Leaving soon: Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in ‘Red Dust’ on HBO Max !Featured, adventure, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, pre-code, Romance, SVOD 03/19/202303/19/2023 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment Victor Fleming’s jungle melodrama is as sexy, frank, and grown-up as pre-code cinema gets thanks to the heat of Harlow’s chemistry with Gable
Leaving soon: ‘The Palm Beach Story’ – Screwball romance on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, Romance, SVOD 12/21/202203/18/2023 Sean Axmaker Claudette Colbert and Joel McCrea star in this classic from Preston Sturges, the funniest, sexiest, and most grown-up romantic comedy of its day.
‘The Maltese Falcon’ – the stuff dreams are made of on HBO Max !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Essential Viewing, film noir, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, literary adaptation, Mystery, National Film Registry, remake, SVOD 11/01/202211/01/2022 Sean Axmaker Humphrey Bogart is Sam Spade in John Huston’s note-perfect adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s iconic novel in this pioneering film noir classic.
Robert Wagner blows ‘A Kiss Before Dying’ on Prime Video, Paramount+ and Criterion Channel !Featured, Amazon Prime Video, based on a novel, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, film noir, Hollywood Classic, Paramount+, SVOD, thriller 08/07/202208/05/2022 Sean Axmaker Joanne Woodward and Jeffrey Hunter costar in this glossy romantic thriller in Technicolor and CinemaScope, with notes of film noir.
‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ – a musical for all seasons on VOD !Featured, Academy Award, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, childhood, Christmas, Classic Movie, DVD, family friendly, Hollywood Classic, Musical, National Film Registry, Romance, SVOD 06/10/202212/15/2022 Sean Axmaker Vincent Minelli’s first Technicolor film is the ultimate in Hollywood Americana and a masterful musical that turned Judy Garland into a true leading lady.
