2016-04-21 12:26
Soviet Salute That Was Song Of Russia --- Part TwoTo those who'd ask where was cradle of symphonic music in Americaduring 1944, the answer might come as surprise: It was MGM, and the Lion bo… Read More
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2016-04-18 09:40
Robert Taylor and Susan Peters Like What They Learn Of Soviet RussiaMetro Plays Wartime Tune with Song Of Russia (1944) --- Part OneNotorious among few who remember it at all, Song Of Russia… Read More
2016-04-14 10:52
Lex Barker's Jungle Debut is Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1947)Sol Lesser's unveil of a new Tarzan, Lex Barker, still with the broken English, but progressed from Weissmuller, and trimmer in the… Read More
2016-04-11 10:33
Conlin and Glass Do Sharps and Flats (1928)This is a Vitaphone short, one of a couple Jimmy Conlin and Myrtle Glass did for WB between vaude engagements. Conlin and Glass were accomplished a… Read More
2016-04-07 10:05
Three (Stooge) Reasons to Watch Rockin' In The Rockies (1945)Were I not inclined toward mercy, I'd call this a real stinkeroony. Again there is deference to Three Stooge historians: Was this… Read More
2016-04-04 06:11
Nothing Quite Like Portrait Of Jennie (1948)This notorious Selznick flop paid off for me in ways I'd expected of Vertigo when that Hitchcock classic was seen a first time on network TV --- b… Read More
2016-03-31 09:09
Gow The Headhunter Hides Among Blu-Ray ExtrasAn exploration feature from the late silent era later flushed down exploitation rat holes where it lingered to late 50's and beyond, all this sho… Read More
2016-03-28 11:09
They Will Blast the Flesh Off Humans!!Warner Bros. had wise 50's policy of putting sci-fi on deck each summer, much of it bought cheap from the outside, then played off fast via regional sat… Read More
2016-03-24 09:18
Action Of The Tiger (1957) Shoots On Fresh SitesAction was keynote for Metro in summer 1957, trade ads trumpeting this, Tip On A Dead Jockey, House Of Numbers, and Gun Glory for fast-move la… Read More
2016-03-21 08:45
Three Sailors and A Girl (1953) Revamps Another Old PropertyStretch Those L.A. Screens!Correct me if I'm wrong in assuming that Warner Bros. never compiled musical highlights. Metro and Fox… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Sound Takes A Stride With Interference (1928) --- Part OneThe early talking era works like a magnet on me, what with survivors washing up on DVD shores and TCM serve from bottomless barrels… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Gary Cooper Seeks Heroes in They Came To Cordura (1959)A Rare and Unretouched Proof with Guide Markings For Touch-Up Damned by traditionalists and auteurism, being not straight western… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Where Just An Elvis Preview Was EnoughYou May Have Gotten In For Free, But You'll Leave Some Money HereWhen they crowd the house to see a trailer, you know what's coming is an attraction. No… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Bob Clampett Loads Up On Radio References in Buckaroo Bugs (1944)A hard-charging Bob Clampett go at Bugs Bunny, and done during wartime for maximum noise and putting action in our faces.&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-03-19 10:07
You're Never Too Young (1955) A Best Of M&L?Does anyone laugh at these boys anymore? Jerry Lewis, who just turned ninety, is being feted nationwide, mostly by those, I suspect, who remem… Read More
2016-03-17 20:42
Rock Minus Sirk = Never Say Goodbye (1956)In a spirit of giving credit where due, here's praise for recent Universal Vault release Never Say Goodbye, a Rock Hudson melodrama not directed by… Read More
2016-03-11 10:29
Stock Footage Stampede in Cattle Town (1952)Dennis Morgan going out from Warners with a whimper, Cattle Town a drop even from Raton Pass, neither tall in saddle beside westerns WB had done l… Read More
2016-03-07 19:32
Shirley Temple Is Miss Annie Rooney (1942)I wonder if better pictures might have helped Shirley Temple jump fence to adult stardom. She had looks to equal Deanna Durbin, latter's trans… Read More
