{"product_id":"columbia-noir-3-limited-edition-region-b-used","title":"Columbia Noir #3 (Limited Edition, Region B) USED","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJOHNNY O’CLOCK (Robert Rossen, 1947)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE DARK PAST (Rudolph Maté, 1948)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONVICTED (Henry Levin, 1950)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN (Gordon Douglas, 1950)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE SNIPER (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCITY OF FEAR (Irving Lerner, 1959)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease date: 17 May 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited Blu-ray Edition (6 x World Blu-ray premieres)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresenting 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJOHNNY O’CLOCK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2K restoration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal mono soundtrack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudio commentary with filmmaker and film historian Jim Hemphill (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhoops, I’m an Indian! (1936, 18 mins): the casino business spells trouble for the Three Stooges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal theatrical trailer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage gallery: promotional and publicity materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld premiere on Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE DARK PAST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh Definition remaster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal mono audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Poised Performance (2021, 14 mins): critic and film historian Pamela Hutchinson assesses the career of actor Nina Foch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gulf Screen Guild Theater: ‘Blind Alley’ (1940, 23 mins): radio adaptation of the James Warwick play upon which The Dark Past is based, starring Edward G Robinson, Joseph Calleia and Isabel Jewell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShivering Sherlocks (1948, 18 mins): the Three Stooges get mixed up with a dangerous gang of criminals hiding out at an isolated mansion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage gallery: promotional and publicity materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld premiere on Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONVICTED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh Definition remaster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal mono audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudio commentary with film historians Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCodes 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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo Long Mr. Chumps (1941, 18 mins): comedy short starring the Three Stooges in which the trio discover that prison life is a complicated business\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImage gallery: promotional and publicity materials\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorld premiere on Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigh Definition remaster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal mono audio\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudio commentary with author and entertainment journalist Bryan Reesman (2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategorically Dependable (2021, 16 mins): writer and critic Kim Newman assesses the long, eclectic career of director Gordon Douglas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDizzy 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 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