Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1941 directed by Victor Fleming is a remake of the more famous version from 1931 that starred Frederic March. There have been many Jekyll and Hyde movies over the years including the classic 1920 silent version starring John Barrymore, The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll which is a Hammer…
National Velvet Blu-ray review
National Velvet is a sports drama film directed by Clarence Brown and was shot in Technicolor. The 1944 film stars the future iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor who was age 12 during the making of this picture, along with fellow screen icons Mickey Rooney and Angela Lansbury. In National Velvet, Michael “Mi” Taylor (Mickey Rooney, A…
Western Classics I Blu-ray review
Kino Lorber once again taps in the Western genre and has assembled three films from the Universal pictures’ library in a box set. Called Western Classics 1, this set consists of a trio of Westerns from the 1940s with some legendary, big-name actors who are synonymous in the genre. The three films in this set…