You can still see some snow in the mountains, but the days are getting hot and it won't be there long. The passing of the season got me thinking about one of my favorite winter films, André de Toth's sadly under-recognized Day of the Outlaw featuring Robert Ryan and Burl Ives at the top of their games, with strong support by Tina Louise (who really should be remembered for more than that TV show). Unforgettable last half hour.
It's available free with ads from Pluto.
No snow but a lot of rain in James Whale's The Old Dark House, so I don't have a seasonal excuse for talking about it here, but it was a virtually lost film for decades. It's finally back in circulation, showing up on Svengoolie (who had been trying to get it for ten or twenty years) and on streaming services like the also free with ads Tubi.
Does The Old Dark House live up to expectations? No, but it's difficult to see how it could. Not only does it face the build-up that comes with decades of being a film everyone talked about but nobody saw; it also has to stand up to Whale's other horror films of the era, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, and the Invisible Man.
Still, taken on its own, it stands up quite well, I'm glad I finally got to check it off my list.
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