Dick Dinman's DVD Classics Corner On The Air

Fans of John Wayne/John Ford films have two reasons to celebrate because not only has Kino Lorber released a superb Blu-ray rendition of the underrated Wayne/Ford color classic THE HORSE SOLDIERS but Paramount Presents has also unleashed an amazing 4k/Blu-ray of THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE that defines once and forever what great black and white celluloid should look like at it's very best an...

Joseph McBride, acclaimed author of BILLY WILDER: DANCING ON THE EDGE (Columbia University Press) which is the definitive critical study of all of the film classics directed and co-written by Wilder, rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman as both offer their sometimes differing opinions of all twenty-four of Wilder's films (twelve of which are available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber) .

Joseph McBride, acclaimed author of BILLY WILDER: DANCING ON THE EDGE (Columbia University Press) which is the definitive critical study of all of the film classics directed and co-written by Wilder, rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman as both offer their sometimes differing opinions of all twenty-four of Wilder's films (twelve of which are available on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber) .

Turner Classic Movies' Czar Of Noir Eddie Muller and producer/host Dick Dinman marvel at the sheer perfection of Billy Wilder's DOUBLE INDEMNITY on the occasion of the release of the Criterion Collection's magnificent 4K restoration of this groundbreaking Film Noir masterpiece.

Two rare film classics virtually thought lost (REPEAT PERFORMANCE and THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS) have been beautifully restored on Blu-ray by Flicker Alley and Flicker Fusion respectively and MVD Visual has just released an incredible restoration of Lewis Milestone's certifiable WW2classic A WALK IN THE SUN which also includes a superb documentary produced by producer/host Dick Dinman's distingui...

The talented and vivacious Julia Adams, who was so memorably savored and menaced by THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, joins producer/host Dick Dinman as they salute Universal Studios Home Entertainment’s UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS: THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION which includes the Blu-ray debuts of DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, THE MUMMY, THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, THE WOLF MAN, THE PHANTO...

(PART TWO): Boris Karloff’s talented daughter Sara Karloff rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman and paints an affectionate and vivid portrait of her celebrated father who was in fact the total opposite in every imaginable way from the “horrific” characters he customarily portrayed so brilliantly during the course of his legendary career.

(PART ONE) : Producer/host Dick Dinman and hisdistinguished guest Sara Karloff converse about her father’s early struggles, belated “overnight” discovery and subsequent career highs and lows.

Producer/host Dick Dinman’s guest Pat Boone talks about his nearly fatal accident on the set of THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH and sheds new light on the oft-repeated story about his “refusal” to kiss co-star Shirley Jones and frankly reveals why he later in his film career accepted the against-type role of an initially immoral character and the previously unscripted demands of that role w...

In the second part of this salute to Twilight Time’s fabulous Blu-ray incarnation of the original THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH top-billed star Pat Boone discusses his refusal to co-star with Marilyn Monroe on another film, an accident on location in Carlsbad Caverns, and how he became a profit participant in this landmark science fiction film classic.

Twilight Time has just released a sumptuous-looking Blu-ray rendering of the one, the only, the original THE JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH which remains to this day one of the most popular science fiction classic films in cinema history and to celebrate this great release radio and television recording legend and cinema icon Pat Boone frankly reveals to producer/host Dick Dinman his initial r...

Producer/host Dick Dinman welcomes back acclaimed biographer Robert Matzen whose new book DUTCH GIRL is creating a worldwide sensation as it chronicles for the first time teenager Hepburn’s intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation and, through it all, had to contend with the fact that both her parents had sided with the Nazi’s.

Producer/host Dick Dinman welcomes back Dvd Savant Glenn Erickson as both marvel at the excellence of the NIGHT AND THE CITY cast with special emphasis on the virtuoso fever pitch performance of Richard Widmark in what is unquestionably his finest acting triumph and both comment on the comparatively disappointing turn his career path would take during the ensuing decade and beyond.

