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    classic film

    Explore " classic film" with insightful episodes like "Behind Green Lights", "As You Like It", "Rhythm Blues Review", "His Girl Friday" and "Red Dust Will Save Us" from podcasts like ""Classics (audio)", "Classics (audio)", "Classics (audio)", "Classics (audio)" and "Warner Archive Podcast"" and more!

    Episodes (100)

    As You Like It

    As You Like It
    In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, Sir Laurence Olivier stars as Orlando while Elisabeth Bergner is Rosalind, his secret admirer who disguises herself as a boy in order to stay near to him.

    Rhythm Blues Review

    Rhythm Blues Review
    Musical variety show filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York City featuring a cast of popular African-American performers: Willie Bryant, Freddie Robinson, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Faye Adams, Bill Bailey, Herb Jeffries, Amos Milburn, Sarah Vaughan, Nipsey Russell, Big Joe Turner, Martha Davis, Little Buck, Nat 'King' Cole, Mantan Moreland, Cab Calloway and Ruth Brown.

    His Girl Friday

    His Girl Friday
    Hilarious romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Russell is a rough and tumble reporter looking to get out of the news racket by marrying and becoming a housewife after her divorce from newspaper publisher, Grant. Just when she is about to leave town with her husband-to-be the still lovesick Grant drafts her to cover one final breaking news sensation.

    Red Dust Will Save Us

    Red Dust Will Save Us
    Join us deep in the vault as we check out Blu-Rays including V: The Final Battle (1983), Tin Cup (1996), and Action of the Tiger (1957). Back In Print DVDs include Footlight Parade (1933), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937), Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and Guys and Dolls (1955).

    Happy 11th Birthday to Us

    Happy 11th Birthday to Us
    Join us deep in the vault as we celebrate our 11th birthday! George and Matt reminisce about the infancy of the brand and reveal more information about how our unique service is able to bring so many new releases to so many great fans. Also we chat about how unfortunate current events are affecting all of us, and how we are focusing on bringing even more great Blu-ray Discs and DVDs out in the near future. Thanks for your continued support!

    Romance and Bromance

    Romance and Bromance
    New to Blu-ray: Dodsworth (1936), Beau Brummell (1954) and The Stalking Moon (1969). New to DVD: What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019). Back in Print discs include the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection Vol 1 (Blu-Ray) as well as Bataan (1943), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Trouble Along the Way (1953), The Left Handed Gun (1958), Ride The High Country (1962), The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), Up The Sandbox (1972), The Gauntlet (1977), International Velvet (1978) and The Formula (1980) all come back to DVD.

    Rej and the Zoo #2: The Bradley Cooper Effect

    Rej and the Zoo #2: The Bradley Cooper Effect

    Starting to ease in.. The guys state why we’re doing this in the first place.. introduce a little more about the hosts, and start experimenting with some segments. Inspired greatly by Bradley Cooper being in our backyard filming a 1930s flick “Nightmare Alley,” we chatted about what it means to drink or not drink, trying new things, and try to tighten up and make this thing real

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    Tex Avery Talk with Jerry Beck

    Tex Avery Talk with Jerry Beck
    There were several masters of animation during Hollywood's golden era. Of the top two geniuses, one created elaborate fairy tales and ornate feature-length fantasias -- the other guy was Tex Avery. We talk Tex with animation historian Jerry Beck and this first collection of restored Technicolor shorts on the new Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 Blu-ray that feels fresh and new, and funnier than ever.

    Swingin' Cinema

    Swingin' Cinema
    Movies new to Blu-ray include Underwater! (1955), Cimarron (1960), Two on a Guillotine (1965) and Penelope (1966) while TV releases include Ballers: The Complete Fifth Season (2019) and Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season (2019). Duck Dodgers: The Complete Third Season (2005) comes to DVD for the first time as well as Hanging with Mr. Cooper: The Complete Third Season (1994-95), You: The Complete First Season (2018), Roswell New Mexico: The Complete Fist Season (2019) and True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality (2019).

    And a Happy New Year!

    And a Happy New Year!
    We wish you a Merry Disc-mas and a very happy holidays with our very special 400th episode that wraps up our historic 10th year. We talk about all the highlights, the great new releases and all the hoopla surrounding our first decade followed by a sneak peek of what's in store for 2020. Thanks for all your continued support!

    Monogram-Mania!

