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I like Mr and Mrs Smith. While I think the leading male role was adequately served by Robert Montgomery, it seemed tailor made for Cary Grant. Gene Raymond’s performance is reason enough for me to get this film upgraded to Blu-ray (as well as the Hitchcock completist thingy). His intoxicated...

So much for that. The link was expanded to the full text anyway. Mods (@Ronald Epstein , @Robert Crawford , @Mike Frezon …) if you could please change the second link in the above post into a simple link, I‘d be most grateful. [Edit: Please ignore that request. Spoilered it instead.]

That is a beautiful message, Todd! If you sent it to Cathy’s verizon email address, then I‘m afraid it will bounce back. Only yesterday, I got a bounce-back of messages to Cathy’s and Bob’s addresses, so I think both are closed down now. Thanks to @Joel Arndt ‘s lead, I found Bob’s Macy’s...

Thanks Todd. I suspect Cathy’s not been staying at that address ever since she and Bob moved to be with his niece during his treatment. Bob frequently emailed about his worries for his Mom should he go first. Perhaps a message of condolence from us letting her know how highly many here felt...

Thank you once again, Todd. I know you’ve been trying hard to get news of Bob and his mom, Cathy for some months now. Our fears for Bob have finally been realised, though as you pointed out, he is finally freed from the excruciating pain and anxieties he suffered. To member Joel (?), who...

Thank you, Ron. I’d have loved to have you all there for the viewing. Don’t think that thought didn’t cross my mind on many occasions. If I were based in the US, that invitation would have been going out to all of you to join in. I’ve been in that position here, where I wished to be joining...

This is a bit of an aside, but its relevance to WAC will hopefully soon become clear. My family pooled their resources to get me a surprise birthday present of a private film screening at our local cinema. This was last year, but it was such a difficult year on many fronts, that we had to put...

You have a Teflon-coated fragile ego? [No need to reply. Just an attempt to lighten the mood]

To be fair, WAC also released excellent renditions of Greer Garson’s Madame Curie and Pride and Prejudice on Blu-ray.

A little glimpse into the reach of Mr Jewison’s work. Imagine early-70s pre-revolution Tehran. Morning recess, a group of nine year-olds trying to outdo one another with their Tevye body shake as they shriek If I Were A Rich Man with terrible accents. Thank you, Mr Jewison, for this and many...

In case you’re unfamiliar with this… My Old Friend Backstory - Carl Perkins with Paul McCartney “The rest of the story as told by Carl Perkins in a 1996 interview with Goldmine magazine which ran in the 1998 Beatles edition: "She (Linda) said, "There's two people in the world that know what...

Giles Martin: The Man Behind The Beatles' "Now And Then" Album

Peter Jackson Talks About Making The Beatles' Last Music Video “When Apple asked me to make the music video, I was very reluctant - I thought my next few months would be a hell of a lot more fun if that tricky task was somebody else’s problem, and I could be like any other Beatles fan, enjoying...

The Beatles - Now And Then (Official Music Video)

I love it. Having listened to the original demo tape recording many times over the years and thinking ‘if only…’, I’m so happy and grateful for the outcome achieved through a mix of technology, tenacity, musicianship and outright love. With this technology, I hope they now isolate John’s...

Unforgettable as Dr Nora’s mom from hell in Frasier. Loved her sassy early performances opposite Tony Curtis in The Prince Who Was a Thief, Son of Ali Baba etc. Val Guest recalled this of The Persuaders: “…one day we were shooting on the Croisette in Cannes… Tony Curtis came down to do his...

Josh, I took your advice and it proved sound. I felt pretty good yesterday (Day 8) and tested negative. I resisted the urge to visit Mum in hospital and erred on the side of caution and left it for one more day. Coughed furiously last night and I’m strongly positive again today. Thanks for...

Mum (87) is in hospital for a life-threatening bowel infection, complicated by a range of pre-existing factors. Dad (93), my brother and I all contracted Covid in the days after her admission, and so have been unable to assist her in hospital. At what point is it considered safe to rejoin her...

I agree it was a perceptive and very well-written review. Mods may wish to correct the attribution to the correct author, Todd Erwin, in case others like me are late to the thread and start reading it from the most recent post and work backwards. They might not read to the top to realise the...

Thank you dear friend. I’ve just emailed you.

A very nice-looking Zarak was released as part of Imprint’s Tales of Adventure Collection 1 earlier this year. Fire Down Below is available as a single BD from Umbrella, and as part of the Mill Creek Rita Hayworth Ultimate Collection. Both releases include the same respectable transfer.

Self-deleted. Posted private message here in error.

Oh my goodness, Bob. You’re back on HTF and have even named me in the title of this thread and I’ve only just stumbled across it three days later. Boy, am I red-faced! Great to have you back. Hoping this means you’re over the worst of the crisis. A lot of love has been surrounding you in these...

That’s quite the generalisation. I think I’d qualify as an ‘extreme hardcore nerdy/geeky/tech type’. I would not be surprised if I spend more on physical media than most, not only due to volume of purchases, but also due to the international shipping charges and unfavourable currency exchange...

Very late to this absorbing topic. Josh, you misspelled medication.

Todd and Man, I’ve deleted my earlier post here and sent it to you as a private message in the interests of privacy and caution.

Alas, all the Amazon Horses and King's Men could not put Wichita into my cart. Transcript attached.