Around the Blogosphere This Week

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...We have a winner for my bloggiversary celebration giveaway! She has been notified. I'll be posting the MAVERICK quiz answers on Sunday....August 8th is the birthday of Esther Williams, Rory Calhoun, and Richard Anderson. Please visit my photo-filled tributes to Calhoun here,Williams here, and Anderson here. They each gave us many wonderful hours of entertainment!...Film Masters is releasing a Blu-ray containing SECOND CHORUS (1940), starring Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard, and THE FABULOUS DORSEYS (1947) this November. There are lots of extras including commentary tracks, essays, and more....Glenn Erickson reviews a new 4K version of KID CREOLE (1958) from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. It's a terrific Elvis Presley film which I was glad to revisit at this year's Noir City Hollywood festival....Over at The Hannibal 8, Toby Roan reviews FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949) with William Lundigan. It's recently come out on…