ARTISTS & MODELS Coming to DVD, Sept. 6

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Universal will release "1930s Rarities: Paramount Studios" on September 6. The 4-DVD set will include the following (info from MoviesUnlimited.com)...

1930s Rarities

Jack Benny gets his first lead in Raoul Walsh's "Artists & Models" (1937) as an adman out to rig a beauty contest in favor of his biggest client. Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Gail Patrick also star.

"Million Dollar Legs" (1932) offers W.C. Fields as the president of a tiny mythical nation whose residents are all superior athletes and which intends to make a name for itself in the Olympics. Jack Oakie, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert co-star.

"Belle Of The Nineties" (1934) stars Mae West as a New Orleans chanteuse who juggles romances with a boxer and a millionaire while avoiding her flirtatious boss. Johnny Mack Brown, Roger Pryor also star.

The nautical adventure "Souls At Sea" (1937) showcases Gary Cooper as the first mate on an 1800s slave ship who takes command of the vessel and frees its captives in the wake of a rebellion. George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon also star.

5 1/2 hrs. total on four discs.
Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; photo gallery.

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Universal will release "1930s Rarities: Paramount Studios" on September 6. The 4-DVD set will include the following (info from MoviesUnlimited.com)...

The listing at ShopTCM shows that this will be part of the TCM Vault Collection.

IF "1930s Rarities" is marketed like other TCM/Universal sets, the following may apply...

- They are exclusive to TCM's online store and its distribution partner MoviesUnlimited. General retail at a later date (i.e., ~1 year), but not all TCM Vault titles receive that wider availability.
- The initial production run is pressed DVDs. Once those are sold, orders are transitioned to DVD-r MOD production.

(At this writing, there also appears to be release date confusion... TCM says August 6; MoviesUnlimited says September 6.)

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Update...

The 4-film DVD set "1930s Rarities" with Jack's ARTISTS AND MODELS (1937) is now available at ShopTCM.com.

A TCM Vault Collection title, it'll only be sold at ShopTCM.com, and in a few weeks also at TCM's affiliate Movies Unlimited.

Universal will release "1930s Rarities: Paramount Studios" on September 6. The 4-DVD set will include the following (info from MoviesUnlimited.com)...

1930s Rarities

Jack Benny gets his first lead in Raoul Walsh's "Artists & Models" (1937) as an adman out to rig a beauty contest in favor of his biggest client. Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Gail Patrick also star.

"Million Dollar Legs" (1932) offers W.C. Fields as the president of a tiny mythical nation whose residents are all superior athletes and which intends to make a name for itself in the Olympics. Jack Oakie, Ben Turpin, Hugh Herbert co-star.

"Belle Of The Nineties" (1934) stars Mae West as a New Orleans chanteuse who juggles romances with a boxer and a millionaire while avoiding her flirtatious boss. Johnny Mack Brown, Roger Pryor also star.

The nautical adventure "Souls At Sea" (1937) showcases Gary Cooper as the first mate on an 1800s slave ship who takes command of the vessel and frees its captives in the wake of a rebellion. George Raft, Frances Dee, Henry Wilcoxon also star.

5 1/2 hrs. total on four discs.
Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; photo gallery.