2016-03-04 12:46
"Bogie" With Wife and Pals in Photoplay, September 1938When Did Bogart Become Bogie/Bogey?Humphrey Bogart being a favorite actor makes me endlessly curious over major and minor aspects of hi… Read More
2016-02-29 10:01
Chain Lightning (1950) Flies Warners EconomyPostwar Bogart a test pilot? Seems ill-advised, or maybe armed forces needy for guinea pigs did send up hard drink/chain smokers to do the job of… Read More
2016-02-25 10:38
Shallow Biz For Deep Waters (1948)This was director Henry King's next for 20th after Captain From Castile. He'd again go on location, this time to Maine, where waterfronts and fisher boats s… Read More
2016-02-25 10:25
Gotham Locations Boost Sunday In New York (1964)Boy, did things change quick after this was made! Definition of "nice girls" and premarital limit was soon to be rewritten, and radically, wit… Read More
2016-02-25 10:20
Murders In The Rue Morgue is Another For 1932's Gothic PoolUniversal's Rue Morgue Carnival Set"Based On The Immortal Classic by Edgar Allan Poe" say credits, which it isn't, but in 1932, who… Read More
2016-02-25 10:11
Murder Hits a Home Run in Death On The Diamond (1934)A mystery killer offs St. Louis Cardinal players in a Metro "B" that was among inaugurals for budget policy to fill lower berths now that… Read More
2016-02-20 20:33
Putting On Goggles For Gog (1954)I can't know what it was like to grow up in space-mad early 50's, being born during height of it, and years away from exposure to movies borne of the craze… Read More
2016-02-15 10:20
Down Argentine Way (1940) Sets Technicolor To SongGood neighbor import of South American sound was well along pre-war, playgrounds nearer the equator tendered here by Fox to outshine even Eu… Read More
2016-02-11 18:51
Van Johnson Stands Out in Murder In The Big House (1942)Certainly a title they'd notice coming in, even if it placed second on most bills --- second, that is, until support player Van Johnso… Read More
2016-02-04 11:52
Fred Sits Back Seat Behind Better B.O. Bets Doris and JackFred MacMurray Plays Cowboy in Face Of A Fugitive (1959)Fred MacMurray as a stickup man with lots to answer for who holes up in a mi… Read More
2016-02-01 11:56
Two Charlies in The Idle Class (1921)A First National Chaplin given elegance by a score he composed in the 70's for first circulation of the film since Pathé handled a 20's reissue. T… Read More
2016-01-30 14:07
Broadway's Rialto Celebrates Sherlock HolmesBehold the above masterpiece of front design and marvel that such artistry was taken down and replaced on week or bi-week basis while Broadway's R… Read More
2016-01-26 18:29
Only Purists Need ApplyVentured to boy-room where my first 8mm "theatre" saw fruition, and names like Castle and Blackhawk were synonym for enchantment. There is no Back To Basic like return… Read More
2016-01-24 01:00
Captain From Castile (1947) Is Noir With A SwordMerry Christmas, ClevelandFox and I-Tunes earn plaudits for delivering this costs-be-damned blockbuster to High-Def watchers at long last. Cas… Read More
2016-01-21 10:06
It Happens Every Spring (1949) Pitches ComedyThis was one of the earlier 20th Fox titles that NBC played on their Saturday Night At The Movies inaugural season (4/7/62 and again 9/8/62). A l… Read More
2016-01-14 10:14
Athena (1954) Kids Then-Health CrazingAn MGM musical for the second team: producing Joe Pasternak, stars Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Edmund Purdom, Vic Damone. The accent's on youth; these… Read More
2016-01-11 09:39
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Lays It On The LineCrack crime thriller also known as "the one that ends at Boulder Dam." Edmond O'Brien is back rigging radios as in White Heat, only this time on a w… Read More
2016-01-07 11:17
Fun Fact: "Hawkshaw" as Slang For a Detective Had Its Birth in an 1863 Play Where a Sleuth Character Went By That NameThe Case Of The Curious Bride (1935) Joins WB "Crime Club"Would You Stay… Read More
2016-01-07 11:05
