Running Time 3921 Min
Format: DVD MOVIE
Customer Reviews:
Good For Collectors.......2007-07-16
This product was pretty good. I received it as a gift. The quality of movies and sound was perfect. The only really negative thing about this item was that the movies election really wasn't the great. It was like they took every movies star, put all of the movie star's movies in the hat, and randomly picked them out. AKA: the movie selection s wern't the greatest, but overall it was good for what I see the price is.
Family Fun.......2007-06-25
I don't typically go in for these fifty movie sets because most times you may get a couple good movies and the rest are so-so. This set offers at least a half dozen good movies that sold for at least five or more dollars and you may still see some of them sold independently. In addition you have some good Three Stooges thrown in as well. This is one of the few fifty movie sets I recommend.
perfect for mom.......2007-06-08
bought this for my 80 year old mother. this was the solution to "there is nothing decent on t.v. anymore. she is really enjoying wathching the old and apparently "decent" movies.
Great value!!.......2007-06-08
They've done it again. Great value for the money. And while several of the "50 Movies" are short subjects, I'd recommend this pack to anyone who likes good, wholesome, old fashion entertainment. You can't go wrong!!
On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.5.......2007-04-13
FAMILY CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK is an outstanding box set of vintage films of superb variety: adventure, comedy, musical, drama, action, fantasy-- all in one great package! The few silent films offered are among the most acclaimed of that era: THE KID, THE GENERAL and THE LOST WORLD (watch for Arthur Conan Doyle, who appears as himself in this last one). This is a collection sure to please every member of your family for years to come.
The overall rating for FAMILY CLASSICS was reached by averaging out polling numbers on individual movies gathered by a cinema-related website. Based on a 1 to 10 scale, the current average for this box set is: 6.5.
PROGRAM list includes individual polling scores, years of release and featured performers.
(6.2) Africa Screams (1949) - Abbott & Costello/Clyde Beatty/Max Baer/Shemp Howard/Joe Besser
(6.3) Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - Harry Carey/C. Aubrey Smith/Charles Winninger
(5.3) The Big Chance (1933) - Mickey Rooney/John Darrow/Merna Kennedy
(5.6) The Big Trees (1952) - Kirk Douglas/Eve Miller/Edgar Buchanan/Alan Hale Jr.
(7.3) The Black Pirate (silent-1926) - Douglas Fairbanks/Donald Crisp/Mary Pickford (cameo)
(7.1) The Blacksmith (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(7.1) Brideless Groom (1947) - The Three Stooges/Emil Sitka
(6.3) Captain Kidd (1945) - Charles Laughton/Randolph Scott/Barbara Britton/John Carradine
(7.1) The Dentist (1932) - W.C. Fields
(7.6) Disorder In The Court (1936) - The Three Stooges
(6.0) Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933) - Shirley Temple/Andy Clyde/Ethel Sykes
(7.1) The Eagle (silent-1925) - Rudolph Valentino/Vilma Bánky/Louise Dresser
(6.4) A Farewell To Arms (1932) - Helen Hayes/Gary Cooper/Adolphe Menjou
(7.3) The Fatal Glass Of Beer (1933) - W.C. Fields
(6.5) Father's Little Dividend (1951) - Spencer Tracy/Joan Bennett/Elizabeth Taylor/Billie Burke
(6.8) The Flying Deuces - Laurel & Hardy/Jean Parker/James Finlayson (in support)
(8.2) The General (silent-1927) - Buster Keaton
(6.6) The Golf Specialist (1930) - W.C. Fields
(6.4) The Great Dan Patch (1949) - Dennis O'Keefe/Gail Russell/Ruth Warrick
(6.7) Gulliver's Travels (animated-1939) - vocals: Jessica Dragonette/Lanny Ross (Jack Mercer as Gabby)
(6.8) The Inspector General (1949) - Danny Kaye/Walter Slezak/Elsa Lanchester/Alan Hale (in support)
(7.0) The Iron Mask (1929) - Douglas Fairbanks/Belle Bennett
(5.4) Jane Eyre (1934) - Virginia Bruce/Colin Clive
(8.1) The Kid (silent-1921) - Charlie Chaplin/Edna Purviance/Jackie Coogan
(6.4) Kid Dynamite (1943) - The East Side Kids
(6.0) The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor/Van Johnson/Walter Pidgeon/Donna Reed
(6.2) Let's Get Tough! (1942) - The East Side Kids/Tom Brown/Robert Armstrong
(7.2) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Freddie Bartholomew/C. Aubrey Smith/Mickey Rooney
(7.1) The Little Princess (1939) - Shirley Temple/Cesar Romero/Arthur Treacher
(5.6) Long John Silver (Australia-1954) - Robert Newton/Connie Gilchrist
(7.0) The Lost World (silent-1925) - Lewis Stone/Wallace Beery/A. Conan Doyle (as himself)
(6.9) Malice In The Palace (1949) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(4.8) Managed Money (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr.
