Mary Poppins is a 1964 childrens classic based on the books written by Pamela Lyndon Travers. Since it’s not available on Blu-ray (thought there are rumours about 2014) I thought I’d give the HD iTunes version a look.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks iTunes HD Review
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 Disney children’s musical film based on the the series of books by author Mary Norton. Though the film hasn’t been released on Blu-ray (as of 30 June 2013), so I thought I’d review the iTunes HD version.
An animated interlude.
The story is often compared with Mary Poppins, as it features both musical and animated interludes and have children who have been left in the care of a magical stranger. In fact one of the musical numbers, “Beautiful Briny Sea”, was originally written for Mary Poppins.
In fact while Disney was negotiating the rights to Mary Poppins they were lining up the rights to Bedknobs and Broomsticks as a fallback.
It Happened One Night iTunes Review
Gable and Colbert make an unlikely couple, but the chemistry works.
It Happened One Night is a 1934 romantic comedy directed by Frank Capra and staring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert. The film was a runaway success, sweeping the boards at the Oscars; winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay one of only a handful of films to do so, even to this day. The film is still highly rated today being an IMDB top 250 movie, and not yet available on Blu-ray, so I thought I’d have a quick look at the iTunes version.
All of the major players in this production from the director downwards didn’t think much of the film while it was in production. In particular the relationship between Colbert and Capra was icy. It opened to mixed reviews, and marginal business, but after reaching second-run houses, it found it’s audience, and word-of-mouth turned it into a huge hit, Columbia’s biggest to date.