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Greetings!, with the recent launches of HBO, LifeSize and other contemporary studio titles into the AV MOD Collection, we wanted to reassure our strongest collectors of DVD content, the Classic Film fan, that we have more great films on the way as well. As AV Dept. Movie Geeks ourselves, rest assured that for classic archive content, our Collection is unparalleled. We are proud to announce 20th Century Fox is opening their vaults to us and christening their catalog...the Fox Cinema Archives. AV MOD Retailers will have exclusive access to this months' offerings and more will come from one of the legendary Hollywood studios. This will be eagerly received by your customers and the titles look fantastic!   

 

Home Media Magazine's Eric Gruenwedel reveals the results of a SAY Media Presidential poll that reveals that "Voters - notably younger ones - have a preference watching video entertainment on physical media than streaming via media players, Apple TV, video game consoles or potable media devices, according to a recent survey". Read more here.   

 

You know what gets the vote of movie and TV geeks, the DVD experience and the deep catalog, never out of stock, never backordered on demand DVDs from the AV MOD Collection.

 

Content owners, why not share your hard to reach titles through MOD DVD and retailers, attract more customers to your online media store by offering MOD DVD & CD. Contact me for more information on how you can bring more entertainment to an appreciative audience of film and television fans. 

 

Successful retailing to you all.

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Geekster
THE AV MOVIE GEEK





Here they are, movie geeks, a treasure trove to plow through and enjoy. On my list, right out of the box include "Foxes of Harrow", "Suez", "Slave Ship", "Love is News"...but I'm sure I will see them all.

ALWAYS GOODBYE  1938    Barbara Stanwyck inspired performance as a woman who struggles with giving up her son, searching for love, and keeping a promise that may break her heart. Barbara Stanwyck, Cesar Romero

THE BARONESS AND THE BUTLER 1938    Set in Hungary, the daughter of the prime minister begins to have feelings for the butler, who secretly opposes the current regime. William Powell, Annabella

CAREER WOMAN   1936 This courtroom drama sees law school graduate Carroll Aiken (Claire Trevor) desperately trying to save a case from her overly confident and cynical colleague.  The life of a poor woman and her murdered father add fuel to this unbelievable legal tale of justice. Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY 1949 Based on the play by Julius J. Epstein, Emily Heffernan (Eleste Holm) struggles to keep the household running by renting out rooms to boarders, while her husbands spends all their earnings on get-rich-quick schemes. Dan Dailey, Alan Young, Celeste Holm

CLAUDIA 1943 Dorothy McGuire shines in her stage role adaptation of the Broadway hit "Claudia."  The title character's young bride ways lead to an array of life lessons including babies, the passing of loved ones,   and compromises with a stubborn husband. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire

DANGEROUS YEARS 1948 A new edition to the town's boys club goes awry when a young hood convinces his fellow teenagers to commit a small crime... that ends in murder. William Halop, Marilyn Monroe, Scotty Beckett

DIPLOMATIC COURIER  1952 This spy thriller finds a Department of State courier pulled into high stakes espionage after a U.S. agent's contact is killed by Soviets and he must help the agent finish the job. Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally

DO YOU LOVE ME 1946 Swing music takes center stage in this comedy that has the dean of the music school fighting with her husband (the symphony conductor) and the administration to let this new sound find a home on campus.  - Songs include: "As If I Didn't Have Enough on My Mind," "I Didn't Mean a Word I Said," "Moonlight Propaganda," and "Do You Love Me?" Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes, Harry James


THE FOXES OF HARROW 1947 An Irish gambler manages to buy his way into high society New Orleans and marry a beautiful Southern Belle.  But, will his wandering eye and gambling compulsion lead him to lose everything he's ever wanted? Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Haydn

FRAULEIN 1958 A German girl helps an American officer escape the Gestapo when her family is killed in a WW2 air raid. After eluding the Russian Army she ends up having to do the unthinkable to survive while officers from different armies set their sights on her. Dana Wynter, Dolores Michaels, Mel Ferrer

