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  1. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review The Prince and the Pauper (1937) Blu-ray Review

    This film is one that instantly brings back my childhood pleasures in seeing a great story told wonderfully well. I saw it on televison, yes. Maybe just once before it was ever released on DVD, but it stuck with me. I also enjoyed the Disney version with Sean Scully playing both roles and Guy...
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    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - The Carpetbaggers -- in Blu-ray

    The film's most wonderful asset is the magnificent score by Elmer Bernstein!
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    RIP Treat Williams

    He was hysterically funny as the straight young detective Michael Brick hired to find Jack Weston's Gaetano Proclo in some sort of compromising situation in "The Ritz".
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    Blu-ray Review One Way Passage Blu-ray Review

    Thanks to Warner Archives, I have enjoyed discovering Kay Francis over the years.. This is a particularly excellent film. Never thought of it as a comedy. I think we are lucky to have a film with both Francis and Powell. Not many film lovers these days realize she was one of the, if not THE...
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    Blu-ray Review Queen Christina Blu-ray Review

    Ordered! I'm looking forward to it.
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    Blu-ray Review The Little Rascals: The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6 Blu-ray Review

    I wish I could have worked at Club Spanky. I'd have made hundreds and thousands of dollars!!
  7. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray Review

    One of the all-time great scenes in any star-making film was that of Turner in her final staircase descent. Even though she was ill, she was determined to see a follies review. After a while, she felt too ill to stay and started to leave. But, as she reaches the stairs, one of the songs from...
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  9. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray Review

    Thanks, Matt! This has been one of my favorites since seeing it on TV in the early 1960s. Can’t wait to get my BD of this
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    Blu-ray Review For Me and My Gal Blu-ray Review

    Thanks, Matt! I am looking forward to getting this one.
  11. Virgoan

    The Wizard of Oz returns to theater with a previously deleted musical number

    It could be the filmed celebration scene in Oz when Dorothy returned with the broomstick. It was never used.
  12. Virgoan

    You only get to watch the creations of 5 directors…. Deserted island

    Hitchcock Minnelli Fellini Lean Capra
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    Blu-ray Review Flower Drum Song Blu-ray Review

    Chief among the craftsmen who made this musical the joy it is was master composer/conductor/arranger Alfred Newman who had done such beautiful adaptations for “Carousel”, “The King and I” and “South Pacific”. He and choral associate Ken Darby were Oscar-nominated for music adaptation for this...
  14. Virgoan

    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Death on the Nile (2022) -- in 4k UHD

    The years go by so quickly. Exactly right. I keep thinking this is 2021.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Death on the Nile (2022) -- in 4k UHD

    This was shot during the pandemic and the company was unable to shoot in Egypt, if I correctly understand what I have read about the production. They recreated Egypt in the UK. But I do believe CGI can make things look "real" instead of what we got.
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    UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Death on the Nile (2022) -- in 4k UHD

    I am very sorry to say that this film was a complete miss for me. I love Agatha Christie. I love the original movie starring Ustinov, Niven, and a cast of stars who remain memorable in their roles. The movie was true to the era Christie set her tale in. Branagh's "Death on the Nile" is...
  17. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm – in Blu-ray

    How does one tell the difference between the letterboxed version and the smileboxed version when ordering? Amazon only lists one version.
  18. Virgoan

    Columbia Classics Vol 3 Suggestions

    Young Winston The Victors A Man for All Seasons Cat Ballou A Passage to India
  19. Virgoan

    Watching all the James Bond movies (SPOILERS)

    No “spoiler” alert?
  20. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ Shenandoah – in Blu-ray

    As I very clearly stated, it was a rare miss FOR ME! I find I am virtually always attuned to his POV. Spare the lecture!
  21. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ In the Good Old Summertime – in Blu-ray

    I respectfully suggest that “The Wizard of Oz” is the most beloved film Garland made st MGM, followed by “Meet Me in St. Louis” and”Easter Parade.”
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    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ Shenandoah – in Blu-ray

    A rare miss by Mr. Harris for me. “Shenandoah” is a movie-movie with a groping story, very good performances and a wonderful underscore.
  23. Virgoan

    A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Greatest Show on Earth – in Blu-ray

    Charlton Heston portrayed "Brad Braden".
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    Blu-ray Review Broadway Melody of 1940 Blu-ray Review

    This gem is one of my favorite musical films. It's notable that Eleanor Powell's voice is her own. In previous films she was dubbed as studio head Louis B. Mayer preferred more cultured, operatic voices from his female singers, Powell had sung on Broadway prior to her film career, so it's...
  25. Virgoan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ The Swarm -- in Blu-ray

    The very best thing about "The Swarm" is the fantastic music score by the late, great Jerry Goldsmith~
  26. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review The Big Country Blu-ray Review (Kino)

    Mr. Crawford: We were discussing a subjective opinion you hold. I hold a differing opinion. Sorry if my expression of that is somehow "off topic" when it's about the film that is the subject of the thread. I'd be interested In what source you have for degrees of popularity of the themes.
  27. Virgoan

    Blu-ray Review The Big Country Blu-ray Review (Kino)

    Actually, the Jerome Moross score is one of the all-time great scores, even greater than "The Magnificent Seven", IMO. "...Seven" has a terrific theme, but Moross' score is varied and thematic throughout without relying on one theme.
  28. Virgoan

    A Few Words About A few words about...™Forever Amber -- in Blu-ray

    From IMDb, this confirms what was reported in the press after Darnell's death: "It was Star Dust (1940) that Darnell was watching the night of April 9, 1965, at the home of her former secretary, located in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The house caught on fire in the early hours of...
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