DVD: Miriam Hopkins

DVD: Miriam Hopkins

DVD:

Miriam Hopkins

Molly Parker, Jack Davenport

Paramount, 2008

Desperate for another season of realism
This drama not only shows a select lifestyle of the 70's, but it also broadens out to display very personal, and real, interpersonal relationships. Who in a LONG term relationship hasn't had someone catch their eye, only to realize how much more they love the person ...

Old Acquaintance

Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins

Warner Home Video, 2006

What Friendship is Really About
Another Classic Bette Davis film, The consumate actress and in this wonderful piece she is joined by another really great actress, Miriam Hopkins. Together they give true friendship and loyalty a run for their money Don't miss it.

The Chase

Marlon Brando, Jane Fonda

Columbia Pictures, 2004

Peyton Place with guns
One of Marlon Brando's best. This is Peyton Place with Guns. One of the best scenarios developed upon the premise of the evil of wagging tongues, jealousy, class envy, and hatred fueled by Friday night party-frenzy and too much booze. One man (Brando's town sheriff) ...

The Gary Cooper Collection (Design for Living / The Lives of a Bengal Lancer / Peter Ibbetson / The General ...

Gary Cooper, Ray Milland

Universal Studios, 2005

Fans of old movies...
This collection is a great value for the money. For fans of old movies, especially fans of Gary Cooper, I highly recommend it.

The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)

Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift

Universal Studios, 2007

An "unmarriageble" girl
The Heiress (1949) is an outstanding movie - adaptation of the play by Augustus and Ruth Goetz, based on the novel "Washington Square" by great writer, Henry James, The drama of a young, shy, sweet, open to love, rather plain in her appearance but very rich girl takes ...

The Children's Hour

Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine

MGM (Video & DVD), 2002

Further proof that there is no such thing as a harmless lie...
This is one of those movies I didn't expect to hit me the way that it did. I love Hepburn and MacLaine and so I was anticipating finally getting to sit down and watch this film, but I truly had no idea what to expect. Hepburn was such a wonderfully light actress, an ...

The Bette Davis Collection, Vol. 3 (The Old Maid / All This, And Heaven Too / The Great Lie / In This Our ...

Bette Davis, Mary Astor

Warner Home Video, 2008

Bette Davis: Always Relevant
Bette Davis sparkles in this 3rd collection, which features 6 previously unreleased (on DVD) titles. In This Our Life: Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland are a pair of priviledged sisters who can't get along, especially when Bette tries to cover up a murder. ...

Errol Flynn Westerns Collection (Montana / Rocky Mountain / San Antonio / Virginia City)

Errol Flynn, Humphrey Bogart

Warner Home Video, 2008

"Four entertaining classics"
Four wonderful entertaining westerns that are new to DVD. Great writing, directing and acting. I recommend!

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Double Feature (1932/1941)

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins

Warner Home Video, 2004

SPENCER TRACEY AND INGRID B. ACADEMY AWARD PERFORMANCES!!
IVE BEEN A HORROR FAN PERSON FOR AWHILE,WATCHING THE MOVIE EFFECTS FROM NOW AND THEN ,THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY CHANGES,THIS MOVIE WITH SPENCER AND INGRID DISPLAYS WHAT A GOOD WHOLESOME ENJOYABLE MOVIE IS ALL ABOUT.. SPENCER MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROUD ABOUT THE PART ...

Eclipse Series 8 - Lubitsch Musicals (The Love Parade / The Smiling Lieutenant / One Hour with You / Monte ...

Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier

Criterion Collection, 2008

Naughty innuendo, skimpy lingerie and lots of bedrooms. These four Lubitsch films are a delight
"Shall I see you again?" asks Lieutenant Niki von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier). "Oh, I hope so," says Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the luscious and liberated young violinist and leader of an all-girl orchestra in Vienna. Niki met her an hour or so ago at an outdoor ...

Becky Sharp

Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee

Synergy Ent, 2008

UNACCEPTABLE DVD IMAGE, SOUND QUALITY AND NO COMMENTARY!!
I SAW THE ORIGINAL RESTORATION OF THIS FILM AT THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES IN BEVERLY HILLS BACK IN THE 1980'S WHEN IT WAS RESTORED TO ITS' ORIGINAL GLORY BY BOB GITT OF UCLA. IN FACT THIS WAS THE KICK-OFF FILM FOR FILM PRESERVATION AND ...

Becky Sharp

Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee

Alpha Video, 2004

Technicolor can't steal the show away from Hopkins!
In this screen translation of the classic comedy of manners VANITY FAIR, Miriam Hopkins portrays William Makepeace Thackeray's heroine, a spunky, quick-witted mercenary who climbs the ladder of social success not giving a damn about whom her hoopskirts are knocking out ...

The Children's Hour [Region 2]

Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine

MGM

Further proof that there is no such thing as a harmless lie...
This is one of those movies I didn't expect to hit me the way that it did. I love Hepburn and MacLaine and so I was anticipating finally getting to sit down and watch this film, but I truly had no idea what to expect. Hepburn was such a wonderfully light actress, an ...

The Good Father

Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent

Homevision, 2005

Report fron the frontline of the 80's Sex War
Christopher Hampton is a superb diagnostician when it comes to the war between the sexes and his scripts (ie. "Treats" or "Les Liaisons Dangereuses") examine the viciousness and the paradoxes of gender relationships like no other. "The Good Father" hinges on just such ...

Great Novels on Film 4 Movie Pack

Gregory Peck, Gary Cooper

BCI / Eclipse, 2003

Farewell to Snows of Becky Twist
Screenplays in the GREAT NOVELS ON FILM 4 Movie Pack are based on the writings of Hemingway, Dickens and Thackeray. CONTENTS: BECKY SHARP-- This central character in "Vanity Fair" was an orphaned child of poor parents. Becky made her life's ambitions the ...