{"id":54619,"date":"2020-02-03T13:20:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=54619"},"modified":"2020-02-03T13:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T18:20:16","slug":"the-noir-classic-black-angel-is-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=54619","title":{"rendered":"The Noir Classic “Black Angel” Is Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now available in a lavish Blu-ray special edition from Arrow Video, the 1946 classic Black Angel<\/a><\/em> has never looked or sounded better.<\/p>\n

This complex film noir effort based on Cornell Woolrich<\/a>‘s novel stars Dan Duryea<\/a> as Martin Blair, an alcoholic songwriter whose ex-wife, Mavis (Constance Dowling<\/a>), is found murdered. When Mavis\u2019 lover is tried and sentenced to death, the wrongly convicted man\u2019s estranged wife (June Vincent<\/a>) coaxes Blair, who was himself cleared of the crime, to help her search for the real killer. With Peter Lorre<\/a>, Broderick Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a rundown of the Blu-ray special features:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Brand new restoration from original film elements by Arrow Films<\/p>\n

\u2022 High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation<\/p>\n

\u2022 Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack<\/p>\n

\u2022 Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing<\/p>\n

\u2022 New audio commentary by the writer and film scholar Alan K. Rode<\/p>\n

\u2022 A Fitting End, a new video appreciation of the film by the film historian Neil Sinyard<\/p>\n

\u2022 Original trailer<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gallery of original stills and promotional materials<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options<\/p>\n

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by author Philip Kemp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here is the film’s original theatrical trailer:<\/p>\n