Blu Ray Review: The Cheat (1931)
Another fascinating pre-code drama released to blu ray by Kino Lorber, The Cheat is a 1931 remake of Cecil DeMille’s 1915 film. Tallulah...
Blu Ray Review: Hot Saturday (1932)
Kino Lorber has released the first film in which Cary Grant played the leading role (it was his sixth film), the seamy pre-code drama Hot...
Cinema Revisited: The Star Witness (1931)
With a screenplay by Lucien Hubbard (Smart Money, Three on a Match) and direction by William Wellman (The Public Enemy, Wild Boys of the...
DVD Review: Charley Chase: The Hal Roach Talkies Volume 3 (1934-36)
This latest Sprocket Vault release from Kit Parker films is the third volume of comedian Charley Chase’s wonderful sound film output from...
Blu Ray Review: The Gilded Lily (1935)
Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray were a great rom-com team, and The Gilded Lily, newly released by Kino Lorber, is their first of...
Blu Ray Review: The Bride Comes Home (1935)
After her massive success in It Happened One Night (1934), a film she didn’t want to do, Claudette Colbert was placed in romantic...
Blu Ray Review: The Plainsman (1936)
Kino Lorber has released Cecil B. DeMille’s epic western set during the time of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination when the American west...
Blu Ray Review: Nine Mae West features released by Kino Lorber
Mae West is an iconic figure in showbiz history, but she made very few movies. She appeared in 8 features for Paramount Pictures during...
Book Review: Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy
In one of the most insightful books on a Hollywood star, Olympia Kiriakou’s Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy, and Legacy...
Book Review: Anita Page: A Career Chronicle and Biography
Authors Allan R. Ellenberger and Robert Murdoch Paton have released, through McFarland and Co., publishers, a book length study of one of...