Will they or won't they be able to keep this up long enough to match the Roman numerals assigned to the Super Bowl? Will any of us live long enough to know one way or the other?? :-)

At any rate, there will be at least a sixteenth volume of this series (yes, that's XVI...) and it will bundle the following titles:

THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET (1942)
CHICAGO DEADLINE (1949)
IRON MAN (1951)

So Kino continues to mine the remaining Universal/Paramount backlog, with some well-known names (Alan Ladd, Jeff Chandler, Rock Hudson, Evelyn Keyes) on hand in the grouping to entice folks to buy the set. MARIE ROGET is a "B" noir-horror hybrid based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, with Patric Knowles getting a rare leading role as a proto-Holmes with an assistant (Lloyd Corrigan) measurably more ditzy than Dr. Watson. It also has a briefer-than-expected appearance from Maria Montez.

Anyone out there paying close enough attention to tell us how many more Universal-Paramount films are still awaiting a DVD release? It gets trickier to manage such a list given that some films are being brought out in non-US editions--such as the two Lupino thrillers, JENNIFER and BEWARE MY LOVELY, which appear in that new Imprint box set. Another Paramount title that's yet to get a full US release, THE GREAT GATSBY, will get an Imprint release next month (which will include a commentary from Jason Ney); one wonders if it eventually wind up in a Kino box set. Stay tuned!

Volume XVI in THE DARK SIDE OF CINEMA does not yet have an official release date. We'll update you when we have more info...