The Black Watch (1929) Comes Out Of Its CaveThis was John Ford's first feature-length talkie. It opened in May, 1929 as sound rolled like tanks over a silent era headed for extinction. The B… Read More
2016-01-04 14:18
Kings Go Forth (1958) to Blu-RayKings Go Forth achieved backhand notoriety as the movie CBS substituted at the last minute for Psycho on Friday, September 18, 1966. Latter cancellation was r… Read More
2016-01-03 14:08
M (1951) Is No Slight On Lang's OriginalWhat a pip this was! I don't think it could improved if Fritz Lang directed. By all account, he was mightily peeved over Seymour Nebenzal remaking the… Read More
2016-01-03 11:45
Greenbriar Is Ten Years Old Today: Updated 1/3/16As of 12/29/15, Greenbriar has been here a decade. There have been 1660 posts. A separate site indexes them all by dates, film titles, and na… Read More
2015-12-25 11:06
So Dear To My Heart (1948) Celebrates Days Past'64 Reissue Sweetened By a Disneyland ShortMiddle-age (at least) men on line for Star Warsknow from aching nostalgia. They'll f… Read More
2015-12-21 13:35
Metro and Sinatra Bomb Big with The Kissing Bandit (1949)Long ago, when Frank Sinatra was guesting all over radio and television in addition to host duties of his own, there was a joke he or… Read More
2015-12-17 12:26
A Metro Cast Faces Depression Woes in Looking Forward (1933)Old men (Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone) making a last stand against Old Man Depression. There's a forward that boosts Roosevelt, d… Read More
2015-12-15 11:52
Weaver/Rhodes Celebrate Lugosi and Bride Of The Monster (1955)Another wow from Tom Weaver's Scripts From The Crypt series, this one written/compiled by him and Lugosi historian Gary Don… Read More
2015-12-15 11:38
Stewart Makes Changes For Night Passage (1957)Back When They Were Buds -- JS and AM, Both SeatedNight Passage has long been jinxed because Anthony Mann did not direct it, i… Read More
2015-12-11 11:58
March Chases Bennett in Trade Winds (1938)Detective Fredric March tracks accused murderess Joan Bennett across process-shot land and sea, Trade Winds celebrating state-of-art fakery circa 19… Read More
2015-12-03 07:26
Fox Scores B.O. Blitzkrieg With The Desert Fox (1951)James Mason among first in a 50's line of "Good Germans" who opposed Hitler and sought end to Teutonic war-making. He's Field Marshal Rom… Read More
2015-12-02 22:10
This Island Earth Arrives from German GalaxyAlbuquerque Hardtops Cede TIE To Outdoor OpenThere's been fierce debate over a just-released German Blu-Ray of this sci-fi favorite, "Favorite" a… Read More
2015-11-30 11:24
The Night Walker (1964) Is Out On DVDI anoint Barbara Stanwyck as 60's, if not all-time, scream queen after seeing TCM's new disc release of The Night Walker, paired with Dark Intruder to ti… Read More
2015-11-30 11:13
Rooney-Garland Steamroller Continues with Strike Up The Band (1940)The second bundle of joy from Mickey and Judy as show-biz aspirants, Strike Up The Band shows how easy stardom might be had… Read More
2015-11-27 11:30
Louise Glaum Enters Sex (1920) SweepstakesI've got to wonder if this title got some exhibs in dutch, but nothing suggests so in Variety or trades lately checked (did any talkie go by th… Read More
2015-11-21 07:52
Fallen Angel (1945) Glows on Region Two Blu-RayMust have been tough being on the bum in 1945. Just ask Dana Andrews as bus mooch Eric Stanton. He's tossed off the conveyance for feigning sle… Read More
2015-11-21 07:46
RKO Seeks a Gusher with Double Deal (1950)Good news: Marie Windsor is top-billed and the female lead. Less good: She's nice and the other woman (Fay Baker) is bad. Reverse their parts and we… Read More
2015-11-16 01:20
Goggles On for Flying Devils (1933)With aviation buff Merian C. Cooper at RKO's helm by 1933, it must have been a cinch for staff to pitch an aerial theme to green light response. I bet some… Read More
2015-11-12 16:01
William Cameron Menzies: The Shape Of Films To Come Is A Holiday Season Must-ReadHis name in titles was assurance of unforgettable sights ahead, William Cameron Menzies often a tru… Read More
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