Check out my new commentary for Frank Borzage's A Farewell to Arms.

I go into the transition out of the silent era, the challenges of adapting a famous work, censorship problems in Classic Hollywood, and how the lives and careers of the principals informed the film. Also Gary Cooper's sex life.

Here it is in MP3:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/p3tqec

I did another commentary track!

For Frank Borzage's The Pilgrim, a film I discussed here as well.

Enjoy!

The Body of the Child

Frankenstein (1931)
dir. James Whale

No Greater Glory (1934)
dir. Frank Borzage

The Hanging

Secrets (1933)

dir. Frank Borzage

Moonrise (1948)
dir. Frank Borzage

The Subplot

Things look good for a new political candidate:

"Oh, mother, do you think they'll make daddy governor?"

Secrets (1933)

dir. Frank Borzage

"Mother, is Pop governor yet?"

Citizen Kane (1942)

dir. Orson Welles

But a classic confrontation ensues, with the wife in white and the mistress in black. 

Secrets (1933)
dir. Frank Borzage

Citizen Kane (1942)
dir. Orson Welles

And the paper tells us the rest:

Secrets (1933)
dir. Frank Borzage

Citizen Kane (1942)
dir. Orson Welles

The Fire

Secrets (1933)
dir. Frank Borzage

Ran (1985)
dir. Akira Kurosawa

The Train

Nugget Jim's Pardner (1916) (last shot)
dir. Frank Borzage

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) (last shot)
dir. John Cromwell

The Cowboy Who Does Not Kiss

The Pilgrim (1916)
dir. Frank Borzage

My Darling Clementine (1946) (pre-release cut)
dir. John Ford

The Great Movie

Purple and pianos, Frank Borzage's 1946 Republic Picture I've Always Loved You is awash in both. It's never been out on DVD, I assume because of that ridiculous stranglehold Lion's Gate had on the Republic catalog. With any luck, maybe we'll see this one hit Blu-Ray, because my god is it beautiful. Criterion, this one has your name all over it.

No comparison pictures here, I just wanted to post some stills from one of the most beautiful films I've ever seen.

I've Always Loved You (1946)
dir. Frank Borzage

The Woman Enters

History is Made at Night (1937)

dir. Frank Borzage

Casablanca (1942)
dir. Michael Curtiz

The Prairie Fence (2)

Until They Get Me (1917)
dir. Frank Borzage


Stagecoach (1939)

dir. John Ford

The Searchers (1956)

dir. John Ford