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h1. Classic Hollywood: Digital/Nondigital ( TCM; Warner Archives ) *Digital: *Turner Classic Movies app, $1.99, av[iTunes|http://www.apple.com/itunes/] store+ Film fans addicted to *Turner Classic Movies* — the cable outlet that plays vintage films around the clock without commercial interruption — should get a kick out of the channel's app, which features videos, trailers and photos from cinema's Golden Age. The home page alone displays detailed background information about any movie currently running on the network, and there are routinely updated video clips from and trailers for vintage films, as well as stills, lobby cards and posters from Hollywood classics. *Nondigital: *Jean Harlow 100th Anniversary Collection, $49.95 One screen siren who routinely appears in the TCM lineup, *Jean Harlow*, is the subject of a seven-disc 100th-anniversary DVD collection from the Warner Archive. The platinum blond helped the country shake away the Depression blues during the 1930s with her saucy, sexy, devil-may-care persona and her crack comedic timing. Though Harlow's career was short — she died of renal failure at age 26 in 1937 — her talent still sparkles — particularly in the best of the seven movies in the set, 1933's "Bombshell," in which Harlow has a field day spoofing herself as a famed actress who wants to quit the biz. Other highlights include 1935's "Reckless," a pastiche of musical, comedy and drama that was also directed by Victor Fleming. -- Susan King What classic-movie-related items are on your want list and on your gift-giving list?

Sunday, Nov. 26th, 1939

British films on TCM today

Saturday, Nov. 25th, 1939

Fri., Nov. 24th, 1939

Thurs., Nov. 23rd, 1939

VCI is having a 50% off sale on everything, beginning Friday Nov. 25th at 12:01 am and ends on Monday at 11:59 pm (Central time). Free shipping over $50. http://www.vcientertainment.com/

> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}Did you spot Christopher Lee? He was the voice of U.N. Owen. I did not know that. Thanks.

There was a song - sort of - in the film, when Fabian is at a piano as he "sings" the poem.

Wed., Nov. 22nd, 1939

I am going to list the next two days now as I will be unable to access my computer until Wednesday. Tuesday, Sept. 21st, 1939

Fox UK is going to be releasing a Blu-ray box set of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals. I expect it to duplicate the DVD set available here with Sound of Music, King and I, State Fair, Oklahoma, and Carousel. More than likely, there should be a U.S. set.

I enjoyed pretty much all film versions of Agatha Christie's novel, though the killer is pretty obvious. And I like the version that was just on, but I really cant elp wondering what they were thinking about when they added that music for the opening titles and closing credits? It totally does not fit the action or scenery. It seems like something from a Vegas show.

Mon., Nov. 20th, 1939

BF sales starting to come through, it looks like. Amazon has a sale on WB titles in digibooks (that's a Blu-ray disc inside an illustrated small book, for those who don't know): Quite a few, including these classic titles: Nortth by Northwest $13.99 http://www.amazon.com/North-Northwest-Anniversary-Blu-ray-Packaging/dp/B0017HMF6W/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1321780834&sr=8-12 King Kong $12.99 http://www.amazon.com/King-Kong-Blu-ray-Robert-Armstrong/dp/B001KVZ6LQ/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1321780921&sr=8-24 Bonnie and Clyde $13.49 http://www.amazon.com/Bonnie-Clyde-Blu-ray-Book-Packaging/dp/B0010YVCHK/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1321781046&sr=8-33 A Star is Born $13.99 http://www.amazon.com/Star-Born-Blu-ray-Book-Packaging/dp/B001A5HG24/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1321781081&sr=8-35 Elvis On Tour $13.49 http://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Tour-Blu-ray-Book-Presley/dp/B003HKN51Q/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&qid=1321781121&sr=8-38 Mutiny on the Bounty $13.99 http://www.amazon.com/Mutiny-Bounty-Blu-ray-Charles-Laughton/dp/B0033AI4AW/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&qid=1321781158&sr=8-40 All the President's Men $13.49 http://www.amazon.com/All-Presidents-Blu-ray-Alan-Pakula/dp/B001SARO9Q/ref=sr_1_50?ie=UTF8&qid=1321781230&sr=8-50

Sunday, Nov. 19th, 1939

Saturday, Nov. 18th, 1939

YIKES! Almost missed the 18th, but still a minute to midnight here on the west coast! Fri., Nov. 17th, 1939

You might want to get it at Fry's. Starting Friday, for one week, they will have it at $12.99. Again, though, it is the regular edition, not the digibook, which is exclusive to Target.

