Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...
...Turner Classic Movies is
celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Directors Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Paul Thomas Anderson will continue
collaborating with the network. It's certainly a relief to be in a place where we can look forward to a
year of celebration, as it wasn't too many months ago the network's continued existence seemed in doubt.
...Two famous Hollywood Bakeries,
Milk Jar Cookies and
Sweet Lady Jane's, have sadly closed
this month. I was a big Milk Jar fan and am glad I have their
cookbook.
...A good friend of mine recently visited the Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. I would love to go there one day! The Pioneer Woman Mercantile & Bakery is located in the same town.
...THE BEEKEEPER (2024) starring fave Jason Statham is getting some nice reviews, including from Variety and National Review. I suspect this one will prove a little too violent for me, but I'll be watching for more info.
...Raquel Stecher has posted her latest list of new and upcoming classic film books at her blog
Out of the Past. Raquel goes to a lot of effort to put these lists together, and I greatly appreciate it! Among the upcoming titles of great interest to me are
LEGENDS OF WESTWOOD VILLAGE CEMETERY from the Images of America series,
THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THEM by Henry C. Parke (a Lone Pine Film Festival attendee),
FROM THE MOMENT THEY MET IT WAS MURDER by Alain Silver and James Ursini for TCM and Running Press,
JOAN CRAWFORD IN FILM NOIR by David Meuel (author of THE NOIR WESTERN), and
DEANNA DURBIN IN HOLLYWOOD by Barry Lowe for McFarland.
...Disney/Pixar's SOUL (2020), which was intended as a theatrical film but debuted on Disney+ due to lockdowns, is currently in theaters for the first time. It doesn't seem to be drawing much of an audience so it seems unlikely its run will be extended very long, but if you've always wanted to see it in a theater, this week is the chance to do so. I anticipate seeing and reviewing it soon.
...Glenn Erickson has
reviewed the Warner Archive Collection's new TARZAN THE APE MAN (1932) Blu-ray. Look for a review here soon!
...Jessica has reviewed the MGM musical DEEP IN MY HEART (1954) at her blog Comet Over Hollywood. As she comments (and as I also noted in my 2016 review), this movie has one of the most sensual dance numbers ever put on film, performed by Cyd Charisse and James Mitchell. The movie is worth seeing for that reason and more.
...The Criterion Channel is offering 20% off its annual streaming fee through January 31st.
...Notable Passings: Longtime Washington Post TV critic
Tom Shales has
died at 79...
Bill Hayes, a decades-long star of the soap opera DAYS OF OUR LIVES along with his wife Susan Seaforth Hayes, has
passed on at 98. He was also a singer and theater performer who had a No. 1 hit in 1955 with Disney's "The Ballad of Davy Crockett." Bryan Cranston (BREAKING BAD) shared a lovely
story about Hayes in a comment at Deadline...Actress
Tisa Farrow (seen here), the daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan and John Farrow and the younger sister of Mia Farrow, has
died at 72. She left films in 1980 and became an ER nurse...
Anna Strasberg, widow of Lee Strasberg, has
died at 84. She inherited much of Marilyn Monroe's estate.
...More Notable Passings: Film historian
David J. Skal was
killed in a car accident on New Year's Day at the age of 71. His books included
CLAUDE RAINS: AN ACTOR'S VOICE with Jessica Rains and many books on the horror/monster genres. Terry has more on Skal at
A Shroud of Thoughts...Screenwriter
Tracy Torme, the son of singer Mel Torme, has
passed on at 64. He was the head writer on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION...Actress
Cindy Morgan of TRON (1982) has
passed away at the age of 69. She was also a recurring character on TV's FALCON CREST in the '80s...Ruth Ashton Taylor, a news reporter on KNXT in Los Angeles for years, has
died at 101.
...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my January 6th column.
Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet...
2 Comments:
Laura, a little off-topic but in case you haven't already seen it I wanted to draw your attention to the newly-released film ONE LIFE which stars Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton, a truly amazing man and a truly superb film. Very moving.
Hi Laura-
Sadly I have ALL of the titles on the Kino Republic set on various Imprint Blu Ray's. The transfers are wonderful especially THE PHANTOM SPEAKS which is a highly entertaining film. It's good news that both Imprint and Kino are delving further into the Republic vaults-sadly double dipping is always going to happen. Imprint have beaten Kino to ANGEL ON THE AMAZON which was a real surprise and with George Brent and Constance Bennett on board Laura,you will love it. It's best to go into this film knowing nothing about and despite Imprint including it into one of their "Adventures" collections really the film is more of a romantic fantasy certainly a Republic A Production.Imprint also released THE MAN IN HALF MOON STREET with tragic Helen Walker so wonderful in the film. The film is haunting compelling and oddly deeply moving a "must" for Noir buffs as well as Horror addicts. The film was a Paramount production now licensed from Universal.
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