Tag: Philip Dunne

Elvis, Fox, Disney, and the Digital Oubliette

Elvis, Fox, Disney, and the Digital Oubliette

September 21, 2019 | By

A review of Elvis Presley’s WILD IN THE COUNTRY (1961) on Twilight Time Blu + Editor’s Blog on Disney’s restrictions of the 20th Century-Fox catalogue.

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BR: Wild in the Country (1961)

BR: Wild in the Country (1961)

September 21, 2019 | By

Perhaps due to the success of King Creole (1958) and G.I. Blues (1960), Elvis may have had some leverage and was able to star in two dramas to prove his acting chops, but the resulting films…

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BR: Anne of the Indies (1954)

BR: Anne of the Indies (1954)

July 31, 2019 | By

Although she’d made her film debut opposite Tyrone Power in the big budget historical adventure-drama Captain from Castile (1947), Fox put starlet Jean Peters through the familiar career-building programme …

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Two Troubled Teens: Blue Denim (1959)

Two Troubled Teens: Blue Denim (1959)

June 22, 2018 | By

Blue Denim (1959), the earnest, cautionary tale of unwanted pregnancy among teens finally gets a proper release on Blu via Twilight Time.

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BR: Blue Denim (1959)

BR: Blue Denim (1959)

June 22, 2018 | By

You could argue that when Fox chose to adapt James Leo Herlihy and Willam Noble’s eponymous play a year after its 1958 Broadway run under the stage direction of wonderboy Joshua Logan (Picnic), it was an attempt to transcend the wave of sordid, exploitive teen-centric dramas which packed upbeat music, titillating behaviour…

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