Tag: C. Aubrey Smith

The Hurricane (1937) (Blu-ray)

October 21, 2015

An early disaster film directed by John Ford (Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath), The Hurricane offers up special effects that almost eighty years after its initial release are still impressive. The highlight is a fifteen minute hurricane sequence (hence the…

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Little Lord Fauntleroy ('36)

Blu-ray Review: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

June 14, 2012

David O. Selznick’s first independent production, 1936’s Little Lord Fauntleroy continued the producer’s penchant for bring “classics” to the screen. Adapted by Hugh Walpole from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the film is a remake of two earlier versions,…

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