BR: Adventures of Hajji Baba, The (1954)
When Monogram Pictures morphed into Allied Artists around 1953, the poverty row studio took several cracks at B+ and the odd A-level picture during the mid-1950s, including their first foray into CinemaScope…
Tag: Dimitri Tiomkin
DVD: Lost Horizon (1937)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / J to L . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Excellent Label: Sony / Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: August 31, 1999 Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Romance Synopsis: A British diplomat and fellow travellers are taken to a mysterious valley in the Himalayas […]
CD: Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964)
Return to: Home / Soundtrack Reviews / F . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land Records/ Released: March 13, 2012 Tracks & Album Length: 27 tracks / (65:00) . Special Notes: 24-page colour booklet with liner notes by Jeff Bond / Limited to 2500 copies. . Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin . . Review: Since the late thirties, Dimitri Tiomkin […]
DVD: Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / F . Film: Very Good/ DVD Transfer: Excellent/ DVD Extras: Excellent Label: Genius Products/ Region: 1 (NTSC) / Released: April 29, 2008 Genre: Historical Epic / Roman History Synopsis: The love life of a Roman general is repeatedly thwarted when kooky Emperor Commodus realigns Rome’s focus from an […]
Samuel Bronston, Part I
Editorial blather and film review of Samuel Bronston’s epic production of 55 Days at Peking (1963), recently screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, plus a review of La-La Land’s new 2-CD soundtrack album featuring Dimitri Tiomkin’s complete Boom-De-Boom score.
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