Crawdaddy's "Random Thoughts" about Home Video, Film & TV (5 Viewers)

[Robert Crawford]

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I want to view this in the coming weeks with my parents. Does anyone know if it has a Blu release anywhere?

I checked the DVD Profiler database and the only disc release of "God is Where You Find it" is the 2014 Warner Archives DVD that is a part of my disc library.

 

[Bryan^H]

I checked the DVD Profiler database and the only disc release of "God is Where You Find it" is the 2014 Warner Archives DVD that is a part of my disc library.

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$10 at Amazon, I just ordered a copy.

Thanks.

 

[Robert Crawford]

$10 at Amazon, I just ordered a copy.

Thanks.

That cover art was pretty bad because even though Olivia and George Brent looked similar to that cover art, that doesn't look nothing like Claude Rains or any other male actor I remember in that movie.

 

[Sultanofcinema]

I was born and raised in southeastern Connecticut and I remember those movies. However, I don't the resemblance except for the nose.

Robert, " does anybody here have an aardvark?"

 

[Matt Hough]

By the way I still don’t see a resemblance between the younger Main and the one that appeared in the Ma & Pa Kettle movies.

Me either! I'm in total shock!

 

[jayembee]

I was born and raised in southeastern Connecticut and I remember those movies. However, I don't see the resemblance except for the nose.

Yeah. Maybe it has to do with these specific photos, but in the "younger", her eyebrows seem to go straight across, while in the "older", they seem to arch more. And the hair difference kinda throws things off.

 

[Robert Crawford]

This weekend's "Noir Alley" movie is "Shockproof" (1949) starring Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight. The film was directed by Douglas Sirk and co-written by Samuel Fuller. I watched this movie for first time last November during our "Noirvember Challenge". Here are my brief thoughts. Chances are I won't watch it again, but will definitely listen to Eddie's comments.


Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2023 Schedule:


01-07-23: Don't Bother to Knock
01-14-23: Thunder Road
01-21-23: The Two Mrs. Carrolls
01-28-23: Highway 301
02-04-23: Hangover Square
02-11-23: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
02-18-23: Lightning Strikes Twice
02-25-23: Hunt the Man Down
05-06-23: The File on Thelma Jordon
05-13-23: Flamingo Road
05-20-23: Dial 1119
05-27-23: The Fallen Sparrow
06-03-23: Between Midnight and Dawn
06-10-23: The Verdict
06-17-23: Flaxy Martin
06-24-23: Storm Warning
07-01-23: Deep Valley
07-08-23: Impact
07-15-23: Shockproof
07-22-23: Julie
07-29-23: Desperate
09-02-23: The Secret Fury
09-09-23: The Wrong Man
09-16-23: Out of the Fog
09-23-23: Two O'Clock Courage
09-30-23: Whiplash
10-07-23: Deception
10-14-23: The Big Caper
10-21-23: Casque d'Or
10-28-23: Experiment in Terror
11-04-23: TBA
11-11-23: Cry Terror!
11-18-23: Strange Bargain
11-25-23: TBA
12-02-23: TBA
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
12-23-23: TBA
12-30-23: TBA

 

[Matt Hough]

Once again this week, I haven't seen the selection so will be eagerly awaiting watching it on the DVR.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Once again this week, I haven't seen the selection so will be eagerly awaiting watching it on the DVR.

After watching the movie again, my initial criticism of this movie still stands, but with even more conviction. I’m glad that Eddie and I share that same sentiment towards this film. Freaking Hollywood!

 

[Robert Crawford]

I got a chuckle out of this photo from The Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[Matt Hough]

After watching the movie again, my initial criticism of this movie still stands, but with even more conviction. I’m glad that Eddie and I share that same sentiment towards this film. Freaking Hollywood!

Yeah, that ending was the pits, but it would have been SO tragic if Fuller had had his way (I didn't want Wilde to die; Knight's machinations especially early on make her less sympathetic).

Have seen Julie many times being a Doris Day nut, but I'll watch next week not only for Eddie's comments but also to see if they have a better print of the film than what we have on DVD.

BTW, tried Shockproof on the TCM app, and it wouldn't load.

 

[ahollis]

I got a chuckle out of this photo from The Beverly Hillbillies.

