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  1. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Thank you Mr C! Maybe the one saving grace was back then there were less commercial breaks meaning hopefully not much was edited.
  2. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Thank you Sir, when Criterion thru Barnes and Noble has their 50 percent sale I will grab Ambersons, Yes I knew RKO was General Tire. When we lost the old WOR we lost so much, that station is now unwatchable. The good old days besides RKO titles I saw Drums Along The Mohawk, How Green Was My...
  3. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    I have never to this day watched "Ambersons" despite the glory years of WOR-TV airing it quite often. WOR-TV where I bet a lot of us saw King Kong, The Thing, Fort Apache, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, Astaire and Rogers and where I saw Holiday Affair one Summer day at 1pm and fell in love with the...
  4. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    The link to the whole article https://www.wellesnet.com/brazil-hunt-lost-ambersons/
  5. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Worth a shot! This was postponed due to Covid TCM funding September hunt for lost ‘Ambersons’ in Brazil April 13, 2021 By RAY KELLY With the financial backing of a classic movies channel secured and a COVID-19 vaccine available, documentarian Josh Grossberg will travel to Brazil in...
  6. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Like the rumors of The Rogue Song playing on Russian TV in the 1960's or a print of Convention City in England --- RAH have you heard TCM is funding the search for the complete print of The Magnificent Ambersons that might exist south of the border?
  7. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    In the early to mid 1980's I was very close friends with a honcho at MGM in NYC his name was Dennis Murphy. Sadly he lost his job when Ted Turner bought MGM he told me that there was a collector in TX who had the footage and footage that was scrapped from other MGM features they had tried to...
  8. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    This great article too https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20040704-2004-07-04-0407040045-story.html
  9. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Would love it if Mr. Harris could do a post every so often telling us such great history. A great story is here in NYC area WPIX actually owns the Laurel and Hardy classic Babes In Toyland having acquired it through a series of misadventures. All PIX has is about 30 plus different prints...
  10. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    What great history on rescuing film, thank you Mr. H! Now if we could just find Convention City, The Rogue Song, missing Marx Bros and Mae West scenes too.
  11. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Really really off topic but this is really interesting - why would 8 minutes of censored footage be gone forever the same with missing footage from let's say Horsefeathers yet no one ever told us where the missing footage from Frankenstein was found would love to hear that story - love hearing...
  12. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    I know a major player in home vid has approached them about them and Uni does not seem interested, I would grab a box set in the instant it was announced!
  13. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Thank you for the info my remarks about Universal were not meant to insult them, the work they did on their classic horror films was amazing and the work they are now doing is a miracle, too bad though NO uncut print survives on HORSEFEATHERS. What does puzzle me with Universal is they spent 2...
  14. RobertMG

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about…™ The Films of Mae West from Kino Lorber Studio Classics – in Blu-ray

    Sad it took the fire at Universal for them to start going thru and checking all their assets and condition of these priceless films and THANK YOU Universal for seeing their worth now and THANK YOU KINO for releasing them! We as film lovers must support these efforts and knowing the great...
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