(Footlight Parade / Gold Diggers of 1933 / Dames / Gold Diggers of 1935 / 42nd Street) (1933)
Review by Gary Geyer

Busby Berkeley’s over-the-top quality has to be experienced to be believed.
Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley’s quintessential works used legions of showgirls and props […]

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Babes in Arms / Babes on Broadway / Girl Crazy / Strike up the Band
Reviews by Gary Geyer

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland can best be described as the two greatest musical talents in cinema history. For those who have anxiously anticipated […]

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Review by Gary Geyer

Al Jolson, who was the Elvis and Sinatra of his time, is just one of the major attractions of this part-talkie, part-silent film. The Jazz Singer is often credited for being the film that ushered in the sound era. Although not actually the first film with sound, it is remembered for […]

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(Harper / The Drowning Pool / The Left-Handed Gun / The Mackintosh Man / Pocket Money / Somebody Up There Likes Me / The Young Philadelphians)
Reviews by Gary Geyer

Paul Newman has always worked under an acting handicap-he’s just too damn good looking. Fortunately, he didn’t let that stand in his way.
This seven film […]

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(Julius Caesar / Mutiny on the Bounty 1962 / Reflections in a Golden Eye / The Teahouse of the August Moon / The Formula)
Reviews by Gary Geyer

Marlon Brando was arguably America’s greatest actor. Although this collection doesn’t include his classics (like On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire and The Godfather) it nevertheless demonstrates […]

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Reviews by Gary Geyer
Gary Cooper - The Signature Collection (Sergeant York / The Fountainhead / Dallas / Springfield Rifle / The Wreck of the Mary Deare)

When you think about it, Gary Cooper could probably have a dozen ‘Signature Collections.’ Gary’s “yep, nope, aw shucks” persona makes just about all his films worthwhile.
The Fountainhead […]

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Angel Face / Macao / The Sundowners / Home from the Hill / The Good Guys and the Bad Guys / The Yakuza
Reviews by Gary Geyer

First of all, this box set is a great deal. Six ‘sleepy eyed’ Robert Mitchum films in one collection. Although, these films aren’t his all time best, they […]

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(Waterloo Bridge / Baby Face / Red-Headed Woman)
Reviewed by Gary Geyer

The “forbidden” period from 1930-1934 featured stories with women leads and subject matter that would later be condemned as taboo. (The Hays (censorship) Code came into effect in 1934, the Legion of Decency was established to monitor movies and watchdog groups threatened […]

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(Flying Down to Rio / The Gay Divorcee / Roberta / Carefree / The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle)
Reviewed by Gary Geyer

If you are a Fred and Ginger fan you probably have realized that many of their films involve misunderstandings, mistaken identities and follow the standard ‘boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy […]

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(Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 2-Disc Special Edition / The Comedians / The Sandpiper / The V.I.P.s)

Reviewed by Gary Geyer
This Liz and Dick Collection includes one great film (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf), two pretty good ones that are worth seeing (The V.I.P.s and The Comedians) and one, well shall we say, odd […]

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