Roscoe wrote:"Unfortunately the writer went to the George Lucas school of naming people, using names Prince Kynd and Prime Minister Kruel."

Those character names are actually from the Oz books, as I remember.

Thanks! I figured that might be the case, since I believe Baum's son was involved with the film.

I'm hoping for my own collection of The House of Mystery.

I already bought myself the new Chaplin set from Flicker Alley, so I played Santa a little early.

As for me, last night I watched The Wizard of Oz (1925). As an Oz movie, the film fell very flat, considering they didn't spend any quality time in Oz until half the movie was over. Taking Oz out of the equation, the film wasn't too bad, and the special effects and stunts were done very well for the...

I intentionally watched two very similar films over the long weekend: George Washington Slept Here (1942) and Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948). I enjoyed them both and they both had very solid casts, but I was pleasantly surprised to see Percy Kilbride appear in the first film. I should p...

Over the weekend I watched my gateway to old films: The Old Dark House (1932), which is a favorite of mine. I also watched The Wolf Man (1941), as I'm slowly working my way through the giant Universal set I received a month ago. And last night we watched The Hunger Games: The Mockingjay Part 1 (2014...

35MM wrote:Actually I'm Tom, got the email on Monday but hadn't checked until this morning. Thanks for the contest, it looks like a nice set.

I'm glad it went to an active poster. Congratulations!

I ordered the set, so hopefully it'll be winging its way to me soon.

My father-in-law subjected my wife to far too many silent films long before I met her, so she is a lost cause on that front. If it's not relatively new, she isn't biting.

But every now and again she'll keep me company (by losing herself in her phone) whilst I watch a classic phone or two.

My wife grabbed the recent Vacation (2015) movie to watch with the family. Thankfully she took my advice and we watched it without the kiddos, as it was far too inappropriate for their young years. It wasn't quite the train wreck that I thought it would be, and had a few laugh out loud moments for m...

After we watched One Frightened Night (1935) for my father-in-law's happy 79th birthday, we watched the first three Chaplin Mutuals: The Floor Walker, The Fireman, and The Vagabond. We enjoyed them all, but I think The Fireman was the winner of the bunch. Can't wait to watch the rest of them.

I recently watched The Vampire Bat (1933), which was fairly comical, especially what the blood was being used for. :lol: And last night, for my father-in-law's happy 79th birthday, we watched One Frightened Night (1935) as well as a few Chaplin Mutual shorts. One Frightened Night was solid pseudo "o...

I'm in! I don't think I've seen any of these shorts, but I am slowly working my way through the Mutuals.

I finally got around to watching the 1931 English and Spanish versions of Dracula, back-to-back.

Next up is Nosferatu, then I'll move on to another subject...maybe the Wolf Man. Still need to sneak in a view of The Old Dark House, as well.

Hello all,

We are in the midst of decorating our movie room, and I'd like to add some film posters to help spruce up the place. As such, I'd appreciate hearing what some of your favorites are, so please feel free to share the pics here or link to them as appropriate.

Thanks in advance!

Dave

I finished Frankenstein (1931) over the weekend. It's time to start firing up the Universal Monsters set as we start the slow march towards happy Halloween.

Mine rolled in as well and the packaging looks first-rate. I'm looking forward to cracking it open before too long.

Yikes! Those cover images sure are...striking.

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They charge pre-orders immediately, so I'll be grabbing this one next month. Looking forward to it!

These are great! Thanks to all that are sharing them.

My wife bought Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (or whatever it is called) for our recent trip to the Outer Banks. Sadly, we didn't have time to watch it.

I'm sure you are all jealous and stuff.

I'm in as well! Thanks to Kino Lorber and Nitrateville. Hopefully I'm one of the fortunate five!

I'm in, so we are officially at $2000!

I had to keep my streak alive.

I watched Spione (1928) over several sittings, which I think really detracted from the film. My fault, of course, and I'd like to see it again when I can give it the attention it seems to deserve.

Having disc in hand (or on the way) is probably a good call, since we already have the "last movie you watched" threads which is probably a better place to mention streams etc.

Hello all, I thought it might be fun and/or interesting to see the recent film purchases that we have made. Feel free to share the format if you would like, but no pressure of course. I don't envision myself purchasing any actual film films, but I envy those of you that do! My last purchases were: I...

Please post a link if/when the sale goes live. I'm counting on you bunch of enablers. Thanks in advance!

I recently watched Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965). I enjoyed Peter Cushing, but they didn't seem to use him as much as I was expecting. The Daleks were very hard to understand, which didn't help matters.

I had a little spare time last night, so I watched Lloyd's From Hand to Mouth (1919). It was enjoyable, if fairly uneventful.

At the risk of dragging us back on topic, how does this film stack up compared to other vintage Sherlock releases? I'm definitely curious about it from a historical perspective, but that isn't enough (for me) to pre-order it. Maybe I'll wait until some of the early reviews come in and go from there.

Over the weekend I watched the four silent Laurel & Hardy shorts that were on TCM a week or two ago. I don't remember all of the titles, but I do remember You're Darn Tootin' and Big Business. I'd love it if their silent works were released as a new selection!