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Wed., Nov. 29th, 1939
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Two more classics now definitely set for Blu release...
All Quiet on the Western Front - Feb. 14th
Extras:
Introduction by Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne Two 100 Years of Universal featurettes: - Restoring the Classics
* Academy Award Winners
The silent version of All Quiet on the Western Front
To Kill A Mockingbird (finally with a street date: Jan. 12th)
Extras:
Feature commentary with director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula
* Fearful Symmetry feature-length documentary
* A Conversation with Gregory Peck feature-length documentary
* 100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics featurette on the film's restoration process
* Gregory Peck's 1963 Academy Award acceptance speech and his remarks upon receiving the AFI Life Achievement Award
* Excerpt from Cecilia Peck's Tribute To Gregory Peck
* Scout Remembers featurette with actress Mary Badham
* Original theatrical trailer
Universal is also releasing with all of the same features a limited collector's edition.
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Tuesday, Nov. 28th, 1939
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Okay, I can be very tolerant on variations of a famous song, but I don't think I will ever be able to listen to Alexander's Ragtime Band again. Five variations of it in eight minutes felt like half an hour. I think if I had seen this in the theatre, I would have run out srceaming.
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Mon. Nov. 27th, 1939
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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?
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Sunday, Nov. 26th, 1939
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British films on TCM today
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Saturday, Nov. 25th, 1939
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Fri., Nov. 24th, 1939
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Thurs., Nov. 23rd, 1939
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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.
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> {quote:title=clore wrote:}{quote}Did you spot Christopher Lee? He was the voice of U.N. Owen.
I did not know that. Thanks.
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There was a song - sort of - in the film, when Fabian is at a piano as he "sings" the poem.
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Wed., Nov. 22nd, 1939
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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
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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.
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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.
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Mon., Nov. 20th, 1939
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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
King Kong $12.99
Bonnie and Clyde $13.49
A Star is Born $13.99
Elvis On Tour $13.49
Mutiny on the Bounty $13.99
All the President's Men $13.49
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Sunday, Nov. 19th, 1939
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Saturday, Nov. 18th, 1939
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YIKES! Almost missed the 18th, but still a minute to midnight here on the west coast!
Fri., Nov. 17th, 1939
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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.
2 more days until Robert O's return! YAY!
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It hasn't been the same without him. While the fill-ins have been good, it just goes to show that there is only one Robert Osborne.
He and TCM are our special treat.
Welcome back, Mr. O!