Blu-ray Review: Soundies – The Ultimate Collection
Often referred to the music videos of the 1940’s, soundies were produced during 1940 to 1946 to be seen on self-contained, coin operated16mm rear projection machines called Panorams and only cost ten cents to use. They were in bars, restaurants and other public places. Soundies offered various musical styles from country and western to Russian […]
Carmen Jones (Blu-ray)
A glittering achievement in cinema due to its all black cast, Carmen Jones was adapted by director Otto Preminger from Oscar Hammerstein’s hit Broadway musical, which was itself based on George Bizet’s classic 19th century opera Carmen. Though slightly stilted in its execution, the still sultry and dramatic performance of Dorothy Dandridge, who became the […]