Richard Arlen – Stream On Demand

Charles Laughton and Kathleen Burke in the 1932 horror classic based on H.G. Wells' 'The Island of Dr. Moreau'

Are we not men? – ‘Island of Lost Souls’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, Halloween, Hollywood Classic, horror, pre-code, SVOD 10/01/2021 Sean Axmaker

“Are we not men?” Charles Laughton stars in the first screen version of the H.G. Wells novel and (for all the changes from the novel) still the defining one.

Louise Brooks and Richard Arlen star in the hobo drama by William Wellman

Silents Please! – ‘Beggars of Life’ with Louise Brooks, ‘Varieté’ from Germany, and more

Blu-ray, DVD, Kino Lorber, Olive, silent film 09/10/2017 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

Catching up on some of the silent films released to Blu-ray and DVD in the past months… Beggars of Life (Kino Lorber) William Wellman was one of the most versatile directors of his day, making everything from comedies and musicals to gritty dramas and war movies, and his World War I epic Wings (1927) won […]

Charles 'Buddy' Rogers and Clara Bow in Wings

‘Wings’ – The First Best Picture on SVOD and Blu-ray/DVD

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Hollywood Classic, silent film, SVOD, war 02/23/2016 Sean Axmaker

Clara Bow takes top billing in Paramount’s lavish 1927 war drama Wings (1927) and Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Richard Arlen (both virtual unknowns at the time) play the buddies and fellow pilots at the center of the film, but the real star of this World War I picture is the amazing aerial spectacle: the dogfights […]