I was doing a little random surfing earlier this morning, and I skated on over to Finders Keepers, a nice little video/DVD business overseen by the Grams siblings, Martin, Jr. ("the Isaac Asimov of OTR books") and Virginia. I have been meaning to make a purchase from them for quite some time now, yet something always seems to cut in line--but I had a little disposal income this payday, and I figured I would order a few titles. (Martin scored a VHS copy of Abbott & Costello's It Ain't Hay for me a while back, so I knew the movie quality was top-notch.)
They have so many great offerings over at the website, it's difficult not
to go hog wild--but I settled on five choices, which I hope to be able to
review here on the blog in the upcoming weeks: Goin' to Town (1944),
the fifth Lum & Abner feature (I decided not to wait on Critics' Choice Video for this one); Look Who's Laughing
(1941) and sequel Here We Go Again
(1942), the two RKO films starring Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy and
Fibber McGee & Molly (I saw these years ago when I still had TCM, but it
will nice to revisit); The Life of Riley
(1948) (I've not seen this one but the positive buzz is that it's one of the
best OTR-to-film offerings); and Charlie McCarthy,
Detective (1939), another film that I have not seen but am
anxious to view.
Martin gave the OTR Digest
a heads up sometime back that they were going to discontinue a few titles, and
I noticed that the Our Miss Brooks
television episodes they had for sale have disappeared. (I could kick
myself for not ordering those sooner.) I should get the above titles in about
2-3 weeks, so as soon as they arrive I will offer up my thoughts.
No comments:
Post a Comment