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  1. Bert Greene

    ***Official 1st HTF Western Movies/TV Shows Challenge 2024***

    Managed to watch another western I'd never seen before, "Arizona Mahoney" (1936-Par), one of Paramount's long running series of films based on Zane Grey stories, which they made throughout the 1930s (and even earlier, in the silents). This was always an above-par series of westerns, made on...
  2. Bert Greene

    The Wind (1928) new restoration

    Good news, and I hope we can get it on blu sometime soon. I still have my old Turner-era 1989 VHS release, and definitely need an upgrade. I do love the film, which is funny, as I've always been one to somewhat bemoan the 'psychological western.' Primarily the often overdone examples in the...
  3. Bert Greene

    ***Official 1st HTF Western Movies/TV Shows Challenge 2024***

    As I didn't officially sign up for the Challenge, I'm fully aware that I'm ineligible for the $50,000 prize drawing at the end of the month. But since I did manage to watch a western yesterday that I'd never seen before, I thought I'd throw in my thoughts. It was an early-talkie Hoot Gibson...
  4. Bert Greene

    Crawdaddy's "Random Thoughts" about Home Video, Film & TV

    Looks like William Bakewell on bottom right. More of a longshot, but could second from left on bottom be Jackie Coogan?
  5. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Hmm, I don't think I'm too keen on the name "Outlaws Network" either. Sounds like the kind of enterprise a slicked-up Roy Barcroft would be heading, while sending his henchmen Kenne Duncan and Bud Geary out at night to rob the safe at the headquarters of the Hallmark Channel. Referencing...
  6. Bert Greene

    International Via Vision Entertainment announces new premium Blu-ray label IMPRINT

    Nice news about "The Woman Who Came Back" (1945-Rep). The mod-dvd of it from Films Around the World (Mr. Fat-W) was pretty raggedy, as I recall. Also great about "Black Moon" (1934-Col). First saw it screened at a Cinecon many years back, when it was quite a rarity. Dorothy Burgess is a real...
  7. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Continuing to gallivant around Republic Pictures' odds-and-ends, I came to "G.I. War Brides" (1946-Rep), starring Anna Lee, Jimmy Ellison, and William Henry. It was a pretty decent little confection from the studio. The plot involved Brit gal Anna Lee illegally taking the guise of a war bride...
  8. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Speaking of "California Passage" (1950-Rep) brings us to Estelita Rodriguez, doesn't it? She was in a heck of a lot of Roy Rogers westerns, but at Republic she also had her own little series of starring comedy-musical vehicles: 1. BELLE OF OLD MEXICO (1950) w. Robert Rockwell 2. CUBAN...
  9. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Referencing that "Wild Bill Hickok" lobby-card above, has anyone ever seen any of those ersatz movies that Monogram/Allied Artists released, each culled from two tv-episodes of the series? There were 16 in all, released to theaters. It probably made some financial sense to put these things...
  10. Bert Greene

    Pre-Order The Cat and the Canary (1927) (Blu-ray) Available for Preorder

    I gather this is going to be from the American cut of the film, as well as from 35mm, via that recent restoration. It's certainly good news! I'd really like to see this film in improved quality, as it's visually quite exciting.
  11. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    To amend something I mentioned in my previous post, I'm now leaning to believe that producer Anthony J. Xydias was indeed involved in those two 1935 Noah Beery Jr. indies. Although he wasn't as active as he'd been in the 1920s, Xydias did have that "Heroes of the Alamo" (1937) release, starring...
  12. Bert Greene

    Kino-Lorber Insider Announcement Thread (Read Guidelines Post #3)

    Wow! I really enjoy the Feuillade serials, and I've been dying to see this one, ever since hearing of its restoration!
  13. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Seeing Noah Beery, Jr. in Roy Rogers' "The Carson City Kid" (1940-Rep) reminded me of what a strong affiliation Beery had with the b-western genre. Beery similarly supported Tom Mix in "Rustler's Roundup" (1933-Univ) and John Wayne in "The Trail Beyond" (1934-Mon), among others. We have Beery...
  14. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Love all the pictures! Those Dixie premiums were a rather popular collectible about 30 or 40 years ago. I ran across a good number of older folks collecting them. But they gradually seemed to fall by the wayside, with movie-memorabilia collectors zeroing in more on things like lobby cards...
  15. Bert Greene

    Crawdaddy's "Random Thoughts" about Home Video, Film & TV

    I remember the big hubbub when the actors and the characters to "Strange Bargain" were brought back for an episode of "Murder, She Wrote." The film had a minor-league cult status back then, which I guess seems to have long since dissipated in favor of other more newly heralded noir titles...
  16. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    In the department of overlooked Republic obscurities, I recently viewed the rather minor "Rose of the Yukon" (1949-Rep), starring Steve Brodie and Myrna Dell. It was a contemporary-set tale of Military Intelligence agent Brodie seeking out a WW2 deserter and potential murderer up in an Alaskan...
  17. Bert Greene

