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JUPITER'S DARLING (1956) While we mourn her passing, we
celebrate Esther Williams enchanting motion picture career and are pleased to
bring Jupiter's Darling to the public in a sparkling newly remastered edition.
Based on Road to
MARINE BOY: THE COMPETE FIRST SEASON
(1966-67) The original “American anime” classic is back, at last!
Produced in Japan but intended for first-run syndication in the US, Marine Boy
was one of the first color cartoons to come from Japan, sharing the little
screen with the likes of Kimba the White Lion and Speed Racer (with whom it
shares a number of voice actors). Teenage Marine Boy battles evil on and under
the seas on behalf of the Ocean Patrol, aided by the amazing inventions of his
father, Dr. Mariner and the brilliant Professor Fumble. Joining Marine Boy in
his mission are his white dolphin, Splasher, young mermaid friend Neptina, and
fellow Ocean Patrol agents Bullton and Piper. Adding complication to the
mission are the efforts of to CliCli prove himself a miniature Marine Boy. So
break out your Oxy-Gum and get ready to dive into his amazing aquatic animated
adventures.
A Duo of
FRONT PAGE WOMAN (1935) Michael Curtiz directs this
adaptation of Richard Macauley's Women Are Bum Newspapermen starring frequent
screen pair Bette Davis and George Brent. Decidedly riffing on the milieu of
Hecht and MacArthur's The Front Page, this clash of news hen and newsmen plays
out as a sparkling mid-step in the genre's ascension to the unparalleled
heights of His Girl Friday. Davis and Bent play quip-lipped journos for
opposing rags that enter into a wager - if he shows her up as a bum
newspaperman, she shows up as his bride and quits the biz. Newly remastered.
WINTER MEETING (1948) Bette stars as a repressed
socialite spinster, the aptly-named Susan Grieve, in this adaptation of the
novel by Grace Zaring Stone (Bitter Tea of General Yen, Escape) under her Ethel
Vance pseudonym. Ms. Grieve's equilibrium is knocked askew when her
supercilious compadre (a pitch-perfect John Hoyt) asks her to fill out a
foursome for dinner with his lovely secretary (Janis Paige) and a visiting WWII
Medal of Honor winner (Jim Davis). When the vet, Slick Novak, picks sweet Sue
over the secretary, Ms. Grieve finds herself swept off to
TNT TV FILMS - The First T stands for True
THE LOST CAPONE (1990) True-life crime fighter Two-Gun
Hart harbored a most unusual secret - in reality he was James Vincenzo Capone,
sibling to Scarface himself, Al Capone. His life provides the basis for this
high caliber TNT original. John Gray writes and directs a top-notch cast that
includes Adrian Pasdar (Heroes), Titus Welliver (Lost), Ally Sheedy and a
blistering Eric Roberts as Al Capone. The Wild West takes on
SPYMAKER: THE SECRET LIFE OF IAN FLEMING
(1990) Ian Fleming's real-life spy ventures are the springboard for Spymaker, as
Fleming's life is re-imagined through the prism of his famous creation,
superspy James Bond. The seemingly stunt casting of Jason Connery, Sean's son,
pays off in spades as he fills out a tux and lays on the charm in suitable Bond
style. Full of clever twists and call outs, the film builds from bedrooms and
baccarat to a climax that mixes the spectacular (an assault on an impregnable
Nazi aerie) and the tragic - all recognizable elements to be found in the Bond
books and films. Ferdinand Fairfax directs, David Warner and Kristin Scott Thomas
co-star.
AMELIA EARHART: THE FINAL FLIGHT (1994) In this telepic, Diane Keaton -
the embodiment of Seventies liberated woman - dons the flight pants of an
earlier era's embodiment of women's lib, Amelia Earhart. Recounting the events
leading up to - and imagining the moments of - Earhart's fateful final 1939
flight, Keaton ably pilots the material alongside a flight crew of
acting’s finest airmen, including Bruce Dern as Amelia's publisher hubby
G.P. Putnam, Rutger Hauer as navigator Frank Noonan and Paul Guilfoyle as
master mechanic Paul Mantz. Directed by Yves Simoneau.
HOUDINI (1998) Johnathon Schaech dons the
manacles of the miraculous master escape artist Harry Houdini, nee Erik Weisz.
This biopic wraps Houdini's life story and his rise from the streets to the
stage, screen and superstardom with a most unusual spectral frame.
Writer-director Pen Densham also peppers the proceedings with a cast of
eye-poppers, including Stacy Edwards, Paul Sorvino, Rhea Perlman, David Warner,
Grace Zabriskie, George Segal, Emile Hirsch and a non-smash Mark Ruffalo.
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