(5.5) The Medicine Man (1930) - Jack Benny
(6.9) My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Bob Hope/Dorothy Lamour/Peter Lorre/Lon Chaney Jr.
(5.8) My Dear Secretary (1949) - Laraine Day/Kirk Douglas/Keenan Wynn/Rudy Vallee
(7.1) Our Town (1940) - William Holden/Martha Scott/Thomas Mitchell
(7.1) The Paleface (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(5.2) Pardon My Pups (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr./Dorothy Ward
(5.7) The Racketeer (1929) - Robert Armstrong/Carole Lombard/Hedda Hopper (in support)
(6.6) Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter Lawford/Keenan Wynn
(5.1) The Scarlet Letter (1934) - Colleen Moore/Hardie Albright/Alan Hale/William Farnum (in support)
(7.6) The Scarlet Pimpernel (UK-1934) - Leslie Howard/Merle Oberon/Raymond Massey/Nigel Bruce
(6.9) Sing A Song Of Six Pants (1947) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(6.1) The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) - Louis Hayward/Joan Bennett/George Sanders/Clayton Moore (in support)
(7.5) A Star Is Born (1937) - Irene Dunne/Fredric March/Adolphe Menjou/Andy Devine
(6.3) That Gang Of Mine (1940) - The East Side Kids
(6.4) Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) - June Allyson/Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra/Van Heflin
(6.3) The Time Of Your Life (1948) - James Cagney/William Bendix/Broderick Crawford/Ward Bond
(4.9) War Babies (1932) - Shirley Temple
Product Description
Get an instant library of some of the greatest comedy classics ever to come out of Hollywood on twelve double-sided DVDs. Never has such a comprehensive collection of great classic comedy features been assembled in one exciting package for an amazing low price.
Customer Reviews:
Gold among the B movies.......2007-06-22
If you like silent films or 'B' movies or if you're a Hollywood history buff, you'll enjoy this collection, though some copies were made from old, deteriorated films and are not easy to view (Angel on my Shoulder; a pity). It was worth the price for these gems alone: My Man Godfrey, Passport to Pimlico, Pot O'Gold [Jimmy Stewart plays a mean harmonica!] and His Girl Friday.
Fun Stuff.......2007-05-14
Good light entertainment for those nights when there is "nothing on" or the satellite goes out.
It's to laugh!.......2007-03-25
COMEDY CLASSICS features the Little Rascals and the Bowery Boys. There's also several examples of the very best Mack Sennett silent comedies, as well as other greats of that era like Buster Keaton. Laurel & Hardy are here for good measure. There are also several fine theatrical films that are sure to keep you smiling for hours on end.
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The following alphabetized program list includes individual 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings, years of release and main actors for each title. The original theatrical titles** of three movies are given instead of their alternates.
(???) All Star Extravaganza - Laurel & Hardy
(6.2) The Amazing Quest Of Ernest Bliss** (1936) - Cary Grant
(7.0) Angel On My Shoulder (1946) - Paul Muni/Anne Baxter/Claude Rains
(6.4) As You Like It (1936) - Laurence Olivier (in support)
(6.5) Beat The Devil (1953) - Humphrey Bogart/Gina Lollobrigida
(5.9) Behave Yourself! (1951) - Farley Granger/Shelley Winters/William Demarest
(6.5) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) - East Side Kids
(5.8) Broadway Limited (1941) - Victor McLaglen/Zasu Pitts
(???) Buster Keaton Classics - Buster Keaton
(???) Buster Keaton Festival - Buster Keaton
(6.8) Clancy Street Boys (1943) - East Side Kids
(5.6) East Side Kids (1940) - Leon Ames
(6.1) Eternally Yours (1939) - Loretta Young/David Niven/Billie Burke
(???) Fatty Arbuckle Festival - Fatty Arbuckle
(6.9) The Front Page (1931) - Adolphe Menjou/Pat O'Brien
(5.9) The Great Mike (1944) - Stuart Erwin/Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
(6.7) The Great Rupert (1950) - Jimmy Durante
(7.0) The Greeks Had A Word For Them** (1932) - Joan Blondell
(6.3) Happy Go Lovely (1951) - David Niven/Vera-Ellen/Caesar Romero
(8.0) His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell
(6.6) Honeymoon In Bali** (1939) - Fred MacMurray/Madeleine Carroll
(6.3) It's A Joke, Son! (1947) - Kenny Delmar/June Lockhart
(???) Keystone Cops Festival - Keystone Cops
(5.1) Li'l Abner (1940) - Jeff York/Buster Keaton (in support)
(5.5) Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946) - Mickey Rooney/Bonita Granville
(6.4) Made For Each Other (1939) - Carole Lombard/James Stewart
(7.0) Million Dollar Kid (1944) - East Side Kids
