Around the Blogosphere This Week

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

...The March Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray titles have been announced. They include THE GAY DIVORCEE (1940), IT ALL CAME TRUE (1940), HONKY TONK (1941), and THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1942). They'll be available March 31st.

...Kino Lorber Studio Classics announced an April 28th release date for THE MAN WHO RECLAIMED HIS HEAD (1934) starring Claude Rains and Joan Bennett. It will have not one but two commentary tracks!

...Stephen Rebello's new book HITCHCOCKIAN THRILLERS: MUST-SEE FILMS IN THE STYLE OF THE SUSPENSE MASTER, which I mentioned here briefly in January, will be published by Bloomsbury February 19th.

...Glenn Erickson's latest CineSavant reviews include RED DUST (1932) from the Warner Archive Collection and the Criterion Collection's Blu-ray reissue of its great Lubitsch Musicals Eclipse set.

...Over at Riding the High Country, Colin takes a look at Audie Murphy in POSSE FROM HELL (1961) and John Wayne in THE COMANCHEROS (1961).

...My ViaVision Blu-ray with an Audie Murphy double bill, THE WILD AND THE INNOCENT (1959) and SIX BLACK HORSES (1962), has arrived! I also plan to order the set with JOE BUTTERFLY (1957) and THE TEXICAN (1966) soon.

...Looking for viewing ideas? Check out the January watch list just shared at Phyllis Loves Classic Movies, and there's also a fun, very diverse review roundup from John McElwee at Greenbriar Picture Shows.

...I had a terrific time last weekend at the D23 25th anniversary celebration for Disney California Adventure, held at the Disneyland Hotel. In late March I'll be attending another D23 event, "Walt Disney's Enchanted Adventureland," at the Disney-owned Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale.

...Notable Passings: Actress Lory Patrick, the widow of Dean Jones, has died at 92. She had a recurring role during a season of TV's TALES OF WELLS FARGO (1961-62) and had small roles in TV and movies throughout the '60s. Previously married to writer Harlan Ellison, she married Jones in 1973...Christa Lang Fuller, the widow of writer-director Samuel Fuller, has passed on at 82.

...I was greatly saddened to learn of the death of film historian John Bengtson, a prolific chronicler of silent film movie locations. The San Francisco Chronicle published a nice piece on Bengtson, and I also recommend this tribute by Lea Stans at Silent-ology. I had the honor of meeting Bengtson at a 2018 screening at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater. Michael Schlesinger was also there that evening, and it's sad they're both now gone.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my January 31st column.

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