Mill Creek Entertainment Tabs May 12 For Two New Blu-ray Double Features

Mill Creek Entertainment will be putting smiles on the faces of collectors on May 12 with the release of two double-feature Blu-ray editions drawn from the film vaults of the Hollywood studios.   Priced-to-collect and available for the first time on Blu-ray … who could ask for more, so let’s get to it!!

The first double feature comes from Hollywood filmmaking showman, William Castle, before he took charge of his career and became one of the greatest self-promoters of all time … cinematically speaking. 

 

Titled Classic Crime Double Feature, this Blu-ray package includes Castle’s 1951 film release of Hollywood Story, which was based on the murder — yes, murder — of silent director William Desmond Taylor (renamed here as Franklin Ferrara) on the first of November in 1922 … the murder remains unsolved to this day, but boy, were there suspects aplenty.

Here Richard Conte is a would-be documentary filmmaker who decides to do a story on the murder — perhaps even solve it.   But secrets need to remained buried and “production” troubles plague Conte’s efforts to tell the story … including a new round of murders.   Julie Adams and Richard Egan co-star.

Teamed with Hollywood Story is director William Castle’s 1955 film release of New Orleans Uncensored, a gritty story of corruption on docks of “The Big Easy,” starring Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland and Michael Ansara, with Mike Mazurki included in the cast. 

The other double-feature on Blu-ray from Mill Creek Entertainment are two classic Westerns with star power.   The first of these is director Budd Boetticher’s 1953 film release of The Man from the Alamo, starring Glenn Ford and Julie Adams, with Hugh O’Brien, Victor Jory, Chill Wills and Neville Brand in key roles.

The second half of this dynamite double-bill is director Robert Rossen’s 1959 classic, They Came to Cordura, with an all-star cast that includes Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Tab Hunter and Richard Conte.