Osa Massen

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A FABULOUS MUSIC SCORE
Just like its' music.
Rocketship XM
I thought the ending was cool
1950s popcorn movie

Rocketship X-M
Starring: Lloyd Bridges , Osa Massen , John Emery , Noah Beery Jr. , and Hugh O'Brian
Director: Kurt Neumann
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Destination Moon
Project Moonbase
Flight to Mars
Conquest of Space
Target Earth

ASIN: 6305869367
Release Date: 2000-06-06

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Before the mid-1950s, science fiction was mostly confined to kid-stuff serials such as Buck Rogers; the things they portrayed were considered pure fantasy, pie in the sky. By 1950, however, things had changed. World War II had brought the German V-2 rocket (the template for many a '50s sci-fi rocket ship), television, and of course, the bomb. Sabrejets and MiGs were doing battle over Korea, and science fiction had become fact. Rocketship X-M (the X-M standing for Expedition: Moon), though primitive and cheap, has a place in film history as being the movie that initiated the '50s science fiction boom. A crew of four men and one woman embark for the moon, but when all are knocked unconscious, the rocket goes into a drift and they wind up on Mars instead. On the pinkish Mars, they encounter a race of extremely ticked-off cavemen who don't want them there and kill off three of their number. Certainly the effects are quaint (the astronauts and ground control communicate via surplus WWII radio equipment), the story a little ridiculous, and the acting stiff--but this was the first serious science fiction movie and was the inspiration for countless films that followed. --Jerry Renshaw

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The 50th Anniversary Edition of Kurt Neumann's science fiction classic. Four men and a girl blast into space on mankind's first expedition to the Moon. But due to a cataclysmic event in space, their ship is sent hurling out of control towards the planet Mars. Suspenseful terror as the crew fights for their life on a war-ravaged world with radiation-riddled nightmare creatures! The climax makes this one of the most powerful and unforgettable science fiction movies ever made. "Rocketship X-M" was deftly brought to the screen by famed writer/director Kurt Neumann. Long considered the definitive space exploration film of the 50's, a genuine classic with a power that has spanned the decades. Includes Trailer.

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A FABULOUS MUSIC SCORE.......2007-05-02

Ferde Grofe, certainly one of the best known American symphonic composers, was hired to write the music score for ROCKETSHIP X-M. He was paid $1500 to turn in what may be the best sci-fi score for the movies. When you watch the film, tune in to the heroic main title (which is repeated, in part, later), the "weightless" sound in certain scenes, the romantic theme for Floyd and Lisa, and the eerie sound as the crew discovers they are headed for Mars. After the landing, Grofe uses part of some music he wrote for his "Symphony in Steel," and combines it with the use of the Theremin to create an unworldly sound indeed. On the trip back, the solar opera aspect of this movie is emphasized with the music setting the exact mood it should do for the tragedies encountered. This is a great score, worthy of re-recording in today's sound.
And, if you want to hear another score Grofe wrote for the same studio (Lippert) in 1950, get a copy of THE RETURN OF JESSE JAMES, another worthy listen.

Just like its' music........2007-04-14

If you listen to the music for the movie it sounds like a grand adventure is taking place and then it all ends on a crash of sour notes. What do I mean? Well, they embark on the grand adventure of being the first ones to take ship for the moon--and wind up on mars. On their way back they crash...just like the music. I liked it. It shows just how serious people took the possibilitly of space flight back in the early fiftys.

PROS:

1. None of the attempted indept characterization you usually get in todays movies where you have fifty main characters and only two hours to tell each ones' story--they use that for filler today, somebody told those
hacks in Hollywood it was good writing. No, 77 minutes of short, sweat, and to the point. They do use characterization but they don't use it as filler.

2. An interesting idea and the actors are acting.

3. The required meteor swarm--all science fiction movies seem to have them. I seem to remember they put them in because they really didn't know what else bad could happen to you up there. (Just remember, I didn't say Heinlein wrote this.)

4. Through a twist or two of fate they wind up making a landing on Mars. By the way, its starts raining when they stop. I think someone should have muttered '...ionizing the atmosphere as we came down....' might have passed the pop science of the day.

5. Another interesting thing was they discovered life on Mars and it had been destroyed by atomic wars. The question was if a big meteor had smashed them...no everything is being radiated so it was war destroyed them.

six. They find the destroyed remains of a civilization. Interesting in that they pick up a few objects and look at them. What were they...who knows? You remember the time machine with Rod Taylor and how the spinning rings were a big interesting thing and help make the movie because they told of how it all happened. Well, the artifacts are that kind of 'interesting'. Too bad there were not more. I figured that first one they uncovered was a tomb stone.