If you are referring to the Blu-ray.com reviewer saying there is a fade to black section at the end of the overture, I didn't see it on the Taget edition I got last night. I also didn't see any shimmer in the opening shot of the buildings, but I will look again. Several people on blu-ray.com have said they are not seeing those problems at all. It might have just been that limited edition the reviewer got. The Target digibook edition is not likely to last long on the shelves, and apparently Fox is going to be offering a replacement program, so I don't think anyone will lose out by buying now.

Thurs., Nov. 16th, 1939

West Side Story came on Blu-ray today. Amazon has it now for $17.99 for the 3 disc set. Target has it for the same price but it is in a digibook edition, exclusive to Target the way that they hand a Sound of Music digibook edition.

I love dropping in to Costco at thos time of year because it is the season that they put out boxsets at a reasonable price, sometimes new ones, sometimes old ones. This is what I saw there tonight: All at $14.99 each TCM Charlie Chan Collection Bogart and Bacall box set Tracy and Hepburn Definitive Collecion Natalie Wood Collection Martin Scorcese Collection Marx Bros. Collection TCM Doris Day Collection

Criterion releases for February La Jetée / Sans Soleil double feature (February 7th, 2012) — * High-definition digital transfer, supervised by Chris Marker * Uncompressed monaural soundtracks * Gillo Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth, a documentary narrated by literary critic Edward Said * Two interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin * Chris on Chris, a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke * Two excerpts from the French television series Court-circuit (le magazine) * A look at David Bowie's music video for the song "Jump They Say," inspired by La Jetée * An analysis of Hitchcock's Vertigo and its influence on Marker * Junkopia, a six-minute film by Marker about the Emeryville Mudflats * A booklet featuring an essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton, an interview with Marker, notes on the films and filmmaking by Marker, and more Three Outlaw Samurai (February 14th, 2012) — * New digital restoration * Uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Trailer * New English subtitle translation * A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri Tiny Furniture (February 14th, 2012) — * New digital transfer * 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack * Director Lena Dunham talks about filmmaking and autobiography in a new interview with writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron * New interview with writer-director Paul Schrader * Creative Nonfiction, Dunham's first feature film * Four short films by Dunham * Trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate World on a Wire (February 21st, 2012) — * New high-definition digital restoration * Uncompressed monaural soundtrack * Fassbinder's "World on a Wire": Looking Ahead to Today, a fifty-minute documentary about the making of the film by Juliane Lorenz * New interview with German-film scholar Gerd Gemünden * New English subtitles * Trailer for the 2010 theatrical release * A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Ed Halter Anatomy of a Murder (February 21st, 2012) — * New high-definition digital restoration * Two audio options: an uncompressed monaural soundtrack and an alternate 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track * New interview with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch * Critic Gary Giddins explores Duke Ellington's score in a new interview * A look at the relationship between graphic designer Saul Bass and Preminger with Bass biographer Pat Kirkham * Newsreel footage from the set * Excerpts from a 1967 episode of Firing Line, featuring Preminger in discussion with William F. Buckley Jr. * Excerpts from the work in progress Anatomy of "Anatomy": The Making of a Movie * Behind-the-scenes photographs by Life Magazine's Gjon Mili * Trailer, featuring on-set footage * A booklet featuring an essay by critic Nick Pinkerton and a 1959 Life Magazine article on real-life lawyer Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in the film \ \ Vanya on 42nd Street (February 28th, 2012) — * New high-definition digital restoration * 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack * New documentary featuring interviews with André Gregory, the play's director; actors Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Julianne Moore, Larry Pine, Wallace Shawn, and Brooke Smith; and producer Fred Berner * Trailer * A booklet featuring an essay by critic Steven Vineberg and a 1994 on-set report by film critic Amy Taubin

If I recall right, people have been saying it's the end of TCM as we know...since about a week after it first started in 1994.