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His Girl Friday [1940]

starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall
directed by: Howard Hawks

Release Date December 09, 2002
In terms of picture quality there are some unsatisfactory DVD versions of `His Girl Friday' but there is nothing wrong with this particular item (Columbia Classics CDR 19838). The film remains fresher than many old comedies and stands up to repeated viewings. It is sharply written, briskly directed, superbly cast and well played from top to bottom. Watching this is a great way to stay cheerful on a rainy evening indoors.

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Pinocchio (2 Disc Platinum Edition)

starring: Mel Blanc, Cliff Edwards, Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Evelyn Venable
directed by: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen

Release Date March 09, 2009
In terms of picture quality there are some unsatisfactory DVD versions of `His Girl Friday' but there is nothing wrong with this particular item (Columbia Classics CDR 19838). The film remains fresher than many old comedies and stands up to repeated viewings. It is sharply written, briskly directed, superbly cast and well played from top to bottom. Watching this is a great way to stay cheerful on a rainy evening indoors.

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Pinocchio : Special Edition [1940]

starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett
directed by: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske

Release Date March 03, 2003
now it may be a classic, but i'm afraid i was really disappointed with this film. my 5 yr old was frankly bored watching this, it was very slow to get moving. the story line was not what i was expecting. the jimmney cricket / conscience was to abstract for him to understand in the way it was presented. and there was a terrible bit later on with pinnochio getting drunk and smoking cigars. that bit raised a few tricky questions.

what i had expected the main story line to be - pinnochio's nose growing long when he lied, occured only once for about 20 seconds in the middle of the film and never again.

we will not be watching this one again
sadly not enjoyable or educational

CD-Charts Position 4
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Pinocchio : Special Edition [1940]

starring: Dickie Jones, Christian Rub, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie, Walter Catlett
directed by: Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske

Release Date March 03, 2003
now it may be a classic, but i'm afraid i was really disappointed with this film. my 5 yr old was frankly bored watching this, it was very slow to get moving. the story line was not what i was expecting. the jimmney cricket / conscience was to abstract for him to understand in the way it was presented. and there was a terrible bit later on with pinnochio getting drunk and smoking cigars. that bit raised a few tricky questions.

what i had expected the main story line to be - pinnochio's nose growing long when he lied, occured only once for about 20 seconds in the middle of the film and never again.

we will not be watching this one again
sadly not enjoyable or educational

CD-Charts Position 5
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The Devil's Brigade [1968]

starring: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Jeremy Slate
directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen

Release Date April 05, 2004
It is the height of the Second World War. Someone decided it was time to have a Joint Readiness Brigade. Many did not want to see it succeed so it was t consist of the bottom of the barrel US troops and crack Canadian troops. Naturedly to head this up was Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick (William Holden), Maj. Alan Crown (Cliff Robertson), and Maj. Cliff Bricker (Vince Edwards).

The film is formula (a "Dirty Dozen" knockoff) where they must give a rag tag motley crew the incentive to become a cohesive fighting machine will a will to win in unorthodox ways. In the process they will become Die Teufelsbrigade or The Devil's Brigade.

I have to admit that this is fun to watch over again as we see the slow metamorphoses and ask what would ... Read More:

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Fun And Fancy Free [1948]

starring: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Luana Patten
directed by: Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, William Morgan

Release Date August 12, 2002
I have loved the Mickey and the Beanstalk film since I was 3 and I still love watching it (I'm 18!). It's one of the classics that I believe is underrated. The drawings and paint are stunning and the humour is there aswell (I absolutely love Herman, the narrator and Willy the giant!).

Considering it's 60 years old, it's really a fantastic Disney film that should be in anyone's collection.
It's a good, old-fashioned tale that will keep children interested and yet, as it's only approx. 30 minutes long it's short enough so as to not make them bored.

Give them a classic, rather than the a mass-produced Pixar type film!
They don't make 'em like this any more!

CD-Charts Position 7
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Two A Penny [1967]

starring: Cliff Richard, Dora Bryan, Avril Angers, Ann Holloway, Geoffrey Bayldon
directed by: James F. Collier

Release Date November 04, 2002
For someone who never had any formal training as an actor / singer, Cliff puts in a decent performance in this little-known, late 60s gem. He'd already been in a few other films by this time (Expresso Bongo, Summer Holiday and some other film which I haven't seen yet - the title of which escapes me). This film, "Two a Penny" is by far the most interesting out of all the Cliff films I have seen. I actually quite like it - and no I'm not a die-hard Cliff fan!

I was particularly interested in seeing "Two a Penny" to see how realistically Cliff plays the role of "bad guy" Jamie Hopkins, who is involved in theft, drug deals, violence and, almost, attempted rape. This type of character seems so remote from "Cliff" it must surely need some real acting? ... Read More:

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Dumbo (1941) (Disney) [1942]

starring: Sterling Holloway, Edward Brophy, Herman Bing, Billy Bletcher, Jim Carmichael
directed by: Ben Sharpsteen

Release Date April 11, 2005
dumbo is brilliant and so cute. They should bring dumbo back out and see more of him.

CD-Charts Position 9
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His Girl Friday [1940]

starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall
directed by: Howard Hawks

Release Date March 15, 2004
In terms of picture quality there are some unsatisfactory DVD versions of `His Girl Friday' but there is nothing wrong with this particular item (Columbia Classics CDR 19838). The film remains fresher than many old comedies and stands up to repeated viewings. It is sharply written, briskly directed, superbly cast and well played from top to bottom. Watching this is a great way to stay cheerful on a rainy evening indoors.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Charly [1968]

starring: Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney, Ruth White
directed by: Ralph Nelson

Release Date July 02, 2001
Charly (Cliff Robertson) is thirty years old and has the mental age of a young child. He works at a menial job where he is tormented endlessly, and he isn't progressing in his special night school. His teacher, Alice (Claire Bloom), recommends him to a clinic where an experimental operation has radically increased the intelligence of a lab mouse named Algernon. When Charly tests against Algernon on figuring out a maze, the mouse always does it faster. After he undergoes the surgery, Charly not only beats Algernon on the maze, but his mental ability starts to soar past normal to the genius level. He and Alice fall in love and make plans for the future, until, sadly, he learns one more thing from Algernon.

Robertson earned an Academy Award for his stunning portrayal ... Read More: