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Nor mine either,though I am a huge Wyler fan. THE KING AND I or GIANT should have won,imo. GIANT won Best Director for George Stevens and for the second time in a row he won this Oscar but the film itself lost for Best Picture to lesser movies,imo. 1956 is a favourite year for movies for me...

Yes. Same musical score re-used and I think it has the same screenplay. One we need on blu ray ie the Cinemascope - perspecta stereo version filmed in England. William Wyler directed the Code-altered version of THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, retitled THESE THREE in 1936 and then the more faithful...

The above synopsis (by WAC?) is in error. Glenn Ford's character is a widower NOT "recently divorced". Much is made in the screenplay of Eddie's delayed response to his mother's death and when it comes, it begins a series of arguments between Ford and Jones. Ronnie Howard handles the grief his...

Terrific, funny and genuinely sentimental comedy/drama. A reunion movie for Shirley Jones and Ronnie Howard soon after THE MUSIC MAN wrapped. Jones still speaks highly of his professionalism as a child actor. If anyone at Warner Archive is reading this, I am one who is still waiting for...

He is usually memorable in everything he does. In a film like ELMER GANTRY, with a number of terrific performances, he still stands out in a supporting role. He plays a journalist who is kind of the "voice" of author Sinclair Lewis.

Hi Robert. Nice to have that list of UK Technicolor movies. I have a book about the use of the process there (COLOUR FILMS IN BRITAIN by Sarah Street). Interestingly, the unpopular Natalie Kalmus was "deported" there to cause less stress on Hollywood sets. I don't think film-makers like Powell...

I like both versions. I tend to view musical remakes as separate entities due to the great difference in genre conventions. The Herbert Ross film was no LOST HORIZON (though even that hugely flawed musical has nostalgic appeal for me). David Shopman, in his excellent books THE GREAT MOVIE STARS...

I hadn't heard about its disappointing box office results. I doubt that this reflects its quality or even its critical reception. I would say that a period biopic dealing with romance under pressure from parental tyranny was not popular subject matter in the era of blockbuster epics, musicals...

Thanks for the correction. I had been misinformed online. Have yet to view both films, although I have them in my collection. I realised they were both set in the world of classical music. I have WHEN TOMORROW COMES, and intend to watch it soon. I had assumed they were all from the same source...

A tremendous film which I first saw when it was revived in cinemas in NY in 1981. I like the Morley film and his performance, but I think this one has the edge. Finch is the first actor to win an Oscar posthumously (for NETWORK). He passed away after the votes were in. (I personally think...

Why has the very good Sidney Franklin 1956 Cinemascope remake of THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET never been released on vhs, dvd or blu ray? Beautifully shot in the UK. I actually prefer it to the 1934 version, as good as it is. No doubt in Perspecta Stereophonic sound. I have it from TCM in...

I wrote to Susan Luckey before she passed away. She told me in her response that they had planned to film the ballet on a real beach but it had proved too difficult. She also confirmed to me that all of the dialogue in CAROUSEL had to be looped as the refashioned Grandeur cameras (originally...

PORGY AND BESS (Apparently the Gershwin estate is now ok with the rights being accessed again.i have read on this site that the negatives were restored at Columbia back in the '90's, I think. I believe MGM/UA held the rights for a time, but did nothing with this title) WHERE'S CHARLEY? The...

I have seen a review in the Melbourne Argus newspaper in 1930 which indicates that the 65mm version was played at the Regent Theatre in Collins st. This was the Hoyts theatre which later showed THE ROBE in 1953 and all of the major Fox releases. It also showed GONE WITH THE WIND on first release...

Hi. I ordered this online from JB Hi Fi in Melbourne about nine days ago. It arrived in four days. They had a great deal. Movies were around 20% off and also there was a 'buy two, get one free'. I got the Imprint blu rays of THE CARPETBAGGERS and A PLACE IN THE SUN with it and with shipping...