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This Was Cinerama
Henry Hathaway, at Right in Hat, Directs HTWWWSmileboxed by How The West Was Won (1962)Ad for 35mm General ReleaseAre there fans of How The West Was Won beyond those who got to see it in Cinerama? I...
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When Harper Did It Better
Paul Newman Is 1966 King Of CoolHarper was Bullitt's slightly older cousin that foresaw a next couple years of movie cool's progress, while Bullitt exerted influence to last decades. Harper was also...
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Cruel, Cruel Love From Fox
Fallen Angel (1945) Glows on Region Two Blu-RayMust have been tough being on the bum in 1945. Just ask Dana Andrews as bus mooch Eric Stanton. He's tossed off the conveyance for feigning sleep to cadge...
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Untold Story Of An Unsung Artist
William Cameron Menzies: The Shape Of Films To Come Is A Holiday Season Must-ReadHis name in titleswas assurance of unforgettable sights ahead, William Cameron Menzies often a truer director of films...
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Another Bout of RKO Dogfighting
Goggles On for Flying Devils (1933)With aviation buff Merian C. Cooper at RKO's helm by 1933, it must have been a cinch for staff to pitch an aerial theme to green light response. I bet some did...
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Bill Castle Does a Dreamy Thriller
The Night Walker (1964) Is Out On DVDI anoint Barbara Stanwyck as 60's, if not all-time, scream queen after seeing TCM's new disc release of The Night Walker, paired with Dark Intruder to tie ribbon on...
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Denning Drilling For Texas Tea
RKO Seeks a Gusher with Double Deal (1950)Good news: Marie Windsor is top-billed and the female lead. Less good: She's nice and the other woman (Fay Baker) is bad. Reverse their parts and we'd have a...
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2 and 1/2 Years in The Making, 60 Years Getting Here on Blu-Ray
This Island Earth Arrives from German GalaxyAlbuquerque Hardtops Cede TIE To Outdoor OpenThere's been fierce debate over a just-released German Blu-Ray of this sci-fi favorite, "Favorite" a relative...
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Vamp When Ready
Louise Glaum Enters Sex (1920) SweepstakesI've got to wonder if this title got some exhibs in dutch, but nothing suggests so in Variety or trades lately checked (did any talkie go by that...
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Again Where Teens Ruled The Roost
Rooney-Garland Steamroller Continues with Strike Up The Band (1940)The second bundle of joy from Mickey and Judy as show-biz aspirants, Strike Up The Band shows how easy stardom might be had if luck is...
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Rommel Rolls Over a 50's Sandbar
Fox Scores B.O. Blitzkrieg With The Desert Fox (1951)James Mason among first in a 50's line of "Good Germans" who opposed Hitler and sought end to Teutonic war-making. He's Field Marshal Rommel, an...
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More Scripts From The Crypt
Weaver/Rhodes Celebrate Lugosi and Bride Of The Monster (1955)Another wow from Tom Weaver's Scripts From The Crypt series, this onewritten/compiled by him and Lugosi historian Gary Don Rhodes. Not only...
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Hollywood Travels Without Traveling
March Chases Bennett in Trade Winds (1938)Detective Fredric March tracks accused murderess Joan Bennett across process-shot land and sea, Trade Winds celebrating state-of-art fakery circa 1938. I...
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Mann On The Mat As Jim Sings
Stewart Makes Changes For Night Passage (1957)Back When They Were Buds -- JS and AM, Both SeatedNightPassage has long been jinxed because Anthony Mann did not direct it, initial idea being he and star...
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A Look-In To Darkest Times
A Metro Cast Faces Depression Woes in Looking Forward (1933)Old men (LionelBarrymore, Lewis Stone) making a last stand against Old Man Depression. There's a forward that boosts Roosevelt, despite a...
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The Musical Frank Despised Most
Metro and Sinatra Bomb Big with The Kissing Bandit (1949)Long ago, when Frank Sinatra was guesting all over radio and television in addition to host duties of his own, there was a joke he or others...
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When Walt Took Us Way Back
So Dear To My Heart (1948) Celebrates Days Past'64 Reissue Sweetened By a Disneyland ShortMiddle-age (at least) men on line for Star Warsknow from aching nostalgia. They'll freeze on sidewalks to...
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First Ford Talking Feature
The Black Watch (1929) Comes Out Of Its CaveThis was JohnFord's first feature-length talkie. It opened in May, 1929 as sound rolled like tanks over a silent era headed for extinction. The Black Watch...
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A Great One Back From Hiding
M (1951) Is No Slight On Lang's OriginalWhat a pip this was! I don't think it could improved if Fritz Lang directed. By all account, he was mightily peeved over Seymour Nebenzal remaking the thing, but...
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