Alpha Video

Alpha Video (also known as Alpha Home Entertainment) is an entertainment company founded in 1985 as New Age Video, based near Philadelphia, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and TV shows on DVD. Alpha Video releases approximately 30 new DVD titles monthly and has over 3,500 DVDs in their active catalog, including hundreds of rare films and TV shows from Hollywood's past.

With 600+ DVDs of TV shows in active distribution, industry publication ''DVD Release Report'' ranks Alpha Video #3 in their ranking of the "Top 20 Sources for TV Series on DVD Through the Period Ending December 31, 2009," behind Warner Home Video (733 releases) and Paramount Home Entertainment (666 releases). With over 1,461 theatrical releases available, the same publication ranks Alpha Video #2 in the "Top 20 Sources for Theatrical Catalog on DVD," just behind Warner Home Video (1,609 releases).

The company is privately held, and owned by Collectables Records founder Jerry Greene. Alpha Video is one of a group of companies, including Collectables Records, Gotham Distributing Corporation and the e-commerce website OLDIES.com, owned and operated by Jerry Greene and the Greene family.

Alpha New Cinema

In 2004, Alpha Video introduced Alpha New Cinema, an imprint "whose goal is to present eclectic, interesting and unusual contemporary motion pictures and television productions." Notables releases from Alpha New Cinema include the Charlie Gracie documentary, ''Fabulous! An Intimate Portrait of a Rock Pioneer'', Mark Redfield's '' The Death of Poe'', ''Terror in the Tropics'' with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and several films by Ed Wood veteran Conrad Brooks.

Release of Ted V. Mikels' film catalog on DVD

In 2007, Alpha Video released the catalog of filmmaker Ted V. Mikels, many titles of which had previously been available from Image Entertainment, under the Alpha New Cinema imprint. Titles released include ''10 Violent Women'', '' The Doll Squad'', '' The Corpse Grinders'', ''The Corpse Grinders II'', ''Girl in Gold Boots'' and ''Blood Orgy of the She Devils''. Later that year, Alpha released the ''Ted V. Mikel's Signature Collection'', a six-DVD box set which contains those six titles and is autographed by Mikels. In 2008, the company released '' Mark of the Astro-Zombies'', the sequel to Mikels' '' The Astro-Zombies'', on DVD.

Notable releases

''The Merv Griffin Show: 40 of The Most Interesting People of Our Time''

In 2006, Alpha Video partnered with Merv Griffin to release a 3-DVD box set of interviews from '' The Merv Griffin Show'' entitled ''The Merv Griffin Show: 40 of The Most Interesting People of Our Time''. This set contained one DVD of "Hollywood Legend" interviews, including Orson Welles, Ingrid Bergman, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Roy Rogers, Grace Kelly and John Wayne. The second DVD contained interviews with comedians, including Jack Benny, Don Rickles, Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner, Richard Pryor, George Burns, Jay Leno and George Carlin. The final DVD in the set contained interviews with "Extraordinary Guests" such as Walter Cronkite, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Ronald Reagan and Martin Luther King Jr.

Feature films

*'' Angel and the Badman''
*'' Back Door to Heaven''
*'' Below the Deadline''
*'' The Blood of Jesus'' (packaged with the film '' Lying Lips'')
*'' Borderline''
*'' Bowery Blitzkrieg''
*'' Boy! What a Girl!''
*'' Boys of the City''
*'' The Chase''
*''Cinderella''
*'' Clancy Street Boys''
*'' Cold Harbor''
*'' Condemned to Live''
*'' La Cucaracha''
*'' Curley'' (packaged with the film '' Who Killed Doc Robbin'')
*'' The Dark Hour''
*'' Devil's Partner''
*'' Dixiana''
*'' East Side Kids''
*'' Flesh and the Spur''
*'' The Flying Deuces''
*'' Flying Wild''
*'' Ghost Patrol''
*'' Ghosts on the Loose''
*'' The Girl From Chicago''
*'' The Great Flamarion''
*'' Half Shot at Sunrise''
*'' The Headless Horserman'' (packaged with the film '' The Mechanical Man'')
*'' Hercules Unchained''
*''High Voltage''
*'' Hook, Line, and Sinker''
*'' The Kennel Murder Case''
*'' Kid Dynamite''
*'' Last Woman on Earth''
*'' Let's Get Tough!''
*'' Lisa and the Devil''
*'' Lying Lips'' (packaged with the film '' The Blood of Jesus'')
*'' Manos: The Hands of Fate''
*'' The Mechanical Man'' (packaged with the film '' The Headless Horserman'')
*'' Mickey the Great''
*'' Million Dollar Kid''
*'' Mr. Wise Guy''
*'' 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge''
*'' One Body Too Many''
*'' Pride of the Bowery''
*'' Raiders of Old California''
*''The Red-Haired Alibi''
*'' The Ring''
*'' Ring of Terror''
*'' Salt of the Earth''
*'' Scarlet Street''
*'' Second Chance''
*'' The Singing Cowgirl''
*'' Smart Alecks''
*'' Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman''
*'' Something to Sing About''
*'' Speak Easily''
*'' Spooks Run Wild''
*'' The Student of Prague'' (1913)
*'' The Student of Prague'' (1926)
*'' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936)
*'' The Terror of Tiny Town''
*'' That Gang of Mine''
*'' Time Table''
*''Tulsa''
*''Utopia''
*'' Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet''
*'' Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women''
*'' A Walk in the Sun''
*'' Who Killed Doc Robbin'' (packaged with the film '' Curley'')
*'' Woman on the Run''
*'' Yellowneck''

