A lot of the discussion of VHS only titles made me think of many great TV movies , long forgotten and some of which never even made VHS or did so in the earliest years so most copies are long gone. The 50s is generally referred to as "The Golden Age" of Television with many wonderful live dramas, but many of us remember the glory years of the "Made for TV" movie which I would date roughly 1970-78. Nearly all of them except BRIAN'S SONG are unknown today. I remember all sorts of wonderful films including DR.COOK'S GARDEN with Bing Crosby as a beloved, but homicidal small town doctor. IN THIS HOUSE OF BREDE with Diane Rigg as a business woman who decides to become a nun, 4 great films directed by the totally underrated Lamont Johnson, MY SWEET CHARLIE, FEAR ON TRIAL, THE EXECUTION OF PRIVATE SLOVIK and the shockingly forgotten THAT CERTAIN SUMMER which was really the first "main stream" film to deal sympathetically and with homosexuality as the main plot, KILL ME IF YOU CAN and THE GLASS HOUSE both with Alan Alda, A WAR OF CHILDREN about Northern Ireland, TRIBES about a draftee and perhaps the most wonderful of the lot LOVE AMONG THE RUINS with Laurence Olivier & Katherine Hepburn. There ares so many more
Of these only THE GLASS HOUSE which Amazon carries and I find somewhat suspicous it out on DVD and none has been in print on VHS for a long, long time. I am actually surprised companies have tried to acquire and release many of these. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com
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