Friday, May 18, 2012

A WORD TO THE WISE: BUY THIS!

A Jean Arthur box set might be easily overlooked by the casual horror fan, but a closer look reveals that two of the films contained in Sony/TCM's JEAN ARTHUR DRAMA COLLECTION ($39.99) were directed by Lambert Hillyer (DRACULA'S DAUGHTER), while the other two are the work of Roy William Neill (FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN) and Erle C. Kenton (ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN). Tonight, I watched the first film in the set -- Neill's WHIRLPOOL (1934, review forthcoming on my Pause. Rewind. Obsess. blog) -- and it's fantastic. Now I'm excited about cozying up with the other three. It's a TCM website exclusive from Sony.