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Dick Dinman is back with another DVD Classics Corner On the Air podcast, discussing more Warner Archive movie history with the WAC’s George Feltenstein. We always like it when George drops hints about upcoming product.

Up for discussion this week are new releases of two restored favorites from director Raoul Walsh — The Warner Archive Collection’s Blu-ray of Gentleman Jim with Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith, plus the Criterion Collection’s 4K + Blu-ray offering of The Roaring Twenties, the classic gangster saga with James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart.

 Dick Dinman & George Feltenstein Salute Legendary Director Raoul Walsh.

They save some talk-time to also discuss Criterion’s upcoming All That Money Can Buy, better known to us as The Devil and Daniel Webster. We should be reviewing The Roaring Twenties very soon.

What, I can’t believe there’s that much interest in seeing more old laserdisc covers, but after posting a snapshot of one in a review last Tuesday I’ve gotten several emails asking to see more. The requests seem sincere enough …

I long ago disposed of most of my lasers. I should have sold a lot more when DVD arrived, but eventually I dumped most. I kept about sixty, some because they were so expensive I couldn’t part with them, and others simply because I liked the album artwork. I posted the cover for a United Artists 4-title Sci-fi set last Tuesday, and here are a few more.

The graphics can be enlarged or zoomed — they’re much bigger than what displays.

The Tex Avery and Val Lewton covers are pretty enough to be kept on display. I’m hanging on to the Japanese Until the End of the World disc because my friend and record biz expert Gregor Meyer found it for me ages ago at the old Aaron’s records. The Japanese theatrical cut was about 20 minutes longer than the American release cut, but much, much shorter than the full-length version that we waited 29 years to see released on disc. Gregor relocated to Chicago 25 moons ago; I’d sure like to get in touch with him again.

Just these six are a heavy load to lug across the house, but we still appreciate their record album- like covers.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson