Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...

...Kino Lorber Studio Classics has now announced a September 24th release date for a pair of previously announced Alan Ladd films, RED MOUNTAIN (1951) and BOTANY BAY (1953). RED MOUNTAIN will be a scan of the original nitrate camera negative, with a commentary track by Samm Deighan. BOTANY BAY will have a commentary by Heath Holland of Cereal at Midnight.

...Kino Lorber Studio Classics has also announced that THE BALLAD OF JOSIE (1967) starring Doris Day is "coming soon," and the new documentary MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER (2024) will be coming out October 1st from the Kino Lorber/Cohen Media Group Contemporary Classics line.

...I'm very excited that Sony is following the excellent Blu-ray releases of the pre-Codes COCKTAIL HOUR (1933) and MAN'S CASTLE (1933) with ONCE TO EVERY WOMAN (1934). ONCE TO EVERY WOMAN stars Ralph Bellamy and Fay Wray. It will be released on September 10th.

...At Once Upon a Screen Aurora previews Capitolfest, which takes place in Rome, New York, this month. This year's festival celebrates Reginald Denny and Edward Everett Horton.

...Last week I revisited PARKLAND (2013) for the first time in a decade. I again found it a very interesting "procedural" on how medical staff and law enforcement handled the assassination of President Kennedy. I appreciate the movie's unique perspectives.

...Greenbriar Picture Shows has an interesting post on John Wayne and Raoul Walsh's THE BIG TRAIL (1930). I shared thoughts on THE BIG TRAIL here after revisiting it at the Lone Pine Film Festival in 2018.

...New book: MADE IN CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 2: THE CALIFORNIA-BORN BURGER JOINTS, DINERS, FAST FOOD & RESTAURANTS THAT CHANGED AMERICA, 1951-2010. I have three other California restaurant history books by author George Geary, including Volume 1, and they're all excellent, so I'll definitely be getting this.

...Notable Passings: Writer Gail Lumet Buckley, daughter of the late Lena Horne, has died at 86. She was the ex-wife of director Sidney Lumet...Dancer-Choreographer-Actor Bobby Banas has passed away at 90. His onscreen dance roles included Joyboy in WEST SIDE STORY (1961) and a chimney sweep in MARY POPPINS (1964)...Daniel Selznick, son of David O. and Irene Mayer Selznick, has died at 88. I saw him at a Noir City Hollywood screening in 2011; when I noticed him he was chatting with Ann Rutherford, who played Carreen O'Hara in his father's most famous film, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939). An important link to the Classic Hollywood era, now gone...

...Please note that Around the Blogosphere This Week will not appear next weekend, as I will be attending the Disney D23 Expo. The column will return on August 17th.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my July 27th column.

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