Children of Paradise 1946 Classic Arletty

Les Enfants Du Paradis was voted as the number 1 French movie of the 20th Century. In some quarters it is known as Frances "Gone With The Wind", a reference to the film's overall quality and greatness (although the content is vastly different). I hadn't seen this masterpiece before I ordered it from DVD Empire - the fact that it is a Criterion DVD was a major reason,the other being a love of all things French.The restoration of and packaging is first rate, as are the voice overs giving us the fa...

Plus, on the same double bill: It's the Fuzz vs. The Fastbacks (a gang of high school hotrodders) as everyone tries to figure out the identity of the Teen-age Strangler , a psycho who leaves a stocking wrapped around his victims' necks. And there's nothing like guessing who done it in a film packed with "Father Knows Best" - type nuclear families, malt shops, tailfins, and the show-stopping musical number "Yipe Stripes!" A delirious slice of colorful sixties Americana, Teen-age Strangler was originally...

Former screen Tarzan Bruce Bennett is the Fiend Of Dope Island , a sadistic maniac named Charlie Davis who lords over a tiny Caribbean isle with his trusty bullwhip. Not content with smuggling guns and growing marijuana, Charlie also hires sexy dancer Glory La Verne, "a stick of dynamite with a real short fuse" (as played by "The Yugoslavian Bombshell" Tania Velia), to "entertain him" at his flea-shack of a cantina. Instead, Glory zeroes in on Charlie's main man, Davey ("Lassie's" Robert Bray)...