Tema: El rincón del "Cine Negro"

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Hoy me he hecho con cuatro películas de "Dick Tracy" producidas por la RKO que editó ayer Manga. Son 2 DVD que contienen 2 películas cada uno.
Me he llevado un par de sorpresas agradables. El segundo título "Dick Tracy vs. Cueball" está dirigido por Gordon Douglas y en el 4º, "Dick Tracy meets Gruesome" participa el gran Boris Karloff.
No se incluye doblaje al castellano.

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Reviews de los tres nuevos Fox Film Noir (en teoría salen el 11 de marzo):

Black Widow

Daisy Kenyon

Dangerous Crossing

Además de venir subtituladas las tres en castellano, esta nueva remesa trae interesantísimos extras...


Bien por Fox (aunque podían editar más a menudo títulos de esta colección.)

Y esas cosas, que no vienen aquí...

Cada vez somos más infrazona...

Iniciado por Bela Karloff

Y esas cosas, que no vienen aquí...
Cada vez somos más infrazona...

Que no, hombre, que no; que hay años en los que sacan algún título hasta con maletín de plástico duro.

"Infrazona, infrazona"..., qué derrotistas y antipatriotas; en realidad ¿quién necesita toda esa morralla de películas con más de quince años de antigüedad?... :mutriste

Sí; últimamente estoy entusiasmado con las reediciones en cajas forradas en piel de glande de camello...

Nacho Vigalondo en una entrevista comenta que se van a editar las peliculas de gangster de Seijun Suzuki ¿Sabeis algo?

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection Volume 4 on 23rd September 2008.

This latest group of crime genre classics features five new to R1 DVD gangster films: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The Little Giant, Larceny, Inc., Invisible Stripes and Kid Galahad. The films contain bonus features such as rarely-seen Warner Bros. shorts, vintage newsreels and classic cartoons, plus original theatrical trailers. Also included in the collection is an all-new Warner Home Video feature-length documentary, Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film which takes the viewer on an inside look of every aspect of the crime genre and how it came about. The six-disc collection will sell for $59.92 SRP and Kid Galahad will be available as a single title for $19.97.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) is fascinated by the study of the physical and mental states of lawbreakers, so he joins a gang of jewel thieves for a closer look in this often amusing crime drama. Claire Trevor co-stars as a savvy crime queen, and Humphrey Bogart plays Rocks Valentine, whom Dr. C. calls “a magnificent specimen of pure viciousness.” The movie also marks the start of one of film’s most noteworthy collaborations. John Huston, who was to later direct Bogart in The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African Queen, co-wrote the screenplay of The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse.

Special Features:

* Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper and Richard Jewell
* Racket Busters theatrical trailer
* Vintage newsreel
* WB short: Night Intruder
* WB cartoons:
o Cinderella Meets a Fella
o Count Me Out
* 1941 Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Broadcast (audio only)
* 1944 Gulf Screen Guild Theater Broadcast (audio only)
* Theatrical trailer

The Little Giant (1933)
The era of the bootlegger is past but liquor runner Bugs Ahearn (Edward G. Robinson) has a plan for what he’ll do now that Prohibition is history. He decides to head for California’s posh, polo-playing Santa Barbara to become part of the high society. What he finds there -- swindlers, gold diggers, great fun – makes first class entertainment in this pre-Code gem. Edward G. Robinson shows his comedic chops for the first time, paving the way for such subsequent films as A Slight Case of Murder, Brother Orchid, Larceny, Inc. and more persona-skewering frolics.

Special Features:

* Commentary by Daniel Bubbeo and John McCarty
* Vintage newsreel
* WB short: Just Around the Corner
* WB cartoon: The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
* Theatrical trailer

Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Edward G. Robinson once more turns his gangster image on its head in a gleeful romp based on the Broadway farce penned by Laura Perelman and S.J. Perelman. Robinson plays Pressure Maxwell, who emerges from Sing Sing planning to run a dog track with cronies Jug (Broderick Crawford) and Weepy (Edward Brophy). But the plan needs funding, so the group (assisted by Jane Wyman) opens a luggage shop as a front while attempting to tunnel into the bank next door. Now add the store’s unexpected success, a gabby traveling valise salesman (Jack Carson) and the arrival of a sour con (Anthony Quinn) who wants in on the action, and the laughs are thick as thieves.

