Before Earthquake, before The Day After Tomorrow, there was the disaster-tinged S.O.S. Tidal Wave. This Republic Pictures favorite has just been released on DVD and Blu-ray via Olive Films. Pioneering TV newsman Jeff Shannon (Ralph Byrd) was wary of using…
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Classic Comics Cinema: “Dick Tracy, Detective”
Long before Warren Beatty brought Dick Tracy to movie screens in the summer of 1990, the classic comic strip gumshoe was already a film veteran. Chester Gould’s crimefighter made his big screen debut in a 15-chapter serial for Republic Pictures…
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