Olive Films announced its
August DVD and Blu-ray lineup this past week … eclectic to be sure.
Leading the pack on Aug.
26 are Blu-ray and DVD editions of iconic filmmaker Jack Arnold’s 1958
exploitation gem, High School Confidential, teaming Russ Tamblyn with Mamie Van
Doren and featuring the likes of John Drew Barrymore, Jackie Coogan, Jan
Sterling and Jerry Lee Lewis as himself!
Director Jack Arnold,
known for such sci-fi masterpieces as It Came from Outer Space, Creature
from the Black Lagoon, Tarantula and The Incredible Shrinking Man,
was equally adept at film noir,
crime-thrillers and even comedies (The Mouse that Roared with Peter
Sellers in 1959) … High School Confidential wonderfully (in a pure exploitation
sense) blends together the elements of crime (drug dealing at the local high
school), suspense (pulp fiction and detective magazines) and teen sexual angst
without skipping a beat!!!
Also on the release
calendar from Olive Films during the month of August are Blu-ray and DVD
editions of three of director Frank Borzage’s post-war dramas … his 1946
drawn-from-history tale, Magnificent Doll (Aug. 19), starring
Ginger Rogers as Dolly Madison, Burgess Meredith as James Madison and David
Niven as Aaron Burr; the 1947 racetrack drama That’s My Man (also on
Aug. 19 – with Don Ameche and Catherine McLeod) and finally in 1946 he
delivered the romantic drama I’ve Always Loved You (Aug. 26),
also starring Catherine McLeod, who is joined by Philip Dorn and Bill Carter.
Arriving in August as
DVD-only product offerings are: Director Henk Pretorius’ multi-racial romantic
comedy from Johannesburg, South Africa, Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (in Zulu, Afrikaans
and English with English subtitles and available on Aug. 12) and
writer/director Emmanuel Shirinian’s award-winning black comedy, It
was You Charlie, starring Michael D. Cohen (street date is Aug. 26).
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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