7. They find the remainder of the humanoid-like people of Mars. The one who threw the ax and killed the scientiest appeared to still have blisters on his back and the girls is blind. Obviously the dying remainder of the thousand year dead civilization still live close to their nuclear blasted cities. I've got to tell you all, this is actually original stuff for hollywood. Despite having rain, dry gulches that must sometimes have water, human like people, no space suits and a space ship capable of reaching Mars -- using chemical rockets-- but less than a hundred feet tall...it is still interesting. I guess it's that short, sweat, and to the point thing.

I don't think I'll tell you any more and ruin it for you.

CONS:

1. Humm. I don't find movies that are dead serious cheezy or campy...this movie is 'dead serious'.

Therefore, I give this movie five stars because they tried hard to make it a serious movie with limited facts about the surface of Mars. The actors did a fine job, the idea is fine and interesting and carried out seriously. No, I don't think more money would have helped. No, they need more information about space, acceleration, and the surface of Mars.
All sins are forgiven, it is a fine movie and should be view as science fiction drama. No popcorn this time...I think I'll read the bible.

Rocketship XM.......2007-03-09

Great movie for it's time. Seem's so old fashioned in light of moder technology, but was way ahead of it's time. Even them outer space was fasinating. Cast did a great job to make it look very real.

I thought the ending was cool.......2006-09-30

In the context that this film was made in (during the 1950's), it's not too bad of a movie. The ending surprised me as well. Space travel was a lot more dangerous back then. Men were real men, and women were real women. And who doesn't love rocketships? Anyone interested in 1950's sci-fi should see this one for sure.

1950s popcorn movie.......2006-05-07

It's the first manned rocket, ready to go. Of course, they'll need somewhere to go to, and the moon is right there. Unfortunately, they make a wrong turn and end up on Mars. They were so close to each other, y'know, it was a natural mistake.

If you can go along with that much, you might enjoy this artifact of the 1950s. It's not so much a movie as a series of stereotypes strung together. The rocket's instrument panel would be familiar to anyone who had seen cockpit panels in WWII movies, right down to the artificial horizon (relative to what?) and airspeed indicator, despite lack of air. There are a few zero-G scenes, but weightlessness seems to apply only to objects and not to people. Mars itself is a lot like Earth, but with a Theremin and an orange filter. And that poor leading lady - she could be a woman or a scientist, but not both at once.

Broad stereotypes and bad science, what a combination. If you've got a rainy afternoon some time, pop the popcorn and go ahead. They just don't make them like this anymore - and that may be a good thing.

//wiredweird

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You'll Never Get Rich
Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style...
Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses
What a beautifull couple.
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich [Region 99]
Starring: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Robert Benchley , John Hubbard , and Osa Massen
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Broadway Melody of 1940
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ASIN: B00000F9GK
Release Date: 2003-10-21

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They don't make the most obvious screen couple--if you squint, you might think Stan Laurel had gotten together with Lauren Bacall--but their differences only serve to make this effervescent musical all the more entertaining. You'll Never Get Rich is the first of two that Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth made together (followed by You Were Never Lovelier). Astaire, who stars as choreographer-turned-soldier Robert Curtis, has rarely been looser, and Hayworth, as dancer Sheila Winthrop, has rarely been more graceful. As in Royal Wedding, Astaire also engages in some fancy solo footwork. Robert Benchley and Frieda Inescort provide priceless support as Robert's philandering boss and his clever wife, and Cole Porter composed the music, including "So Near and Yet So Far," "Dream Dancing," and the Oscar®-nominated "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye." You'll Never Get Rich is timeless, escapist fun that also serves to prove that sometimes opposites don't just attract--they can make beautiful music together. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

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You'll Never Get Rich.......2007-05-18

This is a wonderful movie. If Fred Astaire danced with his other partners first, there would be no arogant, self centered, egotistical etc. Ginger Rogers. I have found that the dancers after Ginger are much better in all respects. Fred and Rita are just terrific together. I also purchased their second movie, You'll Never Be Lovelier". What class!!!!

Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style..........2007-01-17

Released shortly before America's entry into the war, Columbia's "You'll Never Get Rich" is one of Fred Astaire's better films during the relatively dry period that extended from his last RKO film with Ginger Rogers to his first films at MGM...

Since leaving RKO and Ginger Rogers, Astaire had danced with Eleanor Powell in "Broadway Melody of 1940" and with Paulette Goddard in "Second Chorus."

In "You'll Never Get Rich," he had a new partner in Rita Hayworth: a lushly beautiful redheaded actress who was being prepared for stardom in mostly low-budget films... She was a talented dancer who had worked with her family for many years in a vaudeville act called the Dancing Casinos...

