filmlover

Some more at Costco for $16.99 (saw these ones at the Burbank store) And these twin packs are $7.99 each (the one at the top is The Story of Ruth/One Night With the King)

A brief interuption of the 1936 ads. This is a monthly calendar for the Albany Theatre for April 1937. I was doing some spring cleaning and came across this collectible. I thought you might like to see it.

More Olive releases on Blu, June 26th. They will also be available on DVD.

I think I mentioned these, already, but just in case...I saw these at Costco yesterday:

Hi, TikiSoo, Be careful of any salespeople telling you to get a Monster HDMI cable. "Monster" is the brand they normally try to sell people...because it costs from $30-$150. That's ridiculous. You can get an excellent HDMI 6-ft cable for about $5-$10 from any number of places. Check Amazon for things like this: http://www.amazon.com/BlueRigger-High-Speed-Cable-Ethernet/dp/B00316263Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333291441&sr=8-1 Out of 2,200 ratings by people, this has almost 2,000 five-stars ratings...and it is only $5.99. By the way, if you are a Costco member and take a look at what Sony Blu players they have, many times they include the HDMI cable right in the box. That's one of the special things that Costco does (it will say on the outside of the box if there is one included). (And Costco has an incredibly easy return policy.) Do you know what Sony model they have for $80? If you don't mind, I can check on different reviews of it before you buy, just to make sure it is not one a year or so older that curent models (the newer the models now, the better the speeds and, often, more features you will find you will like).

Also I should mentioned I have taken to the format a bit more than krieger. I am currently at over 800+ Blus. The bottom of the three rows of this photo are DVDs. Everything above that is Blu-ray. (Not to worry, I do have more DVDs, but they are on different shelving units.)

I'd like to elaborate on krieger's answers... 1. There are still some titles that have DVDs for sale by themselves, as there are also some Blu-ray's for sale by themselves. The different packages are because the studio is trying to get your money by any means possible. As he mentioned, you can walk into a Best buy store and for the same title find a DVD for sale, and on another rack a Blu-ray/DVD combo package, or a more elaborate Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy somewhere else, or the ultimate at the moment, the 3d Blu-ray/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy. 2. Amazon is not the best place to search for a review of a Blu-ray. Part of the problem is that on the main page for an item, they don't list reviews in date order (you have to click on a link to do that), and some of the first reviews of a Blu title can be years old. Sometimes the reviews are of DVDs. Amazon hasn't gotten its act together on that yet. But also you might find a review of a title from a few years ago that says "Blu-ray sucks", and if it was around 2007 it could have been written by an an angry HD DVD supporter during the format wars (think Democrat/Republican wars today). Also, a Blu is only as good as the master they are working from. There are some poor titles out there, such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, because the original film's master wasn't that great to begin with. But other titles can stun you like you wouldn't believe by how incredible the picture (and audio) quality is. If you want to check out Blu reviews, I only really recommend three sites: *Blu-ray.com* Here's a link to their main page: http://www.blu-ray.com/ Here's a link to their review pages http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/reviews.php?letter=A&sortby=title _______________________________________________________ *DVDBeaver* Most recent reviews: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/new.htm All Reviews: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/reviews.htm _______________________________________________________ HighDefDigest Main page: http://www.highdefdigest.com/ All reviews: http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/reviews_alpha.html _______________________________________________________ You didn't mention if you have an HDTV, but if you don't, you should hold off on getting a Blu player. However, if you do have an HDTV, you should get a Blu player ASAP! The quality of picture and sound is incredible (make sure you go through an HDMI cable, not the old component connections. Prices for Blu-ray players are way down because so many different companies are offering them now. Back in the format wars, they were usually about $300 and up. Now, you can get a brand new model for about $60. Personally, I would tell you to buy a Sony Blu-ray player since they invented the format. The next thing is to make sure you get one that is future-proof (well, the immediate future, taht is). I was in Costco and they have a Sony 3D Blu-ray player on sale for $109. This also includes an internet connection so you can stream Netflix and other sources when you want. It plays Blu-rays, DVDs, and DVD-Rs (but that last item may vary depending on models), and 3D Blu-rays (but you need a 3D HDTV in order to play those).

