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Three Coins In The Fountain [1955]

starring: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara
directed by: Jean Negulesco

Release Date August 01, 2005
This most fondly remembered film from the 1950's is romantic escapism at its finest and most frivolous. There are no deeper meanings here, just a beautiful and colorful dish of Rome garnished with three equally pleasing romantic stories. An attractive cast and an appropriately romantic score from the great Victor Young make this film based on John H. Secondari's popular novel of the day a rousing success. Sinatra's fine rendition of the Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn title song doesn't hurt a bit either.

Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters and Maggie McNamara are three secretaries who follow the tradition of throwing a coin over their shoulder into the beautiful fountains in Rome and making a wish. The wish is supposed to be about staying in ... Read More:

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Marilyn Monroe - The Best Of Marilyn : Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / Seven Year Itch / How To Marry A Millionaire / The Final Days Documentary (4 Disc Box Set)

starring: Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall, William Powell, James Coburn, Jane Russell
directed by: Howard Hawks, Billy Wilder, Jean Negulesco

Release Date June 19, 2006
This is a good boxset for a new Marilyn fan or one who wants only a few of her films, for they are her most famous ones (although I think it should include 'Some Like it Hot' too.) All of them are pretty short (all under an hour forty-five) but they're all very good.

How to Marry a Millionaire - 1953. Marilyn plays Pola Debevoise, a short-sighted dumb blonde who wants to, well, marry a millionaire, like her friends Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall (who out of the three is the principal character). The film is light and funny, and 'creamy'!

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 1953. Marilyn plays gold-digging Lorelei Lee in this musical. The film is probably best known for the song 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend' - excellent ... Read More:

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The Greatest Story Ever Told [1965]

starring: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker
directed by: David Lean, George Stevens, Jean Negulesco

Release Date March 26, 2007
This is the best film about Jesus that I have ever watched.
It will take you through a roller coaster of emotions as you watch it. The actor who plays Jesus is brilliant. In one scene where he is asked if he is really the son of god, Jesus replies 'I am HE!'. Simply great. Another great scene, and there are pleanty, is when he is in a church in Jerusuleam and stands up and starts teaching the others in the church about god. Everyone should seriously watch this film, you will enjoy it emensley.

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How To Marry A Millionaire [1953]

starring: Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall, William Powell
directed by: Jean Negulesco

Release Date May 22, 2006
The title of the movie says it all; it is not exactly the movie a modern day feminist would like to see; then again it stars some of greatest women of Hollywood. The main attraction of the movie are; Schatze Page (Lauren Bacall), Pola Debevoise (Marilyn Monroe), and Loco Dempsey (Betty Grable). This romantic comedy is set in Manhattan about three women who team up with an elaborate scheme to lure wealthy men with an intention to marry them. They rent a penthouse, sell the furniture that doesn't belong to them, and use the funds to support themselves. Schatze is the team leader who is smart and all brains; other two are ditsy blondes. Schatze has her eyes set on an elderly, charming and wealthy widower J.D. Hanley (William Powell), at the same time ... Read More:

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The Joan Crawford Collection: Humoresque / Possessed / Damned Don't Cry / Grand Hotel (4 Disc Box Set)

starring: Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Greta Garbo, Van Heflin, John Barrymore
directed by: Jean Negulesco, Vincent Sherman

Release Date August 22, 2005
Four great films in one set.

Grand Hotel a fantastic all star cast including the divine Garbo as Grusinskaya the fading balletrina, also stars the Barrymore brother, what more could you want in a film.


Humoresque Joan plays Helen Wright who falls in love with a young violinist Paul Boray he feels the same about her, but his music comes first, and this leads to a tragic end for Helen.

Possessed A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.

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Daddy Long Legs [1955]

starring: Leslie Caron, Fred Astaire, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Charlotte Austin
directed by: Jean Negulesco

Release Date February 26, 2007
Four great films in one set.

Grand Hotel a fantastic all star cast including the divine Garbo as Grusinskaya the fading balletrina, also stars the Barrymore brother, what more could you want in a film.


Humoresque Joan plays Helen Wright who falls in love with a young violinist Paul Boray he feels the same about her, but his music comes first, and this leads to a tragic end for Helen.

Possessed A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.

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The Man Who Came to Dinner [1941] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis, Jimmy Durante
directed by: Jean Negulesco, Richard L. Bare, William Keighley

Release Date May 30, 2006
Four great films in one set.

Grand Hotel a fantastic all star cast including the divine Garbo as Grusinskaya the fading balletrina, also stars the Barrymore brother, what more could you want in a film.


Humoresque Joan plays Helen Wright who falls in love with a young violinist Paul Boray he feels the same about her, but his music comes first, and this leads to a tragic end for Helen.

Possessed A dazed woman walks the streets of Los Angeles looking for a man named David. After collapsing in a diner, she's taken to the psychiatric ward of a nearby hospital. Flashbacks reveal her obsession for David as a result of borderline personality disorder which ultimately leads to murder.

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Daddy Long Legs [1955]

starring: Leslie Caron, Fred Astaire, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Charlotte Austin
directed by: Jean Negulesco

Release Date August 07, 2006
The point of a Fred Astaire movie is Fred Astaire dancing. Daddy Long Legs is an uncomfortable attempt to do two additional things. First, to take advantage of the emerging popularity of Leslie Caron, who had caught the American public's attention with her first movie, An American in Paris, made when she was just 20. Caron at that age had an endearing, innocent quality, a delightful accent, and the American public loved it. Second (and in order to accomplish the first point), to meld Astaire's style of easy, graceful sophistication with what Caron was most comfortable with, ballet. The result is a musical that has many good things, but is probably one of the weaker of the Fred Astaire films.

Jervis Pendleton III (Fred Astaire), a rich, charming, ... Read More:

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Road House [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Ida Lupino, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, Cornel Wilde, O.Z. Whitehead
directed by: Jean Negulesco

Release Date September 02, 2008
The point of a Fred Astaire movie is Fred Astaire dancing. Daddy Long Legs is an uncomfortable attempt to do two additional things. First, to take advantage of the emerging popularity of Leslie Caron, who had caught the American public's attention with her first movie, An American in Paris, made when she was just 20. Caron at that age had an endearing, innocent quality, a delightful accent, and the American public loved it. Second (and in order to accomplish the first point), to meld Astaire's style of easy, graceful sophistication with what Caron was most comfortable with, ballet. The result is a musical that has many good things, but is probably one of the weaker of the Fred Astaire films.

Jervis Pendleton III (Fred Astaire), a rich, charming, ... Read More:

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Marilyn Monroe : The Diamond Collection (11 Disc Numbered Limited Edition Box Set) [1951]

starring: Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Richard Widmark, Tony Randall, Yves Montand
directed by: Howard Hawks, Joshua Logan, Jean Negulesco, Walter Lang, Roy Ward Baker

Release Date August 05, 2002
Been wanting to watch MM's films and this box set fitted the bill. Packaged very nicely but the box seems to be made from paper mache as it tends to fray very easily. Loads of special features with the films. Excellent.