The Greatest Cable Channel Known to Mankind™ has recently entered into a partnership with the Walt Disney Studios to showcase rarities from “the Disney vault” several times a year in the coming months…and TCM premiered this new collaboration this past December 21 with airings of live-action Disney classics like Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)… Continue reading From the DVR: The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Year: 2014
From the DVR: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
In the annals of “unsolved mysteries,” one of the most celebrated murder cases that still invites speculation years after the unfolding of its events (because although a suspect was eventually incarcerated, his guilt was never officially established) is the “Texarkana Moonlight Murders”—a series of killings that took place in the titular border town (straddled between Texas… Continue reading From the DVR: The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
From the DVR: The Mind Reader (1933)
You can’t argue that carnival hustlers Chandler (Warren William) and Frank (Allen Jenkins) aren’t dedicated to their profession—they have tried on as many rackets as they have suits, from “painless dentistry” to hawking hair tonic. When their “flagpole sitting” concession proves to be a bust, the two men observe a phony mystic (Robert Greig) doing turn-away… Continue reading From the DVR: The Mind Reader (1933)
On the Grapevine – You’re a Big Boy Now
I reviewed a pair of Alpha Video releases that I obtained from Oldies.com back in the merry month of May this year; the theme of these two discs was that they featured a mixture of the sound and silent “Mickey McGuire” comedies that starred Thrilling Days of Yesteryear bête noire Mickey Rooney. One of the DVDs, Mickey’s Movies, also… Continue reading On the Grapevine – You’re a Big Boy Now
Adventures in Blu-ray: The Freshman (1925)
After stalling for what seems like an eternity (well, mayhaps “stalling” is a bit harsh—I’ve really had a lot of items to clear out of my inbox) I finally got an opportunity to unwrap my Criterion Blu-ray of the Harold Lloyd classic The Freshman (1925) Thursday evening and have a peek at its contents. I did a lot… Continue reading Adventures in Blu-ray: The Freshman (1925)
On the Grapevine: “It’s Hard Out There For a Blackmailer” Double Feature – Lady in the Death House (1944)/Behind Green Lights (1946)
This week, I had originally planned to do a review of another DVD purchased from Grapevine Video in the past (and on top of all that, had scheduled it for yesterday) but I wound up calling an audible because a disc on sale in one of the company’s e-mail fliers caught my eye and I succumbed to… Continue reading On the Grapevine: “It’s Hard Out There For a Blackmailer” Double Feature – Lady in the Death House (1944)/Behind Green Lights (1946)
On the Grapevine: Glorifying the American Girl (1929)/Dixiana (1930)
Back in May of this year, Grapevine Video offered those customers who previously purchased a double feature collection of the early talkie musicals Glorifying the American Girl (1929) and Dixiana (1930) an opportunity to upgrade their copies because they had improved the image quality on the earlier discs. And on the off chance you had not previously purchased the 2-DVD set…well, now… Continue reading On the Grapevine: Glorifying the American Girl (1929)/Dixiana (1930)
Adventures in Blu-ray: Caught (1949)
It’s a fairy tale right out of Cinderella! A young carhop named Leonora (Maude) Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes), meets and marries dashing tri-zillionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan), and soon settles in for a life of ease and plenty. Jewelry, dresses, minks—plus a gaw-jus house complete with swimming pool, perfect for lunching around in the afternoons. Only in America,… Continue reading Adventures in Blu-ray: Caught (1949)
Guilty Pleasures: Ghost Chasers (1951)
It has been a while since we’ve taken a stroll down through the Bowery and availed ourselves of some confectionary treats at Louie’s Sweet Shop—I believe the last Bowery Boys movie that I wrote up here at TDOY was Crazy Over Horses (1951), which I did for My Love of Old Hollywood’s Horseathon back in May of 2012. The Greatest Cable Channel Known… Continue reading Guilty Pleasures: Ghost Chasers (1951)
On the Grapevine: Miss Bluebeard (1925)
A title card describes the silent comedy Miss Bluebeard (1925) as “a story of love and nonsense,” and goes on further to say “of course, it begins in Paris.” Popular Parisian actress Colette Girard (Bebe Daniels) has grown quite weary with the attention she receives from all the stage-door Johnnies—really, she’s disenchanted with men in general—and hopes to… Continue reading On the Grapevine: Miss Bluebeard (1925)
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