Shadows on the Moon” and “The Wind in the Tree” are but a few) this film enjoys the attentions of a super support staff of stars, including Leo Carrillo and Buddy Ebsen (singing “The West Ain’t Wild Anymore” in a real showstopper). NEWLY REMASTERED<br /> NEW MOON (1940) MacDonald and Eddy reunite after a spate of solo films for this thematic reprise of some of their earlier successes. Romberg teams with the legendary Oscar Hammerstein II for New Moon’s new tunes such as “Softly as in a Morning Sunrise,” “Wanting You” and “Lover, Come Back to Me.” Nelson plays an enlightened member of the French nobility who has cast off his graces to join in the revolution, Jeanette plays the New Orleans’s lady that unwittingly hires him as her footman. Romance, pirates, and island utopias await. NEWLY REMASTERED</p> <p>MEDICAL CENTER: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1970) </p> <p>With James Daly and Chad Everett confidently guiding the series, Medical Center entered its second year of television residency and continued to court controversy and stand-out costars. Medical Center had the prescription for history-making television with chief medico Dr. Lochner and super-surgeon Dr. Gannon bringing enough experience and youth to cover any crisis and bridge any generation gap. Giving and getting treatment in this 6-Disc, 24-Episode collection are James Shigeta, Phyllis Thaxter, Gary Lockwood, Bradford Dillman, Vera Miles, Stefanie Powers, Iron Eyes Cody, Roddy McDowall and Keenan Wynn and a host of other talents. Ills confronted this season include homophobia, class prejudice, drug addiction, sexual assault, malpractice, youth unrest and more. NEWLY REMASTERED Special Bonus — This season, the makers of Medical Center agreed to participate in ground-breaking experiment in social science on the effect of television on behavior conducted by noted scientist Stanley Milgram. As reported in his book Television and Antisocial Behavior, one episode (“Countdown” with Peter Strauss) was filmed with three different final acts. While most of the nation saw one ending, select control groups in other cities saw the other two, with the research team attempting to ascertain what effect, if any, these endings would have on the viewer’s behavior. All three endings to “Countdown” are included on the disc as a special bonus.</p> <p>This September 21-22, the Paley Center for Media partners with the Warner Archive Collection for a thrill-packed weekend of rare screenings, exhibits, and onstage conversations celebrating a classically cool collection of some of TV’s greatest action-adventure heroes including: Man from Atlantis with Patrick Duffy! Tarzan with Ron Ely!Cheyenne with Clint Walker! Shazam! with Michael Gray! Plus The Halloween Tree,Herculoids, Superboy and the legendary Legends of the Superheroes! More Details and Ticketing Information<br /> ” /></p> <p>THE SCARLET COAT -Sanders, Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding</p> <p>THE KING’S THIEF- Sanders, David Niven</p> <p>THE SECRET OF MONTE CRISTO- swashbuckler with Rory Calhoun</p> <p>SWORDSMAN OF SIENA-Stewart Granger, Sylva Koscina</p> <p>also from WAC: MEDICAL CENTER: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST and NEW MOON, both with Nelson Eddy &Jeannette MacDonald</p> <p>…elsewhere out there:</p> <p> </p> <p>A DOUBLE LIFE, excellent George Cukor psycho drama with Ronald Colman as an actor who can’t tell the difference between role and real, and loses it while playing Othello, with results predictably related to the plot of that play. Must-see!!</p> <p><img src=

MACBETH Blu-ray- Orson Welles does Shakespeare

Whiplash: The Complete Series

Whiplash: The Complete Series – Peter Graves

MAN-TRAP Edmond O’Brien directed movie out now, I had it listed in SEP 5 shopping list

Cyrano De Bergerac [Blu-ray]

CYRANO DE BERGERAC Blu-ray – José Ferrer , Mala Powers

Black Sunday: Remastered Edition [Blu-ray]

BLACK SUNDAY remastered Italian horror classic directed by Mario Bava, also out is Bava’s HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON Blu-ray and a two-fer of  THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM/ LISA AND THE DEVIL

LES VISITEURS DU SOIR , Criterion- tale based on medieval French legend

RAWHIDE season5 in 2 separate volumes or as a two pack

new stuff fromVCI, all of which have bonus feature like a cartoon, short film, serial chapter and/or newsreel:

Three Came Home

THREE CAME HOME – Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles

A STAR IS BORN

A STAR IS BORN – Janet Gaynor, Frederic March

INSPECTOR GENERAL – Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME – Joel McCrea, Fay Wray

SCARLET STREET

SCARLET STREET – Edward G Robinson

and this includes

MY FAVORITE BRUNETTE, in a previous shopping list, available today

a bunch of bargain movie sets with amazon links : hollywood’s leading ladies,   hollywood’s leading men

Til Tuesday,

4 thoughts on “A Double Shopping List”

  1. Aurora

    I don’t remember getting last week’s shopping list so thought for a bit you’d dropped me off your list. Now I can breathe again knowing I am still on the list of people you encourage to spend their savings. PHEW!

    Aurora

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    1. kristina Post author

      I dunno why but I also noticed notifications don’t always go out for posts. Hmm. Well glad you checked out the releases, good stuff this wk

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  2. paul@lassothemovies

    I have been very tempted with “A Double Life”. It looks like one I would enjoy. I have also been waiting quite a while to see “Cyrano” so now I will actually get around to it. Thanks for the post and for all the good information.

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    1. kristina Post author

      i can vouch for Double Life being an awesome movie, love Colman in anything anyway but can’t see anyone being disappointed with it.

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