British label Network Releasing will add three new titles to its Blu-ray catalog:
Convoy (1940),
Baby Love (1968), and
Bitter Springs (1950).
Baby Love
Synopsis: Charting the implosion of a middle-class family in the presence of an emotionally deprived, sexually provocative teenage girl, this controversial feature marks the big-screen debut of both future Hammer and Confessions... star Linda Hayden and BAFTA- and Emmy award-winning director Alastair Reid. Co-starring Diana Dors and Keith Barron, Baby Love is featured here as a brand-new High Definition transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Brought up in slums, fifteen-year-old Luci becomes orphaned and is taken in by an old friend of her mother's. While she quickly develops a taste for her new comfortable life, her resentment grows and, little by little, Luci seduces everyone around her as she sets out to destroy her adoptive family...
STREET DATE: JUNE 22.
Bitter Springs
Synopsis: A dramatic Australia-filmed production from Ealing Studios, this rip-roaring adventure stars Chips Rafferty and Tommy Trinder in a memorable tale of the hardships endured by a pioneer family in the early 1900s. Featuring stunning cinematography of Australia's iconic Flinders Ranges, Bitter Springs is presented here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original fullscreen aspect ratio.
Crossing 600 hazardous miles of desert and mountainous territory in search of new grazing land, Wally King and his family are shocked to find that the nearest permanent waterhole is home to a tribe of aborigines. Conflict soon arises.
STREET DATE: JUNE 29.
Convoy
Synopsis: Clive Brook and John Clements star as naval officers at odds with one other in this thrilling drama from Ealing Studios that pits duty against love during wartime. The final film from rising star Pen Tennyson, killed a year later on active service, Convoy is presented here as a High Definition remaster from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
Returning to port after a long and tiring tour of duty, Captain Armitage receives orders to take his warship and urgently escort a fleet of merchantmen safely to Britain. Reaching the convoy, Armitage realises that one ship is missing – and amongst the refugees it is carrying is his ex-wife, Lucy.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW MASTER OF THE FILM
- Theatrical trailer
- Extensive image gallery
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
STREET DATE: MAY 18.