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George Slv 26th Jun 2017		DVD The Very Best Of The Jimmy Dean Show, Vol 1 - Unknown (2013)	Review The episodes included are: Disc 1: S1 Ep.19 Jan.23, 1964 (Johnny Cash) S2 Ep.8 Nov 5, 1964 (Ernest Tubb) Disc 2: S1 Ep.15 Dec 26, 1963 (Patty Duke) S1 Ep.20 Jan 30, 1964 (Patti Page) S1 Ep.12 Dec 5, 1963 (Eddy Arnold) The third disc contains the 2013 PBS special on the show, and a documentary on the restoration process. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 26th Jun 2017		DVD The Very Best Of The Jimmy Dean Show, Vol 1 - Unknown (2013)	The "Volume 1" is meaningless because this project did not continue. There were also two DVD volumes issued by Time-Life in the 2000s titled The Best Of The Jimmy Dean Show. Episodes can be researched at tv.com or IMDB. I think my rear cover image here is wrong.
George Slv 23rd Jun 2017		DVD The Jimmy Dean Show - Season 1 Volume 1 (2016)	Here is a Youtube promotion for this current release. [YouTube Video] Episodes are also being shown on RFD TV.
George Slv 23rd Jun 2017		DVD The Jimmy Dean Show - Season 1 Volume 1 (2016)	Since Season 1 was remastered there has been more than one DVD compilation issued. It needs sorting out. There was a project of The Legends Group of Florida, but they were extremely negligent in the marketing phase. That release seems to have fallen by the wayside and is not on sale.
George Slv 21st Jun 2017		DVD The Jimmy Dean Show - Season 1 Volume 1 (2016)	Review This includes 15 complete episodes from the entire first season of 31 episodes. For example Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Eydie Gormé, Jane Morgan. Many episodes are not covered, including guests Teresa Brewer, The McGuire Sisters, Maureen O'Hara. This is a project of Donna Dean Stevens, his former wife, and is available now. A full-scale restoration was done on the original films, which is documented at YouTube. It is taken from kinescopes, which were movie film of a studio TV monitor. TV screens being curved, there are imperfections in the shaping of some faces. These kinescopes were made from 2-inch videotape. Otherwise the picture quality looks very good. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 28th May 2017		Blu-ray Those Redheads From Seattle - Kino Lorber (2017)	Review Originally meant to be released May 9, it was delayed to do more touchup of the video master. Some orders were fulfilled on May 9, but somehow these were already corrected. 3-channel audio was created electronically by 3D Film Archive from mono source to recreate the original 3D release. Listening in stereo it seems that the vocals are mainly centered while the orchestra is mainly on your left. I find the center channel volume is much lower than the left. In 1953 the attempts to project 3D were not very successful. Now the testimony is that this has some of the best effects of all movies. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 25th May 2017		DVD Those Redheads From Seattle - Kino Lorber (2017)	Review A parallel issue with the Bluray, the film is newly restored. Video and audio quality are good. The Preview (trailer) is a little misshapen, too wide. The DVD description has errors about the story. Only Teresa Brewer as Pat Edmonds worked in the saloon, not all four daughters. It says it is "anamorphic", but the movie was not filmed anamorphic, so I don't understand that. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 24th Apr 2017		VHS The Old Dark House - Kino Video (1995)	The publisher is Kino, not King.
George Slv 14th Feb 2017		DVD Box Set The Hammer Horror Series - Universal (2005)	Reissued in 2014.
George Slv 13th Feb 2017		DVD The Hammer Horror Series 8-Film Collection - Universal (2014)	A reissue of the 2005 release, this time without squeezing four movies on each disc. I had trouble playing 3 of the films on the 2005 set.
George Slv 22nd Jan 2017		VHS S.H.E. - Avant Vision	Abbreviating the title with a character other than period creates a problem for search. I don't take the + seriously, it was a decorative way of abbreviating. If this site allowed TV movies I would list it there.
