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Harold Lloyd's Speedy comes to mind. Much of it was filmed on location in the summer of 1927 in New York City -- including at Luna Park at Coney Island. John Bengtson, who does amazing and fascinating work researching locations where silent films were shot, has researched a lot of the Speedy...

I second the wish for You Were Never Lovelier. I've actually managed to end up with three copies of You'll Never Get Rich on disc already! I, too, have the Twilight Time blu. It's also included on blu in the Mill Creek "Rita Hayworth: The Ultimate Collection." And I have it on DVD in another...

I ended up sitting this one out. I feel like I've been overspending a bit lately, plus the two titles as the very top of my want list are still upcoming: To Die For and All That Money Can Buy. And subscribing to the Criterion Channel has tended to trim my Criterion want list a bit. I do have...

I have 16 of the Treasures tins. I know there are a lot I don't have. How many were issued altogether? The ones I most regret not picking up when they were new are Chronological Donald Volumes 3 and 4 -- I have 1 and 2. I've occasionally searched for used copies but couldn't quite bring...

That's interesting because the SU/Sheldon Harnick association set off some bells in my brain. I went to Syracuse University myself but a little later. In December 1983 I attended an SU Drama Department production of Worlds To Win!, which was a revue of Sheldon Harnick's songs. I remember...

Some of Groucho's stuff that lives permanently and most prominently in my brain is of this flavor. Probably because he was talking directly to me! There's no reason you folks can't go to the lobby until this thing blows over... Pardon me while I have a strange interlude...

My preorder from Amazon that I placed on September 5th has finally shipped and is supposed to arrive today. I know, I know -- I should have preordered directly from ClassicFlix and I would have had it long ago and better supported the label. The free shipping and pre-order price guarantee from...

Thanks for the review. This is a favorite movie of mine and I already picked up this Arrow release via pre-order, but I'll be keeping my previously acquired Imprint edition as well for the completely disjoint set of special features. (I've been hanging onto my old DVD too, but think I'll...

Praise for this release is in from the always-worth-reading Glenn Erickson (CineSavant). I can't wait to get my copy. https://trailersfromhell.com/our-town-1940/

This might change depending on my mood, but at this moment I'll say my top 5 are: 1. Vertigo 2. Shadow of a Doubt 3. Notorious 4. The Birds 5. Rear Window

I don't personally own it, but the Kino blu-ray of Murder! claims to include Mary (an up-res transfer) as an extra. https://kinolorber.com/product/murder-special-edition-blu-ray

Quick shipping! I just received my order.

I've probably related this story on some other thread on this board in the past, so please skip and forgive this post if it sounds familiar or seems too tangential to these releases. But THE COCOANUTS always makes me think of the days before home video when these films required some effort and...

The Marx Brothers were my entrée into the world of classic movies; I became a fanatic before I was a teenager. I essentially agree with all of this, Ron. I am one who also prefers the early Paramounts to the later efforts -- although A NIGHT AT THE OPERA is undeniably much slicker and pretty...

I was thinking the same thing. I have a small repro of that Cocoanuts poster hanging in my TV room, and I used to have a large repro of that Animal Crackers poster (wonder where I mislaid that?).