FILM REVIEWS, COLLECTION UPDATES, COMMENTS ON CINEMATIC CULTURE

Friday, December 31, 2021

COLLECTION UPDATE FIFTEEN TITLES FROM KINO-LORBER


THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD (Universal 1935), starring Claude Rains, Douglass Montgomery, Heather Angel, David Manners, and Valerie Hobson. 


THE CHEAT (Paramount 1931), starring Tallulah Bankhead, Harvey Stephens, and Irving Pichel.





DEVIL AND THE DEEP (Paramount 1932), starring Tallulah Bankhead, Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, and Cary Grant. 





CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS (Apollo Films 1948), starring Eric Portman, Edana Romney, and Barbara Mullen. Notable as the feature film debut of Christopher Lee.




MASS APPEAL (Universal 1984), starring Jack Lemmon, Zeljko Ivanek, Charles Durning, and Louise Latham.





TORCH SINGER (Paramount 1933), starring Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda Roberti, and Baby Le Roy.





THE SECRET OF THE BLUE ROOM (Universal 1933), starring Lionel Atwill, Paul Lukas, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold, and Onslow Stevens.




HOT SATURDAY (Paramount 1932), starring Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, and Randolph Scott.





THE ACCUSED (Paramount 1949), starring Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe, and Douglas Dick. Directed by William Dieterle.





AMONG THE LIVING (Paramount 1941), starring Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Harry Carey, and Frances Farmer.




THE SPIDER WOMAN STRIKES BACK (Universal 1946), starring Gale Sondergaard, Rondo Hatton, Kirby Grant, Brenda Joyce, and Milburn Stone.




THE MAD DOCTOR (Paramount 1940), starring Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Allen (Vera Vague), and Ralph Morgan.




NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES (Paramount 1948), starring Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce, and William Demarest. Directed by John Farrow.



STRANGE VICTORY (Milestone 1948). Directed by Leo Hurwitz. Fascinating documentary about American servicemen returning home from the fight against fascism and racism in WW2, only to find racism and discrimination in their own country. This should be seen by every American citizen.

MOMENT BY MOMENT (Universal 1978), starring Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. Directed by Jane Wagner. One of the best bad movies ever made. A real howler. It's difficult to tell if it's meant to be a parody or taken seriously. Either way, it's great fun.