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  • Writing on a Classic: Foreign Correspondent (1940)

    by Brent Reid 26th November 2024

    Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Topical spy thriller followed hot on the heels of hit Rebecca Well-meaning but misguided message not loved by everyone Western star Joel McCrea did …

  • John Wayne Collectors Guide: The Big Trail (1930)

    by Brent Reid 24th February 2024

    John Wayne’s first starring role gave him a leg up to superstardom Jaw-dropping recreation of a pioneer wagon train’s journey west The Big Movie: Two aspect ratios, five languages and …

  • William Wyler Collectors Guide: The Big Country (1958), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Score Music for this star-studded Western epic remains composer Jerome Moross’s best known work After much musicological commentary, first complete physical and recorded history of his score A …

  • William Wyler Collectors Guide: The Big Country (1958)

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Releases and The Westerner Detailing every worldwide home video release of William Wyler’s iconic Western It couldn’t be seen properly for almost 60 years following original theatrical run …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Big Country (1958), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 21st January 2024

    The Big Picture Examining technicalities of bringing Wyler’s iconic Western to the big screen Director’s Cold War allegory sets in opposition little people with big problems Lust, greed and egos …

  • Making of a Masterpiece: The Big Country (1958)

    by Brent Reid 11th January 2024

    The Big Production The other magnum opus of William Wyler, director of Ben-Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives An array of top Hollywood talent is headed by prime-era …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: The Lady Vanishes (1938), Part 4

    by Brent Reid 14th January 2021

    More “Vanishing Lady” films The “Vanishing Lady” is an oft-recurring theme in print, on stage, and on film The Master’s take on the trope is perhaps the most influential and …

  • Alfred Hitchcock Collectors Guide: Secret Agent (1936), Part 2

    by Brent Reid 14th February 2020

    An all-star cast lend weight to this underappreciated espionage mystery set in WWII The Master of Suspense’s only major film with no full digital restoration or remaster Treacherous bootlegs are …

  • Multiple-Language Version Film Collectors Guide

    by Brent Reid 21st July 2015

    1930 films Q: What do the following have in common? Laurel and Hardy, Greta Garbo, Buster Keaton, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wayne, Dracula and Fritz Lang. A: They all …

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