Dorothy Gulliver

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King Kong (1933)
way better then the other 2 !
way better then the other 2
IT WAS BEAUTY THAT KILLED THE BEAST...
The only one to see

King Kong (1933) (Single-Disc Edition)
Starring: Robert Armstrong , Roscoe Ates , Reginald Barlow , Lynton Brent , and Bruce Cabot
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
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King Kong - Extended Cut (Three-Disc Deluxe Edition)
King Kong
Frankenstein - The Legacy Collection (Frankenstein / Bride of / Son of / Ghost of / House of)
The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
Batman Begins [HD DVD]

ASIN: B000EHQTZO
Release Date: 2006-03-28

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"Now you see it. You're amazed. You can't believe it. Your eyes open wider. It's horrible, but you can't look away. There's no chance for you. No escape. You're helpless, helpless. There's just one chance, if you can scream. Throw your arms across your eyes and scream, scream for your life!" And scream Fay Wray does most famously in this monster classic, one of the greatest adventure films of all time, which even in an era of computer-generated wizardry remains a marvel of stop-motion animation. Robert Armstrong stars as famed adventurer Carl Denham, who is leading a "crazy voyage" to a mysterious, uncharted island to photograph "something monstrous ... neither beast nor man." Also aboard is waif Ann Darrow (Fay Wray) and Bruce Cabot as big lug John Driscoll, the ship's first mate. King Kong's first half-hour is steady going, with engagingly corny dialogue ("Some big, hard-boiled egg gets a look at a pretty face and bang, he cracks up and goes sappy") and ominous portent that sets the stage for the horror to come. Once our heroes reach Skull Island, the movie comes to roaring, chest-thumping, T. rex-slamming, snake-throttling, pterodactyl-tearing, native-stomping life. King Kong was ranked by the American Film Institute as among the 50 best films of the 20th century. Kong making his last stand atop the Empire State Building is one of the movies' most indelible and iconic images. --Donald Liebenson

DVD features
Not surprisingly, the eighth wonder of the world's DVD treatment is nothing short of spectacular. The newly restored, digitally mastered print of the 1933 version of King Kong is sharp, well balanced, and given that this film is seventy years old, has very few scratches or blemishes. The restoration is nothing short of amazing. What may frustrate some is the audio. Though crystal clear, it is still in 2.0 Mono. The soundtrack on Kong is such an integral part of the film you really wished they could have pulled it out to at least 2.0 Surround; but this is a minor criticism. The bulk of the commentary track is by visual effects veterans Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston joyfully discussing the special effects of the film and discussing why King Kong is such a favorite and important film to the community of visual effects artists. Spliced between their commentaries are colorful and humorous anecdotes from director from Merian C. Cooper and Fay Wray. The two documentaries on disc two run over three and half hours long. I Am Kong! The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper is an engaging documentary on the renegade, Hemingway-like director. It is fascinating to learn that Cooper was every bit the adventurer that the fictional director Carl Denham in King Kong was in the film. RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth Wonder of the World is a two and a half hour documentary broken into 7 parts: "The Origins of King Kong," "Willis O'Brien and Creation," "Cameras Roll on Kong," "The Eighth Wonder," "A Milestone in Visual Effects," "Passion, Sound and Fury," "The Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence," and "King Kong's Legacy." Also included is complete footage of the legendary "The Lost Spider Pit Sequence." Presenting the segments are various film historians and filmmakers including Rudy Behlmer, Cooper biographer Mark Cotta Vaz, the Chiodo Brothers (of Team America: World Police special effects fame), and directors John Landis and Peter Jackson. Here you will learn everything you would ever want to know about the making and importance of King Kong, including that the producer/director team of Cooper and Schoedsack played the pilots who shoot Kong off the Empire State Building. The highly anticipated, long-awaited release of King Kong will meet most viewers' expectations, and exceed everyone's else. --Rob Bracco

Description

Seeking a backer for his movie, Merian C. Cooper approached a top Hollywood mogul. "You know what a 50-foot gorilla would see in a five-foot girl?" the mogul asked. "His breakfast!" The studio chief wasn't buying but the public was. King Kong saved RKO from bankruptcy and became an all-time classic, ranking 43rd on the American Film Institute's list of Top-100 American Movies. King Kong teems with memorable moments: a moviemaking expedition on a fantastic isle filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures; the giant simian's lovestruck obsession with the film shoot's blonde starlet (scream queen Fay Wray); Kong's capture; his Manhattan rampage; and the fateful finale atop the Empire State Building, where Kong cradles his palm-sized beloved and swats at machine-gunning airplanes. "It was beauty killed the beast." But in these and other great scenes, Kong lives forever.

Customer Reviews:

King Kong (1933).......2007-01-04

I now have all three versions of this story. I prefer the 1933 original
version. The last release was OK, but I felt overwelmed by the CGI stuff.
The 1976 version just did not produce. The original, projected the terror
and the love intrest of Kong.

Michael

way better then the other 2 !.......2006-11-29

cool specail effects i seen this movie alot of times cant stop watching it 1933 kong was a toy moved with frams cool movie but 1976 kong was a guy in a gorilla costume now how cheesy is that and 2005 kong was computer animated but still bad 1933 king kong is super cool

way better then the other 2.......2006-11-29

cool specail effects just leave king kong be you cant make it better 1933 was a toy used frams to move it 1976 was a guy in a gorilla costume now how cheesy is that and 2005 was computer animated but still bad 1933 king kong is cool dont say its bad

IT WAS BEAUTY THAT KILLED THE BEAST..........2006-05-29

As a young child in the nineteen fifties, I used to watch this film whenever it appeared on TV on "Million Dollar Movie". I loved it then. I love it now. Time has not diminished the capacity of this film to mesmerize and hold the viewer in its thrall.

The story line is basic. Carl Denham (Robert Armstrong), a filmmaker and entrepreneur, leads an expedition to Skull Island where he discovers its deep, dark secret. It is a land where time has stood still, and prehistoric monsters still hold sway over the island and its inhabitants. There, the natives pay homage to the one whom they revere as "Kong", and who is, indeed, king of the island.

Denham, together with his beautiful, budding starlet, Ann Darrow (Fay Wray), as well as with the crew of the ship that brought him to Skull Island, investigates the strange ritual being performed on the island by its native population. Before she knows it, Ann finds herself captured by the natives. She is to become the bride of the mysterious "Kong".

When Ann discovers who the mysterious "Kong" is, she starts screaming and doesn't stop. The ship's first mate, Jack Driscoll (Bruce Cabot), who happens to be in love with Ann, manages to rescue her from the clutches of "Kong". Notwithstanding the fact that "Kong" has taken a shine to her, Ann is relieved to have been rescued by the man whom she loves.

Denham then arranges to capture the creature, whom he calls "King Kong" and takes him back to New York with them on the ship that brought them to Skull Island. There, King Kong makes his debut, one that movie lovers will long remember.

The special effects of this film were superlative for its time and still pass muster today. The relationship between the beauty and the beast still makes the viewer sit up and take notice. This is an attention grabbing film that is as exciting today, as when it was first released over seventy years ago. It is a truly timeless, cinema classic. Bravo!

The only one to see.......2006-04-27

While the 2005 version is a techno dream, this is the only version really worth watching or having. Never equaled.

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"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33) ... John Wayne ... Passport Video"
The Duke Did It First!...
okay, but not as good as Marengo Films previous version
THE NEW IMPROVED PRISTINE VERSION HAS ARRIVED
A classic John Wayne

Shadow of the Eagle
Starring: John Wayne , Dorothy Gulliver , Edward Hearn , Richard Tucker , and Lloyd Whitlock
Director: Ford Beebe , and B. Reeves Eason
Manufacturer: Marengo Films
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The Three Musketeers
Westward Ho
Three Faces West
Dakota
A Lady Takes a Chance

ASIN: B00004YS8Q
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Description

218 minute feature film DVD.

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33) ... John Wayne ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

Passport Video and Koch Entertainment Distribution present "The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection" (1932/33)
(Dolby digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s
when John Wayne took us up into the skies to exciting
adventures....some of the best cliffhangers ever to grace the Saturday Matinee
Screen...just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye
with excitement...don't miss any of the John Wayne features loaded with action that will leave
you wanting more of his high adventures

First up is "SHADOW OF THE EAGLE" (1932 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under director Ford Beebe, produced by Nat Levine, original screenplay & story by Colbert Clark, Wyndham Gittens and Forbe Beebe....the cast include John Wayne (Craig McCoy), Dorothy Gulliver( Jean Gregory), Edward Hearn (Col. Nathan B. Gregory), Richard Tucker (Maj. Evans, company owner), Lloyd Whitlock (Green, a director), Walter Miller (Danby, a director ), Edmund Burns (Clark, a director), Pat O'Malley (Ames, a director), Kenneth Harlan (Ward, a director), Little Billy' Rhodes (Billy Little, the midget), Ivan Linow (Heinie, the strongman), James Bradbury Jr. (Henry, the ventriloquist), Ernie Adams (Frederick 'Pat' Kelly, the barker), Roy D'Arcy (Henchman Gardner), Bud Osborne (Henchman Tim Moore), YakimaCanutt (Henchman Boyle), Billy West (Bob, the clown ), Monte Montague (Callahan, Policeman at circus).......our story has seversal questions will The Eagle use sky writing to make threats against a corporation...can Edward Hearn who owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle succeed in his evil plot against all that is good...will John Wayne who is a pilot go searching for the Eagle when Hearn's turns up missing....all of this and more await your viewing pleasure in a 12 Chapter Mascot Pictures thrilling serial adventure that is action packed. . . . . . . Special footnote, actor John Wayne once said, "Every country in the world loved the folklore of the West - the music, the dress, the excitement, everything that was associated with the opening of a new territory. It took everybody out of their own little world - The cowboy lasted a hundred years, created more songs and prose and poetry than any other folk figure - The closest thing was the Japanese samurai. Now, I wonder who'll continue it...His performance as Ethan Edwards in "The Searchers" (1956) is ranked #23 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time...Of his many film roles, his personal favorite was that of Ethan Edwards from The Searchers (1956). Wayne even went so far as to name his son Ethan after that character...The inscription on the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him in 1979 reads, simply, "John Wayne, American."...After meeting the late Superman star Christopher Reeve at the 1979 Academy Awards, Wayne turned to Cary Grant and said "This is our new man. He's taking over."...Turned down the role of Marshal Dillon on "Gunsmoke" (1955) because he did not want to commit to a weekly TV series. He recommended his friend James Arness for the role, and gave the on camera introduction in the pilot episode...I would like to be remembered, well...the Mexicans have a phrase, 'Feo fuerte y formal'. Which means; he was ugly, strong and had dignity."

Chapter Titles:
1. The Carnival Mystery
2. Pinholes
3. The Eagle Strikes
4. The Man of a Million Voices
5. The Telephone Cipher
6. Code of the Carnival
7. Eagle or Vulture?
8. On the Spot
9. When Thieves Fall Out
10.The Man Who Knew
11.The Eagle's Wings
12.The Shadow Unmasked

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. John Wayne (aka: Marion Michael Morrison)
Birth Date: 5/26/1907 - Winterset, Iowa
Died: 6/11/1979 - Los Angeles, California

Second film on the bill is "HURRICANE EXPRESS" (1932 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under director's J.P. McGowan and Armand Schaefer, produced by Nat Levine, original screenplay & story by Colbert Clark, Wyndham Gittens, J.P. McGowan, George Moran, Barney A. Sarecky and Harold Tarshis, musical score by Lee Zahler....the cast include John Wayne (Larry Baker), Tully Marshall (Howard L. Edwards, Railroad manager), Conway Tearle (Stevens, Railroad attorney),Shirley Grey (Gloria Stratton), Edmund Breese (Frank Stratton, Gloria's father), Lloyd Whitlock, (Walter Gray, Airline manage), Al Bridge (Carlson, Plainville station agent (as Alan Bridge), Matthew Betz (Tom Jordan, Railroad engineer (as Mathew Betz), Joseph W. Girard (Det. Matthews (as Joseph Girard), James P. Burtis (Det. Hemingway, Matthews, assistant (as James Burtis), Ernie Adams (Henchman Barney, Machine gunner (as Ernie S. Adams), Charles King (Henchman Mike), J. Farrell MacDonald (Jim Baker, Railroad engineer), Al Ferguson (Henchman Sandy, The "Wrecker's" pilot),Glenn Strange (Henchman Jim), Victor Adamson (Train passenger), Yakima Canutt (Henchman ), Eddie Parker (Co-pilot), Fred 'Snowflake' Toones (Sam, the Train porter)........our story opens with a villain known as "The Wrecker" who wrecks only the L & R Railroad trains...who is this evil character and why is he doing this...can John Wayne see through his many disguises, will this evildoers be stopped...don't touch that dial until the final chapter "Unmasked". . . . . .veterans character actors appear as the henchmen Ernie Adams, Charlie King, Glenn Strange and Al Ferguson. . . . . .check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today. . . . .another great serial from Mascot Pictures, proves to be one of Wayne's most exciting performances.

