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THE GOLEM is one of those movies that many people have seen stills from or have read about but, up until now, have not had the opportunity to see it as it was intended to be seen. Copies of it have been around for years but it was available only in poor quality prints projectedContinue reading “THE GOLEM (1920): This Restoration Is Incredible!”

This new Kino Blu-Ray marks the fourth time that I have written a review of the 1923 Lon Chaney movie THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME. I wrote my first review in 1999 about the Image Entertainment DVD which was the first quality release. It featured a speed corrected print that had been tinted and aContinue reading “HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME (1923): The Fourth Time Is The Charm”

So says Oscar Mazamette, one of the three principal characters in Louis Feuillade’s LES VAMPIRES and it sums up the plot concisely but hardly scratches the surface of the complexity of this legendary 10 episode serial. Feuillade (pronouced Foo-YAHD) had succeeded Alice Guy (rhymes with KEY) in 1907 as the production head of France’s GaumontContinue reading “LES VAMPIRES: “Though Vice Is Sometimes Slow To Be Punished, Virtue Is Always Rewarded””

It has been over 75 years since CITIZEN KANE did its hatchet job on the reputation of actress Marion Davies but thanks to releases like LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY, 21st century movie buffs now have the opportunity to see her at her best. The character of Susan Alexander Kane was long thought to have beenContinue reading “THE LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY (1925): The Rehabilitation Of Marion Davies’ Reputation Continues”

It has been a little over 10 years since a battered 16mm print of the original version of METROPOLIS was discovered in a museum archive in Argentina. That coupled with the recovery of the original German censorship records from 1927 which contained a complete listing of all the intertitles, has finally made it possible toContinue reading “METROPOLIS: The Complete Version Gets Better With Each Viewing”

Long before THE LORD OF THE RINGS and THE HOBBIT there was DIE NIBELUNGEN (The Nibelung Saga). This 1924 epic from Fritz Lang is the grandaddy of all fantasy epics and now it can be seen as it was first presented with over 100 minutes of footage restored and with the original music that wasContinue reading “DIE NIEBELUNGEN Is An Excellent Choice For Blu-Ray Release”

Now that it has been officially released in the U.S., there are no more ifs ands or buts. This 2007 edition of NOSFERATU is truly the ultimate restoration. If you want a sneak peak at how the film will look and sound go to the Kino International website and check it out. There is aContinue reading “NOSFERATU : The 2007 Release Is Truly The Ultimate Restoration”

…that came out on DVD 20 years ago. So much has happened since then regarding the preservation and restoration of silent movies that this Blu-Ray looks like a completely different film. It’s the same movie but the picture image is so much sharper and the previous defects (scratches, splices) have been cleaned up considerably. TheContinue reading “OUTSIDE THE LAW: I Can’t Believe This Is The Same Film…”

Long before 12 YEARS A SLAVE or DJANGO UNCHAINED or even ROOTS back in 1977, there was UNCLE TOM’S CABIN. First a groundbreaking abolitionist novel in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe, it became a staple of 19th century theater after the Civil War. Those theatrical productions stressed the epic aspects of the book while turningContinue reading “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN (1927): GONE WITH THE WIND Meets 12 YEARS A SLAVE…Now On Blu-Ray”

Producer-Director Ivan Tors (1916-1983) is best known today as the man behind the original SEA HUNT series with Lloyd Bridges and a number of animal themed movies and shows in the 1960s such as FLIPPER and DAKTARI. However in the early 1950s he was interested in science-fiction. Before his SCIENCE FICTION TV series (1955-57), heContinue reading “GOG: A Remarkable Time Capsule Of A Movie”