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Karine Philippot
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Location: Montreal
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Local Date: 12-02-2008
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Re: WB Announces BURT LANCASTER Signature Collection
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Originally Posted by Mario Gauci
Both this and the Barbara Stanwyck set, however, show a severe drop in quality (of the films themselves) as Warners really seem to have scraped the bottom of their vaults to release what are, for the most part, lackluster - or, at best, inessential - vehicles featuring these two great stars. Mind you, Columbia and Universal did the same with last year's Boris Karloff Collections...
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I disagree there - I could not be happier about seeing some rarer films released, including some that have never made it to home video before. I think ANNIE OAKLEY is as essential a Stanwyck film as EXECUTIVE SUITE, ditto the superior soaper MY REPUTATION. The latter is not well-known perharps, not having been on home video before, but certainly not lackluster or run-of-the-mill in any way. What about EAST SIDE WEST SIDE - a superficial film for sure but talk about star-studded! The Lancaster set strikes me as excellent and diversified - JIM THORPE being a really fine biopic for one and HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE striking me as superior to FLAME AND THE ARROW. SOUTH SEA WOMAN is a hoot - a definite change of pace - and I am glad to see it in this collection. No masterpieces, but wonderfully entertaining, each and every one. 
To each his own I guess - to me, these sets are much more interesting than those that are just full of well-known and acclaimed titles. Go figure!
DVD wish list: The Accused (48), Three Comrades (38), Margie (46), I'll Get By (50), The Constant Nymph (43), The Voice of the Turtle (47), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (34), Her Twelve Men (54), The Lost Moment (47), I Walk Alone (48), The Glass Menagerie (50), These Three (36), The Bride Wore Red (37), The Best Things in Life Are Free (56), Midnight Lace (60), Knock on Wood (53), Private Worlds (35), The Rat Race (60), Ramona (36), Lizzie (57), Every Girl Should Be Married (48), Remember the Night (40), Easy to Love (53), Born to Be Bad (50), Backfire (50), About Mrs. Leslie (54), It's a Great Feeling (49), Three Sailors and a Girl (53), Let's Be Happy (57), You Came Along (45), The Unguarded Moment (56), The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (50), Athena (54), Johnny Guitar (54), All My Sons (48), The Purple Mask (55), Tin Pan Alley (40), The Girl from Missouri (34), The Affairs of Susan (45), Thousands Cheer (43), Pitfall (48), You Were Meant for Me (48), Music for Millions (44), I Love Trouble (48) ...
Last edited by CinéKarine : 07-24-2007 at 02:42 PM.
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