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Jean Harlow is a ‘Bombshell’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Classic Movie, Comedy, Criterion Channel, DVD, Hollywood Classic, movies about movies, pre-code, satire, SVOD 09/20/2021 Sean Axmaker

Lee Tracy costars as a manipulative press agent in this snappy screwball satire of Hollywood fame and publicity. Victor Fleming directs.

Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in the film by Howard Hawks

Blu-ray: ‘His Girl Friday’ vs. ‘The Front Page’ on Criterion

Blu-ray, Comedy, Criterion Collecton, DVD 02/02/2017 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

His Girl Friday (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) should really be listed as a double feature, for the “bonus” movie—a new edition of the original screen version of The Front Page, adapted from the snappy, cynical, double-barrel Broadway hit by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur—is not just a home video debut but a major discovery. The Front […]