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Madame X (1966) (Region B) Blu-ray Review

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Alexandre Bisson’s warhorse melodrama of a doomed life and mother love triumphant gets its seventh screen interpretation in David Lowell Rich’s 1966...
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I agree there are some implausible aspects to the story, but the only one that irks me is that "Madame X" seemingly has not learned the name of her courtroom defender. If she had, she would have realised from the outset who he was.

As for that visual blip: I must have blinked. I'm pleased with the transfer and am very glad to have this disc. I'm also impressed by Russell Cowe's summary of the life and career of Lana Turner.

All zone-free Lana Turner fans should add this disc to their collection.
 

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I ordered today. The story was always implausible and by the sixties I am sure it was hopelessly dated, but I love the old weepers as they sometimes refer to them on TCM and this one is classic.
 

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I, too, have ordered this one through Amazon Australia. Amazon UK would not allow orders to the U.S.

Perhaps Universal will one day see the light and start issuing some of these classics.
 

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My copy arrived yesterday, and I will watch it this evening or tomorrow. Am very much looking forward to it.
 

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One of Lana's finest; certainly one of the rare times that she was called upon to stretch her acting muscles. I love Lana in this period, alongside "Madame X" she is also in peak form in the underrated "Portrait in Black".
 

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