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As much as I am liking "The Loner," I am even more impressed with "Custer." The stories are all pure fiction, with almost nothing that could be described as historically accurate, but if you can accept that, you're in for a real treat. Just about every "Custer" episode deals with him bravely...

Just picked this up last night and while I've only seen the first six episodes, I am very impressed. Picture quality was great for five of the six shows I watched, while one (episode three, I believe) looked washed out and grey, but still very watchable. Sound was consistently crisp and clear...

I see that "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" will be shown in theaters nationwide the week of April 10. Typically, the theaters that participate in these "Classic Film Series" events schedule three showings of each film --:usually a Sunday afternoon showing, plus a Wednesday afternoon and...

I see there have been two BluRay releases of the George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol." (Different cover art.) Anyone know whether the two versions are identical in terms of picture quality and sound?

I just may have to go back and see this film again. Most of the Cinemark theaters are showing it one more time on Wednesday, Nov. 4. What better way to spend an evening?

Saw "My Fair Lady" yesterday ay my local Cinemark theater. I have never seen a film that looked this good projected on such a huge screen. The level of detail was simply amazing. In the scene where Eliza first arrives at Higgins' home, I could see that the little calendar device on Higgins'...

I remember those days. "The Beatles First U.S. Visit," which came out in the early 1990s, was initially priced at $99 (clearly positioned to be a rental release) while the vastly superior laserdisc was $34. Boy, was I glad I owned a laserdisc player...

I just received a notice from Barnes & Noble that my BluRay has shipped. The funny thing is, I pre-ordered this well over a year ago, back when it was initially announced as a 2014 single-disc release and Barnes & Noble had a pre-order price of $19.99. They have honored the pre-order price, so...

For those who missed Sunday's show due to technical problems, you might check to see if your local Cinemark theater is running the film Nov. 1 and Nov. 4, as I just received confirmation of those dates from my local Cinemark theater. ("My Fair Lady" is part of Cinemark's Classic Film Series...

I'm in central Iowa, Robert. There are at least three theaters near me showing MFL at 2 pm on Sunday, Oct. 18 -- but nothing in the evening or on any subsequent days, when I can actually go. In theory, my best bets are the Nov. 1 and 4 showings at Century 20 Jordan Creek Cinemas, but the...

So we are sure that "Bridge On The River Kwai" was initially released in mono? I seem to recall that several years ago this was hotly debated and somebody dug up an old newspaper ad for "Kwai," from one of the New York papers, that trumpeted a stereo presentation at one of the premiere...

This is frustrating. Not one of the theaters in my state who are, according to the MyFairLady50 web site, showing the film on Wednesday, Oct. 21, or on Sunday, Nov. 1, or on Wednesday, Nov. 4, know anything about it. So I either have to assume their web sites are not up to date and the staff...

Very true. I contacted the manager of the Jordan Creek theater and asked about MFL, pointing out that the MFL50 web site says the film will be showing there Nov. 1 and Nov. 4, but the theater's own web site doesn't show it, and neither does the ticketing agency, Fandango. He responded right away...

And here's my favorite version of the original Broadway cast album: a boxed set of 45 rpm discs, with complete liner notes inside the box. I bought this so I could have the complete Broadway version on my jukebox, a 1961 Seeburg Q100.

Here's the rare, open-ended interview disc that was sent to radio stations before the film's premiere, enabling local disc jockeys all over the country to "interview" Rex Harrison. I bought this copy, still sealed, several years ago. Included inside were the scripts with the questions to be...

From 1964, here's a purple-vinyl promo edition of the film soundtrack...

To those who have checked the 50th anniversary site and expressed disappointment that there are no showings in their area: Keep checking! The site still appears to be adding a lot of theaters to the list of exhibitors. I live in the middle of Nowehere, Iowa, and in just the past few days I...

Just offering a different perspective... The day in 1994 that I went to see the 30th Anniversary restoration is still my all-time favorite experience at the movies. Nothing is likely to ever top it. Although I had never seen "My Fair Lady," I was familair with the story and many of the songs...

This reminds me of another recent Fathom Events showing at Cinemark theaters: "How The West Was Won." All of the Cinemark theaters were apparently given a seriously defective digital "print" to show. The sound was glorious. The picture was sharp. But there was virtually no color in the image...

I've been to a lot of movies over the past 35 years, but my all-time favorite movie-going experience was seeing "My Fair Lady," for the very first time, during the 30th anniversary showings of the restored version back in 1994. At the time, I lived in Iowa, and the closest theater showing the...

If you're a fan Tiomkin's work on "The Alamo," you may want to invest in the 3-CD "complete soundtrack" as performed a few years back by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Although I prefer the original soundtrack's overture as heard on the laserdisc of the so-called "director's cut,"...