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FILM MASTERS ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL RELEASES OF ITS VIDEO LIBRARY
Cinema Retro has received the following press release from Film Masters. ROCKPORT, Mass. — May 17, 2024 — For Immediate Release — Film Masters, a leading vintage film restoration and d...
OUT OF THE PAST: 1963 ISSUE OF "SICK" WITH SPOOF OF "THE LONGEST DAY"
The success of Mad magazine inspired many blatant imitators including Sick magazine. None of them could equal the originality and talent found in Mad, but they each had their individual merits. I...
"AUTHOR'S CORNER": MICHAEL F. BLAKE, AUTHOR OF "THE CAVALRY... AND THE MAKING OF THREE CLASSIC WESTERNS" (TWODOT PUBLISHING)
BY MICHAEL F. BLAKE John Ford has always been my favorite director. Winning a record four Best Directing Oscars (a record yet to be beaten), his films continue to influence movie fans and fi...
DVD REVIEW: "COLONEL MARCH OF SCOTLAND YARD: THE COMPLETE 26-EPISODE SERIES" STARRING BORIS KARLOFF (FILM CHEST MEDIA)
BY HANK REINEKE In early July of 1952, a 65-year old Boris Karloff returned to England for a four-month long stay. He and his wife, Evelyn “Evie” Hope, had arrived from America via trans...
TCM SPY MOVIE FESTIVAL, FRIDAY MAY 17
PLEASE NOTE: ORIGINAL POSTING HAD THE WRONG DATE. On Friday, May 17, Turner Classic Movies (North America) will run numerous 1960s spy movies back-to-back. Things kick off at 7:45 A.M. (EST) ...
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STREAMING REVIEW: "THE HAPPY HOOKER GOES HOLLYWOOD" (1980) STARRING MARTINE BESWICK AND ADAM WEST (AMAZON PRIME)
BY LEE PFEIFFER In 1971, a well-connected Dutch prostitute named Xavier Hollander published her memoirs under the title of "The Happy Hooker". The book became an international bestseller with i...
SUSAN BACKLINIE OF "JAWS" HAS DIED AT AGE 77
Susan on the Martha's Vineyard set of "Jaws". (Photo: Universal.) BY LEE PFEIFFER Susan Backlinie, who appeared in the opening scene of Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster "Jaws", has passed ...
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ROGER CORMAN, HOLLYWOOD ICON, DEAD AT 98
Roger Corman and Vincent Price on the set of their 1963 production of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", one of their numerous collaborations. (Photo: Cinema Retro Archive)) BY LEE PFEIFFER ...
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WATCH FRANK SINATRA, BING CROSBY AND DEAN MARTIN PEFORM IN "ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS"
Here's a great musical number: the only on-screen teaming of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby in the 1964 Warner Bros. film "Robin and the Seven Hoods", which boasts a terrific score by...
REVIEW: "THE ANDERSON TAPES" (1971) STARRING SEAN CONNERY; KINO LORBER BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION
BY HANK REINEKE In early November of 1969 Box Office reported Robert M. Weitman, former first vice-president of studio productions for Columbia Pictures, was striking out on his own. In a se...
PARAMOUNT'S "SCREAM GREATS" SERIES LAUNCHES WITH "THE CROW" 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Cinema Retro has received the following press release: Get ready to revisit some old haunts… Paramount Home Entertainment is teaming up with FANGORIA to deliver classic thrills and chills to...
HEAR THE 78 RPM RECORDING OF KIRK DOUGLAS SINGING "A WHALE OF A TALE"
Kirk Douglas wasn't known for his singing abilities but his rendering of "A Whale of a Tale" in Walt Disney's classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" proved to be a hit and one of the most memorab...
THOSE WONDERFUL OLD MOVIE ADVERTS
From the Cinema Retro archives: 1978 British movie magazine advertisement for Peter Sellers in "Revenge of the Pink Panther", his final appearance as Inspector Clouseau.
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"THE GUNS OF NAVARONE" : WATCH THE ORIGINAL TRAILER
Here's the original trailer for the 1961 WWII classic "The Guns of Navarone" starring Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn and David Niven along with a marvelous supporting cast.
READ ORIGINAL MOVIE TIE-IN COMIC BOOKS FOR "HATARI!", "SONS OF KATIE ELDER" AND "THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL"
If you're a long-time Cinema Retro reader, you know we love those old movie tie-in comic book from days of old, most of which were published in the U.S. by Gold Key and Dell comics. Here's an op...