"You'll Never Get Rich" cast Astaire as Robert Curtis, a Broadway dance director who is drafted into the army... He becomes involved in an on-again, off-again romance with Sheila Winthrop (Hayworth), a beautiful chorus girl whose fiancé is a captain in the army... The not-very-interesting plot is often interrupted for musical interludes... Astaire and Hayworth dance together twice--to the sensuous Latin beat of "So Near and Yet So Far," and in "The Wedding Cake Walk," a military finale which has a chorus of war brides and soldiers, plus the two stars, dancing atop a huge tank...

Astaire and Hayworth make an attractive dance team, although Hayworth seems a bit too formidable, too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style.... Astaire also has several numbers without Hayworth: most notably, a dance in a guardhouse to the song "Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye," in which he combines several kinds of dazzling footwork...

"You'll Never Get Rich" is lightweight but amiable entertainment, and it kept Astaire dancing...

Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses.......2006-07-23

If you are a committed Fred Astaire fan and, with his movies, an Astaire completist, you'll want to have You'll Never Get Rich. It's the story of Robert Curtis (Astaire), a Broadway choreographer and dance star, who gets involved in the love-nest machinations of his married producer, Martin Cortland (Robert Benchley), and a chorus girl, Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth). This results in Sheila and Robert mixing up each other's motives, Robert going into the Army and then spending the rest of the movie in boot camp. There's one romantic misunderstanding after another, visits from Sheila, two comic side kicks and an exasperated top sergeant. There also are six Cole Porter numbers and a romantic resolution that has Robert and Sheila tap dancing in wedding clothes on top of a white tank. The movie only takes 88 minutes and, I'm sorry to say, it seems twice as long.

What it has going for it, of course, are Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. Astaire was an extraordinary dancer, a uniquely gifted singer and had a winning personality. Hayworth was a gorgeous creature and, as a dancer, was one of the best around. Based on talent, personality and just plain grace, she probably was Astaire's best partner

The screenplay of this 1941 service romantic-comedy, however, is simply not very funny and not very romantic. The movie's comic relief is provided by two fellow recruits, played by a double-talking comic, Cliff "Swivel Tongue" Nazarro, who sounds like an incomprehensible Joe Pesci, and Guin "Big Boy" Williams. The two just don't bring much to the party. Nazarro's shtick gets tiresome quickly. Two genuinely funny actors follow along in their trail, Donald MacBride as the exasperated sergeant, and Robert Benchley as Cortland. Considering Cole Porter's phenomenal output of luscious melodies and clever lyrics, his work in this movie is just workmanlike. He was incomparable when writing sophisticated songs for clever people, and part of his genius was in making these songs so attractive to everyone else. But when he tried to write "soldier" songs, as he did in the early Forties, or "hip" songs, as he did in the Fifties, in an effort to stay contemporary, I think his instincts sometimes failed him. In my view, of the six songs in this movie only one begins to reach what Porter was capable of.

With an Astaire movie that features Cole Porter songs, what do we have?
--"Boogie Barcarolle." Here Astaire works briefly with Hayworth to show her some steps, then leads all the dancers in a rehearsal of a big number. It moves from fast tap to awkward ballet and back to tap. Astaire was one of the best tap dancers around, perhaps the best, and anything that has his feet moving fast is worth watching.
--"Shooting the Works for Uncle Sam." Astaire is at Grand Central Station waiting for the train that will take him to boot camp. Suddenly, all the dancers arrive in taxis, throw off their coats, form up and start marching in this send-off number. Astaire leads them in the dance and sings the song.
--"Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye." Astaire is in the brig. A group of soldiers plays and sings this easygoing song of longing, then Astaire picks it up with a fast tap routine that, for me, doesn't quite match the tone of the song.
--"A-stairable Rag." Astaire, still in the brig, does one of the fastest extended tap routines he ever filmed.
--"So Near and Yet So Far." Astaire and Hayworth perform this lovely song of romance with a latin beat. Astaire sings it to Hayworth and off they go into an expert dance where the two are matched perfectly. It should have had a much better production background than it receives.
--"The Wedding Cake Walk." This is the finale to the movie and to the show which Cortland has brought to boot camp and Robert, now out of the brig, and Sheila headline for the soldiers. The song isn't much to speak of, but it provides lots of opportunities for the dancers. It finishes in an endearingly awkward Hollywood idea of love and patriotism, with Robert and Sheila in their formal wedding attire tapping away on the movie designer's idea of a tank turret.

For an Astaire fan, any of his movies is worth having. I even have a VHS tape of him and Betty Hutton in Let's Dance. If in doubt about this one...go ahead and get it. And be sure to get the second and last movie Astaire and Hayworth co-starred in, You Were Never Lovelier. It's a gem.

