VCI Entertainment has restored director Jerry Hopper’s 1958
film adaptation of the John Burress (aka: John Burr) novel, The
Missouri Traveler, and will be releasing it to the DVD market place this
coming May 26.
Filmed in glorious Technicolor, and following in the
theatrical success of East of Eden, this similar period
piece (Americana circa 1910) served to showcase the rising talents of the young
Brandon DeWilde (a successor to the ill-fated James Dean???) as a troubled teen
who is befriended by Missouri small town rivals Doyle Magee (Gary Merrill), the
local newspaper reporter, and Tobias Brown (Lee Marvin), a wealthy land baron.
While Brandon DeWilde would, ironically, meet the same fate
as James Dean in 1972, The Missouri Traveler is noted, not
for his performance (although he would shine the following year opposite Carol
Lynley in Blue Denim), but that of Lee Marvin.
In other release news from VCI Entertainment this week the
legendary comedy team of Laurel and Hardy will get the hi-def treatment on May
19 with the Blu-ray debut of director A. Edward Sutherland’s 1939 comedy, The
Flying Deuces.
Bonus features for this restored comedy classic include two
silent short films — The Paper Hanger’s Helper (1925) and
Lucky
Dog (1921) — plus the remastered episode (from the original 35mm film
elements) of the 1954 Ralph Edwards-hosted telecast of This Is Your Life: Laurel and
Hardy.
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