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The Wizard Of Oz [1939]

starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley
directed by: King Vidor, Mervyn LeRoy, Richard Thorpe, Victor Fleming

Release Date June 19, 2006
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R25B4ZOL1714W9

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Random Harvest [All Region] [import]

starring: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

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A marvelous story from the writer James Hilton. There are some changes in the story, and some scenes are chocolate box such as the cottage bt the stream with trout in the lake, and the horse and cart pulling up with the bride and groom. Ronald Colman and Greer Garson are first class actors, but they seem to old to be to old for the parts they play.Coleman looks like a man in his late fiftys. Walking out of the unguarded asylum in 1919, when in fact he would be in his early twentys called to enlist in 1914. The characters Smithy meets in the gradual unfolding story are interesting, Biffa Briggs the boxer, Harrison the man who comes to work for Smithy or Charles Rainier as he is revealed to be, and of course the romantic interest of Paula Ridgeway played ... Read More:

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Waterloo Bridge [All Region] [import]

starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

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I have the DVD of this the imported korean version.I bet there is a better copy out there but this is good and the sound is perfect aswell.
Made in 1940 it is still as brilliant now as it was upon its realease.Vivien Leigh in her firt role since Gone With The Wind plays Mara a young ballet dancer who meets Captain Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor)in an air raid warning on Waterloo Bridge in World War 1.They fall in love instantly and agree to marry one day before he has to go back to fight in France.They dont get married as Captain Cronin is called back into action.Months go by and Mara reads that Cronin is dead in a newspaper.After loseing everything she turns prostitute though not said once in the movie you just know that she has.In a chance meeting Capain ... Read More:

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Little Women [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date August 26, 2003
This is, for me, the best ever adaptation of Louisa May Alcotts 'Little Women' It is perfectly cast, beautifully acted, and just how I had pictured the girls in my imagination. It's a lovely story, of 4 sisters, Meg, Jo Beth and Amy, and their mother and father, and their lives and loves. June Allyson is the perfect Jo, and Peter Lawford a very handsome Laurie. Elizabeth Taylor plays Amy to perfection, and it is just so totally like the book. I absolutely love this version, though I have seen them all. This is by far my all-time favourite. I love the opening where the girls are walking through the snow singing, and I ALWAYS cry over Beth. They just don't make 'em like this any more, sadly. A true gem.

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The Green Berets [1968]

starring: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques
directed by: John Wayne, Mervyn LeRoy, Ray Kellogg

Release Date April 18, 2005
Wayne avoided military service during World War Two, and it shows in the movie. For example, Wayne repeatedly uses his rifle to gesture toward someone, a flagrant mistake that a recruit with one week of training would not make. Appropriately, at the movie's end the sun sinks in the east as Wayne and a Vietnamese child gaze out to sea. The movie's grasp of the war in Vietnam is as confused as its grasp of geography.

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Quo Vadis [1952] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan
directed by: Anthony Mann, Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date November 11, 2008
I love it. From all the epics made in Hollywood it has the best script. I don't know another one that makes me laugh. This one truly has a good sense of humor and sarcasm. Not to forget the story about love, hate, courage - simply everything that makes a good movie. The actors are great - no one will forget Peter Ustinov's performance, and Robert Taylor - here he is not only as handsome as a man can be, his acting is also fine with a good sense of irony, great professionalism, topped by a very charming appearance.

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Random Harvest [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers
directed by: Herbert Polesie, Joseph M. Newman, Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date January 11, 2005
This is my favoutite film of all time. The story, based on a James Hilton novel is rather clever. A first world war officer has shell shock, loses his memory and cannot even remember who he is. Placed in an asylum he manages to 'walk out' on the day war ends and 'bumps into' Greer Garson. They fall in love, marry and have a baby. Then, on a trip to Liverpool he gets knocked down and his memory returns, however, his memory from shell shock to marriage to becoming a father is lost. The story becomes quite intense at times with one of the most wonderful endings any film could have. I haven't given the story away, just the beginning as I wish to lead you into one of the most memorable films you could ever watch.

Forget special effects, forget high ... Read More:

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Yankee Doodle Dandy [1942] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher
directed by: Carl H. Lindahl, Friz Freleng, John Rust, Lewis Seiler, Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date September 30, 2003
This is the best film ever but try as I might I can not get hold of it for region 2. If anyone knows where or how I can find this film to play on my DVD player, here in England, I would be grateful.
Same goes for "My Beautiful Son" AKA "Strange Relations" in the American market.

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Little Caesar [1931]

starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date June 19, 2006
Little Caesar, made in 1931, was released only a few months before The Public Enemy with James Cagney, and together they set the standard that all future crime films would be judged. Edward G Robinson takes the acting honours by miles with a mesmerising performance as Rico.

The film is is clearly influenced by the life of Al Capone, and Chicago in general in the 1920's. For 1931, only a year or so into talkies the script is remarkably good. Flaherty, who is the Cop who wants to put the cuffs on Rico has some great dry witty and sarcastic lines. Rico has many classic lines including "You can dish it out but you're getting so you just can't take it anymore!" and his final words "Mother of mercy.. is this the end of Rico?".

Watch carefully and ... Read More:

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Waterloo Bridge [1940]

starring: Harry Allen, Jimmy Aubrey, Florence Baker, Phyllis Barry, Leo G. Carroll
directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date September 18, 2007
I have the DVD of this the imported korean version.I bet there is a better copy out there but this is good and the sound is perfect aswell.
Made in 1940 it is still as brilliant now as it was upon its realease.Vivien Leigh in her firt role since Gone With The Wind plays Mara a young ballet dancer who meets Captain Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor)in an air raid warning on Waterloo Bridge in World War 1.They fall in love instantly and agree to marry one day before he has to go back to fight in France.They dont get married as Captain Cronin is called back into action.Months go by and Mara reads that Cronin is dead in a newspaper.After loseing everything she turns prostitute though not said once in the movie you just know that she has.In a chance meeting Capain Cronin returns ... Read More: