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WB continues to have exciting DVD announcements. December 7 will see the release of the BUSTER KEATON COLLECTION. The set includes THE CAMERAMAN, SPITE MARRIAGE and FREE AND EASY. Extras included is an all new Kevin Brownlow documentary.
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Warner Bros. has just announced the DVD debut of two George Stevens classics: the wonderful heartwarming I REMEMBER MAMA which stars Irene Dunne and the exciting, action packed GUNGA DIN with an all-star cast headed by Cary Grant. Release date is December 7.
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The 99 cents store in LA is selling dozens of PD films in paper sleeves for 99 cents. One of the DVD's I purchased was McClintock. I know this one is not PD. But the happy surprise was this DVD is letterboxed. I think this is the film's first release in that format. Its pretty amazing a budget company would release a film in this format, but who's complaining!
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They are supposedly coming in 2005 along with several Harlow films.
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gwtwbooklover, you seem to have gotten all your movies mixed up and your Robert's. Robert Montgomery played in both HERE COMES MR. JORDAN and LAKE IN THE LAKE. Robert Young seemed to be hopelessly typecast in nice guys roles with the exception of two films CROSSFIRE and THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME. The latter an excellent film noir. Oddly enough for some reason he hated his villain role in THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME. I think the role changed his personna effectively just as MURDER MY SWEET did for singer Dick Powell.
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Marge and Gower Champion finished their movie career with JUPITER'S DARLING which was Esther Williams last starring vehicle for MGM. A very offbeat film but a total flop. The duo then co-starred with Betty Grable in her last vehicle at Columbia called THREE FOR THE SHOW. A very silly movie with some great dance production numbers by Jack Cole. Later Marge played a small part in the Burt Lancaster vehicle THE SWIMMER. These days Marge Champion is out and about. I think she lives in NYC and is very good at signing autographs through the mail as well as in person when she comes to Los Angeles. She even sent me a recent photo!
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Shirley MacLaine is great in person. Through the mail I don't know whether her signature is authentic. I wrote Liz Taylor and all I got was a picture with a printed signature. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. did autograph through the mail. Virginia Mayo I have gotten many times in person. I found Carroll Baker to be a bit secretive about giving out her address or receiving mail. I got her many times in person. Loretta did sign through the mail when I sent her, although I am not sure this was authentic. I did get her in person as well. Marie Windsor sent me an extra picture as well as responding with a note. Ditto Marsha Hunt. Very nice ladies. Some actresses like Anne Shirley took a long time to answer and only after I sent her many letters begging her to sign the photos I sent, then she responded. All in all I have been very lucky sending pictures through the mail. Unfortunately many of these stars are now gone and I only started collecting in the very early 90s. I'd say 98% of the old-time stars are good or were good about signing pictures.
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I think Williams' films were never to be taken seriously. I think they were a lot of fun, especially the water ballets which were pretty lavish at times. My favorite will always be MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID since this is one of the first films I remember seeing as a child. Although she wasn't much of an actress she could certainly handle herself in the water. Williams tried to make a stab at acting in a non-swim role in the 1956 film THE UNGARDED MOMENT as a teacher who is accused of molesting a student. I believe the film was a failure.
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Correction for my last comments. The list price for these double features are $9.99. DeepDiscountDvd is selling them for $5.99. There is also a double feature Hedy Lamarr coming out.
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VCI is releasing a double feature of MEET JOHN DOE with A FAREWELL TO ARMS in October. I can't say what these prints will be like, but the price is right at $4.95. Just saw the cover artwork for VCI's double Susan Hayward feature SMASHUP and TULSA and its a knockout. See DeepDiscountDVD.com.
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It seems like Ms. DeHavilland has been writing her autobiography for the past 10 years. I was lucky to get a typed letter with her signature stating she did not have time to sign. Now you will only get a typed letter from her secretary.
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CURTAIN CALL hasn't been telecast for years nor was it ever available on home video. This film as well as other Universal films from that era seems to have completely disappeared. Now that TCM is running many films from the Universal library hopefully more of these obscure Universal B&W films will show up on TV again.
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Since most of Hayworth's films were for Columbia, I assume TCM does not yet have the rights to show most of her films. That could be the answer.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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DeMille badly wanted Hepburn to play Nefeteri in his remake of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, but when he saw her in the costumes he decided Hepburn was all wrong for the role and replaced her with Anne Baxter a more voluptuous woman.
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I just finished watching Paramount's splendid DVD release of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. There is a short interesting feature with Elmer Bernstein explaining how he got the assignment. He was to assist DeMille's favorite composer Victor Young. Since Young was too ill, Bernstein took his place and scored the entire film. Bernstein's score for this epic film is one of his best. Some of my favorites scores are FROM THE TERRACE (I always found this romantic score very moving), THE CARPETBAGGERS, SONS OF KATIE ELDER, WALK ON THE WILD SIDE and of course TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. After hearing Bernstein's early scores (along with Jerry Goldsmith) I always thought these two composers were worthy successors to the composers of the golden age: Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Max Steiner, Franz Waxman and Erich Korngold. Now with these two greats gone there simply is no one else to take their place.
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I'd use the cutoff date as 1960 for good movies. That was just about the end of the studio system.
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In my comments below I meant to say the newer the star the more illegible the signature. As for Ms. Reynolds, this must be new, she never charged before. Does she charge if one were to send her a photo with a self-addressed envelope? In the past some stars asked for a nominal fee to go to their favorite charity, but never put the money in their own pocket. I really think this is outrageous. At one particular celebrity show in L.A. some celebs charge up to $50 for an autograph -- and I am talking about many obscure TV personalties. A word of caution: One has to be careful in not sending Ms. Reynolds original photos since she will keep them. I found out she collects on herself. Before I started in-person collecting, I sent her a gorgeous original movie still along with two others, she kept the original. So I learned a lesson from there on. One does have to be careful about this!
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Like Crawford, Marlene Dietrich is another who did sign all photos. In fact even towards the end I heard she opened all her own mail and signed each and every photo. And like Crawford she would occasionally write a personal note to the fan. I sent her several photos at different times and each and every one came back signed. Another great one was Audrey Hepburn. I remember seeing her on Larry King and she mentioned that she was behind with all her mail but she would eventually get to it. It took me about six months to hear from her but eventually all my photos came back signed. To this list I would add James Stewart and Vincent Price. I know Price received tons of mail requesting autographs and he never failed to answer each and every piece of mail. I'd say over 95% of old-time stars responded to my mail. I think the studios trained these stars to be good about this. Alas, today's so-called stars couldn't care less about their fans. And for some reason the newer the star the more illiterate the autograph. It is usually a scribble. Personally, I have rarely paid for an autograph. And I would think $80 sounds a bit high for a Glenn Ford autograph. If one has access to attending a collectors show, one might get a better deal.
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Brownlow's new documentary in the Keaton set will cover the MGM years.