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I was watching my old Warner Archive DVD of the Fred Astaire/Jane Powell musical “Royal Wedding”, specifically the terrific “I Left My Hat in Haiti” number – and it reminded me of what an eye-popping wonder old style Technicolor was in its heyday. When I was a child in the 50’s going to Saturday...

During old Hollywood’s golden years, each of the major studios had it own distinctive style, its own favored genres and approaches. Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer concentrated on infusing its films with a high gloss sheen designed to show off its stars, sets and costumes at their most impeccably...

As the ever indeterminate countdown period for the next batch of WAC Blu's enters its peak suspense phase, I once again trot out a few of the many many titles on my wish list: Strong Contenders GOLD-DIGGERS OF 1935('35) Dick Powell,Gloria Stuart MARIE ANTOINETTE('38) Norma Shearer,Tyrone Power...

The initials RKO certainly conjure up memories of what many consider Hollywood’s Golden Age. The company was the only big studio from that era to spring up after the talkie revolution had taken hold. Paramount, Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal, MGM and Columbia were all in business during the...

MGM was famous for lots of things - more stars than there are in the heavens (Gable, Garbo, Tracy etc etc etc.), spectacles like "Ben-Hur" and "Quo Vadis" and so many other things from Andy Hardy to "Gone with the Wind". But much of MGM's continued allure comes from its unparalleled catalogue of...

I saw the Hepburn movie when it came out and I remember it as a souffle that resolutely refused to rise. A real clunker. I never saw "Dear World" on stage. But the cast album is one of my two or three all-time favorites. A terrific Jerry Herman score with Angela Lansbury the gleaming center of...

Couldn't resist adding a few more names. Three performers who were prominent at Warners in the pre-code era, then moved on to other studios and/or freelancing. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. Love is a Racket(1932) Union Depot(1932) WARREN WILLIAM Goodbye Again(1933) LORETTA YOUNG She Had to Say...

As I eagerly await the rest of Warner Brothers' centennial celebrations, here's a list of a dozen Golden Age Warner Brothers stars and the Warner films (for each) I'm most hoping to see emerge on Blu: JAMES CAGNEY Blonde Crazy(1931) Lady Killer(1933) A Midsummer Night's Dream(1935) JACK CARSON...

Great news about "Storm Warning" and "Safe in Hell". Can't wait to see those new scans. Looking forward to lots more similarly exciting titles in the months to come.

Gee I was just editing the Loy thing into my post as you were writing this. Just like Robin Hood splitting someone else's arrow when he hits the bull's eye.

My guess is that Tyrone Power went to MGM for "Marie Antoinette" in exchange for Tracy's assignment at Fox. Power was red hot and rising at the time so maybe Myrna Loy's participation in Fox's "The Rains Came" was also part of the deal. All speculation on my part but it could have happened that way.

So many vintage MGM titles I'd love to have on Blu-ray - from the silent era through the 50's. After that, there's not that much I'm interested in getting. Of the post-50's Blu's already available I've more or less got the ones I want (Ride the High Country, Tarzan Goes to India, The Golden...

I watched TCM's showing of "The Bounty Hunter" this week as well. Mistakenly thought I'd seen it before. But, no. It was all new to me. And very enjoyable too. This and "Sugarfoot" are the two Warner Bros. films from Scott's early 50's period as a top 10 box office star that seem to have eluded...

Here are the Warner Bros. titles I’d most like to see Warner Archive release on Blu. Haven’t included stuff from the other studio catalogues Warners seems to control (MGM, RKO, Monogram/AA) And I’ve also left off the Randolph Scott/Budd Boetticher classic “Seven Men From Now” as I understand...