old black and white flicks

[Madelon Umlauf]

The 2 video guide books we are using are Maltin's (he is more
critical) and Martin & Porter's (less critical). The latter book has
good indexes of actors and directors which the Maltin book
lacks. Dont know the Hound book.

You can back up in a DVD but not just a little bit to replay
a line of dialogue that you didnt catch. Since a DVD is
digital, its backup function has to have programmed intervals.
You cant just back it up a tiny bit to catch a missed line
of dialogue. This sucks if you watching a really good movie
and want to hear all the dialogue.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Connie Clark
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:01 PM
Subject: old black and white flicks


Believe I saw Hester Street a long time ago.  Joe Ben has the ability to
TIVO/record movies from the Turner Classic Movie station, and then copy them
to a DVD/CD.  If you go to the TCM web site, you can see what movies are
playing for the coming months.  I think that one can back up on DVD...
pretty sure.  One of my favorite black and white movies that is not so
frequently seen is a '55 movie called the 'Wages of Fear'.  I believe it is
Spanish.  It is my intention to check TCM to find out when they will run it
and ask Joe to save it for me.

What video book are you using.  Heard say that the 'Hound' book is best.
Know which one I mean?
CC