Tag: Maureen O’Hara

Blu-ray Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1940)

A remake of the 1932 film of the same name, A Bill of Divorcement directed by John Farrow, stars Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!), Fay Bainter, Adolph Menjou (The Sheik), and Dame Mae Witty, taking over for Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, John…

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Blu-ray Review: How Do I Love Thee?

[amazon_link asins=’B07BF3T9D7′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’858c6585-6d97-11e8-9356-15465a932bbc’]In 1970, it was hard to imagine that a comedy with a cast that included Jackie Gleason (Skidoo), Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!) , Shelley Winters (Harper) and Rosemary Forsyth would be a complete box office bomb,…

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Jamaica Inn: 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)

Released in 1939, Jamaica Inn is considered by many to be an inferior work in the filmography of director Alfred Hitchcock. Though apparently not a happy experience for Hitchcock due to interference from star and co-producer Charles Laughton, Jamaica Inn…

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McLintock! (Authentic Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)

Paramount has released an “Authentic Collector’s Edition” of McLintock! on Blu-ray, almost a year to the day that Olive Films delivered their acclaimed, albeit featureless edition. The film has been in the public domain for decades; Paramount’s release has been…

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The Black Swan (Blu-ray)

More than seventy years before Jerry Bruckheimer and Johnny Depp made Pirates fun again, Tyrone Power became a star, beloved for his swashbuckling roles in films such as The Mask of Zorro, Blood and Sand, and The Black Swan. Recently…

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Blu-ray Review: Miracle on 34th Street

20th Century Fox | 1947 | 96 mins. | Not Rated I’m sure every reviewer will write this, but it needs to be emphasized before I actually discuss the film. Despite the color cover and the text on the back…

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