FRONTIER MARSHAL 1939 Wild West icon Wyatt Earp of Tombstone has his hands full enforcing the law alongside his brothers with occasional run-ins with his occasional "friend" Doc Halliday.  A wicked outlaw comes to town and kills Doc which sets off the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.   Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, Nancy Kelly

HUDSON'S BAY 1940 This drama chronicles the foundation of the real life Hudson's Bay Trading Company of Canada, and the fur trapper that somehow convinced King Charles to finance the entire operation.  There were many obstacles for the trapper to overcome including impending war with the natives and treachery on the part of a deceitful aristocratic .Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Vincent Price

INTENT TO KILL 1958 A Montreal doctor's love triangle with his assistant and wife is the least of his problems when he must perform delicate brain surgery on a hated South American president.  With an assassin waiting in the wings,  the good doctor must rely on a police detective to help keep him alive.Richard Todd, Betsy Drake, Herbert Lom, Jackie Collins

JUNIOR MISS 1945 A New York teenager gets involved in everyone's lives by playing cupid.  She especially turns the household upside-down when she plays matchmaker with the daughter of her dad's boss! Peggy Ann Garner, Stephen Dunne, Allyn Joslyn


KIDNAPPED 1938 An evil uncle arranges for his nephew to be kidnapped, only to have him seek revenge with the help of a Scottish rebel leader in this late eighteenth century drama.Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, John Carradine

LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHT-THIRTY 1942 A young disabled girl spends her days trying to help her alcoholic father return to his glory days as a famous thespian, until a handsome composer comes into her life. The father finally lands the lead in King Lear, but will he lose the daughter he never fully appreciated? Monty Woolley, Cornel Wilde, Ida Lupino

LOVE IS NEWS 1937 Tyrone Power makes his living writing about the foibles of the idle rich, until he encounters a young heiress who decides to have some fun at the reporters expense. Their battle to embarrass one another spills out into high society in this screwball 1930s comedy. Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche

THE MAN I MARRIED 1940 An American girl falls in love and marries a German who is slowly being seduced by the Nazi Party.  She must find a way to escape with their child before it's too late. Joan Bennett, Francis Lederer, Lloyd Nolan

MR. SCOUTMASTER 1953 An out-of-touch TV star decides to become a Boy Scout leader to help him get in touch with his target audience to disastrous results. Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn, George Winslow


MR. BELVEDERE RINGS THE BELL 1951 Fifty-something "super genius" Mr. Belvedere pretends to be 77-years-old to trick his way into a senior citizens' home where he helps invigorate the current residents.  Mr. Belvedere also finds time to smooth a romantic path for a Reverend Watson and his fianc�e. Clifton Webb, Joanne Dru, Hugh Marlowe

MY WIFE'S BEST FRIEND 1952 After a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all kinds of ways that historical figures such as Cleopatra and Joan of Arc might handle the situation. Anne Baxter, Macdonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway

OUTCASTS OF POKER FLAT 1952 A murderous outlaw, a disgraced gambler and a faded dance hall floozy come to life in this adaptation of Bret Harte's "The Outcasts of Poker Flat."  Trapped in a snowbound mountain cabin, our characters must fight the elements and human nature to survive.   Anne Baxter, Dale Robertson, Miriam Hopkins

THE PERFECT SNOB 1941  A kindly veterinarian decides to play matchmaker after his wife turns their daughter into a snobby social climber.  The lush island of Honolulu provides the backdrop for this comedy of errors,  and the hope that a father can help his daughter find true love. Charles Ruggles, Anthony Quinn, Charlotte Greenwood, Lynn Bari

THE RAID 1954  A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob and destroy a small town, until their leader meets an attractive widow and her son.  Van Heflin, Anne Bancroft, Richard Boone, Peter Graves, Lee Marvin

RINGS ON HER FINGERS 1942 A couple of grifters mistake a mark for a millionaire and attempt to have a new accomplice steal his money, only to have her fall in love with him. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar

SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN 1942 British Secret Service, American fugitives, extortion, and coded notes are all packed into this high octane drama that begins at the early stages of the attack on Pearl Harbor.Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Noel Madison

SLATTERY'S HURRICANE 1949 An Ex-Navy pilot enjoys the life of a dope smuggler until a beautiful woman, and the storm of the century, make him reflect on his life of looking the other way... will he be too late to redeem himself? Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Veronica Lake

SLAVE SHIP 1937  The skipper of an early slave trading vessel operating along the African coast attempts to get out of the business by getting rid of his crew and hiring a new one, only to find out that such a corrupt path is not so easily changed.  Mutiny, swashbucklers, and a beautiful bride make this high seas adventure an unforgettable one.  Mickey Rooney joins the cast as Swifty the cabin boy.    Warner Baxter, Wallace Beery, Elizabeth Allan, Mickey Rooney

SUEZ  1938 Tyrone Power stars as an engineer and son of a French nobleman who conceives of a canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas with political betrayal, tribal attacks, and the harsh elements  as a backdrop. Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella

SUNDAY DINNER FOR A SOLDIER 1944 A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can for a serviceman they have invited to Sunday dinner, only to have a different soldier show up and fall in love with the patriarch's granddaughter. Anne Baxter, Charles Winninger, John Hodiak

SWEET ROSIE O'GRADY 1943 Betty Grable stars as a Gay-Nineties Bowery saloon singer. Ever seeking an opportunity for advancement, Grable heads to London to land a wealth duke, only to have a wrench thrown into the works by a lovesick reporter who exposes her shady background. Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou

THEY CAME TO BLOW UP AMERICA 1943 In this provocative WW II drama, an American agent sneaks into a Nazi spy ring to learn the identities of certain double-agents.  The stakes are raised as he sinks deeper into their ranks, putting a new love interest, his own life, and the fate of America at risk. George Sanders, Anna Sten

THREE BRAVE MEN  1957 Consummate actor Ernest Borgnine stars in this tale based on the true story of a Navy employee who was fired as a security risk, who then took the case to court to prove his loyalty to the United States.  Ray Milland, Ernest Borgnine

TWELVE HOURS TO KILL 1960 Based on the Saturday Evening Post serial "Set Up For Murder" by Richard Stern, 12 Hours to Kill traces the problems of a young Greek national who, after witnessing a murder, is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by the police, unaware that he is being double-crossed. Nico Minardos, Barbara Eden, Grant Richards, Gavin MacLeod

WAY OF A GAUCHO 1952  A young gaucho deserts his army sentence and becomes a bandit leader in 1870s Argentina, making him an outlaw and enemy number one to a former commanding officer hell bent on bringing him to justice. Rory Calhoun, Gene TierneY, Richard Boone
                  



New Releases from Sony Choice Collection


Sheena: The Complete Second Season "Baywatch" star and Playboy model Gena Lee Nolin returns for Season Two of this popular adventure series as Sheena, a woman left in the jungle as a girl and taken in by a local tribe and their Shamaness Kali (Margo Moorer). From the tribe, Sheena learns the ability to morph into any animal and uses her powers to protect the jungle. In Season Two, Sheena and adventurer Matt Cutter (John Allen Nelson, TV's "24") find themselves up against terrorists, rogue soldiers and even an alien threat. Newly remastered.  Gena Lee Nolan; Kevin Quigley; John Allen Nelson

The Diamond Trap, New York City police detectives John Rawlings (Howard Hesseman, About Schmidt) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro, TV's "Hill Street Blues") find themselves on the biggest case of their lives when the two are tipped on a $12.5-million diamond heist, including the legendary White Hall diamond. Checking out the lead, they come across Tara Holden (Brooke Shields, The Blue Lagoon), a museum employee who they realize is in on the take. The detectives convince Holden to play ball and help them take down the crooks. The case takes Rawlings all the way to London, where he joins with an unconventional Scotland Yard agent (Twiggy, The Boy Friend) to try to catch the thieves red-handed. Newly remastered. Ed Marinaro; Howard Hesseman; Brooke Shields;  Twiggy

