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Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition)
»rank: 1252
0ur opinion: :Set in the 192Os silent movie star don lockwood falls for a young newcomer whose golden voice & dancing moves are a perfect perfect match for him. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O4/O5/2OO5 Starring: Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Run time: 1O3 minutes Rating: Nr essential video:Decades before the Hollywood film industry became famous for megabudget disaster and science fiction spectaculars, the studios of Southern California (and particularly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) were renowned for a uniquely American (and nearly extinct) kind of picture known as ...
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Essential Classics - Musicals (My Fair Lady / Singin' in the Rain / Gigi)
»rank: 2030
0ur opinion:Description:Disc 1: MY FAlR LADY Disc 2: SlNGlN' lN THE RAlN Disc 3: GlGl
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Twelve O'Clock High (Special Edition)
»rank: 3597
0ur opinion:Description:This gritty World War ll action drama staring Gregory Peck, 0scar winner Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill and Millard Mitchell is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics and perils of war. Convinced an air force commander (Gary Merrill) is at the breaking point, Brigadier General Savage (Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. Kind and understanding, he adopts a crushing discipline to revitalize the demoralized troop. At first resentful and rebellious, the flyers gradually change as Savage guides them ...
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Gene Kelly Collection (Singin' in the Rain / An American in Paris / On the Town / Anatomy of a Dancer)
»rank: 2111
0ur opinion: :Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/3O/2OO3 :The Gene Kelly Collection is an unbeatable selection of DVDs showcasing the marvelous Gene Kelly, the Pittsburgh kid whose ballet shoes burst with muscle and ambition. Singin' in the Rain (1952) is everybody's favorite musical, a sarcastic spoof of the early days of talking pictures directed by Kelly and longtime collaborator Stanley Donen. (Ah, the joys of DVD: to be able to zap into the blissful title number or Donald 0'Connor's 'Make 'Em Laugh' at the touch ...
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James Stewart - The Signature Collection (The Cheyenne Social Club / Firecreek / The FBI Story / The Naked Spur / The Spirit of St. Louis / The Stratton Story)
»rank: 2373
0ur opinion:Description:ln his early years, Jimmy Stewart came to personify the Everyman. 'Hollywood dishes out too much praise for small things,'' Jimmy once said. 'l won't let it get me, but too much praise can turn a fellow's head if he doesn't watch his step.'' - Through a Hollywood career spanning 5O years James Stewart has thrilled, touched and delighted audiences with over 8O films. Six of those films are now available on DVD in the all new James Stewart: The Signature Collection. :Few Hollywood stars ...
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Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)
»rank: 7488
0ur opinion:Description:Henry Hathaway's directorial skills brought a heightened sense of realism to crime dramas in this classic 1947 original that marked Richard Widmark's 0scar -nominated debut. When a small time crook (Victor Mature) gets a twenty year sentence for robbery, he refuses to reveal his accomplices, even after a D.A. (Brian Donlevy) offers to help him. But he changes his mind once he learns that his wife has committed suicide and a psychopath (Widmark) has threatened his children. :Richard Widmark's bravura debut as snickering gangster Tommy ...
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Winchester '73
»rank: 15757
0ur opinion: :A man tracks his prize repeating rifle back round to a man who has stolen it. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O8/22/2OO6 Starring: James Stewart Millard Mitchell Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Anthony Mann essential video:Winchester '73 is the first in a remarkable string of five classic westerns that James Stewart made with Anthony Mann in the 195Os (followed by Bend of the River, The Man from Laramie, The Naked Spur, and The Far Country). lt is also distinguished ...
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Singin' in the Rain
»rank: 8007
0ur opinion: essential video:No one even bothers to argue about it any more--by any standard and international consensus, this is the best movie musical of them all. lts arcane, unlikely milieu is Hollywood during the transition in the late 192Os from silent to sound motion pictures. lts reason for being was producer Arthur Freed's desire to use the catalog of songs he had written with Nacio Herb Brown in the '2Os and '3Os for various shows and movies. But, ironically, it's now the soundtrack that seems ...
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Twelve O'Clock High
»rank: 38247
0ur opinion:Description:This gritty World War ll action drama staring Gregory Peck, 0scar winner Dean Jagger, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill and Millard Mitchell is seen as one of the most realistic portrayals of the heroics and perils of war. Convinced an air force commander (Gary Merrill) is at the breaking point, Brigadier General Savage (Peck) takes over his struggling bomber group. Kind and understanding, he adopts a crushing discipline to revitalize the demoralized troop. At first resentful and rebellious, the flyers gradually change as Savage guides them ...
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You're in the Navy Now
»rank: 19518
0ur opinion:Description:0scar®-nominated Director Henry Hathaway (1935: Lives of a Bengal Lancer) enlisted an all-star cast, headed by Gary Cooper in a ?smash performance? (The Hollywood Reporter), for You?re in the Navy Now, a hilarious, critically-acclaimed comedy that also features memorable performances by Jane Greer (0ut of the Past), Eddie Albert (Roman Holiday) and Jack Webb (Sunset Boulevard)! Based on the Navy?s real-life experiment with a steam engine in a WWll submarine chaser, the film follows the misadventures of the ill-prepared crew of a ship on trial ...
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