    Sony Pictures to celebrate Columbia Pictures 100th Anniversary in 2024

    Hmm, CBC, the Corned-Beef-and-Cabbage studio, has actually made it to 100. Seems like a good time to petition for a big ole "Jack Holt" box-set on blu-ray. Okay, well maybe just a smaller, more modest "Jinx Falkenburg" collection. Sony? hello. Sony? tap-tap. Sony? Anyone there?
  18. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    You know, it wasn't just Trigger and Champion, as "Black Jack" had his own comic book too, from Charlton, running rather late in the game, from around 1957-59, concurrent with Charlton's own "Rocky Lane" comic. Always surprised Charlton initiated it, as they already had a 'horse' title with...
  19. Bert Greene

    Blu-ray Review Foolish Wives (Flicker Alley) – Blu-ray Review

    I know a lot of actors love playing the villain, but it still boggles my mind that Erich Von Stroheim, being actor-director, and having the most gargantuan budget at his disposal, consciously chose to play one of the most viscerally repellent characters depicted on screen, front and center, at...
  20. Bert Greene

    Your thoughts on Kino-Lorber Blu-rays

    Another in the Republic b-noir sweepstakes is "Tarnished" (1950), with Arthur Franz and Dorothy Patrick. It's quite good. Although, I really love "The Last Crooked Mile" (1947) and "Insurance Investigator" (1951) more, both being rather endearingly fun. Noir purists might not find any of...
  21. Bert Greene

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About While we wait for A few words about…™ The Johnstown Flood - in Blu-ray

    I had admittedly high hopes for this release to begin with, but it exceeded my expectations in every department... the film, the restoration, the musical score. All marvelous! And some great extras, too. We even get to hear a vintage audio interview with George O'Brien discussing the movie...
  22. Bert Greene

    Fantastic 40's Females

    Great list. It would take me a lot of thinking to come up with a list of 40s faves, and I doubt I could line them all up with specific performances. But I'm sure I'd include a lot of usual suspects, like Joan Leslie, Gail Russell, Anne Jeffries, Claire Trevor, Frances Rafferty, Laraine Day...
  23. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    The iconic nature of Gail Davis' "Annie Oakley" role tends to overshadow her fine work as b-western leading lady. She was in something like 20 or so b-westerns, and not just in Gene Autry films, but some for Charles Starrett, Allan 'Rocky' Lane, and Johnny Mack Brown. I think she was even in a...
  24. Bert Greene

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Last Warning -- in Blu-ray

    Of the silents Universal has purportedly restored, I'm still surprised "The Home Maker" (1925) hasn't been tapped. It always sounded like something that would particularly intrigue the modern class of vintage-film critics and bloggers. Perhaps the print isn't deemed up to blu-ray standards...
  25. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    Great news about the John Buscema "Roy Rogers" book. I'd been reluctant to pre-order it, as these publishers are notorious for long delays. Not just weeks, but sometimes up to a year. Sure would be nice to have a companion volume, collecting Dell's "Dale Evans" comic series, spotlighting...
  26. Bert Greene

    Press Release MPI Press Release: The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Seasons 1 & 2 (DVD)

    I always enjoy seeing Nina Shipman pop up in 60s tv. Yeah, I thought she was still with us. Her father, Barry Shipman was a HUGELY prolific screenwriter for b-westerns, serials, and later, some early episodic tv. And, Nina's grandma was none other than Nell Shipman, the pioneer Canadian...
  27. Bert Greene

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Laurel & Hardy: Year One -- in Blu-ray

    This has been a marvelous release! Been getting a lot of laughs from it. Prints look amazing!
  28. Bert Greene

    Warner Archive Announcements Thread

    Yep, there were still a lot of old faves that never got released on Warner Archive's old dvd-mod line. In addition to a slew of WB titles, there were some pre-war RKO's that I was particularly wanting, such as: 1. SCARLET RIVER (1933) Tom Keene 2. BEFORE DAWN (1933) Warner Oland 3. RED...
  29. Bert Greene

    Roy Rogers in TruColor and Uncut

    There's another actor that always seemed rather exclusively tied to Republic Pictures who doesn't get much attention: Ray Middleton. In some ways, I always thought he was more ideally suited for villain roles, and he sometimes struck me as a more gaunt, more lanky Clayton Moore. The studio...
  30. Bert Greene

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Cimarron (1931) -- in Blu-ray

    Absolutely astonishing, the improvement in picture quality! All the cobwebs are dusted away, and it gives the film a vibrant visual pulse that I never quite fully discerned up to this point. I'm still a bit mixed on the film itself. It has some absolutely marvelous scenes and set-pieces...
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