As far as the Olive films go, from what I have read they don't do restorations.

On the Hot Topics page, I just started a thread on how Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is licensing the Samuel Goldwyn film library and how Olive Films are licensing a number of Republic Studios' films. http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=164152&tstart=0

Amazon has the newly released Blu of Frank Capra's Lady For A Day for $14.99, which is 50% off the list price. http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Day-Blu-ray-May-Robson/dp/B006QS9MC2/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1333138313&sr=1-1

If you all remember, we had an annoucement here for The Grapes of Wrath to be on sale in early April, exclusive to Screen Archives Entertainment. Well, I guess that exclusive is only for two months because Amazon now has a listing for it at $20.99, coming out June 5th. So if you are willing to wait the two months, you can save bygetting it from Amazon for about $4 less plus not have to pay SAE's shipping charges. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PM218K

June 17th-30th, 1936

The Servant was on TCM on the 19th

*Colossus of New York* (Blu) and *The Space Children* (DVD and Blu) June 19th from Olive Films.

There are some very good shows on HBO: Luck, Game Change, Real Time With Bill Maher, Game of Thrones, Life's Too Short, but these are all original programming. I agree when it comes to movies of recent years they show that there is very little worth watching. The following might explain why:

To all who saw The Spanish Gardener, you might have noticed a nice chemistry between Bogarde and the boy, Jon Whiteley. The reason is they worked four years earlier in a wonderful film called Hunted (1952) (U.S. title The Stranger In Between). I saw Hunted recently and it's my favorite Bogarde performance. It's a touching movie and, at the same time, suspenseful. Edited by: filmlover on Mar 28, 2012 2:01 PM

This would have been his 81st birthday. TCM is showing the below during the day:

The Amazon Deal of the Day is The Little Rascals Complete Collection for $26.49 (list price is $69.97). This is an 8-DVD set that includes 80 sound shorts and 3 silents (in the extras section). http://www.amazon.com/Little-Rascals-Complete-Collection/dp/B001CDFY5U/ref=xs_gb_A3K87M3PUVDFND?pf_rd_p=441937901&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_t=701&pf_rd_i=20&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0H1N00J5MY0GVN84CVR4

32", huh? Well, you could always press your face up against the screen.

I am STUNNED you haven't heard good things about the Smilebox. (And, of course, you must take into consideration you have only seen still pictures of it, so that is no judge.) Yes, maybe you need a larger screen. Not sure what size TV you have. DVD Talk said: "The "Curved Screen *Smilebox* Simulation" is a complete success." Highdefdigest said: "Personally, I think the Smilebox is pretty compelling and am likely to default to that version in future viewings of this particular movie." Neofilm: "The “Smilebox” version of the film, which simulates the screen’s curvature was first rate and along with the brilliant quality of the transfer, minus the vertical lines, and the crisp clear sound makes this a pleasure to watch."

I don't think it has been mentioned here yet, but there is a strong possibility that *Dial M For Murder* is coming out on Blu-ray *in 3D* later in 2012. There is also a distinct possibility it is going to be a WarnerArchive release.

On TCM tonight: The Knack...And How To Get It

krieger, though he was talking about a TV showing from the 90s, more recently (about two or so years ago), Warner Bros. did a beautiful job of removing the lines from the three projections for their Blu-ray release. You can still see a hint of it, but defnitely not as pronounced as they had once been. (And to those who don't have it, get the original Blu-ray version of the film in order to have the Smilebox version, which shows it in a curved screen format, simulating the Cinerama process very nicely. They came out later with just a regular single-disc flat edition. You don't want that one. you want this one: http://www.amazon.com/How-West-Blu-ray-Book-Packaging/dp/B0018O50VQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332780593&sr=8-1 ) By the way, the current issue of Cinema Retro, Vol. 8, Issue 22, which is still on the newsstand, has 32 pages on Cinerama films, including 10 pages on HTWWW, with a lot of great photos.

Sepia, one diference between Shane and the Eastwood films, Shane himself seemed to come more from Heaven, and the Eastwood characters in the two films seemed to come from Hell with a vengeance.

I believe TCM has had at least one segment with her between movies talking about films. It airs periodically, if I recall right.