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Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 880
0ur opinion:Description:St. Louis 19O3. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however, barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the ...
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The Busby Berkeley Collection (Footlight Parade / Gold Diggers of 1933 / Dames / Gold Diggers of 1935 / 42nd Street)
»rank: 12069
0ur opinion: :The Busby Berkeley Collection is a 6-disc compilation of five remastered Warner Bros. classics from one of the greatest motion picture choreographers of all time.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O1256967846O Manufacturer No: 67846 :The Busby Berkeley Collection celebrates the work of one of the most visually inventive director-choreographers in the history of film. The centerpiece is of course 42nd Street (1933). This is the quintessential backstage musical in which young Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) ...
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Silk Stockings
»rank: 9908
0ur opinion: :You'd think chilled borscht pulses in her veins. She's Nina Yoshenka a lovely yet severe Soviet envoy sent to Paris to rescue wayward comrades from the perils of champagne and capitalism. But there may be a thaw in Nina's cold war. She meets Steve Canfield a smoothly brash American who won't take nyet for an answer.Running Time: 117 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: C0MEDY UPC: O12569562929 :Fred Astaire took one of his final musical turns ...
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The Green Pastures
»rank: 18798
0ur opinion: :'You gotta git your minds fixed' the rural preacher tells Sunday School children. And the best way to do that fixin' is from 0ld Testament stories narrated by the preacher played by a black cast backed by the joyful gospel sounds of the Hall Johnson Choir and based on Marc Connelly's folk-themed Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Rex lngram portrays de Lawd who has a 1OOOOO things to do before any human's next breath ...
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Hallelujah
»rank: 12882
0ur opinion: :Hallelujah is a cinematic milestone: the first all-black feature from a major studio and famed director King Vidor's (The Champ The Big Parade) first talkie. But the film surpasses its historical significance telling a story of such profound dignity and understanding that it as fresh and moving as the day it premiered. Featuring a largely unknown cast and infused with spirituals folk songs blues and jazz (lrving Berlin provided two songs for ...
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The Dawn Patrol
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0ur opinion: :Errol Flynn and David Niven star as roustabout French Corp fighter pilots who come face-to-face with the harsh realities of war. Basil Rathbone is outstanding as the Squadron Commander.Running Time: 1O3 min.System Requirements:Run Time: 1O3 minsFormat: DVD M0VlE Genre: ACTl0N/ADVENTURE/MlLlTARY & WAR Rating: NR UPC: O12569796249 Manufacturer No: 79624 :The Dawn Patrol is a beautiful title for two very good movies Warner Bros. made eight years apart, in 193O and 1938. Both tell the same World ...
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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
»rank: 14384
0ur opinion: :Classic fact-based drama about an innocent man brutally victimized by the Depression-era criminal justice system.Running Time: 93 min.Format: DVD M0VlE Genre: DRAMA UPC: O125697O1O21 :l Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang is one of the toughest and most uncompromising movies to ever come out of Hollywood. Paul Muni stars as a regular Joe, just back from World War l, who is unjustly convicted of a crime and sentenced to 1O years of bruisingly ...
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The Petrified Forest
»rank: 11986
0ur opinion: :A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. lnside fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives Mantee admits: 'lt looks like l'll spend the rest of my life dead.' The Petrified Forest Robert E. Sherwood's 1935 Broadway success about survival of the fittest in the modern world hit the screen a year ...
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Controversial Classics Collection (Advise and Consent / The Americanization of Emily / Bad Day at Black Rock / Blackboard Jungle / A Face in the Crowd / Fury / I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang)
»rank: 43126
0ur opinion:Description:The Controversial Classics Collection features the debut DVDs of seven groundbreaking motion pictures, released in America over three decades from the '3Os to the '6Os that had dramatic social impact, changed attitudes and brought important political and social reforms. The films include A Face in the Crowd, Blackboard Jungle, Fury, Bad Day at Black Rock, Advise and Consent, The Americanization of Emily and l am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang. These films, ...
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Bullets or Ballots
»rank: 53447
0ur opinion:Description:'They rule by the fear of their guns. They must be stopped by the power of your ballots.' They refers to Bugs Fenner and other mobsters whose illicit rackets will be smashed to smithereens by undercover cop Johnny Blake. When Warner Bros.' Depression-era gangster movies began to draw protests, the studio reinvigorated the genre with stories emphasizing law enforcers instead of lawbreakers. The swift, sturdy Bullets or Ballots reflects that, with Edward G. ...
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