The black and white DVD transfer is first rate. There are no extras.

What a beautifull couple........2006-03-20

There can only be one Ginger Rogers. But after her, Rita Hayworth is an excelent partner for Fred Astaire. I have never been a fan of the "military" comedies or dramas, but this one is full of good moments. Ritas' performance is incredible and her timing is marvelous. They could have easily become the new duet for musicals in the fortys. It is a shame they only made two movies together.

In a few words, an excelent movie, beautifull dancing and a great chemistry between Rita and Fred. I truly recomend this film.

You'll Never Get Rich.......2005-09-06

It is a fun flim. Fred Astaire is always at top form. You'll enjoy Fre the music and the comedy.

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You'll Never Get Rich
Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style...
Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses
What a beautifull couple.
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich
Starring: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Robert Benchley , John Hubbard , and Osa Massen
Director: Sidney Lanfield
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Silk Stockings
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ASIN: 6302281822
Release Date: 1997-09-26

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You'll Never Get Rich.......2007-05-18

Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style..........2007-01-17

Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses.......2006-07-23

What a beautifull couple........2006-03-20

You'll Never Get Rich.......2005-09-06

It is a fun flim. Fred Astaire is always at top form. You'll enjoy Fre the music and the comedy.

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What a little surgery can do
One Of Joan Crawford's Finest Hours As An Actress
Let's Not Forget Lighting and Photography
Crawford's Finest
Joan Crawford - what a face!

Woman's Face
Starring: Joan Crawford , Melvyn Douglas , Conrad Veidt , Osa Massen , and Reginald Owen
Director: George Cukor
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
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Possessed
Flamingo Road (1949)
The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics)
The Bride Wore Red
Mannequin (1938)

ASIN: 6301978439
Release Date: 1994-06-30

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Legendary actress Joan Crawford (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?) stars in this 1941 melodrama directed by George Cukor (A Star Is Born, Adam's Rib) as a scheming con woman and blackmailer, a bitter woman shut off from society because of a disfiguring scar. The opportunity to undergo an operation--by plastic surgeon Melvyn Douglas--to remove the offending scar presents her with a choice: open herself up to a whole new life or return to her old ways and the only life she's ever known. Eventually, Crawford is drawn back into her old ways by her lover, Conrad Veidt (Casablanca), as he enlists her aid in a kidnapping and murder plot. Soon she finds herself trapped between her hopes for a new beginning and the malevolent double-crossing lover who seeks to exploit her for the woman she used to be, rather than who she can be. Crawford is oddly touching as a woman who undergoes a spiritual rebirth, yet cannot shake the pull of her past. A Woman's Face is one of those classic dramas, deliciously wicked and immensely enjoyable. --Robert Lane

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What a little surgery can do.......2005-11-23

Mediocrity served up competently. Joan Crawford plays a blackmailer by trade with a heart of brimstone - all because of a hideous scar on her face. She meets Conrad Veidt, an even nastier character, and they scheme to murder Veidt's little nephew in order to get his inheritance.

But then Crawford meets a doctor (Melvyn Douglas) who performs an operation on her face and makes her beautiful. She goes back to Veidt, who wants to pick up where they left off, but Crawford is a "changed" woman - inside and out. When Veidt tries to murder the nephew himself, Crawford shoots him, which brings about her trial for murder.

The whole plot of the movie is told in flashbacks at the trial as each witness comes before the judge and tells what he knows - an interesting idea, despite being somewhat stagey. Crawford, Veidt, and Douglas all perform admirably, and George Cukor's direction is good, as far as it goes. The "mediocrity" mentioned at the beginning of this review centers on the material, the story itself, which seems rather tired and mild, and no one (not Cukor or any of the actors) comes forward to go beyond it. Thus the movie feels like just another day at the office. Not a flop by any means, but it could've been much sharper. Certainly it's worthy enough to be issued on DVD!

One Of Joan Crawford's Finest Hours As An Actress.......2004-09-07

I've always thought the period from 1939 to 1942 was an extremely interesting time in Joan Crawford's career. As one of the three Queens of MGM along with Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford was long regarded as MGM's resident "shopgirl", most often seen in vehicles where her character by sheer grit and determination usually clawed her way to the upper levels of society. By 1939 Joan was inevitably outgrowing those type of parts and being the total career strategist that she was she began taking more risks with the type of roles she tackled. "A Woman's Face", coming along in 1941 was one such "non traditional", role that she undertook at this time and it resulted in one of her finest efforts up to that date and contains without a doubt some of the best acting of Joan's long career at the studio of studios, MGM. Under the always sure direction of the legendary director George Cukor who she had just had another success with in "Susan and God", Joan totally submerges herself in the character of the embittered and horrifically scarred Anna Holm with amazing dramatic results that helps create a riverting story of sadness and bitterness redeemed by love and understanding.

