Pacific Entertainment Launches New Line Of classic Film And Television DVDs

BRANDORA Editorial Staff - November 2010

 
6 New Super Hero, Cowboy, All-Family and Horror Classic Collections
Set for Release on DVD in January 2011

Pacific Entertainment Corporation (OTC-PK: PENT) will release six new collections of classic films and television series on DVD in January 2011 under its Best of the Best Collector’s Edition banner, it was announced by Howard Balaban, EVP of New Business Development.

The initial release of seven Best of the Best titles in summer 2010 signaled the return of Pacific Entertainment’s founders to the classic entertainment DVD business. They originally founded Genius Products, Inc. and stormed into the marketplace in 2004 with a wave of high quality classic entertainment DVDs.

Marketed with identifiable brands including TV Guide®, AMC® Movies and the Hollywood sign, the DVD releases claimed 14 positions among the Top 40 selling DVDs in the Billboard® Top DVD Sales™ chart published December 4, 2004, according to Nielsen VideoScan. USA Today reported December 15, 2004, the distributor’s DVDs claimed 19 of the Top 50 selling DVDs. Among all DVD sales for the week ending November 14, 2004, they took a 14% share of all units sold in the U.S.

“While the DVD industry is experiencing declining sales, the marketplace continues to demonstrate strong demand for classic film and television entertainment that enthusiasts can purchase at a reasonable price,” said Howard Balaban. “We are thrilled to be back in the classic DVD business with digitally remastered and audio enhanced releases featuring many of Hollywood’s biggest stars.”

SUPER HERO CLASSICS – Action-Packed Serials from the 1940s
The inimitable Buster Crabbe stars as Flash Gordon in Super Hero Classics: Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe, the classic serial that was the original inspiration behind Star Wars. Viewers will rocket into action-packed adventure with over three hours of entertainment that includes all 12 chapters of the original series.

Super Hero Classics: The Green Hornet Strikes Again features all 15 chapters of the exciting serial where Britt Reid dons his mask and joins his partner, Kato, as they head into the night to track down devious henchmen. There are lots of action-packed thrills in this sequel to the original Green Hornet serial that runs over four hours.

Super Hero Classics: The Green Archer will get viewers hooked after the first episode. The mysterious Green Archer, a leotard-clad marksman, confounds the bad guys at every turn with his deadly bow and arrows. Kidnapping, jewel theft, murders and lots of skullduggery are just some of the action-filled plots in over four hours of classic mystery.

COWBOY CLASSICS
Take a ride along the dusty trails with 24 action-packed Cowboy Classics featuring John Wayne, Roy Rodgers, Gene Autry, Guy Madison and many western heroes as they fight for law and order. Tales of marauding gangs, mysterious murders and gruesome massacres by greedy outlaws make for gripping adventure and hours of nostalgic western entertainment.

FAMILY CLASSICS
There’s something for everyone in these 24 favorite Family Classics. Shows filled with thrilling adventure, historical drama, laughter and comedy and legendary heroes, bring back memories from the past. Celebrated stars such as Charlton Heston, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Dick Van Dyke and others perform in their familiar roles in over 22 hours of all-family entertainment.

25 SERIES
A horror-ific celebration of creepy tales, 25 Fright Night Classics features the genre’s best-known stars such as Boris Karloff in Doomed to Die, Leslie Nielsen in Marionettes Inc, William Shatner in The Playground and Drew Barrymore in The Screaming Woman, among many other suspenseful and spine-tingling films including the original Night of the Living Dead.

25 Fright Night Classics is the eighth title in the 25 Series launched in May 2010. Other titles include: 25 Action Classics, 25 Gangster Classics, 25 Horror Classics, 25 Mystery Classics, 25 War Classics, 25 Western Classics and 25 Sci-Fi Classics. Many of these classic films feature Hollywood’s most memorable stars and all are digitally remastered and audio enhanced.