Around the Blogosphere This Week
...The dates for the 2026 Noir City Festival have been announced. The festival will take place in Oakland from January 16th to 25th. The festival has an intriguing "Face the Music" theme.
...The Joel McCrea Western STRANGER ON HORSEBACK (1955) will be coming to Blu-ray this December. Toby Roan, who's doing the commentary track, says the disc -- from the only surviving 35mm print -- "will be a huge improvement over the old DVD." I watched the DVD 16 years ago and mentioned the colors were variable; I'm going to really enjoy revisiting it on the Blu-ray.
...An interesting Blu-ray release this year from VCI Entertainment: A "Poverty Row" double bill consisting of MISS V FROM MOSCOW (1942), starring Lola Lane, paired with KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941) starring Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, and Mantan Moreland.
...Coming from Powerhouse Indicator in Britain this November: Columbia Noir #7: Made in Britain. I've collected all of the Indicator noir sets to date and they're great, with tons of extras and a nice book. The movies are detailed at the Indicator website.
...Coming to Blu-ray and DVD from ClassicFlix in November: AESOP'S FABLES - THE 1920S, VOL. 1. It features 20 restored cartoons plus bonus shorts. ClassicFlix also releases THE O. HENRY PLAYHOUSE - THE COMPLETE SERIES to DVD in November. The set will have 39 episodes.
...Speaking of Noir City, the Chicago edition of the festival is currently underway. Here's a nice interview with Eddie Muller and Alan K. Rode of the Film Noir Foundation.
...I enjoyed Karen Burroughs Hannsberry's look at THESE GLAMOUR GIRLS (1939) at her blog Shadows and Satin.
...Toby Roan also reports on a new CD of the soundtrack for THE SEARCHERS (1956)...and over at his blog The Hannibal 8 he shares the good news that Film Masters is bringing the Hedy Lamarr film THE STRANGE WOMAN (1946) to Blu-ray.
...A Hollywood statue of actress Anna May Wong has been damaged in a hit and run car accident.
...I enjoy actress Pamela Tiffin, who's both cute and funny in films like ONE, TWO, THREE (1961) and COME FLY WITH ME (1963). Most recently I enjoyed seeing her in THE PLEASURE SEEKERS (1964) last weekend at the Cinecon Classic Film Festival. I learned that there's a 2015 book on the actress by Tom Lisanti, PAMELA TIFFIN; HOLLYWOOD TO ROME, 1961-1974. It was published by McFarland.
...Colin's latest review at Riding the High Country is WAR ARROW (1953) starring Jeff Chandler and Maureen O'Hara...and over at Jeff Arnold's West, Bud and RR have reviewed Bill Elliott in TAMING OF THE WEST (1939). And my thanks to Bud for his comment sharing the link for my review of Elliott in DIAL RED O (1955)!
...I'm hearing some good things about the new film THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB (2025), currently streaming on Netflix. Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren lead an impressive cast.
...Speaking of Indicator, I just received their U.S.-only release of OUT OF THE CLOUDS (1955). It was recently reviewed by Glenn Erickson. This Region A Blu-ray can be ordered from Amazon here in the U.S.
...Glenn Erickson has also just reviewed INVASION U.S.A. (1952) from Film Masters. I'll be reviewing it soon as well! The set is packed with extras, including the full-length film ROCKET ATTACK USA and an essay by Toby Roan (there's that name again - Toby is busy!).
...Stephen Reginald has recently reviewed the Ronald Colman biography RONALD COLMAN: HOLLYWOOD'S GENTLEMAN HERO at his blog Classic Movie Man. The book was written by Carl Rollyson and published by Bear Manor Media in 2024.
...Notable Passings: Singer-Actor Randy Boone, who played Randy on THE VIRGINIAN (1964-66), has passed on at the age of 83. I really enjoyed him on the show, especially when he sang with Roberta Shore, and was sorry when he was dropped from the cast...Actor Jerry Adler (MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY) has died at 96...Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene (DANCES WITH WOLVES) has passed away at 73.
...Please note that Around the Blogosphere This Week will not appear this weekend, when I'm participating in the second annual Pixie Dust Dash at Disneyland. The column will return on Saturday, September 20th.
...For additional recent links of interest to classic film fans, please visit my August 23rd column.
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