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Elvis Presley Was No James Dean But ‘King Creole’ Proves That He Could Have Been

Elvis Presley Was No James Dean But ‘King Creole’ Proves That He Could Have Been

Watching the 1958 Elvis movie King Creole, one is confronted by a young actor with promise, delivering a performance on par with James Dean.

‘We’ll Always Have Casablanca’

‘We’ll Always Have Casablanca’

Isenberg doesn’t reveal much about the lives or careers of Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, but he provides some interesting and less well-known information.

From Hungary to Hollywood: “The Undesirable”

From Hungary to Hollywood: “The Undesirable”

At just over an hour, a lot happens in this broadly gestured, melodramatic story set in Transylvania.
Double Take: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Double Take: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Double Take examines Errol Flynn's classic take on this vigilante archer: a bold, impudent rascal that speaks treason fluently, capturing hearts when he isn't shooting arrows into them.
‘Gold Is Where You Find It’ Mines for Technicolor

‘Gold Is Where You Find It’ Mines for Technicolor

This film is, above all, a technical accomplishment, but it has languished since its 1938 release.

Women’s Films: Tearjerkers, Weepies, Three-Hanky Pictures and Sudsers

Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2

The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 (1948)

Tyrone Power: The Swashbuckler Box Set (1949)

We’re No Angels (1955)