DVD: Anne Francis

DVD: Anne Francis

DVD:

Anne Francis

Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft

20th Century Fox, 2006

Mr & Mrs Brooks
Mrs. Robinson has grown up and turned to comedy. Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Mel Brooks) is an outstanding comedienne. Don't let the beginning put you off-stick with it. And Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Charles Durning. Mel for once in a STARRING role, although ...

Forbidden Planet

Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis

Warner Home Video, 2000

His evil self at the door
1. Altair 4, twenty years earlier science crew explored the planet. The mission is to find survivors. 2. Oxygen content 4.7% richer than earth air content. 3. Not cities, no sign of civilization, but the crew was radar scan from an area twenty miles square. ...

Funny Girl

Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif

Sony Pictures, 2001

Mrs. Arnstein, Mrs. Arnstein. What a Beautiful Beautiful Name...
When Barbra Streisand reprised her role as Fanny Brice in the movie version of Funny Girl, her stardom was cemented. Not only was it a huge hit, but it was loved by audiences, has gone on to be one of her most adored performances, and made her an Academy Award winning ...

Blackboard Jungle

Richard Brooks, Glenn Ford

Warner Home Video, 2005

"DO YOU LIKE SWING"? A CLASSIC....... OH DADDY O!
Blackboard Jungle is an interesting film that features Glen Ford and some young new talent that would find bigger fame in later years. Sidney Poitier,Vic Marrow and Jamie Farr(Jameel Farrah then) all play teens in this tale of juvenile delinquents in a lower class ...

North and South - The Complete Collection

Kirstie Alley, David Carradine

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 2004

Fantastic except for book three
Book one and two are fantastic. This series gives you the clearest vision of the reality of the Civil war yet produced. Sadly, book three is an absolute disaster. I can't stress this enough. It is totally unwatchable if you enjoyed books one and two. It's not only bad, ...

Honey West: The Complete Series (4pc) (Full B&W)

Anne Francis, John Ericson

Vci Entertainment, 2008

Honey West fans, and Mad Men fans, a DVD for you.
I hadn't seen Honey West before getting this DVD. The show is a predecessor of other shows I admit I like better, Alias, which I enjoyed more. Watching the actual Honey West episodes was fun, but never overly engaging. You do get every Honey West episode here though. ...

Portrait of Jennie

Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

A Portrait of Love!
"Portrait of Jennie" is a fascinating exercise of a most inimitable romance between the mysterious Junoesque like Jennie and struggling artist Eben Adams. Hollywood A-Lister's Joseph Cotten and the beautiful Jennifer Jones provide captivating performances in a tale of ...

Forbidden Planet (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis

Warner Home Video, 2006

His evil self at the door
1. Altair 4, twenty years earlier science crew explored the planet. The mission is to find survivors. 2. Oxygen content 4.7% richer than earth air content. 3. Not cities, no sign of civilization, but the crew was radar scan from an area twenty miles square. ...

The Serpent And The Rainbow

Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson

Universal Studios, 2003

An underrated shocker from Wes Craven!
Dennis Allan (Bill Pullman) is a Harvard anthropologist who just came back from the jungles of South America has been given an assignment to go to Haiti to find a formula which is rumored to bring the dead back to life and can be useful. On his trip, he falls for a ...

Miss Marple - 3 Feature Length Mysteries (The Body in the Library / A Murder Is Announced / A Pocketful of ...

Joan Hickson, Gwen Watford

BBC Warner, 2002

Miss Marple 3 features
Got this for my mom and I enjoyed it just as much as she did. Joan Hickson is Miss Marple come off the pages to life itself. If you're a Christie fan this is a must have for your library collection.

Sex Is Comedy

Anne Parillaud, Grégoire Colin

MGM (Video & DVD), 2005

Not a comedy, just another masterpiece from the great Catherine....
Catherine Breillat is one of the greatest filmmakers working today. Her films are extraordinarily accurate in their depiction of the war between the sexes. Too often people are terrified of her work (both the public and the critics), because it's so truthful. This ...

Battle Cry

Van Heflin, Aldo Ray

Warner Home Video, 2003

...GANG WAY!!!!!!.......HERE COMES THE MARINES.......
Excellent movie [DVD] about WW2 and the USMC....from the spartan Marine Boot Camp scenes and the dangerous amphibious landing/assaults against Japanese Marines throughout the Pacific war...good casting and on location scenery...looking again at Mainside at Camp ...

Charley's Aunt

Jack Benny, Kay Francis

20th Century Fox, 2007

Where the nuts come from!
If you liked the play, you'll like the movie. If you've never seen the play, you may need to remind yourself of when this story was written, and when it was filmed. I could never picture Jack Benny in this role, and yet he was excellent. As for the DVD itself, the ...

Forbidden Planet (Ultimate Collector's Edition) [HD DVD]

Bad Day at Black Rock

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan

Warner Home Video, 2005

I'm lookin for man named Komoko
The film starts with a hauting music and ends with a man stepping off a train in a small town.His mission to hand a over a war medal to a father who is japanese for the gallantly death of his son in the war.This classic film which turns into a first grade thriller is ...