Based on the earlier Swedish film "En Kvinnas Ansikte", starring a young Ingrid Bergman which in turn was based on the celebrated play "II Etait Une Fois", by Francois De Croisset, the new effort keeps the locale and the same main characters with more of an American flavour to it with some of Hollywood's major lead and supporting actors filing the roles. We are first introduced to Anna Holm (Crawford), during a court case where she is on trial for the murder of Torsten Barring (Conrad Veidt). Told in flashback we see her living a lonely and loveless life in Stockholm. Horribly scarred by a childhood accident Anna leads an embittered existence where she has allowed her own frustrations to be taken out on all those around her. She turns to becoming the leader of a ruthless blackmailing ring that operates by extorting money out of unfortunate individuals who find themselves in potentially embarrassing situations. Basing their centre of operations at a country roadhouse Anna comes into contact with scheming aristocrat Torsten Barring, who happens to be short of both cash and any scruples about how to get it. He senses Anna's hunger for affection and he begins flattering her into believing she is an interesting and desirable woman. Of course he has ulterior motives for all this attention as he has plans to use Anna in his deadly scheme to murder his young nephew Lars Erik (Richard Nichols), who stands in the way of him receiving the family fortune on the event of the death of his ageing father Consul Barring (Albert Bassermann). In the meantime Anna continues to ply her trade of blackmail when her focus falls on wealthy Vera Segert (Osa Massen), the careless wife of prominent plastic surgeon Gustaf Segert (Melvyn Douglas). Attempting to exhort money from Vera over some careless love letters from Vera that have fallen into her possession Anna sprains her ankle trying to escape from the Segert's house and comes into contact with Gustaf. When he sees the terrible scar on her face Gustaf begins to take an interest in Anna and after showing her examples of how he has completely removed just as hideous disfigurements from others urges her to undergo surgery to remove her disfigurement. Anna agrees to undergo the surgery and the operations are a total success with Anna for the first time experiencing the feeling of being an attractive woman. However what has been repaired on the outside of the body is still no solution to the damage caused on the inside and Gustaf really wonders whether he has changed much at all and whether Anna is in fact a "Frankenstein or a Galatea". Wanting to show off her new appearance Anna goes to Torsten's apartment where her newfound beauty only fires his plans further towards obtaining his family fortune. He pursuades Anna to take a job as governess to Lars Erik and then stage an accident that will remove the claimant. Anna however grows attached to the infant and begins to see the wrong direction her life is taking her in when there is an opportunity to begin anew. When she is pushed into committing the murder Anna cannot go ahead with it and encouraged by the now besotted Gustaf she draws back from Torsten and his murderous scheme. Infuriated by Anna's betrayal Torsten now makes an attempt during a sleigh ride to murder the boy himself but in the frenzied pursuit Anna ends up shooting Torsten to save Lars Erik. Put on trial for murder a vital letter written by Anna to the Consul warning him about Torsten's intentions is revealed by jealous house keeper Emma Kristiansdotter (Marjorie Main)which shows that Anna acted in good intent. Gustaf now can see she was innocent of any wrong doing and agrees to stand by her for whatever happens in the future.

Certainly the second half of "A Woman's Face", does dissolve into melodrama but it is melodrama of the best kind and both portions of the story complement each other perfectly. George Cukor did a masterful job here with his direction of Joan Crawford and reportedly worked with her repeatedly to wear down any "actressy", mannerisms that Crawford might have normally brought to the proceedings. Certainly Joan displays an almost wistful quality in her acting when her new face is unveiled and she continually touches her face to see if it is actually hers. A normal person's natural anxiety and fear during the removal of her bandages also registers in Joan's facial expressions and deportment during that crucial scene where the audience waits with baited breath to see the results of her surgery. The earlier scenes when Anna is still a scarred and embittered blackmailer are some of Joan Crawford's finest pieces of acting. Here is no actress playing a villian, her Anna is a fully dimensional and embittered character taking her vengeance out on an uncaring world. Many other performers also shine in "A Woman's Face", in particular Conrad Veidt who made a speciality of these types of nasty individuals such as he plays here. Melvyn Douglas, a frequent Crawford leading man has the far more conventional leading man part here and really can't help but pale beside Veidt's more colurful charactersiation. Supporting performers Reginald Owen, Donald Meek and Connie Gilchrist really register as Anna's villianous pack of cold blooded blackmailers and Marjorie Main turns in an unexpectedly fine dramatic performance, very different to her better known work as a comedian, in the role of the jealous housekeeper who ends up holding the vital evidence that could save Anna's life when she is on trial.

