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Mutiny On The Bounty [1935]

starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan
directed by: Frank Lloyd

Release Date June 01, 2006
The Gable-Laughton version of Mutiny on the Bounty bears about as much relation to history as Michelle Pfeiffer does to Idi Amin and in some ways it's a rather under-ambitious and repetitive bit of work for all the splendor of its staging. Much of the first half is just a catalog of brutalities completely at odds with the facts (the unlucky Bligh was a much more lenient captain than was good for him and the loss of the Bounty was cited by many contemporaries as proof that then-recent reforms of conditions were a disastrous mistake) and more in keeping with Victorian melodrama. Laughton's performance certainly takes the hint and delivers an unsubtle but entertaining essay in bluster and volume, although his unfortunate statement that "I have ... Read More:

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Get Smart [Blu-ray] [2008]

starring: Steven Carrell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, The Rock
directed by: Peter Segal

Release Date February 02, 2009
The Gable-Laughton version of Mutiny on the Bounty bears about as much relation to history as Michelle Pfeiffer does to Idi Amin and in some ways it's a rather under-ambitious and repetitive bit of work for all the splendor of its staging. Much of the first half is just a catalog of brutalities completely at odds with the facts (the unlucky Bligh was a much more lenient captain than was good for him and the loss of the Bounty was cited by many contemporaries as proof that then-recent reforms of conditions were a disastrous mistake) and more in keeping with Victorian melodrama. Laughton's performance certainly takes the hint and delivers an unsubtle but entertaining essay in bluster and volume, although his unfortunate statement that "I have ... Read More:

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Get Smart [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp
directed by: Peter Segal

Release Date November 04, 2008
The Gable-Laughton version of Mutiny on the Bounty bears about as much relation to history as Michelle Pfeiffer does to Idi Amin and in some ways it's a rather under-ambitious and repetitive bit of work for all the splendor of its staging. Much of the first half is just a catalog of brutalities completely at odds with the facts (the unlucky Bligh was a much more lenient captain than was good for him and the loss of the Bounty was cited by many contemporaries as proof that then-recent reforms of conditions were a disastrous mistake) and more in keeping with Victorian melodrama. Laughton's performance certainly takes the hint and delivers an unsubtle but entertaining essay in bluster and volume, although his unfortunate statement that "I have ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 4
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Jane Eyre [1934] (NTSC)

starring: Virginia Bruce, Colin Clive, Beryl Mercer, David Torrence, Aileen Pringle
directed by: Christy Cabanne

Release Date March 18, 2003
The print of this film isnt fantastic but as its a cheap dvd and the only version currently available I cant really complain, its nice just to be able to see this film at long last. I always wanted to see it because of the fabulous COLIN CLIVE who was a fabulous actor but sadly very little of his work is available for us fans to see outside of the first 2 Universal FRANKENSTEIN movies. Im pleased to say though, hes just as good in this...very watchable...though the film is rather short (just over an hour) and naturally concentrates mostly on the JANE EYRE character..played by VIRGINA BRUCE. Cant say I was very impressed with her performance, instantly forgettable, and as for that obnoxious child she is tutoring, in once scene the little annoyance falls ... Read More:

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Get Smart [Blu-ray] [2008]

starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp
directed by: Peter Segal

Release Date November 04, 2008
The print of this film isnt fantastic but as its a cheap dvd and the only version currently available I cant really complain, its nice just to be able to see this film at long last. I always wanted to see it because of the fabulous COLIN CLIVE who was a fabulous actor but sadly very little of his work is available for us fans to see outside of the first 2 Universal FRANKENSTEIN movies. Im pleased to say though, hes just as good in this...very watchable...though the film is rather short (just over an hour) and naturally concentrates mostly on the JANE EYRE character..played by VIRGINA BRUCE. Cant say I was very impressed with her performance, instantly forgettable, and as for that obnoxious child she is tutoring, in once scene the little annoyance falls ... Read More:

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Laurel And Hardy - Bonnie Scotland [1935]

starring: Stan Laurel, Daphne Pollard, Mary Gordon, Lionel Belmore, Oliver Hardy
directed by: James Horne

Release Date June 05, 2000
"Bonnie Scotland" marks a turning point in Laurel & Hardy's career because from this point on the boys made only features. Traveling from America to Scotland to collect an inheritance, the boys discover all that is left of the estate is a snuff box. When their young friend William Janney is forced to join the Scottish Army, thereby preventing him from being able to marry the woman he loves (June Lang), the boys join up too. The trio are sent to India and the girl follows, so that her family can have more fun keeping the lovers apart, while Stan and Ollie try with limited success to adapt to life in the Scottish Army Everything works out in the end when our hero puts down a native uprising, helped by the boys.

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King of Kings [1927]

starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill
directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Release Date April 03, 2006
"Bonnie Scotland" marks a turning point in Laurel & Hardy's career because from this point on the boys made only features. Traveling from America to Scotland to collect an inheritance, the boys discover all that is left of the estate is a snuff box. When their young friend William Janney is forced to join the Scottish Army, thereby preventing him from being able to marry the woman he loves (June Lang), the boys join up too. The trio are sent to India and the girl follows, so that her family can have more fun keeping the lovers apart, while Stan and Ollie try with limited success to adapt to life in the Scottish Army Everything works out in the end when our hero puts down a native uprising, helped by the boys.

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CD-Charts Position 8
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Get Smart [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson, Terence Stamp
directed by: Peter Segal

Release Date November 04, 2008
"Bonnie Scotland" marks a turning point in Laurel & Hardy's career because from this point on the boys made only features. Traveling from America to Scotland to collect an inheritance, the boys discover all that is left of the estate is a snuff box. When their young friend William Janney is forced to join the Scottish Army, thereby preventing him from being able to marry the woman he loves (June Lang), the boys join up too. The trio are sent to India and the girl follows, so that her family can have more fun keeping the lovers apart, while Stan and Ollie try with limited success to adapt to life in the Scottish Army Everything works out in the end when our hero puts down a native uprising, helped by the boys.

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CD-Charts Position 9
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Queen Christina [1933] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young
directed by: Rouben Mamoulian

Release Date September 06, 2005
"Bonnie Scotland" marks a turning point in Laurel & Hardy's career because from this point on the boys made only features. Traveling from America to Scotland to collect an inheritance, the boys discover all that is left of the estate is a snuff box. When their young friend William Janney is forced to join the Scottish Army, thereby preventing him from being able to marry the woman he loves (June Lang), the boys join up too. The trio are sent to India and the girl follows, so that her family can have more fun keeping the lovers apart, while Stan and Ollie try with limited success to adapt to life in the Scottish Army Everything works out in the end when our hero puts down a native uprising, helped by the boys.

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CD-Charts Position 10
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The King of Kings [1927] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill
directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Release Date December 07, 2004
While no match for Nicholas Ray and Samuel Bronston's 1961 film, the restored version of Cecil B. De Mille's The King of Kings is surprisingly good. It's a curious mixture of showmanship and sincerity, with sincerity surprisingly gradually winning over even if De Mille was using a film about Christ to defraud his principal backer into keeping his failing studio afloat with a lot of creative accounting (the film cost a million less than the accounts stated!). Although it skirts close to anti-Semitism at times for a film made by a Jewish director (albeit a closet one), it does ultimately make the distinction between good and bad people who happen to be Jews, adding a Jewish character who won't take Caiaphas' bribe to call for Jesus' death.

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