Exploitation films

*'' Assassin of Youth''
*'' Chained for Life''
*'' Child Bride''
*'' The Cocaine Fiends''
*'' Marihuana''
*''Reefer Madness''
*'' Sex Madness''

Movie serials

*'' Ace Drummond''
*'' The Devil Horse''
*'' The Fighting Marines''
*'' Fighting with Kit Carson''
*''Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe''
*'' Holt of the Secret Service''
*'' Junior G-Men''
*'' Junior G-Men of the Air''
*'' King of the Wild''
*'' The Phantom Empire''
*'' Radar Men from the Moon''
*'' Sea Raiders''
*'' Sky Raiders''
*'' Undersea Kingdom''
*'' Zorro's Fighting Legion''

Short subjects

*'' Along Came Auntie'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Bear Shooters'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Brideless Groom'' (released as part of ''The Three Stooges'' collection)
*'' Bromo and Juliet'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Crazy Like a Fox'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*''Disorder in the Court'' (released as part of ''The Three Stooges'' collection)
*'' Enough to Do'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Gay Nighties'' (released as part of the ''Lost Comedy Classics'' collection)
*'' Glad Rags to Riches'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' The Hobo'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Hop to It, Bellhop!'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Kickin' the Crown Around'' (released as part of the ''Lost Comedy Classics'' collection)
*'' Kid in Hollywood'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Kid N' Africa'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Kid Speed'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Lucky Dog'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Malice in the Palace'' (released as part of ''The Three Stooges'' collection)
*'' Merrily Yours'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Mickey's 11'' (released as part of ''Mickey McGuire'' collection)
*'' Mickey's Medicine Man'' (released as part of ''Mickey McGuire'' collection)
*'' Mickey's Rescue'' (released as part of ''Mickey McGuire'' collection)
*'' Mickey's Touchdown'' (released as part of ''Mickey McGuire'' collection)
*'' Mud and Sand'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Oranges and Lemons'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Pardon My Pups'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Polly Trix in Washington'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' The Sawmill'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' School's Out'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' Short Kilts'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Should Sailors Marry?'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Show'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Sing a Song of Six Pants'' (released as part of ''The Three Stooges'' collection)
*'' Smithy'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Soilers'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Paper Hanger's Helper'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Stolen Jools'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Thundering Fleas'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' The Tree in a Test Tube'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Waldo's Last Stand'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' War Babies'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' West of Hot Dog'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' What's to Do?'' (released as part of ''The Kids of Old Hollywood'' collection)
*'' White Wings'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)
*'' Yes, Yes, Nanette'' (released as part of ''Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy: Early Silent Classics'' collection)

Silent films

*'' The Bat''
*''The Birth of a Nation''
*'' Broken Blossoms''
*'' The General''
*'' The Golem''
*''Intolerance''
*'' The Lost World''
*'' The Mechanical Man''
*''Nosferatu''
*'' Oliver Twist''
*'' Orphans of the Storm''
*'' The Squaw Man''
*'' The Thief of Baghdad''
*'' Tumbleweeds''

Television shows

*'' The Adventures of Champion''
*'' The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu''
*''The Adventures of Jim Bowie''
*'' The Adventures of Long John Silver''
*'' The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''
*''The Adventures of Robin Hood''
*'' The Adventures of Sir Lancelot''
*'' Annie Oakley''
*'' The Betty Hutton Show''
*'' The Beverly Hillbillies''
*''Captain Video and His Video Rangers''
*'' Climax!''
*'' Colonel Bleep''
*'' Cowboy G-Men''
*'' Crossroads''
*'' Diver Dan''
*'' Dragnet''
*'' Dusty's Trail''
*'' The Ed Wynn Show''
*'' Eerie, Indiana''
*'' Frontier Doctor''
*'' Fury''
*'' I Married Joan''
*'' The Lone Ranger''
*''The Lucy Show''
*'' Mack and Myer for Hire''
*'' Martin Kane, Private Eye''
*'' Meet Corliss Archer''
*'' Mr. and Mrs. North''
*'' One Step Beyond''
*'' Private Secretary'' (a.k.a. ''Susie'')
*'' Rocky King, Inside Detective''
*'' Sky King''
*'' Stump The Stars''
*'' Topper''
*'' The Veil''
*'' Wagon Train''
*'' What's My Line?''
*'' You Asked For It''
*'' You Bet Your Life''

References

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External links

Alpha Video's website

Companies based in Philadelphia
Entertainment companies of the United States
DVD companies of the United States
Film distributors of the United States
Privately held companies based in Pennsylvania
Companies based in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
1985 establishments in Pennsylvania
American companies established in 1985
Entertainment companies established in 1985