I Got Movies!

Readers who have been reading may remember that we've cut down on DVDs - a 2-DVD subscription down from 3. We've been filling in a little with streaming, but actually we're still mainly using streaming for TV shows. Recently that's been The Great British Baking Show. But what else have we been using to fill the holes in the schedule?

Glad you asked! I went to Critic's Choice and Movies Unlimited to get a whole pile of DVDs! Among other one-offs, we got:

• The Three Stooges 1934-1959: That's right, the complete Three Stooges on 17 discs. We're trying to watch little by little, but have already gone throuh 2 discs.
• Torchy Blane Collection: Seven movies about that peerless fast-talking girl reporter, starring Glenda Farrell (mostly). We've watched the first two, and are in love with Tom Kennedy as Gahagen, the carefree policeman. Also, in Fly, Baby, Fly, Torchy joins a round-the-world race, which gives us great stock footage of the China Clipper taking off from Alameda and flying over the under-construction Golden Gate Bridge, a Hawaiian luau, etc.
• Boston Blackie Trio: Good stuff from the Chester Morris era. Fun watch, but miss the "pencil-thin moustache" that Jimmy Buffet sang about.
  

There are bunch of others, mostly all old black and white (I can't call them "classics", since some are trash. But great, old trash). I might mention them now and them. For now, I just wanted to brag. And I'm not sponsored by Movies Unlimited, unlike the Movies That Made Me podcast.