Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[jmclick]

I picked up the following:

Alexander the Great (1956)
Barefoot Contessa, The (1954)
Beneath the Twelve-Mile Reef (1953)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Don’t Bother to Knock (1952)
Gidget (1959)
Happy Ending, The (1969)
Hilda Crane (1956)
Inserts (1975)
Kings Go Forth (1958)
Lawman (1971)
Scorpio (1973)
Untamed (1955)


Like many other posters, I tried to order judiciously, taking into account price points, inventory counts at SAE and TT, and Disney's acquisition of the Fox library. I was so tempted to pre-order Whirlpool, but the paucity of new announcements during the past couple of months prompted me to order the Region 2 release, The Otto Preminger Film Noir Collection last month. In addition to Whirlpool and Where the Sidewalk Ends, both released by Twilight Time, that three-disc set also includes a personal favorite, Preminger's underrated Fallen Angel. I remember reading that Fallen Angel has also been licensed to Twilight Time, but I decided to play it safe ... it's too good a title not to own.

[mja345]

"The Big Fix" at $14.95 is one definitely worth picking up. I watched it recently and enjoyed it immensely; I'll try to leave a brief review in the next few days. If you're into detective films from the 60s and 70s, it will be right up your alley.

[SeanJoyce]

Don't understand all the trepidation over the Fox titles; if they're not low in stock, you don't have anything to worry about.

[nitin]

Ordered about 20, the prices were just right this time (all 20 were 14.95 and below). 10 were Fox titles.

[HenryHill]

Originally Posted by bonehica

On par with Sirks' films of the era? Those gems are the melodrama gold standard. If so, I just may have to place a second order.

The Best of Everything is a total hoot.

STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies - THE BEST OF EVERYTHING - YouTube

[greyhound1]

First Twilight sale, so trying to cover a bunch of things any recommendations welcome.

Ordered already:

THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN (1969)
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (1959)
THE BRAVADOS (1958)
PRETTY POISON (1968)
CINDERELLA LIBERTY (1973)
OKLAHOMA CRUDE (1973)
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)
INFERNO 3D/2D (1953)
OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959)
STATE OF GRACE (1990)
CAPTAIN FROM CASTILE (1947)
LAWMAN (1971)
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY (1993)
BOUND FOR GLORY (1976)
THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943)
GARDEN OF EVIL (1954)
COWBOY (1958)

[Ruemorgue10]

Man, it's been a while since I ordered anything Twilight Time but these are pretty good deals. Nabbed the following:

GLORIA
MELVIN AND HOWARD
PRETTY POISON
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO

[klauswhereareyou]

Tried to get some titles with Nick Redman commentaries since if these films ever get re-released in the future, I would assume his commentary will not be on there.

This is a great sale, and I can't imagine anyone complaining this time around. I got a number of titles that I missed in previous sales that luckily did not sell out before.

[bonehica]

Originally Posted by HenryHill

The Best of Everything is a total hoot.

[Show spoiler]STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies - THE BEST OF EVERYTHING - YouTube

Sold!

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by greyhound1

First Twilight sale, so trying to cover a bunch of things any recommendations welcome.

I recommend "The Boston Strangler", "Peyton Place", and "Warlock".

[BuraddoRun]

Thanks for the sale heads-up! I put myself on a $50 budget and ordered:

The World of Henry Orient
The Most Beautiful Wife
Pretty Poison
Short Night of Glass Dolls

[thebalconyfool]

Originally Posted by HenryHill

The Best of Everything is a total hoot.

STEVE HAYES: Tired Old Queen at the Movies - THE BEST OF EVERYTHING - YouTube

Thanks for this link. It sold me, I had to pick it up. Also, I love this guy's channel!

[lilboyblu]

Another enthusiastic recommendation for The Best of Everything. One of my favorite blind buys!

Been holding out for a good sale on some of these for a long time. May go back for a few more later on depending on sell out numbers.

