Independent distributors Olive Films have announced that they will add four new titles to their Blu-ray catalog in January: Harold Young's
Sabotage (1939), Peter Medak's
The Men's Club (1986), Lambert Hillyer's
Wagon Tracks (1919), and George Marshall's
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966).
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!
Bob Hope (I'll Take Sweden) + Phyllis Diller (Eight on the Lam) = madcap mayhem in the delightful comic romp Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!, co-starring Elke Sommer (A Shot in the Dark). The wrong number of the title turns out to be that of Hollywood bombshell Didi (Sommer) and the lucky caller is real estate agent Tom Meade (Hope). In need of a quick fix for slumping sales, Meade sees Didi's celebrity status as a way of boosting interest in a cabin property by offering her the charming getaway as a place where she can hide from the Hollywood moguls and flacks hot on her trail. But wires aren't the the only thing crossed when Meade's acid-tongued housekeeper, Lily (Diller), suspecting that he's having an affair, flies into spy mode to protect Meade's loving wife Martha (Marjorie Lord, TV's Make Room for Daddy).
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! is directed by George Marshall (Houdini) from a story by George Beck and a screenplay by George Kennett, Albert E. Lewin and Burt Styler.
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.
The Men's Club
Peter Medak (The Ruling Class) brings Leonard Michael's novel The Men's Club (scripted by the author) to life on the big screen in this adaptation starring Roy Scheider (The French Connection) and Harvey Keitel (The Piano). Meeting at the Berkeley home of Kramer (Richard Jordon, The Mean Season), a psychotherapist with somewhat dubious credentials, The Men's Club brings together men of various ages and backgrounds in support group-like sessions where they share their innermost fears, regrets and longings. On one pivotal evening, tensions will flare and deep-seated hostilities will rise, culminating in shocking revelations.
Featured in the outstanding cast are Frank Langella (Dracula), Treat Williams (Smooth Talk), David Dukes (Gods and Monsters), Craig Wasson (The Outsider), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Gwen Welles (Nashville), Cindy Pickett (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and Stockard Channing (Grease).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.
Sabotage
When Tommy Grayson (Gordon Oliver, Jezebel) is arrested on suspicion of sabotage at the local manufacturing plant, his family and fiancée rush to his aid. But his neighbors and the factory workers are not convinced of his innocence. His father, Major Matt Grayson (Charley Grapewin, The Wizard of Oz), a watchman at the plant, is sure that his upright son had nothing to do with the incident that caused the death of a test pilot. With the help of Tommy's fiancée Gail (Arleen Whelan, Young Mr. Lincoln), and a group of his old friends, Major Grayson sets out to prove that his son was framed and bring the true culprits to justice.
Directed by Harold Young (The Scarlet Pimpernel) from a story written by Lionel House and Alice Altschuler, Sabotage also stars Paul Guilfoyle (The Grapes of Wrath), Joe Sawyer (Christmas Eve), Dorothy Peterson (Dark Victory) and Lucien Littlefield (The Little Foxes) and is photographed by Reggie Lanning (Sands of Iwo Jima, Wake of the Red Witch).
Sabotage actress Dorothy Peterson would appear in another entertaining story of intrigue and sabotage three years later, Alfred Hitchcock's
Saboteur.
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.
Wagon Tracks
Wagon Tracks,
preserved by the Library of Congress and mastered for home video from the original 35mm nitrate print, is a classic tale of the old west starring William S. Hart (Wild Bill Hickok).
Wagon Tracks is a film brimming with adventure, romance and frontier justice, starring the king of the silent film westerns, William S. Hart (Wild Bill Hickok, Tumbleweeds).
Buckskin Hamilton (Hart) is out for justice and close on the heels of the outlaws that gunned down his younger brother in cold blood. Set in 1850, with the great Gold Rush as a backdrop, Wagon Tracks takes the viewer on an adventure across the wide open spaces of the untamed west.
In 1919, the year of its release, the Los Angeles Times said of Wagon Tracks, "The great desert screen epic is with us at last," and called C. Gardner Sullivan's screenplay "a masterpiece." Now, future generations will have the opportunity to judge for themselves with this newly minted version which features an original score written and performed by Andrew Earle Simpson.
With original English intertitles.
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.
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DVD ONLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hooperman: Season One
With an already memorable list of television performances (including guest stints on TV's The Waltons and TV's The Mary Tyler Moore Show), John Ritter (1984 Emmy winner, Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for TV's Three's Company) would add the character of Hooperman (from the creative team of Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, TV's L.A. Law) to his credits. For his starring role on Hooperman, Ritter would receive an Emmy nomination in 1988 for Best Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.
Available for the first time on DVD, the classic 80s TV series Hooperman stars John Ritter (TV's Three's Company) as plainclothes police detective Harry Hooperman. When he inherits a building from his former landlady, he also gains ownership of her dog, a feisty Jack Russell Terrier named Bijoux. Comedy and drama ensue in equal measure as Hooperman juggles the pressures of his job, his newfound pet, and a romantic entanglement with the building manager he hires. The series co-stars Barbara Bosson (TV's Hill Street Blues) and Felton Perry (RoboCop) and includes guest appearances (throughout the two-season run) by Don Cheadle (TV's House of Lies), Norman Fell (TV's Three's Company), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Barbara Rush (Bigger Than Life), David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night), Joanna Kerns (TV's Growing Pains), Jane Leeves (TV's Frasier), Dan Lauria (TV's The Wonder Years), Lorna Luft (Grease 2) and Shannon Tweed (Hot Dog … The Movie).
With optional English SDH subtitles.
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.
Hooperman: Season Two
Available for the first time on DVD, the classic 80s TV series Hooperman stars John Ritter (TV's Three's Company) as plainclothes police detective Harry Hooperman. When he inherits a building from his former landlady, he also gains ownership of her dog, a feisty Jack Russell Terrier named Bijoux. Comedy and drama ensue in equal measure as Hooperman juggles the pressures of his job, his newfound pet, and a romantic entanglement with the building manager he hires. The series co-stars Barbara Bosson (TV's Hill Street Blues) and Felton Perry (RoboCop) and includes guest appearances (throughout the two-season run) by Don Cheadle (TV's House of Lies), Norman Fell (TV's Three's Company), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Barbara Rush (Bigger Than Life), David Paymer (Mr. Saturday Night), Joanna Kerns (TV's Growing Pains), Jane Leeves (TV's Frasier), Dan Lauria (TV's The Wonder Years), Lorna Luft (Grease 2) and Shannon Tweed (Hot Dog … The Movie).
Special Features:
- Poochinski pilot episode
- Optional English SDH subtitles
STREET DATE: JANUARY 24.