Chapter Titles:
1. The Wrecker
2. Flying Pirates
3. The Masked Menace
4. Buried Alive
5. Danger Lights
6. The Airport Mystery
7. Sealed Lips
8. Outside the Law
9. The Invincible Army
10. The Wrecker's Secret
11. Wings of Death
12. Unmasked

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Glenn Strange (aka: George Glenn Strange)
Birth Date: 8/16/1899 - Weed, New Mexico
Died: 9/20/1973 - Los Angeles, California
2. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro. Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California
3. Al Ferguson
Birth Date:4/19/1888 - Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland
Died: 12/04/1971 - Long Beach, Long Island, New York,
4. Ernie Adams
Birth Date: 6/18/1895 - San Francisco, California
Died: 11/26/1947 - Hollywood, California

Final serial is "THE THREE MUSKETEERS" (1933 - B&W) (12 Chapters), under directors Colbert Clark and Armand Schaefer, produced by Nat Levine, screenplay and story by Colbert Clark, Bennett Cohen, Alexandre Dumas, Wyndham Gittens, Norman S. Hall and Barney A. Sarecky, musical score by Lee Zahler...the cast include John Wayne (Lt. Tom Wayne), Jack Mulhall (Clancy), Raymond Hatton (Renard), Ralph Bushman (Schmidt (as Francis X. Bushman Jr.), Ruth Hall (Elaine Corday), Lon Chaney Jr. (Lt. Armand Corday as Creighton Chaney), Hooper Atchley (El Kadur), Gordon De Main (Col. Duval), Robert Frazer (Major Booth), Noah Beery Jr. (Noah Stubbs), Al Ferguson (Ali), Edward Peil Sr. (Ratkin (as Edward Piel) William Desmond (Capt. Boncour), George Magrill (El Maghreb), Robert Warwick (Col. Brent), Yakima Canutt (El Shaitan, when masked/Legion Officer), Frank Ellis (Legionnaire), Kermit Maynard (Legionnaire). . . . . .our story is a good one from the pages of Alexandre Dumas, only this time set in the Arabian desert...our hero John Wayne does it all rescues Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton and Ralph Bushman, although Wayne has fourth billing and must prove himself throughout the 12 Chapters...the action is non stop and a physical film all through the perfected stunts of ace stuntman Yakima Canutt, who also trained Wayne to do most of his own stunts in this adventure...will the musketeers stop El Shaitan (who spouts "Death to the unbeliever") who is terrorizing the entire Mascot Picture lot....don't miss a single chapter of this exciting 1933 cliffhanger. . . . . special footnote, one of my favorite character actors was Raymond Hatton (1887-1971) who worked with Buck Jones, Tim McCoy and Johnny Mack Brown as Marshall Sandy Hopkins appeared from 1943 and made 45 films for Monogram Pictures...Hatton who first appeared on film in "Tragic Love" (1909-Silent/unconfirmed), "Oliver Twist" (1917), "The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), "The Squaw Man" (1931), "Law and Order" (1932)...during the '30s & '40s he played the comical sidekick for Johnny Mack Brown and Bob Livingston...went on to join Buck Jones and Tim McCoy in the "Rough Riders" series...Hatton worked right up to his last film "In Cold Blood" (1967). . . ...check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing. . . pick up your copy today

Chapter Titles:
1. The Fiery Circle
2. One For All and All For One
3. The Master Spy
4. Pirates of the Desert
5. Rebel Rifles
6. Death's Marathon
7. Naked Steel
8. The Master Strikes
9. The Fatal Cave
10. Trapped
11. The Measure of Man
12. The Glory of Comrades

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Raymond Hatton
Birth Date: 7/07/1887 - Red Oak, Iowa
Died: 10/21/1971 - Palmdale, California
2. Jack Mulhall (aka: John Joseph Francis Mulhall)
Birth Date:10/07/1887 - Wappingers Falls, New York
Died: 6/01/1979 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California

BONUS FEATURE:
1. Hollywood Remembers: John Wayne - a tribute to the film career of the Duke (25 mins)

Great job by Passport Video for releasing "The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection (1932/33), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s...order your copy now from Amazon or Passport Video where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 700 mins on 6-DVD's ~ Passport Video DVD #5890 ~ (7/11/2006)

The Duke Did It First!..........2005-11-19

"Shadow Of The Eagle"(1932)

Okay, we all love the scene in "North By Northwest" in which Cary Grant is being chased across a field by the crop duster plane. It is a nail biting, edge of your seat scene, and we want to yell, "Look out Cary, it's coming back at you!" I would never take anything away from that class act, but fans of The Duke, may remember that he did it first about 27 years earlier, in this wonderful mystery/serial. And not only was he being chased by a stunt plane, but was carrying an injured woman in his strong arms at the same time!!! That's our guy, even early on, quite the hero.

"Shadow of the Eagle" is a real treat for John Wayne fans. It's runs about 3 hours, and the action and adventure, the mystery and suspense is non stop. Wayne plays Craig McCoy, a stunt pilot and is part of a traveling fair. When a mysterious pilot known as The Eagle", starts making murderous threats with sky-writing, our guy jumps into action to try and find this villain. Suspect everyone, suspect no one, as for 3 hours, the upper hand and evidence jumps back and forth between the bad guys and the good guys. Keep in mind this was an originally a 12 chapter serial, so each chapter may be considered a kind of cliff hanger.

