Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:22 pm
This is what I found at Digital Bits, and I saw one of them at Amazon. There are no silents in this first group, hence my question in case anyone knows somebody at Fox
Fox Cinema Archives
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment today, June 20th, 2012, debuted Fox Cinema Archives, a new manufactured-on-demand (MOD) series for film aficionados and collectors that goes deep into the studio's vault to bring some of its most classic films featuring some of the biggest stars of the twentieth century to DVD for the first time.
Starting today (June 20th), movie lovers can purchase a wide variety of films from the Fox Cinema Archives series at major top-tier retailers (including Amazon.com) with more titles to become available in the coming months. The first wave of titles includes most of the titles that were mentioned among the first news that leaked out when the new program started to be first alluded to about 4 weeks ago.
Claudia (1943, Dorothy McGuire), 92 min. A fairly frank depiction of the day-to-day troubles of a child-like bride in the 1940s.
Dangerous Years (1948, Donald Curtis), 63 min. After a botched robbery, a district attorney prosecutes a teenage boy he doesn't realize is his own son.
Diplomatic Courier (1952, Tyrone Power), 98 min. Diplomatic Courier is a Cold War spy tale about an agent who must hunt down vital information about Russia's plans to invade Yugoslavia.
Foxes of Harrow, The (1947, Rex Harrison), 118 min. In 1820, a New Orleans adventurer woos his way to the top of Louisiana society.
Fraulein (1958, Dana Wynter), 97 min. A shy German girl helps the Allies during WWII and is helped in return by a kindly American officer at the war's end.
Frontier Marshal (1939, Randolph Scott), 71 min. When Wyatt Earp becomes the Marshal of Tombstone, Arizona, he attempts to quiet the rowdy town. He's successful with the exception of Curly Bell and his gang, who kill Doc Holliday, forcing the Marshal to settle the score.
Kidnapped (1938, Freddie Bartholomew), 90 min. A young heir falls into the hands of kidnappers on his travels to Scotland to take over the family fortune and is saved by a dubious renegade.
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942, Monty Woolley), 84 min. A young disabled girl and her composer boyfriend try to revive the stage career of her alcoholic father.
Love is News (1937, Tyrone Power), 77 min. A beautiful heiress has a scheme to embarrass a handsome gossip columnist played by Hollywood idol Tyrone Power.
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951, Clifton Webb), 88 min. A 50 year-old claiming to be 77 checks into a dreary senior citizen's home and infects the residents with his youthful energy making them realize that you're never too old to have fun.
My Wife's Best Friend (1952, Anne Baxter), 87 min. When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different ways that historical figures such as Cleopatra and Joan of Arc might handle the situation.
Rings on Her Fingers (1942, Henry Fonda), 86 min. In this romantic comedy, a pair of swindlers convince a young girl to pretend to fall in love with a man they believe is a millionaire, but the plan backfires.
Suez (1938, Tyrone Power), 98 min. This epic adventure of the building of the Suez Canal tells the story of the engineer who attempts to create the canal that will connect the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
They Came to Blow Up America (1943, George Sanders), 73 min. An American FBI agent of German heritage infiltrates a Nazi bund and foils acts of sabotage.
Way of a Gaucho (1952, Gene Tierney), 90 min. After inadvertently killing a man, an Argentinian gaucho signs on with the army in order to avoid a jail sentence, then soon after forms a band of outlaws.