Let us Live Maureen O'Sullivan (David Copperfield) and Academy Award� winner Henry Fonda (1981, Best Actor, On Golden Pond) star in a compelling drama about two men accused of a crime they didn't commit, and the woman who is determined to see them cleared. Brick Tennant (Fonda) and his beautiful fianc�e, Mary (O'Sullivan), are on the verge of their nuptials, planning to have their dream house built, and establishing his taxi cab business. When poor eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence pin a murder on Brick and his friend, Joe, Mary is determined to prove their innocence. She enlists Detective Lieutenant Everett (Ralph Bellamy, The Awful Truth) to help solve the crime and keep Brick and Joe from the electric chair. Directed by John Brahm (The Mad Magician, The Locket) with cinematography by the great Lucien Ballard (Crime and Punishment, The Wild Bunch), whose collaboration makes this taut, dark drama feel more like an early film noir. Newly remastered.    Alan Baxter; Henry Fonda; Maureen O'Sullivan; Ralph Bellamy; Dick Elliot; Henry Kolker; Stanley Ridges

The Competition Academy Award� winner Richard Dreyfuss (1977, Best Actor, The Goodbye Girl) and Amy Irving (Carrie) are two classically trained concert pianists who find themselves both competing for one of the most prestigious awards in the music world. The last thing they need in their lives is to fall in love, but when they do, how will it affect the greatest professional moment of their lives? Also featuring Academy Award� nominee Lee Remick (1962, Best Actress, Days of Wine and Roses), THE COMPETITION is a delightful romantic comedy about two people who know how to perform on the world's biggest stage, but not when they are alone with each other. Newly remastered. Richard Dreyfuss; Amy Irving; Lee Remick; Sam Wanamaker

Mad Magician Legendary horror star Vincent Price is at his terrifying best as Gallico the Great, an inspired inventor of magic acts who longs to perform his creations himself. When he finally gets his chance, the production is closed by Gallico's cruel manager, who wants a rival magician to perform Gallico's greatest trick, The Lady and the Buzz Saw. An enraged Gallico turns into a homicidal maniac, taking out his victims with the same methods he used to create his illusions. Also starring Mary Murphy (The Wild One) and Eva Gabor (Gigi), THE MAD MAGICIAN is a thrill ride! Originally shown in theaters in 3D, the film is presented in widescreen 2D, with just as much horror, and suspense!! Newly remastered. John Emery; Eva Gabor; Mary Murphy; Vincent Price; Donald Randolph; Patrick O'Neal

Escape in the Fog  Acclaimed director Oscar Boetticher, Jr. (The Tall T) tackles the Film Noir genre with this tale of dramatic suspense. A nurse (Nina Foch, My Name is Julia Ross) suffering from a nervous breakdown starts having nightmares about a man being murdered. When she awakens, the man she dreamt of is standing right in front of her. What follows is a tale of intrigue involving international espionage, a missing package, and a gunfight through the fog of San Francisco. Newly remastered. Nina Foch; Ernie Adams; Otto Kruger; Konstantin Shayne; Ivan Triesault; William Wright

White Sister Academy Award� winner Sophia Loren (1961, Best Actress, Two Women) stars as a young woman who loses her lover in an oil field accident in Libya. Brokenhearted, she becomes a nun, known as Sister Germana. Returning to Italy, she becomes an administrator of an unconventional hospital where a Marxist patient, Annibale (Adriano Celentano, La Dolce Vita), seems to have the run of the place; counseling doctors, administering cures and romancing nurses. What follows is an unusual relationship between a nun who is trying to do what is right and a man who feels that he already is. In Italian with English subtitles. Newly remastered. Adriano Celentano; Sophia Loren; Fernando Rey

