Posted 6:23 PM by Gene

Here we thought Little Malcolm would subject us to another plug for YOU-KNOW-WHAT, and instead he reports on a man who may be the most conscientious in the entertainment biz: George Feltenstein, whose name has graced Rhino's superb vintage-movie soundtracks and who is in charge of the vaults at what should be called MGM's video unit, but is instead another fiefdom of People Warner. This man must be up against all manner of pressure groups in reissuing vintage movies -- the ultra geeks, the purists, the anal-retentive fans, the PC brigade, not to mention People Warner's lunatical bean counters, not further to mention the extremely variable quality of the stuff in the vaults -- and yet from all accounts he's done a great job, and RKO's inferior version of THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME was yet another labor of love and diligence, taking two years to assemble. We have already bought a few of his DVDs, like the first Astaire-Rogers anthology and two of the Looney Tunes sets, with more on the way (a three-pack of The Adventures of Robin Hood, Yankee Doodle Dandy and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, with a bonus disc -- that should be something), and while we don't like financing a media tyranny, at least it's a benign part of it, despite the fungibility of media bucks. Thank you, Mr. Feltenstein!