Given that it was considered one of MGM's major productions for 1941 the credits both in front of and behind the camera for "A Woman's Face", are first rate. I'm always amazed at the individual expertise in areas like set design, lighting and costume back in Hollywood's heyday and "A Woman's Face", is no exception with Cedric Gibbon's excellent Swedish set design and the legendary Adrian excelling in one of his last assignments at MGM with his authentic costume designs for the principals. Joan Crawford never really had as excellent an acting role in her remaining two years at MGM but her Anna Holm is a fitting tribute to her often underestimated talents as a dramatic actress. If you see only one Joan Crawford melodrama from her MGM years make sure it is George Cukor's riverting tale of murder, deceit and love in "A Woman's Face".

Let's Not Forget Lighting and Photography.......2003-01-01

Yes, under Cukor's direction Joan Crawford and the other players give performances of their lives but what keeps me coming back to this film is also its stunning black and white cinematography.

Crawford's Finest.......2002-08-25

Anyone who doubts Joan Crawford's acting ability should watch the first half of this wonderful George Cukor film (second half dissolves into standard MGM melodrama fare). She is heartbreaking and constantly compelling. One wonders what could have happened to her career if she had been used more for her talent than her looks. Conrad Veidt is her spine tingling costar. A dynamic and dastardly duo!

Joan Crawford - what a face!.......2002-01-10

To the point: Joan once said her performance in A Woman's Face has led her in winning an Oscar for Mildred Pierce. Directed by George Cukor A Woman's Face was indeed a film that shows that Joan was not only a star but an dramatic actress.

Customer Reviews:

A Pleasure to Watch.......2007-04-20

Gail Allen (Madeline Carroll) works at Morrisey's, a classy clothing store for women. She is an empowered woman; she isn't married and she manages the company herself. She has her own apartment and a man that loves her (Allan Jones). On a night out with her girlfriend Smitty (Helen Broderick), a fortune teller tells her she will meet a man from an exotic location and will fall in love. She scoffs at the fortune, but soon it begins to come true. She meets Bill Burnett (Fred MacMurray), a man on vacation from his home in Bali, on a random stop one day and seems attached to him from the start. He finds where she works and begins to court her, although she is reluctant to let him get too close. He is persistent though and does all he can to win her over, including bringing an adorable little girl named Rosie (Carolyn Lee) into the equation.

Honeymoon in Bali, also known as My Love For Yours, is an excellent movie from start to finish. The actors' personalities shine brightly and bring an average story to life. Every bit of the film is entertaining, even if the scenes seem unimportant. How could you go wrong with a romance and a cute child?

The fortune teller was right.......2006-07-10

Gail Allen (Madeleine Carroll) is successful, career-oriented and is executive VP of a New York department store. She certainly has no time for romance, despite what a fortune teller has recently told her. But a chance encounter leads her to easy-going Bill Burnett (Fred MacMurray), who is temporarily in town from Bali. There is mutual attraction between the two, but the courtship is marred by Bill's chauvinistic sentiments and Gail's unwillingness to give up her career and become a mere housewife. Add to the mix the lovely Noel (Osa Massen), an acquaintance of Bill's from Bali, who is definitely interested in our Mr. Burnett. To boot, Gail's debonair, opera-singer friend Eric Sinclair (Allan Jones) wants to be more than a friend. Finally, mix in cute little girl Rosie (child star Carolyn Lee), who is under the care of Bill, and that spells a formula for a screwy situation.

What initially promises to be a screwball type of comedy settles down to a warm, romantic, family-type picture. Truth be told, Honeymoon in Bali is actually more of a comedy-drama, with most of the humor originating from Gail's wisecracking girlfriend Smitty and scene-stealing baby Rosie. Fred MacMurray brings his patented friendly, regular Joe persona to the table. However, there were moments where I did find his character Bill Burnett a bit pushy and churlish (huh, must be my enlightened modern sensibilities). British Madeleine Carroll (The 39 Steps, My Favorite Blonde) is always never less than gorgeous, and she is excellent as Gail Allen, at times cold, aloof and bossy, then vulnerable and open. And there is heat between MacMurray and Carroll. Akim Tamiroff as the nosy window washer who supplies Gail with life sermons makes the most of a key cameo role.

Overall, Honeymoon in Bali is a nice, uncomplicated film that reflects the times and sensibilities of the 1930s, when it was the men who brought home the bacon and the women who were still predominantly domestic goddesses. Although this movie's been somehow passed on over the years, it does offer very good performances from two classic film stars who were among the brightest in moviedom's galaxy, back in the day.

