I Remember Mama was loosely based on Kathryn Forbes’ novel centered around her reminiscences of growing up with her Norwegian family in the San Francisco area during the period of 1910. Even the studio’s new up and coming number one bad boy, Robert Mitchum wasn’t immune from negative publicity due to his arrest for marijuana possession only a year after being upgraded to the “A” list. Unfortunately, those fears were well founded as Dore Schary quit shortly after the Hughes acquisition due to interference with the new studio head and three-quarters of the studio’s work force was laid off due to production grinding to a sudden halt. Many of those who worked for RKO felt their jobs weren’t secure and statements were issued to allay fears of layoffs or closure. In a transaction that was described the biggest since the Twentieth Century – Fox merger, Howard Hughes had just purchased the studio which prompted a flurry of rumors and innuendo of instability and discord. During his long career, he was recognized with five Academy Award nominations for directing which resulted in wins for A Place in the Sun and Giant. George Stevens’ resumé resembles a who’s who of films from the mid 1930’s up and into the late 1950’s, responsible for the direction of such films as Alice Adams (1935), Gunga Din (1939), Penny Serenade (1941), Woman of the Year (1942), Talk of the Town (1942), Shane (1953), Giant (1956), The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and one of my personal favorites, A Place in the Sun from 1951. Unfortunately according to WB, the Gunga Din DVD is held up by manufacturing, so a review of that title will be delayed but will most definitely be forthcoming. Also slated for release is the 1948 feature film, I Remember Mama. Most notably, the 1939 classic Cary Grant adventure film, Gunga Din will be released as will George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin and George Stevens: A Filmmakers Journey. To celebrate the 100th birthday of the late - great director, George Stevens, Warner Brothers is about to release four DVD’s that have never been released to the format.
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