Toby Roan
@50swesterns
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Dad and husband; Advertising copywriter and creative director; Film historian and author.
Joined August 2010
Physical Media is buzzing right now. People are buying 4K Ultra HD players again. Some releases are even completely sold out because the demand is so high. March 2026 is so loaded with titles, and the format is thriving with real momentum. Collectors are jumping in because the
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Doing some research on director Paul Wendkos, I remembered his first film The Burglar (1957) — a noir/crime picture with Dan Duryea and Jayne Mansfield. Very, very cool.
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Today marks 70 years since John Ford’s masterpiece 'The Searchers' was released. A landmark Western that redefined the genre, with John Wayne as the haunted Ethan Edwards, a complex antihero on a relentless quest through the American frontier. Crowned by this magnificent final
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Howard Hawks on the reason why he made "Rio Bravo" (1959) "'Rio Bravo' (1959) was made because I didn’t like a picture called 'High Noon' (1952). I saw 'High Noon' at about the same time I saw another western picture, and we were talking about western pictures, and they asked
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Four 50s B sci-fi masterpieces coming to Blu-Ray from @Film__Masters in April. Two from Richard E. Cunha! Stocking up on Raisinets for the day this thing shows up! https://t.co/1P6j6IzCsR
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THE WILD GEESE 1978. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Roger Moore and Hardy Krüger. Great film.
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Well look here! Somebody has a reasonable facsimile of the Mannix cup! https://t.co/9KIHxsV896
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A recreation of the pattern on the coffee mugs in Joe Mannix's office. If you love MANNIX, have some coffee with Joe and Peggy! • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.
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APB: I want a coffee cup like the ones Peggy (Gail Fisher) used in seven seasons of Mannix!
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Legendary duo Martin and Lewis team up in MONEY FROM HOME in 3-D on Mon, 3/16. Dean and Jerry horse around and fall headlong into one-liners, slapstick, mistaken identities, and a zany horserace— presented in an engrossing 3-D Film Archive restoration. https://t.co/eSOgST1h1P
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Michele Carey (a personal favorite of mine) is one of those stars who baffles me. She was beautiful, talented, versatile, and had an endless supply of "onscreen magic." How did she not absolutely shoot to stardom?! It should have been a given. She was born on February 26, 1942
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#NewAnnouncement A definitive 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray edition of Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL to mark the film’s 100th anniversary. Pre-order now https://t.co/lW3snuEhvl
#MastersofCinema #LimitedEdition
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Here's the radiant Hazel Court being radiant in Sidney J. Furie's Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961), coming to Blu-Ray from @hammerfilms. https://t.co/8rLz80DAA3
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Agree 100%
Wow what an underrated western. Absolutely loved it, would’ve been even better if they used the actual true ending to Jack Slade. My ★★★★½ review of Jack Slade on @letterboxd:
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Around the Blogosphere This Week https://t.co/3A5itbSUV3 Sharing links by & about @noirfoundation @criterionchannl @KLStudioClassic @KinoLorber @50swesterns @THR @Film__Masters @LouLumenick #UniversalPictures
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My daughter (Presley) went to an advance screening of the new @ElvisPresley concert movie (Elvis Presley In Concert) last night. She said the ladies in the audience screamed and cheered like it was Vegas 1969 all over again.
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Lesley Selander's Dragonfly Squadron (1954) was shot in 3-D but never released that way. Now it's on 3-D Blu-Ray from BayView Entertainment (with a 3-D burlesque short written by Ed Wood as an extra)! Ain't film restoration the coolest thing? @BayviewEnt
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Delighted to announce that my first biography, Buffalo Bill: The Old Glory Blowout and the Creation of the Wild West, will be released this July, just in time for America's 250th anniversary!
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