Crawdaddy's "Random Thoughts" about Home Video, Film & TV (2 Viewers)

[David Weicker]

Fred MacMurray?

 

[Robert Crawford]

Cagney, Chester Morris and Edward G.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Top row: Dick Foran, John Brave, Johnny Mack Brown, Fay Wray, Pat O'Brien, John Wayne, Charles Starrett
Bottom row: Norman Z. McLeod, Dale Van Sickel, Talmadge Lee Van Sickel, Andy Devine, William Bakewell

 

[Robert Crawford]

Some great news as Obsession/The Hidden Room is coming out on Blu-ray from Indicator.

OBSESSION - LE

(Edward Dmytryk, 1949)Release date: 17 June 2024Limited Edition Blu-ray (World premiere)Starring Robert Newton (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), Phil Brown (The Camp on Blood Island), Sally Gray (They Made Me a Fugitive), and Naunton Wayne (The Lady Vanishes), Obsession takes a dark and unsettling...

www.powerhousefilms.co.uk

 

[ccrawford]

Great news indeed and about time!
Just noticed that this release is US/Canada as well, so no worries about importing and possible customs charge.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Last night's "Ask Eddie" episode:

 

[Robert Crawford]

Yippee! After a six-week absence, "Noir Alley" is back this weekend. Their first film after the hiatus is "Le Samourai" (1967). A French neo-noir directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and staring Alain Delon. Over the years, I've seen bits and pieces of this fine film but never watched it from beginning to end. I'll complete that task this weekend when I finally watch my Criterion Blu-ray and then listened to Eddie's comments.


Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2024 Schedule:


12-02-23: Black Angel
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
01-06-24: Pickup
01-13-24: I Died a Thousand Times
01-20-24: Stage Fright
01-27-24: Woman in Hiding
03-16-24: Le Samourai
03-23-24: Where Danger Lives
03-30-24: Pushover
04-06-24: Violence

 

[Angelo Colombus]

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This weekend's "Noir Alley" movie is "Woman in Hiding" (1950) starring Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Stephen McNally, Peggy Dow, John Litel and Taylor Holmes. Directed by Michael Gordon. I've seen this movie beforehand but have little memory of it. Furthermore, I have the 2019 Blu-ray that I haven't watched yet, so I'll take care of that this weekend.





Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2024 Schedule:


12-02-23: Black Angel
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
01-06-24: Pickup
01-13-24: I Died a Thousand Times
01-20-24: Stage Fright
01-27-24: Woman in Hiding
03-16-24: Le Samourai
03-23-24: Where Danger Lives
03-30-24: Pushover
04-06-24: Violence

Le Samourai is one of my favorites from Jean-Pierre Melville and wished he made more films but died at an early age of 55 in 1973. Will watch the TCM broadcast this weekend.

 

[Robert Crawford]

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Yippee! After a six-week absence, "Noir Alley" is back this weekend. Their first film after the hiatus is "Le Samourai" (1967). A French neo-noir directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and staring Alain Delon. Over the years, I've seen bits and pieces of this fine film but never watched it from beginning to end. I'll complete that task this weekend when I finally watch my Criterion Blu-ray and then listened to Eddie's comments.


Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2024 Schedule:


12-02-23: Black Angel
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
01-06-24: Pickup
01-13-24: I Died a Thousand Times
01-20-24: Stage Fright
01-27-24: Woman in Hiding
03-16-24: Le Samourai
03-23-24: Where Danger Lives
03-30-24: Pushover
04-06-24: Violence

I might not get to this title until later in the week because I'm now concentrating on watching the James Cameron 4K/UHD as well as Westerns during our "Western Challenge".

 

[Matt Hough]

I might not get to this title until later in the week because I'm now concentrating on watching the James Cameron 4K/UHD as well as Westerns during our "Western Challenge".

I'm reviewing today, so will not likely get to it until tomorrow as well.

 

[Robert Crawford]

This is not good:

“It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis

Industry pros sweat the possibility that many digital files will eventually become unusable — an archival tragedy reminiscent of the celluloid era.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Robert Crawford]

Coming to The Criterion Channel:

 

[Matt Hough]

Coming to The Criterion Channel:

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Boy, that's a line-up of classics if I ever saw one!

 

[Robert Crawford]

This weekend's "Noir Alley" movie is "Where Danger Lives" (1950) starring Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains, Maureen O'Sullivan and Charles Kemper. It's too bad the quality of this movie doesn't match up with the actors that appeared in it. My last viewing was more than 15 years ago when that Warner Film Noir DVD Boxset Volume 4 came out. I'll probably watch it again, but Robert Mitchum played his share of dummies back in the day. John Farrow directed this movie with his wife, sweet Maureen in the cast.

Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2024 Schedule:


12-02-23: Black Angel
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
01-06-24: Pickup
01-13-24: I Died a Thousand Times
01-20-24: Stage Fright
01-27-24: Woman in Hiding
03-16-24: Le Samourai
03-23-24: Where Danger Lives
03-30-24: Pushover
04-06-24: Violence

 

[Matt Hough]

I don't think I've ever seen it, so I will be watching.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I don't think I've ever seen it, so I will be watching.

Matt,

What did you think of it?

 

[Matt Hough]

I meant to talk about it last night and got sidetracked.

I was surprised Eddie liked the ending because I didn't much care for it. They drive home through the whole movie that he's slowly dying from his concussion, and then after collapsing, he's given treatment and is looking at a full recovery and a reunion with his girl (who's AWFULLY forgiving). Of course, he made his BIG mistake the moment he learns she lied about being Rains' daughter. I cannot imagine any scenario that would have forced me back into that house with someone who had lied to me that deliberately.

It was a fun ride with this lunatic, to be fair, and from certain angles, Faith looked JUST like Jane Russell so learning she was Howard Hughes' next protege after Jane was no surprise. Claude Rains got third billing with only one scene in the movie. Amazing what a long career and four Oscar nominations can get for you.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I meant to talk about it last night and got sidetracked.

I was surprised Eddie liked the ending because I didn't much care for it. They drive home through the whole movie that he's slowly dying from his concussion, and then after collapsing, he's given treatment and is looking at a full recovery and a reunion with his girl (who's AWFULLY forgiving). Of course, he made his BIG mistake the moment he learns she lied about being Rains' daughter. I cannot imagine any scenario that would have forced me back into that house with someone who had lied to me that deliberately.

It was a fun ride with this lunatic, to be fair, and from certain angles, Faith looked JUST like Jane Russell so learning she was Howard Hughes' next protege after Jane was no surprise. Claude Rains got third billing with only one scene in the movie. Amazing what a long career and four Oscar nominations can get for you.

I watched this movie 3-4 times and I never thought he was slowly dying from the concussion. I just thought his medical condition would worsen before he got better because he should have been in a hospital for observation and rest. I always thought the movie was mediocre at best. However, after watching it this past weekend, I kind of liked it more than beforehand. With that said, Mitchum sure could play the "sap" for the dames. I agree with you that once Rains told him the truth about his marriage then any guy with some commons sense would've left that house without looking back. What a dope! I never cared for the ending too especially with Maureen O'Sullivan being so forgiving towards him. With that said, I can see why some people would have an issue with the confession being so convenient for a happy outcome. Without the Production Code interceding, him taking the fall for a murder he didn't commit would have been a much better ending.

 

[Robert Crawford]

A couple of young Fox studio contract actors in 1932:

 

[Robert Crawford]

I didn't know that actor Jason Patric's father was Jason Miller (The Exorcist) and that his maternal grandfather was Jackie Gleason.