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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The title of the book by Gary K. Wolf "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" could be considered an omen for its film adaptation. Some of you may know that the film was slightly altered when it was released on...
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Confidential
I was at work the other day, and saw one of my colleagues reading a trash magazine with nude pictures of some reality TV starlet splashed all across the front page, with a caption saying she wasn’t a...
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The Story of William Tell
Errol Flynn is mostly remembered for his role in The Adventures of Robin Hood. 15 years later, his "wicked wicked ways" had finally taken their toll: he had become an alcoholic and his looks were...
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The Black Cauldron
The Black Cauldron was conceived as a renaissance picture for the Disney company. Just like Sleeping Beauty over two decades before, the film was several years in the making, with a colossal budget, a...
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The Capture of Tarzan
I found an old magazine in a flee market the other day, which reminded me of Ron Hall's quest to find information on a lost Tarzan movie.In 1934, Johnny Weissmuller had become the one and only Tarzan...
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Lizabeth Scott
In her autobiography, Lauren Bacall explained how, after making the cover of Harper’s Bazaar, she was discovered by Howard Hawks and put under contract by Warner Brothers in a legendary film where she...
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The Paradine Case
Alfred Hitchcock came to America to work for Selznick in 1939 when the latter was involved in the production of his masterpiece, Gone With The Wind. Yet their first completed project together was...
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Beyond The Rocks
"That, after all, was supposed to be the great virtue of pictures - that they would last forever." Gloria Swanson naively wrote in her 1980 autobiography. But she had to admit that there was no...
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Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo has recently been voted best film ever by Sight and Sound. In my book, it’s been competing for the title with Disney's Snow White for years (granted, in a very different...
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The Mysterious Cities of Gold
One of the best animated TV series was born from the collaboration of a French idea and amazing Japanese artistry. Director Bernard Deyriès and producer Jean Chalopin had already collaborated with TMS...
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Song Of The South
Disney has always had a policy of putting their films back into the vault to create demand and make sure that they meet with renewed interest when re-released theatrically or on home video once every...
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Larry & Hardy
When reviewing great comedy duos, sooner or later, you're bound to think of Laurel & Hardy. Yet, the partnership could have been very different. In 1918, Stan Laurel began working with comedy star...
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Dracula
Universal is celebrating its 100th anniversary and one of the studio's trademark has recently seen a Blu-ray box set release.Universal monsters movies have defined the codes of the genre, not to...
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Heavenly Christmas Film Classics
Festival Films is offering a perfect opportunity to make the perfect Christmas present for film lovers dear to you."Heavenly Christmas Film Classics" contains rare and even never before seen shorts or...
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Destino
Early in 1946, Walt Disney started a collaboration with famous surrealist painter Salvador Dali, fresh out of his first collaboration with Hollywood: the design of a dream sequence for Alfred...
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Queen of Sheba
Queen of Sheba, like many early Fox successes, has been lost for ages in a fire of the Fox vaults. Originally released in 1921, it starred Betty Blythe. When you come across her star on the Hollywood...
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Kingdom of the Sun
The Disneystudios often found inspiration in Japanese anime. So much so that their hit The Lion King is an obvious remake of Osamu Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion, down to the name of the protagonist....
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The Wizard of Oz
Oz the Great and Powerful will be released in theaters in March. And there are other productions (like Wicked) in the works that deal with Oz. One look at these productions should convince you that...
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London After Midnight
Some films were so popular in their day that it seems amazing that they could be lost today.London After Midnight is arguably the most sought after lost film ever.Yet some people still alive have seen...
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Metropolis
Metropolis is probably the most famous silent film ever. At the time, it was also the most expensive that UFA had ever produced, costing 5 million marks at the time and bringing back only 75,000.For...
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