Question: To date, several noir sets have been released, but one title is still missing, that being The Window, RKO’s tense 1949 nail-biter that helped win the late, great child actor, Bobby Driscoll, a miniature Oscar statuette as the outstanding…
Read more →Monthly Archives: September 2010
Around the World in 80 Days (1956): Movie Review
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) There are two ways that people can travel. Whether you’ve gone across the world or across town, you can probably distinguish the two. There are those who will eat McDonald’s wherever they can…
Read more →What’s Your Favorite Performance By An Actor in Multiple Roles?
Belle Grande: Paige O’Hara Remembers Beauty and the Beast
It’s been nearly 20 years since Disney’s Beauty and the Beast was in theaters, charming the world with its fairy tale blend of magical story, gorgeous animation, colorful characters, memorable romance and wonderful music. For Paige O’Hara, who supplied the…
Read more →This Week In Film History, 09.25.10
September 25, 1906: Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur astounds audiences nationwide and will blaze new trails in the art of animation. September 28, 1914: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum’s movie company releases The Patchwork Girl of…
Read more →Dear Mr. Gable
In the 1937 film Broadway Melody of 1938, a young Judy Garland sings “Dear Mr. Gable: You Made Me Love You” to a photograph of the handsome star: “Dear Mr. Gable, I am writing this to you and I…
Read more →Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo & Sam Goldwyn
When I was growing up, some of my absolute favorite movies were Samuel Goldwyn’s Danny Kaye/Virginia Mayo musicals made during the ‘40s. For a twelve year old, the films were bright, breezy, funny and chock-a-block with snappy tunes and zippy…
Read more →These Stars Never Lost Their Lustre…Creme
If you thought hawking hair products on TV was something invented in the later years of the 20th century, you should take a look at a little gem called Lustre Creme Shampoo Commercials: The Movie Star Collection. Long before we…
Read more →Douglas Sirk: Introducing the Douglas Sirk Filmmaker Collection
Dig Doug : Douglas Sirk, the German-born filmmaker best known for such superior soapers as Imitation of Life, Written on the Wind and Magnificent Obsession, is getting his own collection and Movies Unlimited has an exclusive on it. It’s the…
Read more →Fred Goes to Monster-Mania Con
I know I said I was going to foam at the mouth about the Cinema God known as Roger Corman this month, but it’s my column and I changed my mind. We’ll talk Corman next month or two. August 20-22…
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