Hamlet (1969) Based on Academy Award�-winning director Tony Richardson's (1963, Tom Jones) theatrical production at the Roundhouse Theatre in London, this film is a powerful adaptation of William Shakespeare's epic tragedy. Eschewing the big-budget production values of other film versions, it instead focuses on great performances from Nicol Williamson (Excalibur, The Reckoning) as Prince Hamlet, Academy Award�-winner Anthony Hopkins (1991, Best Actor, The Silence of the Lambs) as the villainous Claudius and rock-and-roll singer Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia. The result is a HAMLET that is a compelling tribute to the Bard himself. Newly remastered. Anthony Hopkins; Gordon Jackson; Nicol Williamson

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First One Hundred Years  Featuring an all-star cast, including Academy Award� nominee Diahann Carroll (1974, Best Actress, Claudine), Ruby Dee (Do the Right Thing) and Amy Madigan (Field of Dreams), HAVING OUR SAY tells the story of two sisters, 103-year-old Sadie (Carroll) and 101-year-old Bessie (Dee). When a reporter (Madigan) comes to interview the two ladies, Sadie and Bessie talk about how they overcame the racist Jim Crow laws, and how their parents handled the turbulent times with dignity and wisdom. Also featuring Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Mykelti Williamson (Forrest Gump), Lonette McKee (Malcolm X), Richard Roundtree (Shaft), and Della Reese (TV's "Touched by an Angel"), HAVING OUR SAY is a warm, loving story about hope, strength and faith. Newly remastered.   Diahanne Carroll; Ruby Dee; Della Reese; Richard Roundtree

Band of the Hand Welcome to the jungle - Miami-style - where fast cars, dirty deals, hot women, and acid-washed jeans all come with the turf. Producer Michael Mann (Ali, The Insider) delivers an action-packed dose of high-octane fun in this infamous 1980s crime thriller, BAND OF THE HAND. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser (TV's "Starsky & Hutch"), the cast features awesome performances by future stars Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Lauren Holly (What Women Want), Leon (Above the Rim), James Remar (TV's "Sex and the City"), and John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch). The killer retro soundtrack features the title track performed by Bob Dylan backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. While serving time in a grueling rehab program in Florida's Everglades, five young felons form an unlikely bond. When they return to Miami's dangerous ghetto, the former criminals wage a lethal war on the drug kingpins who rule the underworld of murder and mayhem. BAND OF THE HAND goes for the jugular, never once loosening its grip until the heart-stopping climax! Newly remastered. John Cameron Mitchell; Michael Carmine; Stephen Lang; James Remar

 

 

MTV  Goes Psycho with New Releases

My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 Having endured the torment of high school, surviving the bloodbath at the Rollerdome and confronting her serial killer father at the Boneyard - ending his reign of terror once and for all ...Skye Rotter is ready to break free of "Psycho Skye" and head to college for a new life. But before Skye can truly escape her dark past, there's still one last party she has to attend - tonight, her estranged sister Alex is having her Sweet 16, and someone has made certain the Lord of the Rink's bloody legacy lives on. Once again Skye gets blamed for the horror that ensues, only this time it's Alex pointing the finger. Skye must now outrun the nightmare long enough to repair her shattered family bond. There's bad blood between these sisters and they're going to have it out...one way or another. The party ends here.

Teen Mom 2: Season 2 Teen Mom 2 is a spin-off of the MTV documentary series '16 and Pregnant'. The show follows the stories of four girls from the second season of '16 and Pregnant' and documents the challenges of their first years of motherhood. Each episode interweaves stories of four teenage girls who are navigating the bumpy terrain of adolescence, growing pains, and coming of age - all while facing the responsibility of being a young mother. Each story offers a unique look into the wide variety of challenges young mothers can face: marriage, relationships, family support, or lack thereof, adoption, finances, rumors among the community, graduating high school, starting college, getting (or losing) a job and the daunting and exciting step of moving out of the nest to create their own families."Try phrases like: dramatic savings, clearance, overstocked, reduced rates, buy 1 get 1 free, treat yourself, you deserve it, and don't miss out. Add a "Learn More" link at the bottom of your promotion to drive traffic to your website.

 

 



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