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I saw MGM's archive print of this film at MoMA in 1974. Knew nothing about the film. And was I impressed! Definitely one of the best Westerns (noir) ever made.

So is the score.

April is not the cruelest month, in spite of TS Eliot.

It was during the Ford retro at MoMA. And yes, it must have been a 3-strip nitrate Technicolor print. I also assume it came from the MGM archive.

Its silent version is also excellent. I wish it'd be made available along with the talkie. I saw both at MoMA on the same day in 35mm prints.

That's ironic. So adultery and suicide in Bovary, and Anna Christie's prostitution and pedophile abuse were acceptable then as well as now. Who decides these things? Whoever it is also decides to be a keeper of societal mores. All hypocritical to say the least. BTW, I don't mind these...

My first and, I believe, last experience with Air Force was in 1973 during the WB retrospective at MoMA. It was a superb 35mm nitrate from the vault. It was an exhilarating experience. An instant favorite! Bring on the BD.

The 4K is, of course. The BD is region B. Now back to Warner Archive.

I have an Italian 4K BD of Coda.

Along with the stereo tracks for The Opposite Sex.

I prefer the thrill and danger of Altamira.

Nothing from 1923 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the WB company. ;)

Addendum to previous post: I was also there at MoMA for Paramount's 60th anniversary retrospective, way back in 1972! They showed Paramount's first feature film starring Sarah Bernhardt: Queen Elizabeth. It was quite bad, even for 1912 standards.

I'm old, so old. I remember the 50th anniversary retrospective of WB in '73, and the MGM in '74 at MoMA where I saw so many rare prints...Technicolor and sepia toned... nitrate originals... all 35mm.

I love redheads with one big exception: RS.

Brother to Stanley.

Songs by Kurt Weill!

Allyson sings or croaks? Hey, I watch her films as well even if I can't stand her voice, her looks, her everything. What the world needs now, is love, sweet love...

The one about amnesia? No... It's being hit over the head unrelentingly in Mad World.

Nobody's perfect! And you feel about Garson just how I feel about Allyson!

Garson displays her music hall talents and her shapely legs to good advantage. Plus I love her voice. And the cast is indeed splendid.

After watching It's a Mad, Mad...World for the millionth time, that's all your brain can remember!

The Night of the Iguana sports great B&W cinematography from the extraordinary Gabriel Figueroa. A 4K scan derived from the original negative is a mouth-watering prospect.

I'd say that Crawford hardened around 1932 (see Rain). She still had some baby fat in Grand Hotel. But Turner around '41, yes, she was some peaches and cream dish.

I saw the '41 version in Puerto Rico as a child. It did contain the disturbing dream sequence. What child could ever forget the gorgeous females hitched as horses and furiously whipped by a monster? I first saw the '31 version in a 35mm print in NYC and the first reel had been chopped off. No...

Mr. Chippy?

For the record, the WB silent version with Barrymore and Mary Astor is a damn good film. I saw Warner's archive print in '73. Barrymore and Willard Louis as the Prince of Wales are excellent. Astor is very lovely, very lovely indeed.

I wish I had been one of the lucky ones to order Ice Palace before it was withdrawn from the WAC. I did see it once in 35mm around 1962. Would love to see it again.

In 1965 there was a mini Garbo festival in Puerto Rico. Five films were revived in newly struck 35mm prints. Of course they were projected in 1.85 ratio, but what did I know or care at the time (I was 15). It was my first glimpse of the Divine Garbo. I was in boarding school, so I was only able...

Garbo disliked March as he was intent on bedding her. She chewed on onions or some other pungent food before their kissing scenes in order to repel him.