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New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Bela Lugosi Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

Review: Warning Shadows: Home Alone With Classic Cinema by Gary Giddins

June 2, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third Man

A review of reviews. Inside Gary Giddins’ excellent collection of reviews covering Classic Film on DVD, Warning Shadows: Home Alone With Classic Cinema.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: book reviews, dvd, Gary Giddins, movie book reviews, Warning Shadows

Merrily We Go to Hell starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney

April 22, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

“Merrily We Go to Hell,” a 1932 Paramount production starring Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney, is one of 6 movies featured in the Pre-Code Hollywood Collection released earlier this month by Universal.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Adrianne Allen, Brief Notes, Cary Grant, Dorothy Arzner, dvd, Fredric March, Merrily We Go to Hell, Movie Reviews, pre-Code, Robert Greig, Skeets Gallagher, Sylvia Sidney

A Free Soul (1931) starring Norma Shearer and Lionel Barrymore

January 30, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 5 Comments

Norma Shearer stars in A Free Soul with Lionel Barrymore and Clark Gable. A brief review of the film accompanied by some glimpses of movie collectibles.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1931, best actor, Clark Gable, dvd, Edward Brophy, Gangsters, James Gleason, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, MGM, Norma Shearer, oscar, pre-Code

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