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Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: January 1st, 2009, 8:00 pm
by myrnaloyisdope
http://www.classicflix.com/forbidden-ho ... 7b1ebd5bb8
This is easily the set of the year for me, well unless the Vidor silents get released. Finally Wellman is getting some DVD love.
Posted: January 1st, 2009, 8:02 pm
by Mr. Arkadin
That is great news. I love both films.
Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 2:09 pm
by charliechaplinfan
This looks great, something to look forward too.
Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 2:14 pm
by Ann Harding
I have seen 4 out 6 of the films. They are pretty good. Among Wellman's best productions.
Posted: January 3rd, 2009, 2:49 pm
by silentscreen
Oops! I didn't see this thread before. I've made a duplicate post under announcements. Sorry! It is exciting news though. This set looks like the best one thus far.
Posted: January 5th, 2009, 1:40 pm
by srowley75
I'm hoping Vol. 4 is dedicated to Joan Blondell, along with a nice documentary. I don't know how else those remaining Blondell pre-coders will see the light of day, and yet it'd also be nice to see this fine actress get a retrospective all her own.
-Stephen
Posted: January 5th, 2009, 6:13 pm
by rudyfan
srowley75 wrote:I'm hoping Vol. 4 is dedicated to Joan Blondell, along with a nice documentary. I don't know how else those remaining Blondell pre-coders will see the light of day, and yet it'd also be nice to see this fine actress get a retrospective all her own.
-Stephen
Amen, brother, Amen!
Posted: January 6th, 2009, 10:02 am
by Synnove
I agree. Joan Blondell is one of my favourite actresses of the 30's. I don't know what it is about her, but she's always wonderful.
This set looks like it will include some great films though. I think I'll buy this one before volume 2.
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 2:53 pm
by MissGoddess
Here is a pretty good interview with Bill Wellman, jr., about his father and the movies
in this latest Forbidden Hollywood set. Looks like a book is in the works, too!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 16R0OD.DTL
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 5:32 pm
by Ollie
The one film 'they missed' was SAFE IN HELL with Dorothy MacKaill, but I'm happy they gave us WILD BOYS and HEROES in there. They could probably do another two full sets of Wellman films before I'd be ready to move on, though.
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 5:51 pm
by feaito
I pre-ordered this set months ago and I'm Looking forward to receive it!
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 6:34 pm
by silentscreen
I think you'll enjoy it Fernando.
Brenda
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 10th, 2009, 6:59 pm
by feaito
I also ordered the Universal Pre-Code Collection of Paramounts. Looking forward to watching those films, especially "Hot Saturday" (1932)! I'm a Pre-Code junkie!
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 15th, 2009, 8:14 am
by CoffeeDan
Ollie wrote:The one film 'they missed' was SAFE IN HELL with Dorothy MacKaill, but I'm happy they gave us WILD BOYS and HEROES in there. They could probably do another two full sets of Wellman films before I'd be ready to move on, though.
The problem with SAFE IN HELL was lack of pre-production materials. The only source for the film was a print in the Library of Congress "that had seen better days," according to former Turner archivist Richard P. May. TCM's broadcast print is a copy of the LoC print.
Re: Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 3 due out March 24, 2009!!!
Posted: April 15th, 2009, 3:33 pm
by Ollie
CoffeeDan, thanks very much for this comment. I was wondering about it, and am strongly encouraged that at least it's going to be preserved somewhere. (At least my shelf has that decent copy.)