20th Century Fox Studio Classics
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.
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.
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.
Spinoffs
The success of the series has spawned three other DVD lines:
- Fox Film Noir
- Marquee Musicals
- Cinema Classics Collection
List of Films in the Collection
- All AbOUT Eve
- Gentleman's Agreement
- How Green Was My Valley
- An Affair to Remember
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
- The Song of Bernadette
- Anastasia
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Titanic
- The Mark of Zorro
- The Ox-Bow Incident
- My Darling Clementine
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Peyton Place
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Desk Set
- The Snake Pit
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Zorba the Greek
- Alexander's Ragtime Band
- The Three FACES of Eve
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- How to Steal a Million
- Leave Her to Heaven
- A Letter to Three Wives
- Return to Peyton Place
- Anna and the King of Siam
- The Razor's Edge
- The Best of Everything
- Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- In Old Chicago
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
- Orchestra Wives
- The Rains Came
- Two For The Road
- The Black Swan
- The Keys of the Kingdom
- The River's Edge
New Releases
- Rings on her Fingers - TBA
- The Left Hand of God - TBA
- Tobacco Road -TBA
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.
European Releases
The European [R2] collection differs slightly, the first 98 DVDs being as follows:
- All About Eve
- The Big Trail
- The Boston Strangler
- The Comancheros
- The Day the Earth Stood Still
- The Fly
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Heaven Knows, Mr Allison
- Heidi
- Hello, Dolly!
- How Green Was My Valley
- How to Steal a Million
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
- Lady in Cement
- Leave Her to Heaven
- Peyton Place
- The Sand Pebbles
- The Undefeated
- Von Ryan's Express
- The Young Lions
- The 300 Spartans
- An Affair to Remember
- The Agony and the [...]
- The Bible… In the Beginning
- Buffalo Bill
- D-Day The Sixth of June
- Fantastic Voyage
- A Farewell to Arms
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Halls of Montezuma
- How to Marry a Millionaire
- The Hunters
- The Longest Day
- Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
- North to Alaska
- The Song of Bernadette
- Thirteen Rue Madeleine
- Wing and a Prayer
- Zorba the Greek
- Anastasia
- Bandolero!
- The Blue Max
- Crash Dive
- Demetrius and the Gladiators
- The Desert Rats
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Gentleman's Agreement
- The Mark of Zorro
- Return of the Fly
- The Robe
- Sink the Bismarck!
- Star!
- To the Shores of Tripoli
- Viva Zapata!
- Between Heaven and Hell
- Born to Be Bad
- The Bravados
- The Desert Fox
- Desk Set
- The Enemy Below
- Flaming Star
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Kiss Them for Me
- Love Me Tender
- People Will Talk
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- Twelve O'Clock High
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
- A Yank in the R.A.F.
- The Gunfighter
- Titanic
- Miracle on 34th Street
- Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
- The Street With No Name
- The Flight of the Phoenix
- Somewhere in the Night
- The Dark Corner
- Heaven Can Wait
- The Razor's Edge
- The Poor Little Rich Girl
- Stowaway
- Captain January
- Our Little Girl
- Morituri
- The Barbarian and the Geisha
- What a Way to Go!
- Wild in the Country
- My Friend Flicka
- The Curse of the Fly
- Thieves' Highway
- The Purple Heart
- Anna and the King of Siam
- Down Argentine Way
- In Old Chicago
- Swamp Water
- The Virgin Queen
- Guadalcanal Diary
- As Young As You Feel
- Bus Stop
- The Seven Year Itch
- Let's Make It Legal
- Don't Bother To Knock
- Love Nest
- Niagara
- Let's Make Love
- There's No Business Like Show Business
- River Of No Return
- We're Not Married
- Monkey Business
- ?
- Tony Rome
- ?
- The Detective
- Irving Berlin's Second Fiddle
- The Gang's All Here
- On the Avenue
- Sun Valley Serenade
- Daddy Long Legs
- Orchestra Wives
- The Dolly Sisters
- Pin Up Girl
- My Blue Heaven
- That Night In Rio
- Doctor Dolittle
- Cheaper By The Dozen
- Belles On Their Toes
- Thunderhead - Son Of Flicka
- Green Grass Of Wyoming
- The Story Of Ruth
- Francis Of Assisi
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
- David And Bathsheba
- The House On 92nd Street
- Laura
- House On Telegraph Hill
Released on March 26th 2007 were [spine numbers awaiting verification]:
- 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
Note regarding spine numbers 99-114: Eleven Marilyn Monroe films were released as part of the collection in April 2006 [As Young as You Feel, Bus Stop, Don't Bother to Knock, Let's Make It Legal, Let's Make Love, Love Nest, Monkey Business, Niagara, River of No Return, The Seven Year Itch and There's No Business Like Show Business], and stayed in print for only one month, being replaced by the "Marilyn Monroe 80th Anniversary" collection. These were most likely spine numbers 99-109. The Dolly Sisters and Pin Up Girl were also slated for release one month later, but did not appear [until February 2007]. These two releases were most likely spine numbers 110 and 111. Spine number 112-114 remain unaccounted for.
European Box Sets
On 10th October 2005, five box sets were released to tie in with the collection. They each featured five of the Studio Classics releases in slimline DVD cases [rather than the standard ones used for the main collection], with slightly modified inserts to fit the cases and without spine numbers. The five collections are:
Classic Award Winners:
All About Eve
How Green Was My Valley
Gentleman's Agreement
Zorba the Greek
The Grapes of Wrath
Classic Encounters:
Anastasia
Three Coins in the Fountain
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
An Affair to Remember
Classic War Movies:
Von Ryans Express
The Young Lions
The Hunters
The Sand Pebbles
The Desert Fox
Classic War Stories:
The Longest Day
Sink the Bismark!
The Desert Rats
Twelve OClock High
A Farewell to Arms
Fantastic Classics:
The Fly
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Fantastic Journey
Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
On 26th March 2007, a box-set entitles The Greatest Stories Ever Told was released containing the following eight films:
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
Demetrius and the Gladiators
See also
Fox Cinema Classics
Fox Marquee Musicals
Fox Film Noir
Criterion Collection - A similar series of high-quality DVD releases.