What is most fun about the story is that all the performers of the traveling fair get involved in one way or another. Some are prime suspects(for a while), others, like the strong man, and the ventriloquist use their talents to help catch the criminal.

This film can be found on a DVD released by Platinum Disc(who do all those fun Great American Westerns). Although it starts out a little scratchy, I was very surprised by the quality of both the sound and the picture. It didn't get a total restoration, but a very decent view, and the film plays completely through with no breaks between the chapters. There are 3 other films of Wayne's included on this DVD. "Rainbow Valley", "His Private Secretary", and "Paradise Canyon", all from the 30's, and they do show their age). The DVD is simply called John Wayne" Enter B0001I2C4I into the DVD search and it will take you there, if you are interested in it. It is also part of a 2 pack John Wayne collection(9 films in total)Enter B0001OGVBM. So lots of choices here.

Witness the early beginnings of a legend in action...and enjoy!....Laurie

okay, but not as good as Marengo Films previous version.......2005-08-25

Marengo Films decided to add back in the chapter stops to this latest version of 'Shadow Of The Eagle', and honestly, I have no idea why. What was a unique move on their part by eliminating the repetitive summaries between each chapter, is now back again...adding an unnecessary 40 minutes more to the viewing time. I'm glad I still have the original version they put out, as this version is just like every other one out there on the market. It's a shame they never put out 'The Hurricane Express' and 'The Three Musketeers' serials without the summary chapters as well. The first version of Marengo Films 'Eagle' is the one that really soars!

THE NEW IMPROVED PRISTINE VERSION HAS ARRIVED.......2004-12-25

MARENGO FILMS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW VERSION OF THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE IS AVAILABLE NOW. THE COMPANY RE-MASTERED THE FILM INTO CHAPTER FORMAT IN ADDITION THEY DID ANOTHER SOUND DESIGN, COLOR CORRECTIONS AND NEW CHAPTER CARDS. THIS DVD IS NOW THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SERIAL ON THE MARKET.

A classic John Wayne.......2003-06-22

It is great to see John Wayne in the early years . It was both funny and action packed and comsidering it was 70 years ago it was of a great quality .

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Early John Wayne rocks
"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video"
Please studios, consider this review

The John Wayne Cliffhanger Collection
Starring: John Wayne , Dorothy Gulliver , Edward Hearn , Richard Tucker , and Lloyd Whitlock
Director: Ford Beebe , B. Reeves Eason , and Colbert Clark
Manufacturer: Passport
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John Wayne - An American Icon Collection (Seven Sinners/ The Shepherd of the Hills/ Pittsburgh/ The Conqueror/ Jet Pilot)
The Big Stampede / Ride Him Cowboy / Haunted Gold
The Telegraph Trail / Somewhere in Sonora / The Man from Monterey
The John Wayne Film Collection (Without Reservations / Allegheny Uprising / Tycoon / Reunion in France / Big Jim McLain / Trouble Along the Way)
John Wayne-John Ford Film Collection (The Searchers Ultimate Edition / Stagecoach Two-Disc Special Edition / Fort Apache / She Wore a Yellow Ribbon / The Long Voyage Home / They Were Expendable / 3 Godfathers / The Wings of Eagles)

ASIN: B000FDECFQ
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Product Description

This exciting 5-DVD set of rip-roaring cliffhangers from the early 1930s features the legendary John Wayne in three complete serials: "Shadow of the Eagle", with the Duke playing a pilot on the trail of a kidnapped traveling fairground owner; "The Three Musketeers", a French Foreign Legion tale in which Wayne is framed for murder; and "Hurricane Express", in which Wayne hunts down a villain who has been blowing up trains.

System Requirements:
Running Time: 700 Min

Format: DVD MOVIE

Customer Reviews:

Early John Wayne rocks.......2007-01-09

The early serials John Wayne did were and are a really good effort. Recommend any Duke fans be sure to get this one.

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33)...John Wayne ~ Passport Video".......2006-07-09

Please studios, consider this review.......2006-06-19

Did you know that if the editions in dvd has subtitles in spanish, there's a lot of people who want to buy it, but in english so many of them don't understand anything.

Average customer rating:

Better than I expected.
as history forget it,as family fun and adventure saddle up and ride with this one!
"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Custer's Last Stand (1936)"
"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Custer's Last Stand (1936)"

Custer's Last Stand
Starring: Rex Lease , Lona Andre , William Farnum , Ruth Mix , and Jack Mulhall
Director: Elmer Clifton
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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Overland Mail:Chapters 1 15
Winners of the West
Phantom of the West:Chapters 1 10
Riders of Death Valley:Chapters 1 15
Flaming Frontiers: Chapters 1-15

ASIN: B0007OP1A8
Release Date: 2005-03-29

Customer Reviews:

Better than I expected........2006-08-10

A pretty good western I ended up watching again and again.George Chesebro, usually seen in lesser roles as a bad guy, steals the show here in a most heroic way and even tugs at the ol' heartstrings. Another big plus was the casting of a number of Arapaho Indian survivors of the actual Little Bighorn battle. That moved "Custer's Last Stand" w-a-a-y up on my list of must-have serials.

as history forget it,as family fun and adventure saddle up and ride with this one!.......2006-06-15

i love these old cliffhangers and i show them to my boys all the time. they love all the fast paced action and my wife and i love the fact taht we don't have to worry about bad words or any other problems with newer movies! we watched this one over the weekend and all i have heard all week is if we can watch it again. great family fun and a great way to spur(get it "spur",ok it's corny like the movie but i had to say it)your kids to read more about the history of thr period!