    Monogram-Mania!
    Get set for the ride of a lifetime with our collections of Monogram Westerns, B-movie staples from the 30s-50s and it's time to say sayonara to our epic sagebrush collections with our tenth and final volume of our Monogram Cowboy Collections. Later written off by other studios, this episode we talk about their history and impact as well as their return to relevance.

    It Happened One Night (1934)

    It Happened One Night (1934)

    In our first episode of Extra Milestone, we celebrate the 85th anniversary of Frank Capra's It Happened One Night, which was released on February 22, 1934 and stars Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. Largely hailed as the first screwball comedy and an early precursor to the modern rom-com, this is one film you'll definitely want to cross off your cinematic bucket list, or perhaps revisit.

    Intro music composed by Howard Jackson and Louis Silvers.

    Hosted by: Jon Negroni, Will Ashton, and Sam Noland.

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    Flash Gordon Part One

    Flash Gordon Part One

    This week, we begin exploring the most important Star Wars influence of them all — Flash Gordon!

    Our deep dive into the creation and legacy of a sci-fi icon begins with an examination of the Flash Gordon newspaper strip and movie serials, and how they eventually inspired a young George Lucas to make Star Wars

    Next time, we'll be back with a look at the history of Flash Gordon after the release of Star Wars — including the infamous 1980 film!

    Action and Anguish

    Action and Anguish
    Hanna-Barbera's primetime series Jonny Quest: The Complete Original Series (1964-65) comes to Blu-ray uncut, uncensored and looking better than ever on Blu-ray. Also on Blu, Frank Sinatra makes his directorial debut with None but the Brave (1965) starring Clint Walker, Tatsuya Mihashi along with Sinatra himself in this crisp WWII multi-faceted story. New to DVD, Jack Palance stars as Bronk: The Complete Series (1962-64) in addition to the 30's rarities The Roadhouse Murder (1932), Made on Broadway (1933) and Married Before Breakfast (1937). The musicals The Pajama Game (1957) and Damn Yankees (1958), both starring Doris Day are back in print as well as Mary of Scotland (1936), Knute Rockne, All-American (1940), Keeper of the Flame (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy: Special Edition (1942) and The Wrong Man (1956).

    Complicated Men

    Complicated Men
    Get ready for a triple dose of Richard Roundtree in three Shaft classics, an encounter with Sidney Poitier and Shelley Winters in A Patch of Blue, Tab Hunter and Rossana Podesta in the Italian fantasy The Golden Veil and more! We're chatting about Shaft's Big Score (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973) and the Shaft Triple Feature which includes the other two features as well as Shaft (1971), A Patch of Blue (1965) and The Golden Arrow (1962) on Blu-ray. TV new to DVD includes Perfect Strangers: The Complete Seventh and Eighth Seasons (1991-93) as well as the animated show Detention: The Complete Series (1999). Also new to DVD: Girl of the Port (1930), Beauty for Sale (1933), The Gridiron Flash (1934), Sinner Take All (1936), Make Way for a Lady (1936), Espionage (1937), and The Man Who Found Himself (1937).

    Jungle Kings, Giants and Jokers

    Jungle Kings, Giants and Jokers
    Tune in to our special segment on Tarzan's legacy in our library, more details about each of this week's releases, and hear letters from two of our listeners answered in depth. New To Blu-ray this week - The Giant Behemoth (1959), Tarzan Goes to India (1962) and Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963). New to DVD movies and shows include The Wayans Bros.: The Complete Fourth Season (1994-95), Unashamed (1932), Professional Sweetheart (1933), Without Orders (1936), Woman Wanted (1936), Heart Of The North (1938), They Met In Argentina (1941), The Tuttles Of Tahiti (1942), Soldiers Three (1951) and You For Me (1952).

    Nobels and Savages

    Nobels and Savages
    The Prize (1963) with Paul Newman and Judgment Night (1993) with Emilio Estevez and Dennis Leary come to Blu-ray. Classics New to DVD include Men Must Fight (1933), Pacific Liner (1939) and Assignment in Brittany (1943). Back in Print on DVD - Watch on the Rhine (1943), A Little Romance (1979), Deadly Friend (1986) and Osmosis Jones (2001). Then we start a new segment called10 Years of Warner Archive, where we talk about some of the other 3500 previous releases we've come out with that are still available - including 25 films starring Paul Newman. Finally with wrap up answering two actual letters written by listeners like you!
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