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    Classic TV-Movies that ought to be on DVD (and/or Blu)

    Surprisingly, that wasn't the first time she played Molly Brown.
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    Classic TV-Movies that ought to be on DVD (and/or Blu)

    And while we're on the subject of TV movies about shipwrecks. SOS Titanic (1979). Yes, this has been released on DVD but that's the version that was cut down for overseas theatrical release which is missing about 30-40 minutes from its original broadcast on ABC. In addition, the original...
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    Classic TV-Movies that ought to be on DVD (and/or Blu)

    I saw it when it first aired on WPIX in 1981 and it was repeated several times in its original format through 1985 and then was on cable into the 90s. A couple months ago I revisited my recording for the first time in about 15 years and I found that if you quit hitting yourself over the head...
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    Classic TV-Movies that ought to be on DVD (and/or Blu)

    My version of "Goliath Awaits" is uncut from an early 90s cable airing. Glad I never saw the butchered version.
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    Classic TV-Movies that ought to be on DVD (and/or Blu)

    Babe Ruth (1991-NBC). MUCH superior to the godawful big screen movie about Ruth with John Goodman that came out the following year. Stephen Lang plays Ruth in a narrative that provides nuance to his relationship with Yankee manager Miller Huggins and also gets things more accurate than the...
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