On DVD This Tuesday...

A comprehensive list of all December 19th releases can be found at DVD Aficionado.

Of interest to me (and maybe to you too):

Warner Home Video releases the first six winners of its DVD Decision 2006, all of which are new to DVD (otherwise it would have been a rather silly contest):
Best Foot Forward (1943, Edward Buzzell): Amazon.com Exclusive
The Illustrated Man (1969, Jack Smight)
Operation Crossbow (1965, Michael Anderson)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943, Norman Taurog)
There Was A Crooked Man... (1970, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Up Periscope (1959, Gordon Douglas)

The 1924 Douglas Fairbanks Classic, The Black Pirate (Albert Parker)

The suprise hit of the summer, the superb Little Miss Sunshine (2006, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)

And where would we be without Alpha? This week, out favorite monitor of the public domain brings us, among others:
Atomic Age Classics, Vol. 4: Venereal Disease and You
Atomic Age Classics, Vol. 5: "C" Is for Communist
Amos 'n' Andy in Check and Double-Check (1930, Melville W. Brown)
Delightfully Dangerous (1945, Arthur Lubin) with Jane Powell and Ralph Bellamy
Harlem Double Feature: Lena Horne's film debut, The Duke is Tops (1938, William L. Nolte) has been paired with the Cab Calloway vehicle Hi-De-Ho (1947, Josh Binney).
Harlem Double Feature: The Clarence Brooks films Murder in Harlem (1935, Oscar Michaux) and Harlem Rides the Range (1938, Richard C. Kahn) make up the other set.
And, most importantly, the 1932 version of Vanity Fair (Chester M. Franklin), starring Myrna Loy as Becky Sharp.