Cinema Revisited: Blackmail (1939)
After filming a surprisingly effective gangster drama at MGM with "The Last Gangster" (1937), Edward G. Robinson returned to the studio a...
Cinema Revisited: Black Fury is a stirring and powerful social drama from 1935
Black Fury Directed by Michael Curtiz. Cast: Paul Muni, Karen Morely, William Gargan, Barton MacLane, John Qualen, J. Carroll Naish,...
Cinema Revisited: 42nd Street is the quintessential backstage musical
42nd Street Directed by Busby Berkeley. Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger...
DVD Review: RKO Classic Adventures offer vintage pre-code excitement
KINO's release of four RKO pre-code romantic dramas (reviewed here), was accompanied by this similar release featuring three pre-code...
DVD Review: RKO Classic Romances offer pre-code melodrama
KINO has joined up with Lobster Films for this two-disc, five-film set of romantic melodramas from RKO Radio Pictures made from...
Cinema Revisited: The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea. Directed by Lewis Milestone. Cast: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, John Gilbert Helen Vinson,...
Cinema Revisited: The Law in Her Hands (1936)
“The Law in Her Hands” Directed by William Clemens. Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell, Warren Hull, Lyle Talbot, Dick Purcell, Eddie...
Cinema Revisited: The Story of Temple Drake (1933)
“The Story of Temple Drake” Directed by Stephen Roberts. Starring Miriam Hopkins, William Gargan, Jack LaRue, Florence Eldridge, Sir Guy...
DVD Review: Made For Each Other (1939)
For a film that wavers between lighthearted comedy and heavy drama, “Made For Each Other” needed actors that could maintain that often...
DVD Review: Nothing Sacred (1937)
One of those movies that somehow slipped into the public domain and became widely available, “Nothing Sacred” once found its way on...