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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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 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 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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […]