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 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...
Cinema Revisited: A Free Soul (1931)
A Free Soul Directed by Clarence Brown. Cast: Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Leslie Howard, James Gleason. Released...
DVD Review: Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts: The Hal Roach Collection 1931-1933
For those interested in film history, especially fans of vintage comedy, this release of all seventeen Hal Roach-produced two-reel shorts...
Cinema Revisited: White Zombie (1932)
When Hungarian-born actor Bela Lugosi campaigned heavily for the role of “Dracula” in Tod Browing’s movie production, he was met with...
Cinema Revisited: The Little Giant (1933)
The Little Giant Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Helen Vinson, Russell Hopton, Kenneth Thompson, Shirley...
Cinema Revisited: Feet First (1930), Harold Lloyd’s first full talkie
Feet First Directed by Clyde Bruckman and Harold Lloyd. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Henry Hall,...
DVD Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Katharine Hepburn’s film debut
A Bill of Divorcement Directed by George Cukor. Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Paul Cavanaugh,...
DVD Review: Charley Chase – The Hal Roach Talkies Volume One
Most mainstream DVD releases are corporate affairs, capitalizing on what is popular in our immediate culture. Others have a sense of...