Special Features:

* Commentary by Haden Guest and Dana Polan
* Vintage newsreel
* The Big Shot theatrical trailer
* WB short: Winning Your Wings
* WB cartoons:
o Porky’s Pastry Pirates
o The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
* Theatrical trailer

Invisible Stripes (1939)
Parolee Chuck Martin is going straight when he gets out of jail – straight back to a life of crime. In lockup or out in the civilian world, he knows he’ll forever wear a con’s ‘Invisible Stripes.’ As Martin, Humphrey Bogart continues to battle and sneer his way to career stardom in this volatile social-conscience crime saga adapted from a book by warden Lewis E. Lawes. Top-billed George Raft plays Martin’s ex-Sing Sing yard mate Cliff Taylor, who vows to walk away from crime and be a role model for his kid brother (William Holden). But what awaits Taylor are suspicion, public disdain and joblessness. So he turns to a fellow con for help. Then, as now, he finds crime doesn’t pay.

Special Features:

* Commentary by Alain Silver and James Ursini
* You Can’t Get Away with Murder Theatrical trailer
* Vintage newsreel
* WB short The Monroe Doctrine and Quiet, Please
* WB cartoons:
o Bars and Stripes Forever
o Hare-um Scare-um
* Theatrical trailer

Kid Galahad (1937)
This influential ring saga dramatically links professional boxing to criminal gambling. Edward G. Robinson is racketeer/fight promoter Nick Donati and tightly coiled Humphrey Bogart is Turkey Morgan. They’re rival promoters who, like fighters flinging kidney punches, end up swapping close-range bullets. Bette Davis plays the moll who has a soft spot for the bellhop (Wayne Morris) that Nick is grooming for the heavyweight title. And prolific Michael Curtiz directs this first of his six collaborations with Bogart that would include the romantic masterwork Casablanca and the sly comedy We’re No Angels.

Special Features:

* Commentary by Art Simon and Robert Sklar
* It’s Love I’m After theatrical trailer
* Vintage newsreel
* WB Shorts: Alibi Mark and Postal Union
* WB Cartoons:
o Egghead Rides Again
o I Wanna Be a Sailor
o Porky’s Super Service
* Theatrical trailer

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film -- Warner Home Video Documentary
As popular as these films were in their heyday, seminal giants like Little Caesar and Public Enemy as well as post-war gems like Key Largo and White Heat still hold power over their audiences today. Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film will explore the invention and development of the crime genre; the rise of Warner stars like Cagney, Bogart and Robinson; as well as directors like Walsh, Wellman and Curtiz. It will cover the films themselves and the influence they had on filmmakers all over the world; and the artistic merit that these defining classic films still warrant. Finally, the documentary will celebrate the impact that Warner Bros. Studios had in establishing the iconic Hollywood Gangster, often imitated but never equaled.

Special Features:

* Four WB Cartoons: I Like Mountain Music, She Was an Acrobat’s Daughter, Racketeer Rabbit and Bugs and Thugs

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Reviews de los tres nuevos Fox Film Noir (en teoría salen el 11 de marzo):

Black Widow

Daisy Kenyon

Dangerous Crossing

Además de venir subtituladas las tres en castellano, esta nueva remesa trae interesantísimos extras...


Bien por Fox (aunque podían editar más a menudo títulos de esta colección.)

Los tres me son títulos desconocidos ¿Alguna reseña sobre ellos?

Iniciado por Jimbo

Los tres me son títulos desconocidos ¿Alguna reseña sobre ellos?

"Daisy Kenyon" es un melodrama de Preminger sobre los devaneos sentimentales de Joan Crawford con el buenazo interpretado por Henry Fonda y el marido infiel que interpreta Dana Andrews, de "film noir" no tiene nada aunque resulta interesante.
" Black Widow" es otro melodrama con tintes policiacos bastante blando, en color y cinemaScope que vale sobre todo por el espléndido reparto (G.Raft, Genen Tierney,Ginger Rogers y Van Heflin).
"Dangerous crossing" es la única que no he visto y creo que la más interesante de esta entrega, las reseñas críticas que he leido sobre ella son buenas.

Iniciado por Bela Karloff

Si quieres saber algo más sobre esas películas, echa una ojeada aquí

Gracias. Interesante artículo.

Aunque no se muy bien que pinta "Daisy Kenyon" en una colección de cine negro...

Iniciado por spade

Aunque no se muy bien que pinta "Daisy Kenyon" en una colección de cine negro...

Cierto, ninguna de las tres está clasificada como "cine negro", lo que pasa es que si hay asesinato o complot de por medio pues ya aprovechan para meterlas en una colección de cine negro.

El tema es saberlo cuando se compran.

Bela, a mi personalmente me da igual que no lo saquen aquí, porque en z1 están a 6 euros cada una, y de salir aquí no tendrían esos precios... asi que... a seguir rezando por que mantengan los subtitulos.

Lo decía por los extras...

Pero sí, tienes razón.