Of Presidents and Buccaneers
Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 3 unique productions: THE PRESIDENT’S LADY (1953) on Twilight Time Blu + Cecil B. DeMille’s 1938 and 1958 productions of THE BUCCANEER from Olive Films.
Tag: Charlton Heston
DVD: Buccaneer, The (1958)
Cecil B. DeMille wasn’t adverse to revisiting a hit property – his 1956 remake of his 1923 spectacular The Ten Commandments ensured the producer-director of Samson and Delilah…
Jess Franco’s Bloody Moon + other merry sexploitation misadventures
A triple-threat of Jess Franco sleaze: reviews of Bloody Moon (1981) on Blu and Devil Hunter (1980) on DVD from Severin Films + Franco’s Linda (1981), and quick thoughts on Solar Crisis, Richard C. Sarafian’s orphan epic sci-fi flick that sort of popped up in a related news report this week.
BR: Khartoum (1966)
A film clearly put into production to cash in on the success of David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Khartoum’s central subject is another forgotten British hero – General Charles ‘Chinese” Gordon – whose claim to fame was problem-solving strife and divisions in Asia, Africa, and later the Middle East…
Khartoum – a Cinerama Desert Panorama!
Review of Twilight Time’s really gorgeous Blu-ray of Khartoum (1966), starring Charlton Heston as Another Important Historical Figure With Grey Hair.
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