"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Custer's Last Stand (1936)".......2005-11-26

VCI Entertainment and Stage and Screen Pictures present "Custer's Last Stand" (1936) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 15 Chapters based loosely on historical facts of the Black Hills and the final days of General George Armstrong Custer ...story line has to do with an "Indian Medicine Arrow" which was stolen during an attack on a wagon train...is there a cave full of yellow stones known as gold....if the arrow is found will Young Wolf (Thundercloud) then tell Blade the local heavy (Howes) where the cave is located...our hero Kit Cardigan (Lease) is bent on finding his fathers killer who was somehow involved with the arrow...will there be more bloodshed and great stuntwork by Yakima Canutt (king of stuntmen) and his band of daredevils.....don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "The Last Stand"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director Elmer Clifton, producer Louis Weiss, Original screenplay by George Arthur Durlam, Eddie Granemann, William Lively, musical score by Raphael Penso...the cast include Rex Lease (Kit Cardigan/John C. Cardigan-his father), Lona Andre (Belle Meade), William Farnum (James Fitzpatrick), Ruth Mix (Elizabeth Custer), Jack Mulhall (Lieutenant Cook), Nancy Caswell (Barbara Trent), George Chesebro (Lieutenant Frank Roberts), Dorothy Gulliver (Red Fawn), Frank McGlynn Jr (General George A. Custer), Helen Gibson (Calamity Jane), Josef Swickard (Major Henry Trent), Chief Thundercloud (Young Wolf), Reed Howes (Tom 'Keen' Blade), Bobby Nelson (Bobby Trent), Robert Walker (Pete-henchman), Marty Joyce (Buzz-town fool), Milburn Morante (Buckskin), George Morrell (Sergeant Major Flannigan), Ted Adams (Barney-henchman)/Buffalo Bill Cody), Allen Greer (Wild Bill Hickok), High Eagle (Chief Crazy Horse), Howling Wolf (Chief Sitting Bull), Iron Eyes Cody (Chief Brown Fox), Yakima Canutt (Renegade/Indian)....some outstanding stunt work by Mabel Strickland, Yakima Canutt and Ken Cooper....special note that Chief Thundercloud played faithful Indian companion Tonto in "Lone Ranger" (1938) and "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939) serials...Yakima Canutt doubled for such stars as Clark Gable and John Wayne, never be another like Yakima....meanwhile back to our Stage and Screen Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Perils of the Plains
2. Thundering Hoofs
3. Fires of Vengeances
4. Ghost Dancers
5. Trapped
6. Human Wolves
7. Demons of Disaster
8. White Treachery
9. Circle of Death
10.Flaming Arrow
11.Warpath
12.Firing Squad
13.Red Panthers
14.Custer's last Ride
15.The Last Stand

BIOS:
1. Rex Lease
Birth Date: 2/11/1903 - Central City, West Virginia
Died: 1/03/1966 - Los Angeles, CA
2. Chief Thundercloud (aka Victor Daniels)
Birth Date: 4/12/1899 - Muskogee Indian Territory, Okla.
Died: 12/01/1955 - Ventura, CA
3. Yakima Canutt (aka Enos Edward Canutt)
Birth Date: 11/29/1896 - Colfax, Washington
Died: 5/24/1986 - North Hollywood, CA
4. Elmer Clifton (Director)
Birth Date: 3/14/1890 - Chicago, Illinois
Died: 10/15/1949 - Los Angeles, CA

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
4. Captain Midnight (Dave O'Brien)
5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
16.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
17.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
18.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
19.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
20.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
21.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
22.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
24.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
25.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
26.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
27.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
28.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)

Coming soon January 2006 from VCI Home Video on DVD..."FLAMING FRONTIERS" (1938), Universal Serial with 15 chapters, featuring Johnny Mack Brown, Eleanor Hansen, John Archer, James Blaine and Ralph Bowman..."OREGON TRAIL" (1939), another Universal Serial with 15 exciting chapters featuring Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight, Roy Barcoft and Charles King..."THE TALL TEXAN" (1953), full length feature starring Lloyd Bridges, Lee J Cobb, Luther Adler and Marie Windsor...watch for more details on VCI Entertainment and Amazon your two favorite sites for serials and B-Westerns.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Custer's Last Stand" (1936), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 315 mins ~ VCI Entertainment 1760 ~ (11/01/2000)

"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Custer's Last Stand (1936)".......2005-10-20

VCI Entertainment and Stage and Screen Pictures present "Custer's Last Stand" (1936) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 15 Chapters based loosely on historical facts of the Black Hills and the final days of General George Armstrong Custer ...story line has to do with an "Indian Medicine Arrow" which was stolen during an attack on a wagon train...is there a cave full of yellow stones known as gold....if the arrow is found will Young Wolf (Thundercloud) then tell Blade the local heavy (Howes) where the cave is located...our hero Kit Cardigan (Lease) is bent on finding his fathers killer who was somehow involved with the arrow...will there be more bloodshed and great stuntwork by Yakima Canutt (king of stuntmen) and his band of daredevils.....don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "The Last Stand"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director Elmer Clifton, producer Louis Weiss, Original screenplay by George Arthur Durlam, Eddie Granemann, William Lively, musical score by Raphael Penso...the cast include Rex Lease (Kit Cardigan/John C. Cardigan-his father), Lona Andre (Belle Meade), William Farnum (James Fitzpatrick), Ruth Mix (Elizabeth Custer), Jack Mulhall (Lieutenant Cook), Nancy Caswell (Barbara Trent), George Chesebro (Lieutenant Frank Roberts), Dorothy Gulliver (Red Fawn), Frank McGlynn Jr (General George A. Custer), Helen Gibson (Calamity Jane), Josef Swickard (Major Henry Trent), Chief Thundercloud (Young Wolf), Reed Howes (Tom 'Keen' Blade), Bobby Nelson (Bobby Trent), Robert Walker (Pete-henchman), Marty Joyce (Buzz-town fool), Milburn Morante (Buckskin), George Morrell (Sergeant Major Flannigan), Ted Adams (Barney-henchman)/Buffalo Bill Cody), Allen Greer (Wild Bill Hickok), High Eagle (Chief Crazy Horse), Howling Wolf (Chief Sitting Bull), Iron Eyes Cody (Chief Brown Fox), Yakima Canutt (Renegade/Indian)....some outstanding stunt work by Mabel Strickland, Yakima Canutt and Ken Cooper....special note that Chief Thundercloud played faithful Indian companion Tonto in "Lone Ranger" (1938) and "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939) serials...Yakima Canutt doubled for such stars as Clark Gable and John Wayne, never be another like Yakima....meanwhile back to our Stage and Screen Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. Perils of the Plains
2. Thundering Hoofs
3. Fires of Vengeances
4. Ghost Dancers
5. Trapped
6. Human Wolves
7. Demons of Disaster
8. White Treachery
9. Circle of Death
10.Flaming Arrow
11.Warpath
12.Firing Squad
13.Red Panthers
14.Custer's last Ride
15.The Last Stand