THE RIVER'S EDGE (1957)
THE HAPPY ENDING (1969)
GIDGET (1959)
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (1969)
X Y & ZEE (1972)
THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (1935)
BLUE DENIM (1959)
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE MOON MARIGOLDS (1972)
MODEL SHOP (1969)
EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981)
THE SNAKE PIT (1948)
LAWMAN (1971)

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

He was a great actor. We know about his big role in The Searchers but in lesser known Ford films like this, Sergeant Rutledge, Hell to Eternity, King of Kings, and of course his performance in the first pilot of Star Trek: TOS "The Cage" and many more films. I wanted to get Dimension 5 during the KLSC sale but had to take titles off and it happened to be one of them.

You probably dodged a bullet there:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...5#post15683394

Not his finest hour, but even established actors have to pay the bills...

[Gacivory]

Has anyone seen Inserts? Any comments?

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Has anyone seen Inserts? Any comments?

One of the most curious fads of the 70s was a sudden obsession with the 1920s and early 30s that was partially fuelled by the expectation that The Great Gatsby would be the next big thing. The Boyfriend, Lucky Lady, Valentino, The World's Greatest Lover, The Great Waldo Pepper, The Wild Party, The Day of the Locust, Paper Moon, At Long Last Love, Emperor of the North, The Front Page, The Sting - you couldn't move in a cinema in the mid-seventies for all the flappers and gangsters molls. Inserts is one of the oddest examples, looking very much like a filmed play set in Hollywood (it never leaves the house) but shot in the UK by the backers of the soft-porn Confessions Of movies in what looks like an attempt to go upmarket while upping the breast count.

The setup is certainly more promising than the execution, with Richard Dreyfuss' impotent Boy Wonder, once the biggest director in Hollywood, reduced to shooting porno films for Bob Hoskins shady producer in the house he never leaves with a junkie starlet (a surprisingly vivacious turn by Veronica Cartwright) and a mortician with delusions of star potential so stupid they call him Rex the Wonder Dog (Stephen Davies). Many of the great and good and forgotten of the silent era are name checked, particularly the drug addicted boy next door Wallace Reid, whose fate is partially replayed in microcosm with one of the Boy Wonder's cast members. Unfortunately the second half, which sees Hoskins' ambitious new girlfriend Jessica Harper (so anorexic here that her nude scenes seem to be played by her ribs) trying to get the one-time former genius to show her the tricks of the trade, really doesn't work and it seems hard to fathom exactly what writer-director John Byrum was trying to achieve. It's worth a look, particularly for anyone with an interest in silent cinema, but it's hard not to come away with a feeling of disappointment at the missed opportunities.

[RCRochester]

Originally Posted by bonehica

On par with Sirks' films of the era? Those gems are the melodrama gold standard. If so, I just may have to place a second order.

People have already posted links and comments, but yeah it's not quite as OTT melodramatic as a Sirk film, but it still does have quite a few plot points that make you roll your eyes and chuckle at times. Basically, every man in the movie is a complete dick in one way or another. But the costumes and the production design are gorgeous and lush in that wonderful 50s way, plus it's got Joan Crawford.

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Don't understand all the trepidation over the Fox titles; if they're not low in stock, you don't have anything to worry about.

I think it has less to do with low stock than with people wanting to snap them up as soon as possible at sale prices because we have no idea what's happening with Fox's catalogue now with the Disney takeover.

Originally Posted by Gacivory

Has anyone seen Inserts? Any comments?

I have it. It's an interesting curiosity. It looks and feels like a play with some sexually explicit elements. There's a couple of plot points that stick out in my mind, but beyond that it was kind of forgettable.

[belcherman]

I just placed an order for a few of the bargain bin titles. These were all impulse purchases, at $5.95 I figured they were worth a blind buy.

[Show spoiler]

I'm planning a larger order of some of the higher priced titles, but that will have to wait until the 15th.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Aclea

You probably dodged a bullet there:

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...5#post15683394

Not his finest hour, but even established actors have to pay the bills...

Good to know. I admit I have a soft spot for those types of films but from the review it doesn't seem like I would've enjoyed it.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Good to know. I admit I have a soft spot for those types of films but from the review it doesn't seem like I would've enjoyed it.

It's a real wait for it to turn up on basic cable movie: never painfully bad, never really good, just there to fill 90 minutes of broadcast time in a dead early afternoon or late late night slot.