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Almost reported this picture for Jane Hathaway blinded me.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Man, I got a boatload of discs arriving today from various retailers. The problem I have is that I've been up half the night with a bout of insomnia, so I ended watching "Oppenheimer" (1980) a seven-hour mini-series that the BBC produced starring Sam Waterston as Robert Oppenheimer. Granted it wasn't the entire seven hours because I already watched three hours of it prior to this morning. Anyhow, sleepiness is finally starting to take hold, so I guess I'll crash for a while. My first inclination is to first watch "Force of Evil" or at least spot check that new Blu-ray.

Force of Evil (Blu-ray)
Nevada Smith (Blu-ray)
To Live and Die in L.A. (4K/UHD)
Hugo (4K/UHD)
Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher (4K/UHD)
Breathless (4K/UHD)

 

[Sultanofcinema]

Man, I got a boatload of discs arriving today from various retailers. The problem I have is that I've been up half the night with a bout of insomnia, so I ended watching "Oppenheimer" (1980) a seven-hour mini-series that the BBC produced starring Sam Waterston as Robert Oppenheimer. Granted it wasn't the entire seven hours because I already watched three hours of it prior to this morning. Anyhow, sleepiness is finally starting to take hold, so I guess I'll crash for a while. My first inclination is to first watch "Force of Evil" or at least spot check that new Blu-ray.

Force of Evil (Blu-ray)
Nevada Smith (Blu-ray)
To Live and Die in L.A. (4K/UHD)
Hugo (4K/UHD)
Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher (4K/UHD)
Breathless (4K/UHD)

Robert, To Live And Die In LA is sold out everywhere and as usual Amazon underestimated the preorders. Mine would have been here today but is now August.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Robert, To Live And Die In LA is sold out everywhere and as usual Amazon underestimated the preorders. Mine would have been here today but is now August.

Amazon now is showing that Force of Evil won't be released until August 1st. Yet, I received my Blu-ray today from Target along with Nevada Smith, To Live and Die in L.A. and Hugo.

 

[Robert Crawford]

A movie I haven't seen yet.

 

[Walter Kittel]

A movie I haven't seen yet.

Personally speaking, I was kind of underwhelmed by this film. Perhaps a case where the word of mouth set my expectations way too high going into the viewing. The blending of noir sensibilities in to the contemporary setting just didn't work for me in this particular instance. (There are many neo-noirs that I enjoy, but this left me 'meh'.)

- Walter.

 

[bujaki]

A movie I haven't seen yet.

I remember RAH extolling its virtues. I enjoyed it as well.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Last night's "Ask Eddie" segment:

 

[Robert Crawford]

This weekend's "Noir Alley" movie is "Julie" (1956) starring Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan and Frank Lovejoy. An MGM movie that I wouldn't exactly call a film noir. Anyhow, I haven't watched this movie since the WA DVD came out in 2011, so I'm looking forward to revisiting it and hearing Eddie's comments.


Updated TCM's Noir Alley 2023 Schedule:


01-07-23: Don't Bother to Knock
01-14-23: Thunder Road
01-21-23: The Two Mrs. Carrolls
01-28-23: Highway 301
02-04-23: Hangover Square
02-11-23: Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
02-18-23: Lightning Strikes Twice
02-25-23: Hunt the Man Down
05-06-23: The File on Thelma Jordon
05-13-23: Flamingo Road
05-20-23: Dial 1119
05-27-23: The Fallen Sparrow
06-03-23: Between Midnight and Dawn
06-10-23: The Verdict
06-17-23: Flaxy Martin
06-24-23: Storm Warning
07-01-23: Deep Valley
07-08-23: Impact
07-15-23: Shockproof
07-22-23: Julie
07-29-23: Desperate
09-02-23: The Secret Fury
09-09-23: The Wrong Man
09-16-23: Out of the Fog
09-23-23: Two O'Clock Courage
09-30-23: Whiplash
10-07-23: Deception
10-14-23: The Big Caper
10-21-23: Casque d'Or
10-28-23: Experiment in Terror
11-04-23: TBA
11-11-23: Cry Terror!
11-18-23: Strange Bargain
11-25-23: TBA
12-02-23: TBA
12-09-23: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
12-16-23: Beware, My Lovely
12-23-23: TBA
12-30-23: TBA