BIOS:
1. Rex Lease
Birth Date: 2/11/1903 - Central City, West Virginia
Died: 1/03/1966 - Los Angeles, CA
2. Chief Thundercloud (aka Victor Daniels)
Birth Date: 4/12/1899 - Muskogee Indian Territory, Okla.
Died: 12/01/1955 - Ventura, CA
3. Yakima Canutt (aka Enos Edward Canutt)
Birth Date: 11/29/1896 - Colfax, Washington
Died: 5/24/1986 - North Hollywood, CA
4. Elmer Clifton (Director)
Birth Date: 3/14/1890 - Chicago, Illinois
Died: 10/15/1949 - Los Angeles, CA

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
4. Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
5. The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
6. Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
7. Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
8. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
9. Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
10.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
11.Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
12.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
13.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
14.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure then this is the place for all of the above...check out another release from VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present Zane Grey's "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940) (digitally remastered), 12 Chapters of vintage serial loaded with action sequences...is there a discovered substance called "Compound X", which may cure infantile paralysis...has Tom Merritt stumbled on such a rare find...is there a war between Canada and sources known later as the "Father Land".....get out there as they're going fast, this is the one you've been waiting for.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Custer's Last Stand" (1936), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 315 mins on 2 VHS ~ VCI Entertainment 1760 ~ (11/01/2000)

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CLASSIC MASCOT SERIAL-ALPHA DVD.
"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Phantom of the West (1931)"

Phantom of the West:Chapters 1 10
Starring: Ernie S. Adams , Joe Bonomo , William Desmond , Dick Dickinson , and Dorothy Gulliver
Director: David Ross Lederman
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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Mystery Mountain:Serial Chapters 1 12
Riders of Death Valley:Chapters 1 15
Overland Mail:Chapters 1 15
Lost City:Serial Chapters 1 12
The Vigilantes Are Coming: Serial

ASIN: B0007TKG1M
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Customer Reviews:

CLASSIC MASCOT SERIAL-ALPHA DVD........2007-06-02

...confusing, jarring, mind-numbing, yes it's a Mascot serial and one of their best!
Filmed in 1930 & released the following year this creaky early sound serial has a super realistic look and feel to it, almost as though someone captured actual events with a home movie camera. However, the events captured are anything but realistic and border on fantasy or make-believe. It's kind of like watching one of your dreams up on a motion picture screen. Characters and events come and go and return again in a dream-like state. For instance, the hero Jim Lester (Tom Tyler) is ambushed by a couple of thugs in Chapter 1. He has a big fight with one of them (Joe Bonomo), capturing this thug and turning him over to the sheriff. Forced to expose The Phantom's secret identity, Bonomo is shot and killed before he can talk. However in the very next chapter Bonomo is seen standing in the bar and gets in a fight with a drunk and continues appearing in the remaining chapters though he's already been killed off...and they don't even have him change shirts or put on a moustache. He's just there: same guy...like in a dream. And this kind of stuff goes on with the other characters as well, such as when the real Phantom is finally exposed we all know he cannot possibly be the villain because he was with others when The Phantom struck before!...only in a dream.
Now I'm not being critical here, I love this crazy movie. It was Mascot's first Secret/Phantom/Villain serial in which everyone in the cast is a suspect and/or in which Secret/Mysterious/Night riders also appear. Others to follow: THE VANISHING LEGION(1931), THE LIGHTNING WARRIOR(1931), FIGHTING WITH KIT CARSON(1933), MYSTERY MOUNTAIN(1934) and Gene Autry's THE PHANTOM EMPIRE(1935).
This is a fun serial and should be taken as such. It's great getting a look at the 1930 American landscape, a dream world in itself! As most of these Poverty Row serials could not afford to shoot on expensive sound stages they filmed mostly on actual (cheaper) locations, and so the result is a satisfying glimpse of a by-gone era.
The Alpha dvd is simply the best out there.
Another reviewer "Mr. Jim" is reviewing the VCI videotape.
I have both the VCI videotape and the ALPHA dvd and viewed them together. They both appear to be from the exact same film source, the same scratches, wash-outs, frame jumps etc...However, the overall quality is excellent! For the most part the image is clear and sharp and the sound quite acceptible. Remember, this is an early (1930) low budget serial. I am amazed PHANTOM OF THE WEST looks so good!
If you're just starting out with serials and want to see what they're all about go with the Republic's late 1930's-early 1940's crop: DICK TRACY(1937), DAREDEVILS OF THE RED CIRCLE(1939), MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN(1940), SPY SMASHER(1942), there are lots to choose from. But if you want a good example of the roots of the sound serial then PHANTOM OF THE WEST(1930/31) is a great place to start.
Super Highly Recommended.

"The King of Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ The Phantom of the West (1931)".......2005-11-26

VCI Entertainment, Mascot Pictures, Paul N. Robins presents... "The Phantom of the West," (1931) (Dolby digitally remastered), with 10 Chapters of vintage serial episodes jam packed with thrilling action sequences and stunts that will keep you on the edge of your seat...story line has this all talking serial of 1931 in a circle of events, who is the "Masked Phantom" and why is he trying to kill off the suspects and blame our hero Tom Tyler, he seems like a nice enough fellow...is the audience confused with the constant riding in and out of each scene with his fellow vigilantes....Who really murdered Tyler's father, and is Dorothy Gulliver really the daughter of Cortez or is she in cahoots with the Phantom...will the real identity of the villain be known or will Mascot Pictures keep us in the dark until the final episode......can this Mascot Serial keep the action, daring stunt-work and an exciting cliffhanger going the entire serial....but don't leave the theater until the final chapter is over and done with "Rogues Roundup"....just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss a single spine thrilling episode..return next week to this local theater for another episode of action and adventure that will keep you thrilled until the next chapter.