George Slv 16th Jan 2017		DVD Satin Dolls - The Johnny Knorr Story (2011)	The correct title is "Satin Dolls - The Johnny Knorr Story". I can't get the moderator to make the right correction.
George Slv 6th Jan 2017		DVD Satin Dolls - The Johnny Knorr Story (2011)	A 26 minute documentary by Michael Drew Shaw. The orchestra was popular in the mid-west from 1960 on as a Big Band revival band. There is some mention of some of the great female vocalists at the start. Some footage of his orchestra playing in some ballrooms. I have a DVD I could sell.
George Slv 24th Nov 2016		DVD A Promise Kept - The Oksana Baiul Story (2013)	Review The story takes you from her infancy to her Olympic win in 1994. This filming seems very suited for females, being extremely sentimental. Monica Keena does a fine job representing Oksana, and at the end she morphs into the real Oksana who skates The Swan as a finale. Curiously Monica's name is not featured as a lead actor in promotional credits. The TV movie and the 1990s cassette release did not get much attention, seemingly because of western bias. I see the DVD with limited availability at Amazon. The top and bottom of the picture has been cropped to create the widescreen TV ratio. I suppose casual viewers will not notice a problem, but us videophiles might object to losing some of Oksana's legs during skates. The technical specifications embedded in the DVD are confused and state that the shape is 4:3, and some computer players might not render it correctly. Video and audio are fine. Length is 1:32. We are waiting for this site to make accomodations for TV movies. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 13th Sep 2016		VHS Invaders From Mars [1953] - UAV Entertainment (1996)	Rated 5/10 I would guess that after Wade Williams obtained the copyright to the movie, he took control of this pre-existing videotape release. The back cover declares "Guaranteed Superior Quality". Isn't it funny how the most inferior products like to use declarations like this. First this is from 16mm film rather that 35mm. That would not be bad in itself. There are no scratches in the film. But the tape is made at SLP speed. Low resolution, shaky image, and bad hifi tracking which can't be corrected. They want you to feel that it's your own fault, by instructing "For best results adjust VCR tracking". You could create a fuss by taking it back, but then you wouldn't have a copy. Add to this that they used a full roll of VHS tape for it, so there would have been room for SP speed. There are previews at the end for two other science fiction movies. Of course this is the US edition. Movie length turns out ~1:17. Of historical archival interest. My rating of 5 is for the tape release, not the movie. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 26th Jun 2016		DVD To The Devil A Daughter - Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002)	What comments do you have on the restored cut scenes? Does it show the baby being born?
George Slv 20th Jun 2016		DVD Sueño Profundo - Noche De Lobos (2005)	Review The only DVD anyone has issued of this 1990 made-for-cable Canadian movie starring Megan Follows. Spain was interested because Damon D'Oliveira is a Portuguese Canadian. It includes Castellano and English audio. The copy I got was not technically top quality and was hard or impossible to play except on my computer drive. Once played the quality is okay, but closer to VHS than to DVD quality. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 13th Jun 2016		VHS The Lady Vanishes [1979] - Marquis Video (1988)	The correct cover image for this release is at the bottom. The top one should be deleted.
George Slv 11th Jun 2016		VHS The Lady Vanishes [1979] - Marquis Video (1988)	Review From the days when fans were hungry for videos of old uncommon material, this issue of Hammer's last production of that era was of interest. A 4:3 format, it actually was not even panned and scanned, of all things dey jis pointeded the scanner to the middle of da widescreen picture. So dat in the restaurant scene with Cybill and Angela Lansbury in opposite chairs, ve don't even see their heads on the sides. In a widescreen composition of Gould climbing out the train window as it approaches a tunnel, we don't see Gould or the train at the right side. There was a different US 4:3 videotape at the time which was panned. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 11th Jun 2016		VHS The Phantom Of The Opera [1983] - Screencraft Video (1985)	An early video release which was hard to find, now available on DVD. This tape had an error in that two reels of film were put in the reverse sequence, in the section where the phantom is becoming acquainted with Maria the singer. In fact I was the only collector I knew who had a copy, and I traded some corrected copies with US collectors. Those copies may well have been passed beyond that and led to more interest in a release.
