Bill Wrobel's DVD - Film Score Rundowns

This is not a good conspiracy movie—not entertaining. I actively dislike it,
actually. I object to the constant interjection of archival footage of the JKF period of
assassination. Skip this one. I only have it because it was the sour apple part of a Burt
Lancaster set of dvds.
-His Majesty O’Keefe (1953) *** [music ***]
http://www.amazon.com/His-Majesty-OKeefe-Burt-
Lancaster/dp/B000UJ48RM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1293682453&sr=1-1
I do not have any of the written music, nor the cue sheets. However, I enjoyed
watching this 1953 movie once again. I enjoy the Technicolor print of the South Seas
locale. I enjoy seeing Burt Lancaster again in a somewhat swashbuckler role. But I
particularly enjoyed Andre Morell’s acting here. You can say I am an Andre Morell fan!
You wouldn’t normally expect him to be in a movie like this, but there he is. He plays a
German but he still has the English accent most of the time! But he looks good with his
white hair and his moustache, and proper speaking approach. He will not look so good
when he gets speared towards the end of the movie! I feel that was a quite unnecessary
scene (why not just wound him and then have a happier ending?). Too bad Andre Morell
wasn’t offered the lead role in Man for All Seasons. I think he would’ve been terrific
(although Paul Scofield obviously did a marvelous acting job). It was also nice to see
Philip Ahn who plays a dentist in the movie. I remember him from some movies (Left
Hand of God) and many tv shows such as Have Gun Will Travel and Hong Kong). Joan
Rice (who marries O’Keefe) is very pretty. I might as well enjoy her here because she
really hasn’t done much according to imdb, and she looks terrific in this gorgeous
Technicolor print.
Of course having a Dimitri Tiomkin score is a definite plus. While it is a “lower
drawer” work in comparison to his classic scores (High & the Mighty, Guns of Navarone,
and many others) it is still a very entertaining light-fare score (considering the nature of
the movie itself). Nothing really stands out so much for this B-movie (unlike The
Command composed just before this movie) but it’s fun. Of course it is masterful classic
music compared to most of the drek that is composed these days!
-Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection: Volumes 1 & 2
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Sci-Fi-Ultimate-Collection-
Vols/dp/B0013XZ6SY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684283&sr=1-1
-Route 66 Season One (1960) **** [music ****]
http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-Season-George-
Maharis/dp/B000TV1SSS/ref=sr_1_7?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684562&sr=1-7
http://www.amazon.com/Route-66-Season-George-
Maharis/dp/B0010SB064/ref=sr_1_12?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1293684562&sr=1-12
This is a terrific series starring Martin Milner and George Maharis as traveling
buddies along Route 66 (and other roads!) in a classic Corvette. With quality writers like
Sterling Silliphant you can’t go wrong with a show like this. My wife& I feel that our
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