As of June, of this year, screen icon Judy Garland turned 100 years old and in celebration, Warner Archive has released a trio of her films. One of those three films released by them is The Clock from 1945. This picture is a romantic drama starring a pair of screen greats in Judy Garland and…
The Three Musketeers (1948) Blu-ray review
All for one and one for all! George Sidney’s The Three Musketeers is one of many screen adaptations of Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 novel under the same name. This version stars several screen legends and icons with Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, Van Heflin, Vincent Price, Gig Young and Gene Kelly, who here is in a non-singing…
Edge of Darkness (1943) Blu-ray review
Based on William Wood novel that was released one year prior, Lewis Milestone’s 1943 wartime drama Edge of Darkness, tells a tale of a German-occupied Norwegian village of Trollness where villagers have decided to fight back against them. It all begins when German soldiers fly over the village of Trollness, where they stop to investigate…
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Blu-ray review
One of the great fantasy film’s by George Pal isThe Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm .The picture is a 1962 fantasy film directed by Henry Levin and George Pal with an amazing cast that includes Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Barbara Eden Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn and Jim Backus, just to name a few. It…
Gold Diggers of 1933 Blu-ray review
Mervyn LeRoy’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is a musical pre-code film with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin. It was staged and choreographed by the legendary Busby Berkeley. The film has an all-star cast with screen legends Warren William, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, and Ned Sparks. The film had often…
Captains of the Clouds Blu-ray review
Captains of the Clouds is one of the earliest War films after the United States entered World War II which tells the tragic tale of Canadian rugged bush pilots who bring their flying experience to the Royal Canadian Air Force. Screen icon James Cagney stars with many screen legends including Alan Hale, Dennis Morgan, George…
Stage Fright (1950 film) Blu-ray review
Stage Fright is a film drama from 1950 directed by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. This is the story of a man who is accused of murder and a friend who wants to help prove his innocence! A struggling actress Eve Gill (screen legend Jane Wyman, The Yearling, The Lost Weekend) tries to help…
Song of the Thin Man Blu-ray review
Song of the Thin Man is the sixth and final film in the Thin Man series. William Powell is back as Nick Charles and Myrna Loy returns for one more go-around as Nora. The film also has several up-and-coming actors including Dean Stockwell, who plays Nick Charles, Jr., and Keenan Wynn in one of his…
Ivanhoe Blu-ray review
Ivanhoe is a 1952 British-American historical adventure epic film directed by Richard Thorpe and features one of the greatest casts ever assembled for a film. Legendary actor Robert Taylor (Waterloo Bridge, High Wall) stars as knight Saxon Wilfred of Ivanhoe who is searching for the recently disappeared Richard the Lionheart, Norman King of England (Norman…
Angels with Dirty Faces Blu-ray review
In the late thirties, James Cagney was a major star for Warner Brothers, while Humphrey Bogart’s star was on the rise, basically playing gangsters or crooked characters for most films he acted in. With Angels with Dirty Faces, the two stars were paired together along with screen legends Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan and the Dead…