Fox Enters The DVD-On-Demand Business With "Fox Cinema Archives"

DVD-On-Demand, where you order the title and the DVD is specifically made for you, has really taken off, thanks to the Warner Archives, MGM Limited Editions, and Sony Pictures Choice Collection.  Last week Fox entered the market, with 35 new titles available on demand as part of the "Fox Cinema Archives" series.

Unlike the Warner Archives, which are available on their own website, the Fox Cinema Archives will be available from a number of retailers, including Amazon.

The DVD-on-demand is an excellent way for a studio to release classic films that wouldn't ordinarily support a wide release. Fox has some excellent titles in this first set, including:

Mr. Belvedere Rings The Bell (1951)--Before the TV series, Clifton Webb added another memorable character to his resume. Webb won an Oscar nod for the first film he played Belvedere in, 1948's Sitting Pretty, which introduced the world to a 50-ish male au pair/babysitter who knew more than his employees.

Suez (1938)--The classic story of the building of the massive canal., starring Tyrone Power.

Claudia (1942)--Frank movie about a child bride forced to mature after marriage.  Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young star.

Diplomatic Courier (1952)--Tyrone Power and Patricia Neal star in this tale of international inrigue and Cold War spies.

Way of the Gaucho (1952)--After he inadvertently kills a man, a gaucho is forced to join the Argentine army as punishment.  Rory Calhoun star.

For the entire list of new Fox releases, click here:
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/fox/fox-cinema-archives-open-business-major-retailers-websites-27578

To order our favorite, Mr. Belvedere Rings The Bell:

Amazon Debuts "Never Before on DVD" Store

Looking for the underrated Bless The Beasts and the Children?  Can't find a copy of the Hammer horror film Die! Die! My Darling?  Amazon is about to make things easier.  In collaboration with the major studios, the webtailer is going to stock over 2,000 specialty titles--that will only get made when you order them.

The store, entitled "Never Before on DVD" is new, but the idea, DVD-on-demand, has been around for a few years, most successfully with the Warner Archive series.

Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal Fox, MGM and Lionsgate will participate.  "The Never Before on DVD store is a great place for fans to discover thousands of films and television series they've been waiting for on DVD," said Brad Beale, director of digital video content acquisition for Amazon.

To order Bless the Beasts and the Children on DVD, click here: