Dick Dinman's DVD Classics Corner On The Air

Dick Dinman's DVD Classics Corner On The Air

Welcome to DVD Classics Corner On The Air! Where producer, actor, theatrical film buyer, casting director & film historian Dick Dinman salutes The Great Golden Age Classic Films as they are released on DVD, BluRay, and 4K! Broadcast since 2003 on WMPG FM Radio as well as a 12yr stint on Turner Classic Movies.com, I've featured some of the most prominent stars, producers, directors & writers etc. all of which were essential and admired artisans whose contributions to the Golden Age Cinema era remain admired by film fans all over the world!

Episodes

July 25, 2025 41 mins

Acclaimed producer/writer George Stevens Jr. joins producer/host Dick Dinman as both salute George Stevens’ iconic masterpiece SHANE which Kino Lorber Home Entertainment has just released in a stunningly magnificent 4K + Blu Ray transfer!

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Every episode of the fabled western TV series “Cheyenne” (All 5,560 Minutes!) has just been released by The Warner Archive in a spectacular looking Blu-Ray collection (Remastered from 4K scans of the original camera negatives!) and to celebrate the occasion producer/host Dick Dinman repeats his cherished chat with the great Cheyenne Bodie himself, Clint Walker!

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Kino Lorber has just released the relentlessly (if ludicrously) entertaining John Wayne epic THE CONQUERORin which Wayne hysterically attempts to portray Mongol ruler Genghis Khan and producer/host Dick Dinmanand his guest film historian and producer Dan Marino have a ball dissecting this most fanciful of all epic adventure films.

PLUS: Dick Dinman's guest Kathleen Hughes (Miss 3-D) raises Dick's eyebrows as she reveals what went on...

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Producer/Host Dick Dinman and internationally acclaimed author and film historian Joseph McBride salute Criterion’s 4K Blu-Ray release of Howard Hawks’ groundbreaking gangster classic “Scarface!” PLUS:  Criterion’s “Pandora’s Box” and 4K Blu-Ray releases of “Paper Moon”, “I Walked With A Zombie/7th Victim” with “Winchester ’73” coming soon!

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Producer/host Dick Dinman and Warner Media Library Historian George Feltenstein salute two of MGM's greatest Technicolor songwriter musicals WORDS & MUSIC and THREE LITTLE WORDS. PLUS: Co-star Arlene Dahl chats about her experiences on THREE LITTLE WORDS.

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Producer/host Dick Dinman salutes Kino Lorber's eye popping 3-D release of BWANA DEVIL, the film thatkick-started the 50's 3-D craze, as 3-D Film Archive's head honcho Robert Furmanek and 3-D expert Mike Ballew detail the myriad of challenges they faced in bringing this groundbreaking 3-D  classic to the Blu-ray format.

PLUS: COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA, THE COUNTRY GIRL & THE ROSE TATTOO!

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Producer/Host Dick Dinman and CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson are awed by the incredible clarity of Kino Lorber’s outstanding 4K release of 1956’s Sci-Fi Shocker “INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS”!

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The Warner Archive hits the trail with their magnificent Technicolor Blu-ray restoration of the John Wayne/John Ford classic 3 GODFATHERS which also includes a terrific restoration of 1936's darker version of the much beloved 3 GODFATHERS tale on the same disc and darker still is their release of the powerful Anthony Mann/John Alton classic DEVIL'S DOORWAY which features what most regard as star Robert Taylor's most powerful perfor...

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Kino Lorber Home Entertainment pays tribute to iconic star Edward G. Robinson with the 4K Restoration of Fritz Lang's SCARLET STREET and their 17th FILM NOIR: DARK SIDE OF CINEMA COLLECTION which contains 3 of Robinson's 50's classics and Robinson costars Karl Malden, Margaret O'Brien, Kathleen Hughes & Gena Rowlands join producer/host Dick Dinman to salute this irreplaceable screen icon.

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The Criterion Collection has just released on 4K + Blu-ray the most visually amazing rendition of the Raoul Walsh/James Cagney classic THE ROARING TWENTIES ever seen and at the same time the Warner Archive has also released a similarly splendid Blu-ray of Walsh's Errol Flynn classic GENTLEMAN JIM and producer/host Dick Dinman reunites with Warner Bros. Discovery Library Historian pioneer George Feltenstein  as both salute iconic di...

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Producer/host Dick Dinman and his acclaimed guest Film Historian/Commentator David Del Valle salute Kino Lorber’s stunning Blu-ray release of The Carpetbaggers, the scathingly sensuous film version of Harold Robbins’ bestseller about 30’s Hollywood. PLUS: Kino Lorber’s NEVADA SMITH! EXTRA: Kino Lorber’s ALASKA SEAS coming soon!

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Producer/host Dick Dinman and popular actor, writer, commentator and film historian William Wellman Jr. are over the moon about the Warner Archive's superlative Blu-ray restoration of the Robert Taylor/William Wellman western classic WESTWARD THE WOMEN!

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Producer/Host Dick Dinman and acclaimed film historian, commentator and author Jeremy Arnold salute Criterion’s 4K collection of THE RANOWN WESTERNS which add incredible new visual lustre to these five Randolph Scott/Budd Boetticher classics as never before.

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Producer/Host Dick Dinman and popular film historian and film noir maven David Del Valle salute Kino Lorber’s FILM NOIR COLLECTIONS which have thrilled Noir junkies for no less than 15 collections thus far with more darkness to come! PLUS: ROBOT MONSTER IN 3D!

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To celebrate The Warner Archives’ luscious Technicolor restoration of KING SOLOMON’S MINES producer/host Dick Dinman repeats a portion of his 3 hour chat with star Stewart Granger who candidly reveals his experiences not only on KING SOLOMON’S MINES but also on his swashbuckling classic SCARAMOUCHE.

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The Warner Archive comes roaring back to life with six great new classics on Blu-ray: THE PRINCE & THE SHOWGIRL, CAMILLE, FLAMINGO ROAD, I'LL CRY TOMORROW, NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER, and CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY and producer/host Dick Dinman welcomes back Warner Bros. Discovery Library Historian George Feltenstein as both celebrate the joyous occasion.

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Kino Lorber Home Entertainment has just released gorgeous looking Blu-ray renditions of swimming star Esther Williams two forays into “drama” THE UNGUARDED MOMENT and RAW WIND IN EDEN and producer/host Dick Dinman welcomes iconic journalist, commentator and film historian David Del Valle as both not only discuss both of the above films but additionally comment on certain controversial aspects of Williams’ life and career.

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Acclaimed author Robert Matzen's awe inspiring book MISSION: JIMMY STEWART AND THE FIGHT FOR EUROPE reveals for the first time ever the truth about Stewart's dangerous bombing missions over Germany and producer/host Dick Dinman is joined by Matzen as both salute the spectacular military career of screen icon Stewart.

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Two very different macabre masterworks have just been released by The Criterion Collection and the Warner Archive. Home video pioneer and Warner Media Library Historian George Feltenstein joins producer/host Dick Dinman as both salute the impeccable transfers of Criterion's Blu-ray rendition of the riotous ARSENIC & OLD LACE and the Warner Archives release of the truly terrifying 1931 DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE.

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PARAMOUNT PICTURES Sr. V.P. of Asset Management & Head of the Archives Andrea Kalas joins producer/host Dick Dinman as both salute the awe-inspiring 4K restoration of Paramount's 1953 sci-fi classic "WAR OF THE WORLDS."

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