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Review: Entertaining the Troops

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Nov 11th 2015

In June of this year, MVD Visual released to DVD a wonderful 1994 documentary entitled Entertaining the Troops—a ninety-min

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 31st 2014

In 1943, Universal Pictures was reaping the rewards from a revived horror movie cycle, so the studio decided in June of tha

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 27th 2014

One thing you can say about Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve (Harold Peary): his political ambitions are boundless, and in the

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 22nd 2014

A Close Call for Boston Blackie begins in a particularly jaunty mood: Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris) and h

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 25th 2014

It costs only a dollar—1/100th of a C-note—to gaze at a display of precious gems at the Carleton Plaza Hotel, an event that

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 26th 2013

The media company known emphatically as Shout! Factory pre-released one of the most highly anticipated DVD sets for old-tim