Jeff Swearingen
Second Unit
I've spent a good deal of time over the past few months studying the Roy Rogers and Gene Autry B-Westerns from Republic Pictures. They were initially hard to find, but then I started digging through the bargain bins at BB, Wal-Mart, etc and quickly amassed a large collection for little money at all.
The picture and sound quality on these releases (mainly Goodtimes, Alpha, and Platinum) are questionable at times. But I can live with that, given the film elements are probably in terrible condition and were from day one because of the treatment B-films traditionally get.
Now I've run across a whole new set of B-films I'm starting to enjoy. I just grabbed a set of Roger Corman flicks and spent Thursday night in my film course watching Detour and Glen or Glenda (yes, I had a serious discussion about an Ed Wood film!).
Does anyone have any good leads on B-films to check out from the 20s-50s? I've already dug through a lot of the 60s monster sci-fi, but I'm interested in finding new things to watch with long summer nights coming soon!
The picture and sound quality on these releases (mainly Goodtimes, Alpha, and Platinum) are questionable at times. But I can live with that, given the film elements are probably in terrible condition and were from day one because of the treatment B-films traditionally get.
Now I've run across a whole new set of B-films I'm starting to enjoy. I just grabbed a set of Roger Corman flicks and spent Thursday night in my film course watching Detour and Glen or Glenda (yes, I had a serious discussion about an Ed Wood film!).
Does anyone have any good leads on B-films to check out from the 20s-50s? I've already dug through a lot of the 60s monster sci-fi, but I'm interested in finding new things to watch with long summer nights coming soon!