Under director D. Ross Lederman, editorial supervisor Wyndham Gittens, original story by Wyndham Gittens, Ford Beebe and Ben Cohn , musical score by Lee Zahler...the cast includes Tom Tyler (Jim Lester), William Desmond (Martin Blair), Tom Santschi (Bud Landers), Dorothy Gulliver (Mona Cortez, alias Mary Smith), Joe Bonomo (Keno), Tom Dugan (Osca), Philo McCullough (Royce Macklin), Frank Lanning (Francisco Cortez), Frank Hagney (Sheriff Jim H. Ryan), Halie Sullivan (Ruby Blair), Kermit Maynard (Peter Drake), Dick Dickinson (Harvey Stewart), James Carlyle (Sam Hollister), W.J. Holmes (Lafe Johnson), Al Taylor ( Deputy) ...the Mascot stuntman Kermit Maynard..... special note that Tom Tyler became one of the most popular action stars in B-Westerns and "Three Musketeers" Series, appeared in "Stagecoach" (1939) and then came the most famous role of his career in the classic serial "Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941), which he played the caped hero in a 15 Chapter serial for Republic Pictures and another with "The Phantom" (1943) both were first classic productions of their time......meanwhile back to our Mascot Serial which is always good till the last drop and this serial is no exception...there is a great deal of entertainment here for the cliffhanger fans out there...all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble opinion is the best there is in restoring early serials and features.

CHAPTER TITLES:
1. The Ghost Riders
2. The Stairway of Doom
3. The Horror in the Dark
4. The Battle of the strong
5. The League of the Lawless
6. The Canyon of Calamity
7. The Price of Silence
8. The House of Hate
9. The Fatal Secret
10.Rogues' Roundup

BIOS:
1. Tom Tyler (aka Vincent Markowski)
Birth Date: 8/09/1903 - Port Henry, New York
Died: 5/01/1954 - Hamtramck, Michigan
2. William Desmond
Birth Date: 1/23/1878 - Dublin, Ireland
Died: 11/03/1949 - Los Angeles, California
3. Dorothy Gulliver
Birth Date: 9/06/1908 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Died: 5/23/1997 - Valley Centre, California
4. D. Ross Lederman (Director)
Birth Date: 12/12/1894 - Lancaster, PA
Died: 8/24/1972 - Hollywood, CA

If you're into vintage serials as I am, why not pick up a copy of the following titles from VCI Home Video:
VCI CLIFFHANGER TRAILERS:
1. Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
3. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
4. Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
5. The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
6. Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
7. Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
8. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
9. Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
10.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
11.Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
12.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
13.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
14.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure then this is the place for all of the above...check out another release from VCI Entertainment and Republic Pictures present Zane Grey's "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940) (digitally remastered), 12 Chapters of vintage serial loaded with action sequences...is there a discovered substance called "Compound X", which may cure infantile paralysis...has Tom Merritt stumbled on such a rare find...is there a war between Canada and sources known later as the "Father Land".....get out there as they're going fast, this is the one you've been waiting for.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "The Phantom of the West" (1931), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '30s, '40s & '50s...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 166 mins ~ VCI Entertainment 1738 ~ (11/01/2000)

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Can't Face It
Very good, a bit inaccessible
The Greatest Independant Film, John Cassevettes is a genius.
fascinating film, but look for the criterion edition
Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs

Faces
Starring: John Marley , Gena Rowlands , Lynn Carlin , Fred Draper , and Seymour Cassel
Director: John Cassavetes
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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A Woman Under the Influence
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Opening Night

ASIN: B00000IC1I
Release Date: 1999-04-06

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A sensation when it was released in 1968, this John Cassavetes film earned Oscar nominations for actors Seymour Cassel and Lynn Carlin. Improvised and shot in an edgy, hand-held fashion, the film examines the disintegration of the marriage of a couple in mid-life doldrums. Each seeks solace elsewhere: husband John Marley with prostitute Gena Rowlands, wife Carlin with a free spirit played by Cassel. But neither finds anything approaching the fulfillment they feel is missing from the marriage. Indeed, in Cassavetes's probe of raw emotions, these people discover that, just maybe, the problem lies not with their spouse but with themselves. You need to be a fan of Cassavetes's loose, actor-friendly style to appreciate this intriguing but sometimes rambling drama. --Marshall Fine

Description

John Cassavetes' probing, relentless study of a middle-class married couple is regarded as the first American independent film to cross over to mainstream audiences. The film examines a seminal 36 hours in the life of Richard and Maria Frost, during which their 14-year relationship finally falls completely apart. John Marley, Gena Rowlands

Customer Reviews:

Can't Face It.......2006-07-08

I had heard about the independent films of actor/director John Cassavetes when I was a teenager. I remember his acting in "The Dirty Dozen" and various other movies but I don't think I had the chance to see his work as a director until I watched "Faces" last night. After a sceptical start, I came away impressed with this movie.

"Faces" as I saw it, is a movie about the emptiness of life in some people. The film opens with a very particular movie producer going in for a screening of a new film. Afterwards, I came to understand that Cassavetes was "putting on" the film industry by suggesting that they were the very people he was trying to portray in "Faces". The first half hour or so of the movie I found to be rather awkward and difficult to follow. We see three inebriated people joking around. I guess I felt it was a pointless look at pointless lives. I thought the movie picked up when some wives went out on the town. They were looking for a good time although they didn't seem to have a common definition of what that would be. They stumble across a good-looking young guy who is full of fun and energy and they take him home. Despite the general drunkeness of the parties involved, the young guy, named Chet, manages to reach out to each of the four ladies and try to turn them on to his upbeat look on life. Each of them gets drawn in initially and then rebels their way back into their own deadend outlook on life; the last one in a most extreme way. Chet, the little blue bird of happiness, seems to be a contrast to the depressing reality everyone else finds themselves comfortable in. A switch to a different scene with John Marley and Gena Rowlands weakened the flow of the movie but served to give us a message that happiness is always temporary in an unhappy mind. The movie ends with two of the main characters drifting back into the boredom they have accustomed themselves to.

