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She was also quite touching in William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" (1959).

Thanks so much for posting the December Warner Archive podcast, Richard. George Feltenstein is so knowledgeable and his discussion about the upcoming releases is always interesting. I'm sure it generates a lot of interest in the WAC titles.

Yes, my older Oppo Blu-ray player sometimes can't read the information on a MOD disc. And since Oppo is no longer in business, I can't get a firmware upgrade.

Robert -- Please disregard the previous message. I see that you supplied the link to the podcast. Thanks!

Robert -- Would you be kind enough to post a link to "The Extras" broadcast for those of us who are technically challenged? Thanks!

Because "Rio Bravo" has been restored by The Film Foundation and TCM for the Warner Brothers 100th anniversary this year, might there be a new Blu-ray release to replace the old one from about 10 years ago?

Thanks, Robert! :-)

Robert -- I hope you post a link to the podcast after it airs like you did last time . Not all of us are technically adept at accessing podcasts. Thanks!

Robert -- thanks so much for posting The Extras podcast with George Feltenstein. Please keep them coming!

So glad to hear from George Feltenstein's newest podcast that "The Prince and the Showgirl", restored from the original camera negative, will be shown in the proper aspect ratio, which I assume is 1.85:1. Great news, especially as the older DVD had a ratio of 133:1.

Thanks very much, Rich! :-)

Robert -- Can you include a direct link to the podcast as I'm not on Facebook? If not, that's okay. Thanks.

I was thinking that "The Prince and the Showgirl" might suffer the same fate as "Summertime" did on Criterion with the aspect ratio controversy.

We hope.

Jimmy Lydon is, in fact, included in the 2022 TCM Remembers montage. As usual, it's a class act and brings sighs and wistfulness to watchers as they view the succession of clips of movie people whom we've lost during the last year. You can view the montage on YouTube.

If WB has saved "Royal Wedding" from PD, maybe they'll eventually release it on Blu-ray. It's one of my favorite Fred Astaire musicals.

Part of the reason it's incoherent is that the film was taken out of the hands of director Vincente Minnelli at its completion and re-edited.

You're absolutely right! I read that in more than one Garbo biography.

Of course, Garbo is incredibly beautiful in this, but she doesn't seem to have much romantic chemistry with Fredric March. Fortunately, Basil Rathbone is in superb form as a sympathetic heavy and it's certainly a lavish production care of David O Selznick when he was still at MGM.

So, I was under the impression that the first three WAC titles for July would be announced yesterday, Tuesday, June 8th, to be followed by announcements on subsequent Tuesdays during the month of June. What happened?

Matt, I couldn't agree with you more!

The "This Heart of Mine" segment in "Ziegfeld Follies", directed by Vincente Minnelli, with Astaire and the exquisitely graceful Lucille Bremer, still takes my breath away every time I see it. The lovely song by Harry Warren and Arthur Freed, along with the complicated circular treadmills for...

Definitely Please Don't Eat the Daisies! Besides Doris Day and David Niven in top comic form, you've got Janis Paige in a funny, sexy performance.

A question... Now that George Feltenstein's position was sadly been eliminated as of November 2020 -- although he'll be remaining at Warner until late February -- are the days of the WAC numbered? Gosh, I hope not!

I hope the Fred Astaire movie that WAC is working on is "Royal Wedding" (1951). I'd love to see Fred Astaire climbing the walls and ceiling of that London hotel room on Blu-ray!