S.O.S. Coast Guard is a fairly standard action serial that is saved from total obscurity by a few high profile cast members. But it’s never able to really rise above its basic nature and become something truly memorable.
It tells of Lt. Terry Kent (Ralph Byrd - the same year he would debut as Dick […]
“The one that started it all and still the fairest of them all!” read the ad copy for the DVD release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. And, frankly, it’s hard to argue with that statement. Sure, there have been a lot of technical and artistic advances since 1937, but Walt Disney […]
Although the character had previously appeared on radio, the 1937 serial Dick Tracy marked his live-action debut. It was produced by the kings of the form at Republic and their mastery of the genre shows, even if it is lacking in accuracy in the details.
First of all, they moved Tracy from being a local […]
Viewed August 26, 2006
Continuing my viewing of the classic Donald Duck Disney cartoons, we come to Modern Inventions, which is a bit too formulaic for my tastes. First of all, it is just a series of wacky interactions between Donald and several “inventions” that inevitably lead to Donald being abused in some way. […]
Viewed August 25, 2006
Okay, so I finally picked up Volume One of “The Chronological Donald”, the special edition 2-disc set that Disney released featuring Donald Duck’s first 36 cartoons (that don’t feature Mickey Mouse). Now, I’ve not seen most of these, so I’m making my way through them slowly, a few at a time. […]
Viewed April 4, 2006
The Prisoner of Zenda is, of course, a classic tale of monarchy, politics and derring-do. It tells the story of Rudolf V, prospective King of the fictional country of Ruritania. Drugged (and later kidnapped) by two of his rivals, he is impersonated by his cousin Rudolph Rassendyll, who happened to […]