Posted in Gene Autry, Republic Pictures, Shout Factory, Television on April 21, 2020| 8 Comments »
From Shout Factory — America’s favorite singing cowboy Gene Autry heads to streaming for the first time ever with the launch of the Gene Autry film and television library on Shout! Factory TV May 1.
The streaming service will release its first collection from Gene Autry’s personal archive, with the streaming debut of fully restored feature films South Of The Border, Gaucho Serenade, Melody Ranch, The Strawberry Roan and Blue Canadian Rockies.
Posted in Clint Walker, DVD/Blu-Ray News, Kino Lorber, Neville Brand on April 20, 2020| 2 Comments »
Directed by Jerry London
Starring Clint Walker, Carl Betz, James Wainwright, Neville Brand, Robert Urich
Released during the Golden Age of TV movies, Killdozer (1974) was a big deal among us monster kids at my elementary school the Monday after it aired. To nine-year-olds, Killdozer was really cool — and I’m sure it’s that age demographic, all grown up and nostalgic, that makes up a lot of the picture’s cult following today.
One thing it has going for it is a pretty terrific cast, with Clint Walker and Neville Brand being of particular interest to those of us here. Kino Lorber is bringing it to Blu-Ray this summer, and I’m pretty excited about it.
Posted in 1950, 1954, Andre de Toth, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Charles McGraw, Coleen Gray, DVD/Blu-Ray News, Edgar Buchanan, George Marshall, Hugo Fregonese, James H. Griffith, Joanne Dru, Kino Lorber, Randolph Scott, Stephen McNally, Universal (International) on April 14, 2020| 31 Comments »
There’s a lot going on these days, which is probably a huge understatement. At the same time, within the confines of each of our homes, there’s not much going on at all. I hope everyone is safe, healthy and watching a lot of movies. Thought I’d bring up a few things.
Apache Drums (1951) is coming to Blu-Ray from Sidonis out of France. This is very good news. It’s a terrific picture.
RIP, James Drury.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been asked for quite a few movie recommendations, and it’s been a blast to suggest Westerns and crime/noir movies to my homebound friends. It makes me feel good to know that yet another person has come to appreciate Man In The Saddle (1951) or Armored Car Robbery (1950).
Saw Day Of Triumph (1954), a low-budget, heartfelt, but talky story of Christ. It had a great cast — Lee J. Cobb, James H. Griffith (as Judas!), Joanne Dru (as a lovely Mary Magdalene), Burt Mustin, Robert Cornthwaite, Barbara Billingsley, Mike “Touch” Connors and Ralph Moody. The minimal sets are pretty effective, but Burbank is a long way from the Holy Land, in about every possible way.
Completed the commentary for Kino Lorber’s When The Daltons Rode (1940) last week. Due to coronavirus closings and stuff, we recorded it at the engineer’s home. We had to take a break when a train came through town — the tracks run behind his house. Ironically, it was the train robbery sequence.
Hang in there, folks!
50 Westerns From The 50s. 