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Hi, VP,
At first, I thought you meant the piece from Hedda's column on July 9th where Gable writes it for that day. Did you see that one?
By the way, I have an movie magazine article on Gable and Lombard coming up in the next few weeks. Hope you will like it.
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Monday, July 17th, 1939
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Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day is Pink Panther Ultimate Collection. List is $199.98. Amazon's price yesterday was $128.99. Today it is on special for $34.99.
Here's what you get:
Disc 1: The Pink Panther Collector's Edition '64 Feature Film
Disc 2: A Shot in The Dark Feature Film
Disc 3: Inspector Clouseau
Disc 4: The Pink Panther Stikes Again Feature Film
Disc 5: Revenge of The Pink Panther Feature Film
Disc 6: Trail of The Pink Panther Feature Film
Disc 7: Curse of The Pink Panther Feature Film
Disc 8: Son of The Pink Panther Feature Film
Disc 9: Pink Panther 2006 (SONY)
Disc 10: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 1
Disc 11: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 2
Disc 12: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 3
Disc 13: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 4
Disc 14: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 9
Disc 15: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 5 (Ant and the Aardvark)
Disc 16: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 6 (The Inspector)
Disc 17: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 7 (The Inspector Volume 2)
Disc 18: The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection Volume 8 (Roland and Ratfink)
And a book on the Pink Panther
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Sunday, July 16th, 1939
Regular articles and ads will return tomorrow. In the meantime, here are some more excerpts from a 1939 movie magazine
Notice how they obscure Laughton's face. They didn't want anyone seeing the makeup until they were in the theater
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Back on May 5th, I mentioned that Twilight FIlms was releasing The Egyptian on Blu and on DVD. It is now available and the Blu reviews are excellent.
The one thing I wanted to mention is that I have discovered is that the DVDs and Blu-rays are limited to a 3,000 print run.
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LOL, I held off listing the extras because I thought you didn't care to see them listed.
So, in that case, here are the extras for *The Four Feathers*:
*BONUS FEATURES:*
* Audio commentary by film historian Charles Drazin
* New video interview with David Korda, son of director Zoltán Korda
* A Day at Denham, a short film from 1939 featuring footage of Zoltán Korda on the set \ of The Four Feathers
* Trailer
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow
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New Criterion titles:
On DVD and Blu-ray
Oct. 11th:
The Four Feathers (1939)
October 18th:
Kuroneko (1968)
Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurism?ki?s Leningrad Cowboys (DVD only)
October 25th
Identification of a Woman (1982)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
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Saturday, July 15th, 1939
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Two terrific foreign films are getting their American release on Blu on Oct. 4th
Life is Beautiful
Cinema Paradiso
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Fri., July 14th, 1939
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In addition to the WB panel on the Blu release of Tom & Jerry and the WB cartoons on Thursdaym, the 21st, there is also a panel a few hours later that looks good:
5:00-6:00 2011-2012: The Golden Age of Blu-ray?? With such titles as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Ben-Hur, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, Titanic, and Raiders of the Lost Ark on the way, could this be Blu-ray's Golden Age? Panelists Bill Hunt, Adam Jahnke, and Todd Doogan of The Digital Bits.com, along with BD producers Charles de Lauzirika (Transformers: Dark of the Moon, The Amazing Spider-Man, Prometheus, Crave) and Cliff Stephenson (Rambo, The Expendables, Crank 2, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), Warner Home Video's George Feltenstein (senior vice president, theatrical catalog marketing) and othere discuss the subject, hold Q&A, and offer giveaways. Room 5AB
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Thursday, July 13th, 1939
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These are mostly not for me. I have almost all of the flims in these various series anyway and I like my films one at a time and not on those double sided discs in that kind of packaging. Just not for me.
Actually, they are not double-sided. There are 4 DVDs in each pack, one per movie. And they come with the extras (these are the DVDs from the individual releases). Only occasionally will you find a double-sided disc, but that will be because it is something like Les Miserables which has the 1935 version on one side and the 1952 version on the other. So, in that case, you are actually getting 5 movies in that set, not 4.
And a followup to something TB mentioned earlier...the actual sets don't say "Melodramas" or "Musical" on them, which is why Anna and the King of Siam can be in with three musicals.
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Cat Ballou has a fun commentary track with Michael Callan and Dwayne Hickman.
Blu-ray has gone the DVDs one better. Some have somebody like the director standing between the one screen showing what we normally saw and another with various things going on.
Also, on Blu, the remake of 3:10 to Yuma, have the main picture filling up most of the screen, while on the right hand side something like 5 different small screens showing stunts, different angles, special effects, etc.
The Robe on Blu has a picture-in-picture feature where you can compare the two different versions, standard and widescreen versions. Interesting to see actors doing slightly different things in the two.
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It is odd about Anna.
But these 4-packs are excellent. I bought almost all the different ones when they came out. (Passed on the ones that had been part of their Studio Classics series.) There was something like 17 different sets. What Target has left now are just the remainders.
Here's a list of the 17 sets:
The Blue Max / The Desert Fox / Immortal Sergeant / Sink the Bismarck
An Affair to Remember / Leave Her to Heaven / A Letter to Three Wives / Peyton Place)
Black Widow / Call Northside 777 / Dangerous Crossing / Laura
Fantastic Voyage / The Lost World / The Towering Inferno / Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Anna Karenina / A Farewell to Arms / Les Miserables / The Sun Also Rises
The Agony and the Ecstasy / The Bible / Demetrius and the Gladiators / The Robe
Journey to the Center of the Earth / Little Miss Broadway / My Friend Flicka / Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
The Desert Rats / Twelve O'Clock High / Von Ryan's Express / The Young Lions
Desk Set / Hollywood Cavalcade / How to Steal a Million / I Was a Male War Bride
All About Eve / Beyond the Valley of the Dolls / The Inn of the Sixth Happiness / Valley of the Dolls
Anna and the King of Siam / Can-Can / Daddy Long Legs / Star!
Move Over, Darling / O. Henry's Full House / On the Riviera / Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Francis of Assisi / The Gospel Road / A Man Called Peter / The Song of Bernadette
The Alligator People / The Cabinet of Caligari / The Fly / House of the Damned
On the Avenue / Pin Up Girl / Something for the Boys / You're in the Navy Now
Anastasia / Gentleman's Agreement / The Ox-Bow Incident / The Snake Pit
Battle for the Planet of the Apes/The Day The Earth Stood Still/The Neptune Factor/The Poseidon Adventure
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In the extra clips on the Blu, there are a number of 70mm bits that were definitely Cinerama-ish. The people on the left and right are thinner than the person in the middle. It definitely looked like it was part of a print for a curved screen.
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Chorus Girl,
I have to disagree. I can't stand Maltin. To me, he's just too much in your face. Overboard in the enthusiasm department. And, besides, he's everywhere.
Robert is the perfect host.
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You're right, they sure did. And it can't be "Virginia City" because that didn't have Olivia de Havilland.
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