DVD: Dorothy Dell

DVD: Dorothy Dell

DVD:

Dorothy Dell

Jr. Lon Chaney, Myrna Dell

Alpha Video, 2006

Reasonably good transfer of a good story.
Standard story - Man returns from Civil War seeking peace and becomes involved in range war. Result - Good guys win. Not so much the story itself as the character developement which holds my interest. I always thought that John Ireland was under-used since his ...

The Lady in Scarlet

Reginald Denny, Patricia Farr

Alpha Video, 2004

"He can't work overtime. It interferes with his drinking." -- Ella
"Isn't she cute?" -- Oliver referring to Ella "Yes. Someday I'm going to have a lot of fun investigating her murder." -- The Inspector This fine little mystery from Chesterfield is a fun and charming "B" with sets and a story a cut above many others. It's ...

Echo Park

Susan Dey, Tom Hulce

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

A fun movie filled with quirky characters.
Echo Park is an extremely funny movie, filled with some classic humor presented by a trio of truly quirky characters. Perhaps Susan Dey's best movie of all time! The character that is an Arnold Schwarzenegger wannabe is terrificly funny! This film is more timely now ...

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913

Charles West, Edward Dillon

Image Entertainment, 2002

The Best Of D. W. Griffith.
This 2 DVD set comprises 3 VHS tapes released by Kino International a few years back. It consists of 22 shorts made by Griffith for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (now known as simply Biograph) between 1909 and 1913 when he left to make feature films. ...

Death Warrant

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

A good asskicking movie!
You know what this movie is about, a bunch of asskicking and one shirtless Van Damme. These are the type of movies you shouldn't take to serious.

The Spiral Staircase [Region 2]

Dorothy McGuire, George Brent

Robert Siodmak: a master director, a legitimate inheritor of the German expressionism!
With this film this great director formally captured the whole attention of a story once and thousand times told, but with such overpowering talent and mesmerizing camera's handle that really engages you. The initial sequence nourished the imagination of a you8ng ...

Shirley Temple - Little Darling Pack (Little Miss Marker/Now and Forever/The Runt Page)

Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell

Universal Studios, 2005

Shirley Temple: Little Darling Pack
This is Shirley Temple at her finest. They are great early Shirley Temple films & they are beautifully restored in this pack.

The Spiral Staircase

Dorothy McGuire, George Brent

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

Robert Siodmak: a master director, a legitimate inheritor of the German expressionism!
With this film this great director formally captured the whole attention of a story once and thousand times told, but with such overpowering talent and mesmerizing camera's handle that really engages you. The initial sequence nourished the imagination of a you8ng ...

Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys

Bruce Greenwood, Greg Kean

Direct Source Label, 2006

Great sound track
It's hard to believe that all of the Beach Boy's music in this TV movie has been recreated by other artists. Kudos to Jay Levy the musical director for an incredible job.

The Spiral Staircase

Dorothy McGuire, George Brent

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2000

Robert Siodmak: a master director, a legitimate inheritor of the German expressionism!
With this film this great director formally captured the whole attention of a story once and thousand times told, but with such overpowering talent and mesmerizing camera's handle that really engages you. The initial sequence nourished the imagination of a you8ng ...

Death Warrant [Region 2]

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume

A good asskicking movie!
You know what this movie is about, a bunch of asskicking and one shirtless Van Damme. These are the type of movies you shouldn't take to serious.