Around the Blogosphere This Week

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

...The Warner Archive Collection has some terrific Blu-ray titles coming in June, including THE CITADEL (1938), THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE (1945), A DATE WITH JUDY (1948), HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951), and EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954). I just saw THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE at the TCM Classic Film Festival and am very glad it's coming to Blu-ray. A DATE WITH JUDY is one of MGM's most colorful musicals and is a perfect choice for Blu-ray.

...The Warner Archive is also releasing four-film Blu-ray collections featuring previous Blu-ray releases with stars such as Clark Gable and Gary Cooper.

...Thanks to reader Ashley for the heads up on an interesting summer release from Kino Lorber Studio Classic: EXCLUSIVE (1937) will be out on Blu-ray on July 15th. Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Lloyd Nolan, and Charlie Ruggles star.

...Kino Lorber's announcement of SHANE (1953), also coming July 15th, is good news for multiple reasons; the listing includes the information that Alan K. Rode, who is doing the commentary track, is writing a book on SHANE for the University of New Mexico Press's Reel West series. Rode's book on BLOOD ON THE MOON, which I wrote about for Classic Movie Hub, was excellent.

...Movie Zyng has Disney DVDs and Blu-rays on sale until May 12th, including a number of "deep cut" titles.

...Here's an interesting upcoming book: PROJECTING AMERICA: THE EPIC WESTERN AND NATIONAL MYTHMAKING IN 1920S HOLLYWOOD by Patrick Adamson. It will be published October 15th by the University of Oklahoma Press.

...Glenn Erickson's latest Blu-ray reviews include Kino Lorber's SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949) and CRACK IN THE WORLD (1965).

...Leonard Maltin has written a column on interesting prints shown at local screenings, including last weekend's VistaVision showings at the TCM Classic Film Festival.

...This summer Powerhouse Indicator in the UK will release a Region A Blu-ray of SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS (1948) starring Stewart Granger, directed by Basil Dearden. This will be a U.S.-only release.

...Notable Passings: Former child actress Cora Sue Collins, whom I was privileged to see in person on several occasions in recent years, passed on last weekend, days after her 98th birthday. She was one of the last links to filmmaking in the '30s and famously played Garbo as a child in QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933). She's seen here (in green) photographed by me at Cinecon at the Egyptian Theatre in 2018...Will "Sugarfoot" Hutchins died at 94. SUGARFOOT ran on TV from 1957-61...Priscilla Pointer has passed on at 100. The mother of actress Amy Irving, Pointer was perhaps best known as Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on TV's DALLAS...Actress Lar Park-Lincoln of TV's KNOTS LANDING has died at 63.

...Please note that Around the Blogosphere This Week will not appear next weekend on Saturday, May 10th, while I'm attending the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival.

...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my April 19th column.

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