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A weekly radio show devoted to Golden Age Movie Classics as they become available on DVD. Host Dick Dinman includes a generous selection of classic scenes, classic film music, and one-on-one interviews with stars, producers, and directors.

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A Conversation with Robert Osborne

Dick Dinman

Dick Dinman talks with Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne about the two newly released box sets:

The Joan Crawford Collection, Volume 2

A Woman's Face (1941)

Flamingo Road (1949)

Strange Cargo (1940)

Torch Song (1953)

Sadie McKee (1934)

TCM Archives: Forbidden Hollywood, Vol 2

The Divorcee (1930)

A Free Soul (1931)

Night Nurse (1931)

Three on a Match (1932)

Female (1933)
Dick Dinman’s Birthday Celebration for Ernest Borgnine

Dick Dickman

Hale and hearty 92 year old Oscar, Golden Globes, and Emmy-winning screen legend Ernest Borgnine celebrates his birthday with Dick Dinman and regales us with his affectionate remembrances of Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, William Holden, Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy and many other of filmdom’s greats with whom he shared the screen during the course of his unparalleled fifty-two year career.
Franz Waxman (Part Four)

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Jack Warner livid over Waxman’s initial score for NUN’S STORY, BELOVED INFIDEL, ADVENTURES OF A YOUNG MAN, Bernard Herrmann calls Waxman’s score for TARAS BULBA (which almost didn’t happen!) “the score of a lifetime”, a SUNSET BLVD finale.
Franz Waxman (Part One)

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Seven year old child prodigy, THE BLUE ANGEL, Nazi brutality, escape to Paris and the United States, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, the early days at Universal and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the great MGM scores, introduction to David O. Selznick and Alfred Hitchcock, the first Oscar nomination.
Franz Waxman (Part Three)

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Hitchcock dislikes Waxman’s REAR WINDOW score, the great Twentieth Century Fox scores, back to Warner’s with THE SILVER CHALICE, reunion with Billy Wilder for THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, Steven Spielberg loves Waxman’s SPIRIT score, a controversial PEYTON PLACE.
Franz Waxman (Part Two)

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REBECCA, SUSPICION, moving over to Warner Brothers, a revealing and unexpected portrait of studio head Jack L. Warner, the great Waxman-Warner years, free at last, first Oscar win for Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD, never-before-released unused SUNSET BLVD music, director George Stevens complains about Waxman’s score for A PLACE IN THE SUN, second consecutive Oscar win for A PLACE IN THE SUN, Waxman score for NIGHT AND THE CITY replaced in Britain.
Glorious Black and White

Dick Dinman

Converting a color film (NICKELODEON) to black and white may seem like a strange idea to some but this marvelous restoration proves conclusively that certain films benefit spectacularly when released in this process. Grover Crisp, Sony Pictures Entertainment senior vice president of asset management, film restoration and digital mastering, explains to host Dick Dinman why and how this unusual task was accomplished and discusses the latest Sony Blu-ray releases.
The Future: Three Dimension in Your Living Room!

Dick Dinman

George Feltenstein returns to regale Dick Dinman with a prediction that the three dimension process will be an integral part of your home theater experience in the not-so-distant future. Includes audio clips from nine three dimension classics in which Randolph Scott, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Richard Carlson, Arlene Dahl and Fernando Lamas extol the virtues of this “new” cinematic thrill. Special added feature: Errol Flynn out west!

Dick also plugs the the newly released box set entitled “Errol Flynn: The Warner Bros Western Collection” and containing the following films:

Virginia City (1940)

San Antonio (1945)

Rocky Mountain (1950)

Montana (1950)
The Powers of Power

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Dick Dinman and his guest Tyrone Power Jr.in a riveting and revealing profile of Twentieth Century Fox’s greatest Golden Age superstar Tyrone Power, in a show that includes a generous sampling of scenes and music from some of Power’s greatest films.

“The Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection” includes the following films:

Girls’ Dormitory (1936)

Love is News (1937)

Café Metropole (1937)

Second Honeymoon (1937)

Day-Time Wife (1939)

Johnny Apollo (1940)

This Above All (1942)

The Luck of the Irish (1948)

That Wonderful Urge (1948)

I’ll Never Forget You (1951)
The Present: Cinerama in Your Living Room!

Dick Dinman

They said it couldn’t be done but Warner Home Video’s new Blu-ray dvd version of HOW THE WEST WAS WON makes video history by reproducing the stupendous three-panel Cinerama ultra-widescreen process for home exhibition and perfecting a technology that finally eliminates the “join lines” and unifies the images into a superb home viewing experience that actually captures the essence of the production’s initial exclusive reserved seat theatrical exhibitions. Dick Dinman’s guest, senior vice president in charge of Warner Home Video’s classic catalogue George Feltenstein, reveals how this incredible feat was accomplished and gives us a sneak preview of upcoming classic Blu-ray releases.
Dick Dinman & Alan K. Rode Meet “The Phantom Lady”!

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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!
Dick Dinman & Gary Giddins Swing with Fred & Bing!

