Some terrific vintage movies have made their way to DVD, including a pair of stunning black-and-white foreign films, and new titles from the manufacture-on-demand Warner Archives website.
The bank's relationship with Missouri Ledge got its start when Fields and Knehans visited the company in October 2007 and discussed taking over real estate loans held by B & L Bank, which had told Crede that it wouldn't be able to provide financing for expansion of the business."The Squall" (Warner Archive, 1929, b/w, $19.95).Vividly and artfully directed by Vittorio De Sica two years before his most significant triumph, "The Bicycle Thief" (considered one of the best foreign films ever), "Shoeshine" is powerfully moving and was so admired when it played in America that it won a special Oscar before the foreign-language Academy Award was created.Day in and day out, they travel to the salt marsh, where they cut and clean the salt, then crush and mold it into huge pyramids before it is sold for a pittance by the basketful. The grueling work is done entirely by hand, with shovels and wheelbarrows -- no machinery -- for several hours at a time, sometimes damaging their skin. At the end of the film, however, mechanized means of gathering the salt arrive and a way of life is obviously on the verge of extinction.Contacts: Christian Children's Fund of Canada Philip Maher Director, Communications (905)754-1001 Ext. 215 pmaher@ccfcanada.ca www.ccfcanada.caIn fact, according to a national survey conducted this year by Ipsos Reid, on behalf of Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC), over one third (approximately 35%) of the 527 Canadian mothers polled have received a terrible Mother's Day gift in their lifetime."So Goes My Love" boasts Loy at the top of her game as a Boston farm girl in the 1860s who travels to Brooklyn, N.Y., to find a rich husband. Instead, she falls for eccentric inventor Don Ameche. Obvious but cute and amusing comedy of manners based on the true- life inventor of the machine gun, the mousetrap, the curling iron and many other useful gizmos. Great fun."The man never would have torn down the machines and changed his bank," Edgar said. "He would sit there and continue to operate."Fraud/negligent misrepresentationEMAIL: hicks@desnews.com"New Morals for Old" gives Loy fifth billing but she's only onscreen about two minutes in a cameo as a neighbor in a French hotel with whom aspiring artist Robert Young has a fling. The film follows Young's character and his sister as they strive to be bohemians as different from their parents as possible, but, of course, in the end wind up just like them.Judge: Michael MannersHere are some of the 'worst gifts' Canadian moms say they've received:In 2007, First Community took on Crede's company, Oak Grove- based Missouri Ledge, as a customer. The next year, the bank declined to loan Crede the money he needed to finish a move and expansion of Missouri Ledge. Crede visited Fields several times after the bank turned him down. Fields, the bank's chief executive, added passionate, vocal and hard-headed to his list of adjectives for the stonecutter who served high-end clients.Knehans said in a December deposition that Crede said he would pay for the setup of the Lexington property by selling the Oak Grove property, and that the bank would fund only "the initial needs" for the move. When the Oak Grove property didn't sell before the move, Knehans said he thought Crede would leave as much as he could at Oak Grove so he'd still have income."New Morals for Old" (Warner Archive, 1932, b/w, $19.95). This trio of Myrna Loy films has been added to the www.wbshop.com website (click on "Warner Archive") -- one made when she was a top-billed star in her early 40s and two when she was a struggling 20- something in exotic supporting roles. (And if you're a Loy fan, there are a great number of her films on the site.)
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Author: Chris Hicks
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