(6.4) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) - East Side Kids
(8.1) My Man Godfrey (1939) - William Powell/Carole Lombard
(5.8) One Rainy Afternoon (1936) - Francis Lederer/Ida Lupino
(???) Our Gang Festival - Our Gang
(5.9) The Over-The-Hill Gang (TV-1969) - Pat O'Brien/Walter Brennan/Gypsy Rose Lee
(5.0) The Over-The-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV-1970) - Walter Brennan/Fred Astaire/Andy Devine
(7.3) Passport To Pimlico (1949) - Stanley Holloway
(5.8) Pot O' Gold (1941) - James Stewart/Paulette Goddard
(6.2) Pride Of the Bowery (1940) - East Side Kids
(???) Sandy The Seal (UK-1969) - Heinz Drache
(6.3) The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (1947) - Harold Lloyd/Rudy Vallee
(6.8) The Smallest Show On Earth (UK-1957) - Peter Sellers
(6.3) Something To Sing About (1937) - James Cagney/William Frawley
(6.4) Smart Alecks (1942) - East Side Kids
(6.1) Speak Easily (1932) - Buster Keaton/Jimmy Durante
(5.8) Spooks Run Wild (1941) - Bela Lugosi/East Side Kids
(???) Stan Laurel Festival - Stan Laurel
(7.9) Steamboat Bill Jr. (silent-1928) - Buster Keaton
(6.2) The Stork Club (1945) - Betty Hutton/Barry Fitzgerald
(6.7) Swing High, Swing Low (1937) - Carole Lombard/Fred MacMurray
(7.0) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) - Merle Oberon/Melvyn Douglass
(6.0) Three Guys Named Mike (1951) - Jane Wyman/Van Johnson
(5.9) Zis Boom Bah (1941) - Grace Hayes/Huntz Hall (in a supporting role)
Comedy Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection.......2007-03-16
This is a great collection for the price I paid for it. My son and I have enjoyed watching the movies.
Some funny and very old films at a great price.......2007-03-04
I've really been happy with this collection, but you have to know what you are getting. Quite a few of the entries in this collection are 10 to 20 minute long silent comedy shorts, and some of them date back to the 1910's. The shorts include those from Arbuckle, The Keystone Kops and other Mack Sennett shorts, 10 entries from Buster Keaton, and an early 1923 entry from Stan Laurel before he teamed up with Oliver Hardy. None of these films are the best work of any of the comedians involved, but they are still funny.
There are a couple of very good screwball comedies from the 30's - "My Man Godfrey" and "The Front Page". Also included is the 1940 remake of The Front Page - "His Girl Friday" with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. Spanky and Our Gang show up in "Follies of Our Gang" in which they put on a show. The Bowery Boys also have a few entries. There's even an Ernst Lubitsch film - 1941' s"That Uncertain Feeling" starring Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas in a funny romantic comedy. 1946's "Angel on My Shoulder" is a great film which has a murdered gangster (Paul Muni) returned to earth from hell so that he can inhabit the body of a judge for which he is a dead ringer. Instead of doing evil, though, he accidentally keeps doing good in the judge's name, making his sponsor from down below (Claude Rains) very unhappy. Harold Lloyd shows up in his last film - "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock". This film is funny enough, just not up to par with Lloyd's silent work. "Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" is made in 1947, and Rooney is just too old to be doing this at this point. The film completely lacks the pre-World War II charm of its predecessors.
"The Smallest Show on Earth" was an unexpected pleasure about an old movie theatre that has seen better days. When the new owners show up and are disappointed with it, the ancient staff gives the place a facelift to please them so they can hold on to their jobs. "Passport to Pimlico" is another British comedy that is very funny, probably just unfamiliar to you. "Sandy The Seal" isn't a comedy at all, it's more of a dramatic family film. Even though it was made in 1969 it has absolutely awful film quality, and I'm really not that picky. Most of the other entries are funny enough, just not noteable comedy classics.
If you like silent slapstick and classic comedy from the 30's and 40's you'll probably enjoy this collection, and you can't beat the price.
DVD:
- Fandango
- Forget Paris
- Freddy Got Fingered
- Funny Farm
- George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess / Trevor Nunn · Sir Simon Rattle · W. White · C. Haymon · Glyndebourne Opera
- Golden Boy - Essential Anime Collection (Vols. 1 & 2)
- Good Burger
- Good Bye, Lenin!
- Goosebumps: It Came from Beneath the Sink
- Hard Boiled (Two-Disc Ultimate Edition)
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