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  1. Dick

    Press Release PHE Press Release: Paramount Presents! The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) (Blu-ray)

    No shit! I actually bought a "pet" chameleon at the New York circus, too! It got loose and no one could find it. But I had green wall paper with a light criss-cross pattern, and my little lizard had simply moved up the wall and stayed still for days, totally camouflaged. No more lizards as pets...
  2. Dick

    Press Release PHE Press Release: Paramount Presents! The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) (Blu-ray)

    I agree with this assessment. But did anyone here ever attend a true Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus at Madison Square Garden as a mesmerized kid? I did, a number of years. The smells (peanuts, animal shit, cotton candy, sawdust), the anticipation, the sight of trained tigers and...
  3. Dick

    Press Release PHE Press Release: Paramount Presents! The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) (Blu-ray)

    Maltin's intros to various movies are not especially informative, and he seems a little too goody-two-shoes to be much of a resource. However, keep in mind that, in the past, Maltin has been instrumental in getting us Disney compilations on DVD, especially the highly collectable double-disc Walt...
  4. Dick

    Press Release PHE Press Release: Paramount Presents! The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) (Blu-ray)

    Criterion may have put it out on DVD, but Universal-International originally it in this country in 1948. I'd love to see Criterion upgrade this, along with about nine dozen other DVD-only titles.
  5. Dick

    Press Release PHE Press Release: Paramount Presents! The Greatest Show On Earth (1952) (Blu-ray)

    Most of those last six belong to Warner Bros. I think HAMLET was a Universal release. WAC might get around to at least a few of these. HAMLET could come from Kino.
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