George Slv 11th Jun 2016		VHS P.O.W. (Prisoners Of War) - Delta	Information found at this Australian page. I don't know how to navigate that site and contact the person. Parallel to the Canadian tape release, this relied on the movie not being copyrighted there. P.O.W. was the grey market renaming.
George Slv 11th Jun 2016		VHS P.O.W. (Prisoners Of War) - Kestrel Gold Video (1986)	It's cute the way these releasers claim copyrights on their items when they do not own the copyright to the movie. Many of these Hammer films were not copyrighted in Canada at the time. They are public domain. "Grey market" does not mean illegal. When I was learning about Hammer in the 1990s and saw this POW video at the rental store, it gradually dawned on me that this was The Secret Of Blood Island. So it was a very valuable find.
George Slv 9th Jun 2016		DVD Nas Maos Do Estripador - Videolar S/A	For a while this was the only source for an English DVD of this Hammer classic Hands Of The Ripper.
George Slv 9th Jun 2016		VHS Blood Of The Vampire - Magnetic Video Corporation (1978)	In the 1990s it was thought that no prints of the film existed that had not faded to red, like on the cover image. But this 1978 release had it, which lo and behold I had found locally.
George Slv 9th Jun 2016		DVD Invaders From Mars [1953] - Image Entertainment (2002)	Review Wade Williams, a US theater owner, searched for a print of the movie in the 1970s and found only one at a Los Angeles TV station, and bought it. The original negative had had the ending cut off in order to make a different UK ending, and then that end strip was lost. This 35mm film has some scratches, and it was not processed and restored for this release. It is now stored in controlled vaults with other classic films. Williams went on to refilm the story in 1986 with Toby Hooper. In 2002 he released this 50th Anniversary DVD of his 1953 film. There are mixed feelings about it because the film imperfections can spoil the enjoyment. There are many 16mm films of it around America and some have been used to issue a couple of tape releases without imperfections. I've read that the film is public domain, but I'd like confirmation. Oh, you ask about the movie. Yes it was damn good. Yes color. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 27th May 2016		DVD Man At The Top - Network (2013)	Review It's a 1973 Hammer Film collector item. Previously a 4:3 VHS had been available. That edition is included here as a bonus, in addition to the theatrical edition, which really just trims the bottom and top. The box states that the film shape was 1.75, which is unusual. My calculations on the DVD are 1.72 within 1.77. Nude scenes are intact. To stomach this movie you need to be able to accept Kenneth Haigh's personality here, which comes across slobbish. He must have changed since starting the TV series. Most people can't take it, but some appreciate the film. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 28th Mar 2016		DVD The Island Of Adventure - Oracle Home Entertainment (2006)	Not to be confused with the 1996 Australian TV filming. There is a VHS of that one. This 1982 only has a DVD that is scarce. In my opinion this production is miserable. Some of the cast is very poor or unpleasant. Acting is minimal. Photography does not look impressive. Go for the 1996. Norman Bowler here as Bill Smugs looks just like Gareth Hunt as Bill Cunningham in Castle Of Adventure (1990). I wonder if he changed his name.
George Slv 28th Mar 2016		VHS The Castle Of Adventure - Tempo Video (1990)	The length was cut from something like 2:30 to 1:58. The full TV show cannot be found. This was a standalone production. Turned out good, captured the mood of the book. I can't play PAL so I could sell my copy.
George Slv 2nd Mar 2016		DVD Horror Of Dracula - Warner Bros. (2002)	On the back cover for this 1958 movie, the female shown is Stephanie Beacham from Dracula AD 1972.
George Slv 11th Jan 2016		DVD TV's First Music Videos The Snader Telescriptions - Storyville Films (2005)	US release was 2002. And it seems that the VHS tape was produced in 1988.

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