The Criterion Collection’s stunning 4K Blu-ray release of both the U.S. and British versions of Jules Dassin’s monumentally intense descent into noir darkness NIGHT AND THE CITY is cause for rapturous celebration and producer/host Dick Dinman’s returning guest is author/historian Glenn Erickson whose incisive and revelatory commentary is just one of the superb special features included on this sen...

Olive Films has just released the meticulously restored film noir scorcher CRY DANGER in the crystal clear Blu-ray format and producer/host Dick Dinman salutes both this tougher-than-nails Dick Powell classic as well as acclaimed “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller who is responsible for rescuing this rough-and-tough revenge film from obscurity and restoring it to it’s current brilliant picture and sound...

Producer/host Dick Dinman and acclaimed+ author and Film Noir Foundation charter director Alan K. Rode salute the Arrow Academy Blu-ray releases of two certifiable Noir classics MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS and PHANTOM LADY. PLUS: Arrow hits the Blu-ray mark with SO DARK THE NIGHT and THE DAY OF THE JACKAL!

The Warner Archive has just released on Blu-ray legendary director Fritz Lang’s last two American-made edge-of-your-seat thrillers WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS and BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT in their original wide screen SuperScope incarnations and popular film noir author and TCM host Eddie Muller rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman as they both salute the unjustly underrated star of both films Dana Andrew...

Classic film fans must have long since given up hope that they would ever see both the 1937 A STAR IS BORN as well as the Cinerama charmer THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM on the Blu-ray format but here they are miraculously restored and looking vastly superior to their original first run engagements! Producer/host Dick Dinman and esteemed home video pioneer and Warner Media Library Histo...

Part Three 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s Blu-ray restoration of their classic Vincent Price horror shocker THE FLY enhances this legendary masterwork’s thrills and chills in a way never before thought imaginable and producer/host Dick Dinman’s guest Victoria Price reveals how Price and distinguished costar Herbert Marshall could barely keep a straight face while shooting THE FLY’s memorabl...

Part 2 Scream Factory’s magnificent THE VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION highlights Price’s acclaimed horror films but producer/host Dick Dinman’s guest Victoria Price sheds new light on his limitless versatility which includes his brilliant but comparatively lesser known eccentric comedy roles that he most delighted in portraying.

Part One Scream Factory’s “spook”tacular THE VINCENT PRICE COLLECTION (which includes enticingly lustrous Blu-ray restorations of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER, THE HAUNTED PALACE, THE MASQUE OF RED DEATH, PIT AND THE PENDULUM, WITCHFINDER GENERAL, and THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES) is sure to thrill classic horror film aficionados and Vincent Price’s talented and gracious daughter Victoria joins pro...

To commemorate Kino Lorber's stunning new 4K rendition of Billy Wilder's comedy classic SOME LIKE IT HOT producer/host Dick Dinman has "gone into his vaults" and emerged with a newly edited 31 minute version of his original three and a half hour chat with the late, great Tony Curtis that includes material never heard before.

In this final segment Kim Novak tells producer/host Dick Dinman about what she had to go through to convince tough studio boss Harry Cohn to allow her to do her most challenging role and relates her experiences with Alfred Hitchcock and Jimmy Stewart on the Hitchcock masterpiece VERTIGO as well as with an unceasingly dictatorial Kirk Douglas, an aging and amorously-inclined Fredric March, a deligh...

Novak returns and regales producer/host Dick Dinman with her unusual take on the reputedly volcanic director Otto Preminger, her disappointingly chilly on-set non-relationship with her idol and costar Tyrone Power, as well as her experience with an incredibly uncomfortable William Holden, an extremely vulnerable Rita Hayworth, and a mercurial Frank Sinatra whose demeanor changed spectacularly from...

Novak is that rare superstar who has for decades guarded her privacy zealously, granted few interviews and has virtually withdrawn from Hollywood’s glaring spotlight but in this three-show DVD CLASSICS CORNER ON THE AIR exclusive and comprehensive chat she and producer/host Dick Dinman celebrate Sony Picture Entertainment’s dvd release of the KIM NOVAK COLLECTION as she relates how she was virtual...