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Keep the slipcover, along with your first edition Cormac McCarthys, and give the movie to a friend.

If only Francois Truffaut had asked Mr. Hitchcock that question, imagine how different film scholarship would be today.

Which is why the film is still so entertaining 90+ years later.

I think Karloff said that the film was completely absurd, and to take the film seriously would be equally absurd.

It was a lot cheaper to go to the movies. That's something to wax nostalgic about. And bad movies, like WHO'S THAT GIRL, were still being made by individuals, instead of committee. Now they're perfect but deadly. The mistakes in WHO'S THAT GIRL & CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC are charming by comparison...

My WB/MGM HORROR set, which includes MASK OF FU MANCHU, suffers from DVD rot. FU MANCHU plays ok, but the other one, MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, gets stuck, and sooner or later, the same will happen to FU MANCH. In addition, I'm not crazy about the visual quality. It's pretty soft and somewhat dupey...

Will, it's funny the things you remember. I also have such a clear recall of WHO'S THAT GIRL. Maybe because I was surprised how awful it was. Technically speaking, it's a mess. Continuity is abysmal. Madonna's hair changes color and shape from shot to shot, and she jumps from one side of the...

Will, I think you may have been misunderstanding me. MR & MRS SMITH is not a screwball comedy, nor the others I referenced. According to my old film prof Jim Harvey, they're "comedies of re-marriage". Screwball, as you state, are more farces, like BRINGING UP BABY or NOTHING SACRED. These are...

From my perspective, it's more a comedy of remarriage, along with films such as THE AWFUL TRUTH, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY & MY FAVORITE WIFE. The husband & wife either divorce or discover, as in MR AND MRS SMITH, their marriage is invalid, decide to play the field but keep running...

One of my faves! More Walsh, especially from WB in the 1940's, is always welcome. And with the recent releases of THE ROARING TWENTIES, THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT, GENTLEMAN JIM and now THE MAN I LOVE, plus the upcoming PURSUED from KIno, it's turning into a wave. Hooray!

Alan, this is a technical question which you may know more about than me. I also recall THE MUSIC LOVERS being in stereo, which I saw opening day at the Coronet in NYC. Though I may be mistaken, my understanding is at that time, optical soundtracks were unable to reproduce stereo, and most...

Yes, that generic description, "remastered in high definition" definitely gives me pause. Especially considering the BFI blu of WOMEN IN LOVE states "new 4k restoration from BFI national archives". Most of their releases are very specific when it comes to picture and sound, whereas this is so vague.

That link took me to Amazon.com, the US website with no mention of the BFI Blu-Ray. I tried searching for it on Amazon.uk also, but keep getting a service unavailable message. Here's a link to the BFI Shop. https://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-music-lovers-blu-ray.html

Wonderful commentary. may be one of Eddie's best, with a periodical millinery alert. In his view, Claire Trevor's hat changes from one scene to the next constitutes a secondary aesthetic movement.

The other 4 volumes are only on DVD, so that shouldn't extend your BD want list too much.