DaveKehr.com (Free subscription) | 12/29/2008
The Associated Press is reporting that Ann Savage, an indelible presence in several low budget classics of the 1940s and 50s, died on Christmas Day fro complications following a series of strokes. The complete obituary is here. Savage will always be known for the attic intensity of her performance in Edgar G. Ulmer’s “Detour,” [...]
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The Restless Breed1:25am Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 Repeat PG Western drama about a young lawyer bent on revenge for his father's murder. CAST: Anne Bancroft, Scott Brady. DIR: Allan Dwan (1957)
DaveKehr.com (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Here it is: Fox Home Video’s follow-up to last year’s stunning “Ford at Fox” collection is perhaps even more impressive, offering major upgrades of such classics as “Sunrise” and “Seventh Heaven” while getting a number of titles back into circulation that haven’t been visible in years, if at all: “They Had to See [...]
DaveKehr.com (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
The independent DVD publisher Flicker Alley has been the source of some of the most interesting and carefully produced editions of silent movies in the marketplace today, and the company’s new box set, Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer, is perhaps the company’s finest so far. The five disc collection includes ten features and [...]
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Carole Lombard (1908-1942) made her debut as an actress at the age of 12 in Allan Dwan’s A Perfect Crime , in 1921. After finishing junior high school in 1925, she reentered films, but remained an obscure blond bombshell type until she got her big break in 1934, opposite John Barrymore in Howard Hawks’ Twentieth Century , which—along with Gregory La Cava’s My Man Godfrey (1936), opposite William Powell,...
DVD Times (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
News: Fox Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Murnau, Borzage and Fox DVD Collection on 9th December 2008 priced at $239.98 SRP. This 12-film collection aims to capture the iconic careers of directors F.W. Murnau and Frank Borzage...
ABC TV (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Around The World2:05am Tuesday, 05 Aug 2008 Repeat G Musical which follows Kay Kyser and his band as they tour the world. Among the stops on their tuneful sojourn are Australia, India, China, Egypt and North Africa. CAST: Kay Kyser, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis DIR: Allan Dwan (1943)
DaveKehr.com (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
This week in the New York Times I demonstrate my newly conferred status as King of the Hipsters by interviewing Claude Lelouch and enthusizing over Shirley Temple. Hipper than this you simply do not get. The screen grab above is from Fox Home Video’s excellent new version of John Ford's “Wee Willie Winkie,” which was included [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
The release of the sixth and final volume of “Shirley Temple: America’s Sweetheart Collection” coincides with the actress’s 80th birthday.
The Sheila Variations (Free subscription) | 11/05/2007
Smoky-eyed photo of Gloria Swanson. I'm reading a book of Bogdonavich's interviews with directors - and it starts off with Allan Dwan, one of the true creators of the whole business. He's the type of guy who was like, in...