Good romantic comedy.......2003-02-24

Little known 1939 film starring the beautiful and classy british blonde star, Madeleine Carroll and american, guy-next-door-type, Fred Mac Murray, who play opposite each other with much chemistry.

Carroll is a business woman, who's the executive Vice-President of a Department Store in N.Y. and doesn't care for anything except her career, and there comes carefree Mac Murray, who lives in Bali, and changes it all...

Excellent supporting by Helen Broderick as Carroll's friend, who contributes with most of the picture's wisecracks, Allan Jones as a Met. Opera singer, who loves Carroll and wonderful child actress Carolyn Lee, who steals many-a-scene from the grown-ups.

Look for Akim Tamiroff, as comic, meddling window-cleaner.

The picture quality is O.K.

An Entertaining Romantic Comedy.......2001-12-28

"Honeymoon in Bali" stars one of the most beautiful blondes ever to grace the silver screen, English actress Madeleine Carroll, & Fred MacMurray, who was good at comic & dramatic roles. Hitchcock starred Carroll in "The Secret Agent" & "The 39 Steps." She was Bob Hope's "My Favorite Blonde." Carroll plays a successful executive who is married to her career & has no time for marriage & a family. MacMurray's character would today be a male chauvinist, but back in 1939 most women contented themselves with being housewives & mothers. MacMurray challenges Carroll's way of life. She is both attracted to & repelled by him. When MacMurray brings along a little girl for whom he is responsible, Carroll's mothering instincts are aroused, & she realizes that one can love a career, but a career can't love one back.
Akim Tamiroff adds humor as a voyeuristic window-washer who becomes interested in Carroll's life in her office.
The Front Row Entertainment DVD is satisfactory in picture & sound...

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Sonja`s best skating
Lavish ice spectacle with Sonja Henie and John Payne
If you like birding....
I love this movie!

Iceland
Starring: Sonja Henie , John Payne , Jack Oakie , Felix Bressart , and Sterling Holloway
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Bressart, Felix | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Feld, Fritz | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Flavin, James | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Haade, William | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Henie, Sonja | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Holloway, Sterling | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Oakie, Jack | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Payne, John | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Humberstone, H Bruce | ( H ) | Directors | VHS | Video

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Wintertime
It's a Pleasure
Thin Ice
One in a Million
My Lucky Star

ASIN: 6302989728
Release Date: 1994-02-16

Customer Reviews:

Sonja`s best skating.......2004-07-13

In the wake of the brilliant Sun Valley Serenade, Fox again cast Sonja with John Payne under the helm of H. Bruce Humberstone. Iceland is not as good as Sun Valley, but her skating is her best. The music is first rate, though the words hilarious(promoting the girls to let soldiers have fun with them, they might not come back hehehe). Sonja proves once again that she was a comic talent, but the stagefarce-plot is much too much at times... However; the musicalnumbers are a treat and u should always watch it for that reason alone.

Lavish ice spectacle with Sonja Henie and John Payne.......2003-05-04

Sonja Henie was one of those rare occurences in Hollywood history where a performer became well known for one type of performance, in this case movies that always had a skating theme. Much the same thing occured to Esther Williams in the 1950's where she was always associated and starred in swimming spectacles with underwater sequences. "Iceland" was made when Sonja Henie was still one of the biggest stars at Twentieth Century Fox Studios where her films made a huge profit and always included lavish skating sequences for Sonja to display her Olympic standard skating skills often with a handsome leading man like Tyrone Power, Don Ameche, Richard Greene or in this case John Payne to admire her from the sidelines.

