Rouben Mamoulian’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1931 which stars Frederic March in the lead roles to me is the best adaptation and most definitive of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story. While the 1941 edition of the film directed by Victor Fleming with Spencer Tracy as Jekyll and Hyde isn’t bad at all and well-acted,…
Mark of the Vampire Blu-ray review
Tod Browing’s Mark of the Vampire is a short one-hour horror drama that features Bela Lugosi playing a vampire, a role he was mostly known for after he was Dracula. The film’s other cast members include legendary actors Lionel Barrymore, Lionel Atwill and Elizabeth Allan. The story begins with Sir Karell Borotyn (Holmes Herbert, The…
Abe Lincoln in Illinois Blu-ray review
There have been several movies over the years about our former President Abe Lincoln. There was Young Mr. Lincoln from 1939 starring Henry Fonda, a 2012 film called Lincoln starring Daniel-Day Lewis to name a couple. In 1940, Abe Lincoln in Illinois is another historical, biographical drama focusing on his life from his time in…
rachel, rachel Blu-ray review
For those of us who are loners, introverts, or live a quiet lifestyle, not going to parties or gatherings and do forth, this movie is for you! rachel, rachel is a 1968 drama film produced and directed by screen legend Paul Newman and starring his wife, Joanne Woodward! The movie also stars Estelle Parsons and…
The Frisco Kid Blu-ray review
Not to be confused with Frisco Kid the 1935 crime drama film starring James Cagney, The Frisco Kid is a 1979 American Western comedy film directed by Robert Aldrich, stars a pair of screen icons in Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford. Gene Wilder (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory) is Polish rabbit Avram Belinski, who…
Adventures of Don Juan Blu-ray review
If you liked Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood, then withoutquestion, you should see Adventures of Don Juan. This is another swashbuckling adventure fantasy film that he stars in. This picture is from 1948 and is another Technicolor classic starring the iconic actor Errol Flynn. This film is directed by Vincent Sherman and…
The Carey Treatment Blu-ray review
Based on Michael Crichton’s Novel A Case of Need, Blake Edwards’ film, The Carey Treatment is a crime thriller about a doctor that gets caught up in a mystery about an illegal abortion and murder! The story follows pathologist Dr. Peter Carey (screen legend James Coburn, Charade, Our Mint Flint, In Like Flint) who has…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Blu-ray review
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…
Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray review
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical that has one of the finest casts assembled with screen icons Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr and James Stewart. The three leads all want to be Ziegfeld girls! Legendary musical choreographer Busby Berkeley was the man in charge of the musical numbers for this picture. The film was…
For Me and My Gal Blu-ray review
As part of the 100th birthday celebration for Judy Garland, Warner Archive has released a few of her films on Blu-ray for the first time ever. New to Blu-ray is the classic For Me and My Gal which was the first true adult movie role for her and is the film debut for another screen…