...(Although she allegedly did nude modeling for Alfred Cheney Johnston early in her career.) Let's hope some photographic researcher is on the hunt for those photos right now; until they're found, we have at least her costume-party outfit in Riptide ...which doesn't reveal all, but makes it plain ...

The actual list doesn't say "most popular," just "popular." I take that to mean it might be more of a "new faces" thing that takes your awareness and liking for others, like Pickford or John Bunny, as known. Something like this Newsweek cover from 1981. Is it bad I don't even know who those actors ...

Frederica wrote:

Mike Gebert wrote:Elizabeth McGovern is surely best known for being in Downton Abbey these days.

I'd think so, although I remember her from Once Upon a Time in America. Not much else.

I thought she was quite memorable in ORDINARY PEOPLE and of course she made a fetching Evelyn Nesbitt in RAGTIME.

drednm wrote:And the joke is this: within 30 minutes of canceling, the film CLAUDIA I've had at #1 spot for 8 months is now suddenly available..... HA!

If it makes you feel any better, Ed...when I saw this post I immediately moved CLAUDIA to the top of my Queue. The disc arrived today - broken, of course.

SilentMovies wrote:What about Ince's "The Home Stretch" (1921)?

With Douglas MacLean. Part of the Blackhawk Films Collection, and released on VHS by Grapevine.

Thundering Hoofs (1922). The right of two sympathetic young people not to marry each other depends on the outcome of the race -- a comic spin on the genre. And yes, Fred, it's one of those where plucky young girl jumps on the horse at the last minute (aren't they all like that?) I think this one is...

Trying to confine myself to films that still exist-- The Kentucky Derby (Universal, 1922) GEH, Academy Film Archive -HA This one is delightful, with Reginald Denny and Getrude Astor and Directed By King Baggot. It was released on 8mm back in the day by Milestone Films. Don't know if it ever made it...

Christopher Jacobs wrote: The Blu-ray edition sadly has too much digital noise reduction and edge enhancement to reproduce the original picture quality faithfully.

Plus, the Blu Ray edition jitters / judders or just plain stops / starts, according to WaverBoy.

I would say 90% of the 60 or so films in queue have never changed WAIT status for a single day in over 8 months. Any film I've gotten that has been smashed in the mail turns out to be their only copy. How can you have a rental business with ONE copy of a film? I read somewhere they have a preferent...

drednm wrote:Does anyone know if this Charley Chase silent short is available anywhere on DVD? Maybe as an extra on some other DVD?

"Movie Night" was an extra on one of the Kinowelt Laurel and Hardy DVDs.

Re: HDMI cables, it's a good idea to buy from Amazon et al rather than buying locally. The latter often overprice them quite badly. I checked prices a few days ago, and Meijer (similar to Target) charges $25-35 depending on length. At Amazon, I found them for $6-9. Absolutely. My gf recently was bu...

I've had a ClassicFlix subscription for a few months now and I'm deciding on whether to keep it. What's been your experience with the service? I'm on the east coast and the turn-around time is about a week on sending titles back and getting the next on my list. It also seems like a higher than aver...

Kelly wrote:I wonder if this may show up someday on Fox Movies tv network you get on so called regular tv I been seeing alots of movies on that channel

CARDINAL RICHELIEU has run on Fox Move Channel in the past. As has HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD, which was also on TCM.

I have not seen this myself, but I have heard that this release, by the French company Bach Films is pretty good, mastered from 35mm material.

http://www.bachfilms.com/dvd.php5?dvd=1 ... 48c1e8b3d3

This title requires a photochemical restoration before a new transfer can be made. An expensive and time consuming process. Know nothing about that problem, but copies recorded from TCM can be obtained. The current transfer that TCM is using was done over 30 years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Does anyone have information or insight as to when The Crowd will be made available on DVD/BD? I'd love to be able to see the film. Any idea as to why it hasn't been made available so far? Does anyone have a Hi-Res image of the poster for it too? Because I think it is beautiful and would like to do...

DShepFilm wrote:
The frame rate has been increased 5% due to compatability differences between BD vs DVD. The pitch of the sound was adjusted to compensate.

David Shepard

Michael Blake's commentary wasn't pitch corrected, though. His voice sounds a little like he has been inhaling helium.

sepiatone wrote:why not a region free dvd release of this title?

It *is* region free.

I bought this set a few months ago. I haven't opened it yet. All of the links for the disc replacement program are gone. Now the question is should I open it or sell it off before I find out if there are disc problems? I purchased the Flicker Alley set "Saved By The Flames" several years ago, but n...

These choices are going to become more important very quickly, as studios decide which titles in their libraries deserve upgrades and which look "good enough" already. Even with Turner Classic Movies, you can see poorly digitized titles right next to fine restorations. There are films shown on TCM ...

Nice tribute to Bob Thomas from Leonard Maltin http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmalti ... -hollywood

You don't state why VHS might not be playable in "20 years", http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub54/2what_wrong.html Interesting, but not entirely correct. While it's true that storing your tapes in high humidity, high temperature environments will lead to a short lifespan for your videotape, tryin...

I watched this with some friends over the weekend. Pretty good. The print is beat in spots, but that is what it is. The music was good, but I was disappointed it wasn't in 5:1. You say the print was beat in spots? Does that mean beaten up in spots? As in battered and damaged? I've never bought a fi...

In 1999 the BBC here in England broadcast "Sunny Side Up" (1929), and I recorded in onto VHS tape, as at that time I was still using VHS tapes. I had not yet made the change over to DVD's, it was just before the DVD revolution. Anyway I got a FANTASTIC copy of "Sunny Side Up" on tape as the BBC onl...

You don't state why VHS might not be playable in "20 years", but it isn't due to deterioration of the magnetic media, it would be more likely due to the lack of any VHS playback equipment that's operational. There is no known end of life for magnetic media. The oldest magnetic tape extant, manufact...

Sooner or later the DVD pirates will be caught---even though some can go years thinking they are OK. I hate to tell you but the Feds aren't going to go after one dealer at a convention, they like to get the big scores and get their names in the paper. It happens like every five years, they make a b...

I'm slowly cleaning out my DVR of things I've recorded off TCM and have yet to see. I recorded THE WOMEN IN HIS LIFE about a year ago and was surprised and disappointed that the sound cut out completely about 15-20 minutes into the film. It only lasted two-three minutes, but it affected the drunk s...

Well, on the plus side, the discs are one-sided. Also included are THE WORLD OF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO, the TV special ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET JERRY SEINFELD, and the featurette ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MONSTERS (all three on a separate 15th disc). The packaging is quite handsome, too (a steamer ...

This makes me wonder, how are we preserving our own movie libraries? I assume that in addition to film, probably some VHS tapes, and whatever else, most of us have hundreds (if not thousands) of movies and shorts on DVDs. Many of these are probably burned DVDs as well. What should we be doing, if a...

I stopped reading closely after the sentence " One pro-digital archivist I spoke to mentioned overcoming the “mythopoetics and nostalgia of cinephilia,” and you don’t have to look far to find people conflating analog media with “the human touch.”" It's been my experience that people who can't expre...