Around the Blogosphere This Week

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

...Kino Lorber has announced that TILL WE MEET AGAIN (1944) will be released August 25th. The Blu-ray disc, from a 4K scan of the 35mm nitrate original negative and 35mm composite fine grain, is a restoration by Universal and the Film Foundation. It will include a commentary track by Imogen Sara Smith.

...Leonard Maltin reviews the new Blu-rays of NIGHT WORLD (1932) and THE BIG COMBO (1955).

...Chris Yogerst has a new article for MovieWeb on Netflix announcing they're not interested in making theatrical films. Quite a change in tune from when Netflix was hoping to purchase Warner Bros.! It's also curious as Netflix owns the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

...Glenn Erickson reviewed the Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949) a few days ago...Glenn also reviewed the new biography of director Richard Fleischer by Jason A. Ney.

...There's an interesting-looking novel coming this fall, ROUGH CUTS, about movie censorship in the silent film era. It was written by Glenn Miller and will be published by Koehler Books.

...Toby Roan has reviewed the Johnny Mack Brown Western UNDER ARIZONA SKIES (1946) which was just released by the Warner Archive Collection in the third volume of the Monogram Matinee series.

...John McElwee of Greenbriar Picture Shows looks back at the 50th anniversary of Warner Bros., including the book HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID by James R. Silke, which has been on my bookshelf since it first came out when I was in my early teens.

...Over at Speakeasy, Kristina has reviewed NIAGARA (1953), starring Jean Peters, Marilyn Monroe, and Joseph Cotten. This is one I enjoyed several years back and would like to revisit.

...Coming to Blu-ray and DVD in the future from Film Masters: IT'S LOVE AGAIN (1936) starring Jessie Matthews and Robert Young.

...Notable Passings: Character actor James Handy was tragically murdered by his girlfriend's son a few days ago. Handy's roles included playing the bartender in TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022). He was 81...Singer Peabo Bryson has died at 75. Among his best-known recordings were "A Whole New World" from Disney's ALADDIN (1992) and "Beauty and the Beast" from the 1991 film of the same name...British actor Anthony Head (seen here), known for TV's BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003) -- and a long-running series of Nescafe commercials opposite Sharon Maughan -- has died at 72.

...Please note that Around the Blogosphere This Week will not appear on June 13th. I will be attending the annual Concert in the Rocks benefit for the Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine, California. The column will return on June 20th.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my May 30th column.

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