20th Century Fox Studio Classics

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20th Century Fox Studio Classics refers to a collection of films ranging from the late 1920s to the late 1960s released on DVD by 20th Century Fox.

1 Features
2 Pricing
3 Spinoffs
4 List of Films in the Collection
5 European Releases
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Features

The DVDs usually include inserts with reproductions of the movie poster as well as trivia bits. The collection is notable for having a very high production quality with plenty of extras for every movie, including commentaries, trailers, newsreel footage, biographical features, and outtakes. The films are usually also shown with digitally restored sound and visuals.

[edit] Pricing

The DVDs in the series, unlike those in many other premium collections, tend to be fairly inexpensive, with an SRP of $14.99 (US). Copies of some of them, such as The Day the Earth Stood Still can be found for under $10 at retail stores.

[edit] Spinoffs

The success of the series has spawned three other DVD lines:

- Fox Film Noir

- Marquee Musicals

- Cinema Classics Collection

[edit] List of Films in the Collection

Limited Edition with unnumbered spine: Sunrise - the film was originally available only through a mail-order offer which has since expired. Copies can now be found in the Studio Classics: Best Picture Collection boxset, which also contains All About Eve, Gentleman's Agreement, and How Green Was My Valley.

Several DVDs released were double-sided, either to offer alternate versions of the film (My Darling Clementine and In Old Chicago), or to house the extras such as trailers, movietone newsreels, and documentaries, that otherwise couldn't fit with the film on one side of the disc (The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Diary of Anne Frank, Peyton Place, and The Grapes of Wrath).

The only DVD to be taken out of print is The Mark of Zorro in the fall of 2005; it was replaced by a "Special Edition" that offered the same extras as the Studio Classics release, but with a colorized version of the film on the flipside of the disc.

[edit] European Releases

The first region 2 Studio Classics release, All About Eve

The European [R2] collection differs slightly, the first 98 DVDs being as follows:

1. All About Eve
2. The Big Trail
3. The Boston Strangler
4. The Comancheros
5. The Day the Earth Stood Still
6. The Fly
7. The Grapes of Wrath
8. Heaven Knows, Mr Allison
9. Heidi
10. Hello, Dolly!
11. How Green Was My Valley
12. How to Steal a Million
13. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
14. Lady in Cement
15. Leave Her to Heaven
16. Peyton Place
17. The Sand Pebbles
18. The Undefeated
19. Von Ryan's Express
20. The Young Lions
21. The 300 Spartans
22. An Affair to Remember
23. The Agony and the Ecstasy
24. The Bible… In the Beginning
25. Buffalo Bill
26. D-Day The Sixth of June
27. Fantastic Voyage
28. A Farewell to Arms
29. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
30. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
31. Halls of Montezuma
32. How to Marry a Millionaire
33. The Hunters
34. The Longest Day
35. Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
36. North to Alaska
37. The Song of Bernadette
38. 13 Rue Madeleine
39. Wing and a Prayer
40. Zorba the Greek
41. Anastasia
42. Bandolero!
43. The Blue Max
44. Crash Dive
45. Demetrius and the Gladiators
46. The Desert Rats
47. The Diary of Anne Frank
48. Gentleman's Agreement
49. The Mark of Zorro
50. Return of the Fly
51. The Robe
52. Sink the Bismarck!
53. Star!
54. To the Shores of Tripoli
55. Viva Zapata!
56. Between Heaven and Hell
57. Born to Be Bad
58. The Bravados
59. The Desert Fox
60. Desk Set
61. The Enemy Below
62. Flaming Star
63. Journey to the Center of the Earth
64. Kiss Them for Me
65. Love Me Tender
66. People Will Talk
67. Three Coins in the Fountain
68. Twelve O'Clock High
69. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
70. A Yank in the R.A.F.
71. The Gunfighter
72. Titanic
73. Miracle on 34th Street
74. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
75. The Street With No Name
76. The Flight of the Phoenix
77. Somewhere in the Night
78. The Dark Corner
79. Heaven Can Wait
80. The Razor's Edge
81. The Poor Little Rich Girl
82. Stowaway
83. Captain January
84. Our Little Girl
85. Morituri
86. The Barbarian and the Geisha
87. What a Way to Go!
88. Wild in the Country
89. My Friend Flicka
90. The Curse of the Fly
91. Thieves' Highway
92. The Purple Heart
93. Anna and the King of Siam
94. Down Argentine Way
95. In Old Chicago
96. Swamp Water
97. The Virgin Queen
98. Guadalcanal Diary

On February 26th 2007, the following 9 were added to the collection:

115. Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
116. The Gang's All Here
117. On the Avenue
118. Sun Valley Serenade
119. Daddy Long Legs
120. Orchestra Wives
121. The Dolly Sisters
122. Pin Up Girl
123. My Blue Heaven
124. That Night in Rio

Due for release on March 26th 2007 are:

Belles On Their Toes
Cheaper By the Dozen
David & Bathsheba
Francis of Assisi
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Green Grass of Wyoming
The Story of Ruth
Thunderhead Son of Flicka

Together with a new 'religious' box-set, which will contain Francis of Assisi, The Story of Ruth, The Bible ... In the Beginning, The Song of Bernadette, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Passion of the Christ, The Robe and Demetrius and the Gladiators.

Announced for [long-awaited] release on April 23rd 2007 are the film noir classics: