Recent content by Charles H

Zanuck must be weeping in his grave at what his decendants have done to his legacy. (He decreed that all TCF films under his regime would be done in CinemaSccope). Wasserman would be furious at the indifference of Universal to his historic purchase of the pre-1950 Paramount catalog. Fox and...

A good print of COME NEXT SPRING is available on Amazon-on-Demand. The film is a remarkable piece of Americana and the underrated Steve Cochran and Ann Sheridan are both terrific playing against type. Many Olive releases-past and forthcoming are available free on Amazon Prime On Demand.

Amazon has BEARCATS! (Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole) from the Shout Factory being released in May. Also some DVDs with Red Skelton and Liberace.

Actually the Richard Denning tv series would make a great DVD.

I suspect that GIRLS TOWN i is owned by Olive Films (it's part of the Republic catalogue). GIRLS' TOWN and HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTAL were both brought out on VHS and HSC was brought out on dvd,but the other Zugsmith produced titles (THE BIG OPERATOR, COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL, THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM...

Video quality is exemplary. The show itself is ingenuous from a financial point of view (2/3 of the show is underwater and Lloyd Bridges' narration gives it a semi-documentary quality. No big" guest stars" like many of the other shows of the period (except Dorthy, Beau, and Jeff, Robert Conrad...

THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE COLLECTION is up for pre-order now. Can SCATTERGOOD BAINES be far far behind?

A YANK AT OXFORD, THE POWER AND THE PRIZE, HER CARDBOARD LOVER, SONG OF RUSSIA, and HIS BROTHER'S WIFE? And where is THE NIGHT WALKER from Universal?

What happened to THE IRON HORSE?

TALES OF MANHATTAN?

the underrated IS PARIS BURNING? ARMY OF SHADOWS HELL TO ETERNITY HELL IS FOR HEROES PATHS OF GLORY BEGINNING OR THE END WAR HUNT NO GREATER GLORY TO BE OR NOT TO BE (Lubitsch) FOREVER AND A DAY HOPE AND GLORY ABOVE AND BEYOND IN HARM'S WAY A BRIDGE TOO FAR THE GUNS OF NAVARONE WINGS THE NIGHT...

Many of the Paramount William Holden titles (THE PROUND AND PROFANE, THE TURNING POINT, DEAR WIFE, UNION STATION, SUBMARINE COMMAND) are available free on AmazonPrime on Demand.

.....And William Holden? THOSE WERE THE DAYS, I WANTED WINGS, THE REMARKABLE ANDREW, THE FLEET'S IN, BLAZE AT NOON, DEAR RUTH, STREETS OF LAREDO, ? It would be nice if they brought out the all-star VARIETY GIRL (1947). It did come out on VHS.

SOULS AT SEA was released on dvd ;at year as part of the TCM Rarities Collection. CANYON PASSAGE was released on DVD on one of the Western Collections. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN has been released several times (e.g.Jimmy Stewart Collection)s. It would be wonderful to get MEN WITH WINGS, SKYLARK...

How about a Paramount SPOOKY STUFF COLLECTION: The unseen THE UNSEEN with Gail Russell and Joel McCrea with a screenplay by Raymond Chandler; Edward G. Robinson and Gail Russell in NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES from a Cornell Woolrich story; Ray Milland and Thomas Mitchell in ALIAS NICK BEAL, a...