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New Warner Archive releases
Topic Started: Nov 16 2010, 09:08 AM (3,118 Views)
Sgt King
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Speaking about Bengal Tiger - I wanted to see that movie for years. I now have a copy of it and it's very disappointing!
Way to much talking and womanizing and not enough Bengal and tiger.
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Myrna Loy!

The Squall (1929)
The Great Divide (1929)
New Morals for Old (11932)
The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
So Goes My Love (1946)

Rock and Roll!

Hold On and Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (Herman's Hermits)
Get Yourself a College Girl (Dave Clark Five, Stan Getz, Animals)
Fastest Guitar Alive (Roy Orbison)
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According to the WB e-mail I received, most of those rockers were produced by Sam Katzman.

That guy was everywhere!
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This month, Warners is releasing the four "Four Daughters" films. Anybody recommend them?
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If you like John Garfield, a WHOLE LOT, maybe try the first one. It's the best, and then they get gooier. Or if you like the Priscilla Lane brand of gooey, you might love 'em all. Tell you the truth, if I have a hankerin' for Garfield, I watch Air Force. Same character but more action.
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Now available for order, The George Sanders Saint Collection, five films, $30. Go for it.

Also, not NEW, but I love this: today at my local used record shop I found the Warner Archive release of "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" (Bogart & Stanwyck) for $1.99. *giggles*

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THE LUCILLE BALL RKO COMEDY COLLECTION VOL. 1
($24.95)

Long before she was crowned the queen of TV, Lucille Ball reigned as the "Queen of the Bs" for RKO Pictures, appearing in over 43 films in under a decade. Although she had yet to find her niche, Lucy's prodigious talents, grace and charm as a performer found her much in demand across a wide variety of movies. This collection brings together three rarely seen cinematic treasures from Lucy's RKO days, giving modern audiences a chance to witness a star on the rise. 3 Films on 2 DVDs.

FILMS INCLUDED:
GO CHASE YOURSELF (1938) Before she hitched her hilarious antics to Vincente Minnelli's The Long, Long Trailer, Lucy joined Joe Penner and a slightly shorter trailer in this madcap romp. After bank robbers use her husband's camper to cover their getaway, Carol Meeley (Ball) sets out to prove her hubby is far too dumb to commit a crime.

NEXT TIME I MARRY (1938) Lucy moves up to leading lady in this screwball comedy, served up with inspired humor by Garson Kanin in one of his earliest directorial efforts. In order to claim her inheritance, heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming (Ball) must marry a "plain American Joe." So she does what any self-respecting debutante would do: she hires a husband.

LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING (1941) An alluring and glamorous Lucy enjoys top billing in this feature length satire based on the long running Fibber McGee and Molly radio series. Joining Lucy and the McGees (Jim and Marion Jordan) in this rollicking satire are Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, who see Fibber try to persuade an aircraft company to set up shop in the small town of Wistful Vista. James V. Kern, who would later direct I Love Lucy, pens the tale, while screen pioneer Allan Dwan directs.
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New from WB:

Follow Me Quietly (Richard Fleischer, 1949) with Jeff Corey and William Lundigan
The Threat (1949) with Charles McGraw
One Minute to Zero (1952) Korean war film with McGraw and Robert Mitchum
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) with Ray Danton
The Purple Gang (1959) with Robert Blake



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Also out Medical Center the Complete First Season.
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In Caliente (1935)
Fleeing the wiles of a gold digger, magazine editor Larry MacArthur (Pat O'Brien) hightails it to Mexico where the beautiful dancer Rita Gomez (Dolores del Rio) quickly captures his eye. Unfortunately for Larry, he once savagely trashed her in print, and Rita has more revenge than romance in mind. Del Rio is simply captivating, O’Brien’s fast-talking shark fascinates, and there's even a little bit of Edward Everett Horton to spice up the proceedings. Includes the Busby Berkeley musical numbers Muchacha and the smash hit The Lady in Red.

Garden of the Moon (1938)
Pat O'Brien, in prime fast talking shark mode, stars as nightclub owner John Quinn in this spritzer of a Busby Berkeley musical. Quinn finds himself clashing with fill-in bandleader Don Vincente (John Payne) over all aspects of his nightclub operation - but especially over his girl Friday, Toni Blake (Margaret Lindsay). Featuring tunes by Harry Warren, Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer, including the Looney Tunes favorite, The Girlfriend of the Whirling Dervish.

Cowboy from Brooklyn (1938)
Many members of the Berkeley troupe shows up sans Berkeley in this Dick Powell headliner, a comedic look at Hollywood tenderfoots, in which Powell plays an Gene Autry wannabe city slicker whose experience of ranch is solely confined to salad. The faux-boy has no troubling walking in his spurs until he finds himself corralled into riding in a Madison Square Garden rodeo - what's a tenderfoot to do? Helping Powell's Steve Gibson learn to feel at home on the range is a posse of outstanding supporting players including Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, and a young wrangler by the name of Ronald Reagan. Legendary lyricist Johnny Mercer lends his poetry to the melodies of Richard Whiting and Harry Warren for the film's wonderful collection of songs.

Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)
Busby Berkeley helmed the musical numbers in this RKO throwback to the classic musicals of the previous generation, produced at the behest of Howard Hughes. Janet Leigh stars as a young ingénue determined to make it big on the small screen of TV at the dawn of the television era. Joining in the proceedings are a number of notables, including Ann Miller, Gloria DeHaven, Tony Martin and comedy duo Smith and Dale and Joe Smith, the inspiration for Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys.


Also available this month: Where the Boys Are, Follow the Boys, When the Boys Meet the Girls, and Looking For Love.
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When the Boys Meet the Girls is . . . interesting.

It's a remake of "Girl Crazy" and a landlocked beach movie, bouncing between old Gershwin standards and new "hits" by such guest stars as Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs and Liberace. Instead of "Let's put on a show" it's "Let's build a casino!" (there is a construction-themed production number). And instead of a thin-voiced teen idol they have booming Harve Presnell, a year or so before Broadway stardom.

It's not screamingly bad or insanely campy. It's just a very odd mix for a throwaway summer movie, especially when you recognize Gershwin under the 60's arrangements or scraps of the Mickey-Judy version.
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Six Clark Gable movies released today... Across the Wide Missouri, Sporting Blood, Adventure, The Hucksters, Lone Star, THe Hucksters.
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Jul 26 2011, 10:03 AM
Six Clark Gable movies released today... Across the Wide Missouri, Sporting Blood, Adventure, The Hucksters, Lone Star, THe Hucksters.
WOW, they're releasin' The Hucksters twice?
It's like Rodney King used to say, "Can't we all get a bong."
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Uh, yeah... the... um.... remake is included, under the title "Any Number Can Play" (the actual sixth title, that's what I get for just retyping and counting up to six and thinking I had them all).

Anyway, Mr. Smart Ass, don't you think you should be watching an episode of The Adventures of Superman?
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Jul 26 2011, 10:20 AM
Anyway, Mr. Smart Ass, don't you think you should be watching an episode of The Adventures of Superman?
I'm gonna get back on that train real soon, Countess To-a Six-a.
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