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The Movie Maker (1964)
Neglected Rod Steiger Classic Long Overdue for DVD or Blu-Ray Release
Rod Steiger masterfully portrays an aging movie mogul hopelessly rebelling against a new Hollywood. Fine supporting cast. Originally released as an hour long episode as part of the Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater TV series. Written by Rod Serling, the episode had so impressed Universal producers that additional content was added for a 1967 theatrical release as "The Movie Maker" (Dir. Joseph Lejtes). But with the Paley Media Arts Center, NYC being apparently the sole holder, this movie and/or TV episode is virtually inaccessible to most viewers. Hopefully, Universal, ShoutFactory, Criterion, Kino or Amazon can make a long overdue DVD or Blu-Ray release finally happen.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: A Slow Fade to Black (1964)
Neglected Rod Steiger Classic Long Overdue for DVD or Blu-Ray Release
Rod Steiger masterfully portrays an aging movie mogul hopelessly rebelling against a new Hollywood. Fine supporting cast. Originally released as an hour long episode as part of the Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater TV series. Written by Rod Serling, the episode had so impressed Universal producers that additional content was added for a 1967 theatrical release as "The Movie Maker" (Dir. Joseph Lejtes). But with the Paley Media Arts Center, NYC being apparently the sole holder, this movie and/or TV episode is virtually inaccessible to most viewers. Hopefully, Universal, ShoutFactory, Criterion, Kino or Amazon can make a long overdue DVD or Blu-Ray release finally happen.
Danger Man: The Paper Chase (1966)
Joan Greenwood, a Treat So Rare
Of course, I've always been a huge fan of the series for all kinds of reasons, such as the far away locales. Staged or genuine they enhanced subplot realism and character interactions. But what also made Danger Man/Secret Agent so memorable was its casting. Yet for me, though she simply may have been unavailable, I've always felt cheated that Joan Greenwood appears in only this one episode. To delight of her husky, slow, precise elocution only once in the whole show, while many other actors were used multiple times hardly seems fair. Only once again, to my knowledge,was Ms. Greenwood used to great, if again too brief effect, when she voiced Anita Pallenberg's character in "Barbarella". Indeed, Joan sounded as Anita and Jane looked; so "pretty pretty..."