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…
Amazingly not a ratings winner during its initial 1959-64 run on CBS, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone has influenced the science fiction genre for decades, and served as the basis for a motion picture, comic books, pinball games and more….
The first Hollywood adaptation of Vincente Blasco Ibanez’s Blood and Sand released in 1922, helped solidify Rudolph Valentino’s legend. In 1941, 20th Century Fox and Darryl Zanuck produced a sound and Technicolor remake, determined to give the story the stylish…
Though largely forgotten today, baggy eyed Fred Allen was once one of the nation’s most popular comedians with a long running radio show and a long running mock feud with fellow comedian Jack Benny. A master ad libber, Allen’s absurdist,…
Two years ago, Acorn Media released on DVD Backstairs at the White House, a star-studded portrayal of life at the White House through Lillian Rogers Park (Leslie Uggams), a real-life maid at the White House, who wrote a book about…
Paramount | 1956 | 231 mins. | G A network television staple during Easter and Passover, Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments is to that season what It’s A Wonderful Life is to Christmas time. A true epic, Paramount has…