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![Boris Karloff had appeared in something like 60 movies over 11 years before his first important part in Howard Hawks’ “The Criminal Code,” the first of his 13 film appearances […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/mask.jpg "Pre-Code Classics on DVD and Blu-ray with Boris Karloff, Bette Davis, Warren William and Gloria Swanson")
Pre-Code Classics on DVD and Blu-ray with Boris Karloff, Bette Davis, Warren William and Gloria Swanson
Posted on June 15, 2013 | No CommentsBoris Karloff had appeared in something like 60 movies over 11 years before his first important part in Howard Hawks’ “The Criminal Code,” the first of his 13 film appearances […] -
![I thought it would be fun to watch Gordon Douglas’ Liberace vehicle “Sincerely Yours” (1955) — just out from the Warner Archive Collection — back-to-back with Steven Soderberg’s Liberace bio-pic […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/digits.jpg "Dueling Liberaces: ‘Sincerely Yours’ (1955) vs ‘Behind the Candelabra’ (2013)")
Dueling Liberaces: ‘Sincerely Yours’ (1955) vs ‘Behind the Candelabra’ (2013)
Posted on May 22, 2013 | No CommentsI thought it would be fun to watch Gordon Douglas’ Liberace vehicle “Sincerely Yours” (1955) — just out from the Warner Archive Collection — back-to-back with Steven Soderberg’s Liberace bio-pic […] -
![Cablevision is holding onto its lease for the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre but will turn management over to Bow Tie Cinemas, which has a contract pending to buy almost all of […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/z.jpg "Lou Lumenick on management change at the ZIegfeld Theatre")
Lou Lumenick on management change at the ZIegfeld Theatre
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsCablevision is holding onto its lease for the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre but will turn management over to Bow Tie Cinemas, which has a contract pending to buy almost all of […] -
![I had the fantastic time again over the weekend at my third TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, an event that just keeps getting better and better in its fourth […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/fest.jpg "Lou Lumenick on the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival")
Lou Lumenick on the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsI had the fantastic time again over the weekend at my third TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, an event that just keeps getting better and better in its fourth […] -
![Just-ended April was quite a month for Barbra Streisand and her fans. She was feted last week at Lincoln Center (I wasn’t invited) and a couple of days later a […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/funny.jpg "Hello, Barbra! Lou Lumenick revisits ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’ on Blu-ray")
Hello, Barbra! Lou Lumenick revisits ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘Hello, Dolly!’ on Blu-ray
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsJust-ended April was quite a month for Barbra Streisand and her fans. She was feted last week at Lincoln Center (I wasn’t invited) and a couple of days later a […] -
![Universal’s surprisingly satisfying celebration of its 100th anniversary with a robust slate of classic Blu-ray releases — unlike Paramount, which has outsourced most of its back catalogue — unfortunately did […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/amh.jpg "Deanna Durbin Meets Jean Renoir (and her future husband)")
Deanna Durbin Meets Jean Renoir (and her future husband)
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsUniversal’s surprisingly satisfying celebration of its 100th anniversary with a robust slate of classic Blu-ray releases — unlike Paramount, which has outsourced most of its back catalogue — unfortunately did […] -
![The only screen teaming of screen legends Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn is finally making its US TV debut on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday, 46 years after “The Iron […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/iron-petticoat-hepburn-hope.jpeg "The movie Bob Hope didn’t want you to see finally making U.S. TV premiere on TCM")
The movie Bob Hope didn’t want you to see finally making U.S. TV premiere on TCM
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe only screen teaming of screen legends Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn is finally making its US TV debut on Turner Classic Movies on Thursday, 46 years after “The Iron […] -
![The TCM Vault Collection, which celebrates its fourth anniversary next month, scores a coup with today’s first-ever U.S. video release in any format of “The Iron Petticoat” (1956), a film […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ironpetticoat.jpg "‘The Iron Petticoat,’ only teaming of Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn, resurfaces after 56 years")
‘The Iron Petticoat,’ only teaming of Bob Hope and Katharine Hepburn, resurfaces after 56 years
Posted on November 20, 2012 | No CommentsThe TCM Vault Collection, which celebrates its fourth anniversary next month, scores a coup with today’s first-ever U.S. video release in any format of “The Iron Petticoat” (1956), a film […] -
![No, Nancy Olson doesn’t think think Betty Schaeffer, her level-headed character in “Sunset Blvd,” goes back to Artie — the financee (Jack Webb) she dumped — after her new lover […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/artie.jpg "Nancy Olson on ‘Sunset Blvd’")
Nancy Olson on ‘Sunset Blvd’
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsNo, Nancy Olson doesn’t think think Betty Schaeffer, her level-headed character in “Sunset Blvd,” goes back to Artie — the financee (Jack Webb) she dumped — after her new lover […] -
![By LOU LUMENICK It’s a question that’s fascinated audiences since “Casablanca’’ premiered in New York City 70 years ago this month: What ever happened to Rick and Ilsa? Was saloonkeeper […]](https://www.nyfcc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/04.1n020.casablanca1-300x300-1.jpg "70 Years Later, is Hollywood ready for a ‘Casablanca’ sequel from one of the original writers?")
70 Years Later, is Hollywood ready for a ‘Casablanca’ sequel from one of the original writers?
Posted on November 5, 2012 | No CommentsBy LOU LUMENICK It’s a question that’s fascinated audiences since “Casablanca’’ premiered in New York City 70 years ago this month: What ever happened to Rick and Ilsa? Was saloonkeeper […]