There were a lot of innovative angles to "Faces" that film junkies might enjoy. The wandering hand-held camera (held steadier than mine) gives an intimate sense of being a part of the party. The title, I thought, came from the near-constant close-ups of all of the characters involved. Some of the acting, particularly that of Lynn Carlin and Seymour Cassel, is very good. I mentioned that the beginning was a bit tedious. I was wondering if it was going to be worth the "effort" to watch the whole movie. However, the second half left me impressed with a look at a world where the only enjoyment seems to come out of a bottle. Heaven forbid we should have to deal with one another face to face. I did not enjoy the life "Faces" showed me but I certainly came away enjoying the life I live.

Very good, a bit inaccessible.......2005-10-21

John Cassavetes is certainly an interesting director (great actor too, but interesting director). Instead of directing films for entertainment, he directs them to present a "slice-of-life", so to speak, only one that is usually tumultuous and unkind. His movies are generally uphill battles to watch, but they're worth it.

In this film, an over-the-hill man and woman break up and persue other, younger paramours. While successful, they still have to deal with their own separate pain and fear of many things, amongst them age, loneliness, and friendship.

The writing and the acting are the most important parts. The writing is at times brilliant, the rest of the time brutal. Cassavetes tries for a more realistic, human approach, which means characters go off in tangents, talk unproductively, and are often really mean to each other. The acting complements the dialog so perfectly that one doesn't see actors on screen, but characters; only moreso than characters, one sees people, as if watching a home video with a disturbing and powerful plot.

Cassavetes was also one to specifically not care about structure. This makes the directing, editing, and cinematography rather jarring and condense. Luckily, it works with the themes of this movie well enough that the movie itself maintains a sense of entrapment and abuse.

It's a great film, though it's an uphill battle to watch. It's amazingly written but it's very inaccessible. I'd recommend it, but you must heed that it won't be something you can just sit down and escape into.

--PolarisDiB

The Greatest Independant Film, John Cassevettes is a genius........2005-09-28

LOVE is a word that describes my affection to this wonderful film about PEOPLE being PEOPLE, John Cassevettes is my favorite writer, the most original lines i've ever heard, hilarious film that I can't wait to purchase and show the world, Come home girl, come home.

fascinating film, but look for the criterion edition.......2005-06-06

This is John Cassavettes' first film, that developed out of an improvisational acting workshop. For sheer power and authenticity (which are different from "realism") there is nothing like Cassavettes' non-studio films. Essential viewing for those who are interested in American cinema, especially the rise of auteur-based work that began in the '70s and continues (at least ostensibly, with a few films here and there) in the independent film scene today.

One note on this edition: there is a finer edition of this film available through the Criterion Collection, but you can't buy it "a la carte." You need to get it with the John Cassavettes collection, that includes this along with Shadows, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night, and A Woman Under the Influence, and a solid (even if it could use some trimming and doesn't really work as a feature film in its own right) documentary on Cassavettes. The criterion version of Faces, along with a better transfer, also includes an alternate opening of this film (which was substantially altered after its initial release).

This is not a bad one to own as it stands. But if you really become captivated by this or have already become captivated by one of Cassavettes' other films, you'll be kicking yourself for buying this one and will really want to buy the bigger collection. (I know I was kicking myself until I broke down and bought the whole collection).

Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs.......2005-01-26

For a fascinating behind-the-scenes info about Faces and a list of books about Cassavetes' work, go to Ray Carney's website dedicated to John Cassavetes (found through any search engine).

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The Last Frontier
Starring: Judith Barrie , Joe Bonomo , Bobby Burns , Fred Burns , and Ralph Bushman
Director: Thomas Storey
Manufacturer: ROAN
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Can't Face It
Very good, a bit inaccessible
The Greatest Independant Film, John Cassevettes is a genius.
fascinating film, but look for the criterion edition
Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs

Faces
Starring: John Marley , Gena Rowlands , Lynn Carlin , Fred Draper , and Seymour Cassel
Director: John Cassavetes
Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Avery, Val | ( A ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Carlin, Lynn | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Cassel, Seymour | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Draper, Fred | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Rowlands, Gena | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Cassavetes, John | ( C ) | Directors | VHS | Video

General | Drama | Genres | VHS | Video

Classics | Drama | Genres | VHS | Video

Deals Under $8 | Today's Deals in Video | Features | VHS | Video

A Woman Under the Influence
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Shadows
Minnie and Moskowitz
Opening Night

ASIN: 6304192312
Release Date: 1997-11-11

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Customer Reviews:

Can't Face It.......2006-07-08

Very good, a bit inaccessible.......2005-10-21

The Greatest Independant Film, John Cassevettes is a genius........2005-09-28

fascinating film, but look for the criterion edition.......2005-06-06

Behind-the-scenes info for Cass buffs.......2005-01-26

For a fascinating behind-the-scenes info about Faces and a list of books about Cassavetes' work, go to Ray Carney's website dedicated to John Cassavetes (found through any search engine).

Average customer rating:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33) ... John Wayne ... Passport Video"
The Duke Did It First!...
okay, but not as good as Marengo Films previous version
THE NEW IMPROVED PRISTINE VERSION HAS ARRIVED
A classic John Wayne

Shadow of the Eagle
Starring: John Wayne , Dorothy Gulliver , Edward Hearn , Richard Tucker , and Lloyd Whitlock
Director: Ford Beebe , and B. Reeves Eason
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Classics | Action & Adventure | Genres | VHS | Video

General | Action & Adventure | Genres | VHS | Video

Adams, Ernie | ( A ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Canutt, Yakima | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Hearn, Edward | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

O'Malley, Pat | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Tucker, Richard | ( T ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Wayne, John | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Whitlock, Lloyd | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Beebe, Ford | ( B ) | Directors | VHS | Video

Eason, B Reeves | ( E ) | Directors | VHS | Video

Deals Under $8 | Today's Deals in Video | Features | VHS | Video

The Three Musketeers
Westward Ho
Three Faces West
Dakota
A Lady Takes a Chance

ASIN: 6303366910
Release Date: 1995-03-21

Customer Reviews:

"Cliffhanger Collection (1932-33) ... John Wayne ... Passport Video".......2006-10-15

The Duke Did It First!..........2005-11-19

"Shadow Of The Eagle"(1932)

Okay, we all love the scene in "North By Northwest" in which Cary Grant is being chased across a field by the crop duster plane. It is a nail biting, edge of yo