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Columbia Noir #3

Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics I - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009 DVD ( USA) Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2010 DVD ( USA) Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics IV - TCM Vault Collection 2014 DVD ( USA) Tales from the Prison Yard: 6 Film Collection - Mill Creek 2016 DVD ( USA) Johnny O'Clock - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Dark Past - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Convicted - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Between Midnight and Dawn - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Sniper - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) City of Fear - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Columbia Noir #3 - Indicator 2021 Blu-ray ( USA) Johnny O'Clock - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Dark Past - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Convicted - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) Between Midnight and Dawn - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) The Sniper - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom) City of Fear - Indicator 2023 Blu-ray ( United Kingdom)
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  • Release Date: Monday, 17 May 2021
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: £49.99
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Johnny O'Clock | The Dark Past | Convicted | Between Midnight and Dawn | The Sniper | City of Fear
Licensor Information
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
For the third volume in our ongoing Columbia Noir series, we return once again to the studio’s archives for a sextet of films which brings together some of the great names of film noir – including Dick Powell, Lee J Cobb, Nina Foch, William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, Dorothy Malone, Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Marie Windsor, and Vince Edwards – in stories of psychoanalysis and cynicism, racketeers and radioactivity, casinos and killing sprees, and cops and convicts. Presenting all six films for the first time on Blu-ray anywhere in the world, this stunning collection includes a commentary on each film, critical appreciations and analyses, a range of documentary shorts from the forties and fifties, six Three Stooges comedy shorts lampooning the tropes and themes of the titles in the set, and a 120-page book. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered units.
  • Year: 1947 | 1948 | 1950 | 1952 | 1959
  • Time: 96 | 73 | 91 | 89 | 88 | 81 min.

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Release Information:

Technical Specifications

Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-25 (5 Discs)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 6 Discs
Regions:
B (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
1.33:1
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included: , Booklet
  • Audio commentary with the Film Noir Foundation’s Eddie Muller (2009)
  • Audio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill (2021)
  • Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2021)
  • Audio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2021)
  • Audio commentary with author and entertainment journalist Bryan Reesman (2021)
  • Audio commentary with film critic and writer Adrian Martin (2021)
  • Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with new essays by Peter Stanfield, David Cairns, Michal Oleszczyk, Adam Scovell, Fintan McDonagh and Andrew Nette; archival interviews and articles; new writing on the short films; and film credits
  • Introduction by Martin Scorsese (2009, 4 mins)
  • Codes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves which examines Convicted in relation to Columbia Pictures’ other screen adaptations of Martin Flavin’s play The Criminal Code
  • Categorically Dependable (2021, 16 mins): writer and critic Kim Newman assesses the long, eclectic career of director Gordon Douglas
  • Pulp Paranoia (2010, 7 mins): filmmaker Christopher Nolan discusses the influence of film noir
  • Not One Shall Die (1957, 30 mins): short film by the United Jewish Appeal, directed by David Lowell Rich and starring Guy Madison, Felicia Farr and Agnes Moorehead, made by the core crew of many Columbia noirs, including cinematographer Burnett Guffey, art director Cary Odell, editor Al Clark, set decorator Frank Tuttle, and composer Morris Stoloff
  • The Poised Performance (2021, 14 mins): critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson assesses the career of actor Nina Foch
  • The Screen Guild Theatre: ‘Blind Alley’ (1940): radio adaptation of the James Warwick play upon which The Dark Past is based, starring Edward G. Robinson, Joseph Calleia and Isabel Jewell
  • Three Lives (1953, 23 mins): short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward Dmytryk, and star Arthur Franz
  • The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' (1943, 10 mins): light-hearted documentary produced and directed by Irving Lerner about the then-new, all-purpose vehicle
  • Whoops, I'm an Indian! (1936, 18 mins): the casino business spells trouble for the Three Stooges
  • Dizzy Detectives (1943, 19 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio play police officers on the trail of a psychopath and a criminal mastermind
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Hymn of the Nations (1944, 29 mins): documentary produced and edited by Lerner, and directed by Alexander Hammid, featuring famed conductor Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra performing the music of Giuseppe Verdi, presented in its complete, uncut version
  • Shivering Sherlocks (1948, 18 mins): the Three Stooges get mixed up with a dangerous gang of criminals hiding out at an isolated mansion
  • So Long Mr. Chumps (1941, 18 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio discover that prison life is a complicated business
  • Three Pests in a Mess (1945, 16 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio become involved in a deadly shooting incident, or so they think, causing panic
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  • The Cummington Story (1945, 20 mins): documentary short, written and directed by Helen Grayson and Larry Madison, produced by Lerner, and featuring the music of Aaron Copland, re-enacting the stories of a group of refugees who relocated to a small American town during World War II
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
  • Oil’s Well That Ends Well (1958, 17 mins): the Three Stooges are convinced they can make money from uranium
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials

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City of Fear
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