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Producer/host Dick Dinman is joined by Gary Giddins the acclaimed author of the riveting new biography BING CROSBY: THE WAR YEARS as both marvel at the sheer brilliance of the possible pinnacle of the Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musical masterworks SWING TIME which has just been released on Blu-ray in typically exemplary fashion by the Criterion Collection.
Dick Dinman & Gena Rowlands Salute Bette Davis

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The Warner Archive has just released two superb Blu-ray incarnations of the BETTE DAVIS classics JEZEBEL and THE LETTER and to celebrate the occasion two-time Best Actress Oscar nominee Gena Rowlands joins producer/host Dick Dinman as both marvel at the unparalleled artistry that made Bette Davis one of the most awarded stars in cinema history and Gena reveals the rocky start of her relationship with Davis.
Dick Dinman & George Feltenstein Meet “The Sea Hawk” & “The Thing”!

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The legendary Errol Flynn swashbuckler THE SEA HAWK and the original Howard Hawks sci-fi shocker THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD are two of classic film fan’s most requested titles for Blu-ray release and Warner Home Video’s Sr. VP of Classic and Theatrical Marketing George Feltenstein describes to producer/host Dick Dinman the decades long search for optimum elements necessary to ultimately create these two magnificent looking and sounding Blu-ray releases.
Dick Dinman & George Feltenstein Take a Turn for Turner!

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The Warner Archive adds to their impressive list of director Vincente Minnelli masterworks on Blu-ray the ultimate “inside Hollywood” scorcher THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL which is the winner of five Academy Awards and features riveting career-high performances from Lana Turner, Oscar nominee Kirk Douglas, Dick Powell and Oscar winner Gloria Grahame and favorite guest Warner Home Video Senior Vice President of Classic and Theatrical Marketing George Feltenstein rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman as both marvel at the uncompromising brilliance of this certifiable Minnelli film classic.
Dick Dinman Gossips All About Bette (and Eve!)

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Simply stated: The Criterion Collection’s new Blu-ray incarnation of ALL ABOUT EVE is hands down the most superior home video release (in both picture and sound) of this certified motion picture classic ever released in the home video medium and to celebrate the event producer/host Dick Dinman repeats his original Bette-centric chats with the late TCM host Robert Osborne as well as the late Warner Brothers star Joan Leslie.
Dick Dinman & John Fricke Return to “Summer Stock”!

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“Forget Your Troubles Come On Get Happy” belts the magnificent Judy Garland in SUMMER STOCK (her final MGM film) and producer/host Dick Dinman and returning guest and first rank Garland biographer John Fricke marvel at the sheer delight that this buoyant bonbon of musical mirth elicits at every screening and both thrill to the visual Technicolor magnificence of the Warner Archive’s stunning new Blu-ray release of this certifiable classic which costars Gene Kelly at his brilliant best.
Dick Dinman & Joseph McBride Salute the Boyer Blu-Ray Bonanza!

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Fans of continental icon and matinee idol Charles Boyer are thrilled that three Boyer classics have just been released on Blu-ray courtesy of the Criterion Collection (CLUNY BROWN), the Arrow Academy (HOLD BACK THE DAWN) and the Warner Archive (GASLIGHT) and producer/host Dick Dinman and acclaimed author/biographer Joseph McBride take the opportunity to sing the praises of this comparatively forgotten superstar of the golden age of cinema.
Dick Dinman Salutes Shocking Audrey Hepburn Biography “Dutch Girl”!

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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.
Dick Dinman’s “Road” Trip with Bing, Bob & Dottie!

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Producer/host Dick Dinman welcomes acclaimed film historian Jack Theakston as both can’t stop guffawing at the hilarious comedic antics of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour in ROAD TO SINGAPORE, ROAD TO ZANZIBAR, ROAD TO MOROCCO and ROAD TO UTOPIA which Kino Lorber have just delivered on Blu-ray to classic film fans desperate for intense belly laughs!
Dick Dinman Survives Amazon Headhunters in 3D “Jivaro”!

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3D dead? Not as long as the talented folks at the 3D ARCHIVE keep releasing such immersive in-your-face 3D stunners such as JIVARO and acclaimed guest producer/historian Jack Theakston joins producer/host Dick Dinman and discloses the myriad of challenges the 3D Archive faced in restoring this incredibly exhilarating Kino Lorber 3D release to fruition.
Dick Dinman & Alan K. Rode Salute "Casablanca" Director Michael Curtiz

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Alan K. Rode talks about the director Michael Curtiz and his recent biography on him.
Dick Dinman and George Feltenstein Go “Home from the Hill”!

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Warner’s own George Feltenstein rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman as both marvel at Vincente Minnelli’s sensitive and powerful direction of HOME FROM THE HILL one of the most bracingly stinging rural domestic dramas ever produced and both pay tribute to one of star Robert Mitchum’s most acclaimed performances ever as this emotionally potent masterwork joins the prodigious list of Minnelli classics previously released on the Blu-ray format by the Warner Archive.
Dick Dinman & Bob Furmanek Survive the Horror of the 3D “Maze”!

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With their amazingly immersive 4K 3D Blu-ray release of the terror-filled chiller THE MAZE (distributed by Kino Lorber Entertainment) the 3D Film Archive continues their acclaimed tradition of painstakingly restoring the original 50’s 3D classics to their visual sensation-inducing brilliance and to celebrate the occasion the 3D Film Archive’s head honcho Robert Furmanek rejoins producer/host Dick Dinman with his account of the challenges inherent in restoring not only 3D picture but 3 Channel Stereo Sound to this much requested creep-fest.
Dick Dinman & Eddie Muller Dispense a Double Dose of Dana

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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 Andrews.