The Girl Can’t Help It Blu ray Criterion 1957 / 2.35:1 / 98 Min. Starring Jayne Mansfield, Tom Ewell, Edmond O’Brien Written by Frank Tashlin Directed by Frank Tashlin In 1957 it was commonplace for burlesque comedians to share the bill with a musical act or two, but in New York’s theater district one of…
Stingray: The Complete Series Deluxe Edition Blu ray Network 1964, 1965 / 1.33:1 / 975 Min. Starring Ray Barrett, Robert Easton, David Graham, Don Mason, Lois Maxwell Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Directed by Alan Pattillo, David Elliott, John Kelly, Desmond Saunders If nothing else, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray should be celebrated for…
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man Blu ray Kino Lorber 1939 / 1.33:1 / 79 Min. Starring W.C. Fields, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen Written by Charles Bogle Directed by George Marshall, Edward CLine Charlie McCarthy was W.C. Fields’ most formidable antagonist—a wide-eyed charmer with a bright (not to mention permanent) smile, Charlie was everything the…
The Little Rascals Volume 4 Blu ray – The ClassicFlix Restorations ClassicFlix 1933, ’34, ’35,/ 1.37:1 / 218 Min. Starring George McFarland, Dorothy DeBorba, Dickie Moore Written by H.W. Walker Directed by Robert F. McGowan, Gus Meins Often dismissed for their old-fashioned ways, classic films should be applauded for those very qualities. For better—and sometimes…
Lady in a Cage Blu ray ViaVision [Imprint] 1964/ B&W / 1.78:1 / 95 Minutes Starring Olivia de Havilland, James Caan, Ann Sothern Directed by Walter Grauman Though the title suggests anything from a feminist manifesto to a women-in-prison melodrama, Lady in a Cage is in fact a home invasion thriller with a mile-wide mean…
Angels With Dirty Faces Blu ray Warner Archive 1938/ B&W / 1.33:1 / 97 Minutes Starring James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Ann Sheridan, The Dead End Kids Directed by Michael Curtiz Released on a Thanksgiving weekend in 1938, Angels With Dirty Faces was a holiday treat with an unexpected punch; it could have been just another…
The Spider Woman Strikes Back Blu ray Kino Lorber 1946/ B&W / 1.33:1 / 59 Minutes Starring Gale Sondergaard, Brenda Joyce, Kirby Grant Directed by Arthur Lubin People are measured by the company they keep—in a superhero’s case, that company is usually the supervillain. Villains, besides giving the hero a reason to exist in the…
Night Gallery (Season 1) Blu ray Kino Lorber 1969/ Color / 1.33:1 / 408 Minutes Starring Joan Crawford, Richard Kiley, William Windom Directed by Steven Spielberg, Boris Sagal, Jeannot Szwarc A modern-day mythologist with a populist bent, Rod Serling fused the cautionary tales of fantasists like Ray Bradbury to the righteous anger of muckrakers like…