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james99 · 2005-10-10, 11:57 AM

It seems every week I end up watching a Gene Tierney movie. I really liked Leave Her to Heaven. I usually pick up these Fox Classics for $10 so I might want to check out Wally Mart to see what they have. I still need a dozen or so titles, perhaps more. I believe the whole series is 75 titles.

BradF · 2005-10-10, 12:18 PM

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It seems every week I end up watch a Gene Tierney movie.

LOL -- I was thinking the same thing. And we'll see her yet again in the noir wave in December.

BradF · 2005-10-21, 03:02 PM

Two good ones from Paramount on Oct 25th:

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers ('46) -- A-list noir
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ANVPVU

Detective Story ('51)
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ANVPUG

BradF · 2005-10-21, 03:30 PM

A division of Sony is releasing some noir/crime flicks Nov 1st:

Let 'Em Have It ('35)
T-Men ('47)
Raw Deal ('48)
I, Mobster ('58)
Pretty Boy Floyd ('60)

... cheap in the boxed set:
http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A2WSTE

james99 · 2005-10-21, 06:21 PM

Thanx for the update. I'll pick them up.

james99 · 2005-10-29, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BradF

I notice that Wal-mart has a bunch of Fox "Studio Classics" titles selling for only $8.66

Picked up 8 of these today from Wally Mart. Good price. Now I need to make a list to figure out which ones I still need. I believe 2 more are out this Tuesday.

james99 · 2005-12-03, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by james99

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

Bump. These 3 titles are out on Tuesday.

james99 · 2006-03-05, 08:41 PM

3 more titles out this Tuesday:

House on Telegraph Hill
Fallen Angel
No Way Out

james99 · 2006-04-04, 06:45 PM

Film Noir Collection, Volume Three (Lady in the Lake/Border Incident/His Kind of Woman/On Dangerous Ground/The Racket) due July 4th.

james99 · 2006-05-06, 10:07 PM

Volume 3 is now scheduled for July 18th:

http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...s=dvd&v=glance

BradF · 2006-07-11, 03:58 PM

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Five more film noir classics lined up with genre stars such as Robert Mitchum, Robert Montgomery, Robert Ryan, and Jane Russell, are now available in Volume 3 of the Film Noir Classics Collection series. The new 6-Disc DVD set is only available as a collection and includes a bonus documentary disc on the Noir genre.

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Volume 3 is now scheduled for July 18th

It'll be good to have some more Warner flavoured noir on the shelf again -- can't say I'm all that impressed by what Fox is releasing lately. Best news of all, Universal is set to unleash the mighty Double Indemnity, just a month away:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...v=glance&n=130

james99 · 2006-07-20, 07:58 PM

Purchased from Amazon.com. Arrived in mailbox today. Pretty fast delivery.

james99 · 2006-07-22, 01:01 PM

3 more August 29th:

Shock, Fourteen Hours, Vicki

james99 · 2006-07-23, 06:37 PM

Volume 3 comments from USA Today:

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Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 3

* * * 1/2, 1946-52, Warner, unrated, $50

Three RKOs and two MGMs equal another Warner box of noir at its best. Too bad the titles aren't available individually. Even the most modest entry — director Anthony Mann's 1949 Border Incident— is competent and topical with its subject of illegal immigration.

Back story: My favorite is Nicholas Ray's artfully schizoid On Dangerous Ground (1952). Bernard Herrmann's great score punches up a brutal urban crime pic suddenly turned tender romance between a tough cop (Robert Ryan) and a blind woman (Ida Lupino). I'll talk about the set's three other films in Tuesday's DVD Watch column. They are Lady in the Lake (1946), His Kind of Woman (1951) and The Racket (also 1951).

Extras, extras: Each disc has commentary by a noir historian, and the set includes documentary Bringing Darkness to Light.

BradF · 2006-07-25, 08:55 AM

Not sure for how much longer, but Fox Film Noir titles are currently on sale at Amazon.com for $7.97. (also Fox Studio Classics)

View Poll Results: Favourite Noir Film of all time
Sunset Blvd. (1950)	0	0%
M (1931)	1	3.57%
The Third Man (1949)	3	10.71%
Double Indemnity (1944)	3	10.71%
The Maltese Falcon (1941)	8	28.57%
Touch of Evil (1958)	1	3.57%
Strangers on a Train (1951)	2	7.14%
The Big Sleep (1946)	0	0%
Notorious (1946)	0	0%
Ace in the Hole (1951)	0	0%
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)	0	0%
The Killing (1956)	1	3.57%
Out of the Past (1947)	1	3.57%
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)	1	3.57%
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)	0	0%
The Night of the Hunter (1955)	1	3.57%
White Heat (1949)	1	3.57%
Nightmare Alley (1947)	1	3.57%
Laura (1944)	3	10.71%
The Set-Up (1949)	0	0%
Key Largo (1948)	1	3.57%
Night and the City (1950)	0	0%
Body and Soul (1947)	0	0%
Scarface (1932)	0	0%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

2005-10-10, 11:57 AM	#16
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	It seems every week I end up watching a Gene Tierney movie. I really liked Leave Her to Heaven. I usually pick up these Fox Classics for $10 so I might want to check out Wally Mart to see what they have. I still need a dozen or so titles, perhaps more. I believe the whole series is 75 titles. Last edited by james99; 2005-10-10 at 12:55 PM.

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2005-10-21, 03:02 PM	#18
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Two good ones from Paramount on Oct 25th: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers ('46) -- A-list noir http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ANVPVU Detective Story ('51) http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000ANVPUG

2005-10-21, 03:30 PM	#19
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	A division of Sony is releasing some noir/crime flicks Nov 1st: Let 'Em Have It ('35) T-Men ('47) Raw Deal ('48) I, Mobster ('58) Pretty Boy Floyd ('60) ... cheap in the boxed set: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000A2WSTE

2005-10-21, 06:21 PM	#20
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Thanx for the update. I'll pick them up.

2006-03-05, 08:41 PM	#23
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	3 more titles out this Tuesday: House on Telegraph Hill Fallen Angel No Way Out

2006-04-04, 06:45 PM	#24
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Film Noir Collection, Volume Three (Lady in the Lake/Border Incident/His Kind of Woman/On Dangerous Ground/The Racket) due July 4th.

2006-05-06, 10:07 PM	#25
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Volume 3 is now scheduled for July 18th: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASI...s=dvd&v=glance

2006-07-20, 07:58 PM	#27
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	Purchased from Amazon.com. Arrived in mailbox today. Pretty fast delivery.

2006-07-22, 01:01 PM	#28
james99 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burlington Posts: 24,791	3 more August 29th: Shock, Fourteen Hours, Vicki

2006-07-25, 08:55 AM	#30
BradF Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sw ontario Posts: 896	Not sure for how much longer, but Fox Film Noir titles are currently on sale at Amazon.com for $7.97. (also Fox Studio Classics)