"Iceland" was a major production for 1942 but like all Sonja Henie films was light on in the dramatics department to compensate for its leading ladies limited acting ability while still being very entertaining and pleasing to the eye. Indeed the skating sequences in "Iceland", are incredibly lavish both in composition and in appearance and a real joy to watch. And despite Sonja's skating now appearing subdued compared to the standards achieved in present day Olympic standards she is captivating on the ice. The storyline of "Iceland", is a thin one but fits in well with the lengthy skating scenes and icy northern setting. It tells the story of Katina Jonsdottir (Henie), a sweet Icelandic girl who encounters American Marine Capt. James Murfin (John Payne) while he is stationed in Iceland in the opening period of World War 2. Being naive with the ways of the world she promptly falls in love with the handsome sweet talking American unaware that he is a free sole who has girls in most ports and is not one to settle down. Unfortunately his sweet talking of Katina is mistaken for a proposal for marriage and it's definately a clash of customs as one misunderstanding after another complicates the situation and Capt Murfin not only finds himself being pushed towards the altar but for the first time in his life really falling deeply in love with Katina. All ends happily after they first pretend, in a very funny scene set in a wedding chamber, that they are married to aid true lovers Helga Katina's sister and her sweetheart who must wait for her older sister to marry before being allowed to tie the knot themselves to wed. Out of such vintage froth comes a pleasing story offset well by good performances allround. Sonja Henie has a pleasing screen presence despite her limited acting skills and John Payne, always considered a sort of second string Tyrone Power at the studio, delivers a great performance as the love 'em and leave 'em American marine who gets finally caught by Icelandic matrimonial customs and finds himself married and actually liking it! Veteran commedianne Jackie Oakie as Payne's comical sidekick in the highjinks, Slip Riggs has some great one liners and reactions to the often implausible goings on. Felix Bressart, a veteran of so many fine performances most notably as Garbo's communist offsider in the classic "Ninotchka" scores well as Katina's befuddled father who is seeking an advantageous marriage for his daughter to improve the family finances. His constant encouraging and then rejection of poor Sterling Holloway in the role of Katina's hapless suitor Sverrup Svenssen is one of the comic highlights in the screenplay.

As befitting an "A" grade Sonja Henie vehicle of this period no expense was spared on the production. It benefits greatly from the appearance of Sammy Kaye and his orchestra in a number of scenes and the skating sequences are lavish to the extreme. The magnificent main number of the film where the settings change from China to Panama to Hawaii is a real show stopper with top class choreography, incredibly lavish costumes and great tunes.

Twentieth Century Fox was very skilled at producing crowd pleasing films like this with frothy storylines and pleasing musical interludes. I enjoy all the Sonja Henie films and "Iceland", is one of the best from the later part of her incredible run of successes at Fox in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Sit back and enjoy handsome John Payne romancing sweet Sonja Henie in the snowy landscape of "Iceland".

If you like birding...........2001-03-05

This is a good introduction to Iceland, but it is not really intended for the adventure traveller. It is heavy with info and pictures for the traveller interested in birding. Still in a world light in videos on Iceland, this is better than nothing. Trailside is rereleasing their Trekking Iceland for the more adventurous.

I love this movie!.......1999-04-13

This movie is awesome! The special effects are the best I have ever seen. I would recommend this movie for any Star Trek fan out there. Live long and Prosper.

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"Background to Danger" (1943) ... George Raft ... Warner Bros."
Good espionage thriller
A B Movie Gets a C Grade
Who To Believe?
Come for the cast; stay for the story.

Background to Danger
Starring: George Raft , Brenda Marshall , Sydney Greenstreet , Peter Lorre , and Osa Massen
Director: Raoul Walsh
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

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Suspense | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | VHS | Video

General | Mystery & Suspense | Genres | VHS | Video

Bey, Turhan | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Greenstreet, Sydney | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Katch, Kurt | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Lorre, Peter | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Paiva, Nestor | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Puglia, Frank | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Raft, George | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Robertson, Willard | ( R ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

White, Leo | ( W ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

Walsh, Raoul | ( W ) | Directors | VHS | Video

Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Journey into Fear
Conflict (1945)
Malaya
Ministry of Fear

ASIN: 6302717671
Release Date: 1998-09-01

Customer Reviews:

"Background to Danger" (1943) ... George Raft ... Warner Bros.".......2007-03-05

Warner Bros. Pictures present "BACKGROUND TO DANGER" (1943) (80 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Starring George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Osa Massen & Kurt Katch ... Directed by Raoul Walsh, released in July 3, 1943, our story line takes place at Ankara in neutral Turkey : World War Two. A town of intrigue and of provocateurs. The Germans are planning to leak maps apparently proving that the Russians are about to invade the country. American Joe Barton is in the know and in the middle, along with Zaloshoff and his sister who may or may not be Russians. What is clear though is that odious Colonel Robinson is a full-blown Nazi --- Slam bang WWII story with a terrific car chase to cap a fast moving tale.

Under Raoul Walsh (Director), Eric Ambler (novel "Background to Danger"), W.R. Burnett (Screenwriter), Jerry Wald (Producer), Jack L. Warner (Executive Producer), Frederick Hollander (Original Score), Tony Gaudio (Cinematographer), Jack Killifer (Editor) - - - - the cast includes George Raft (Joe Barton), Brenda Marshall (Tamara Zaleshoff), Sydney Greenstreet (Colonel Robinson), Peter Lorre (Nikolai Zaleshoff), Osa Massen (Ana Remzi), Turhan Bey (Hassan), Willard Robertson ('Mac' McNamara), Kurt Katch (Mailler) - - - - - Film noir has sources not only in cinema but other artistic mediums as well...the low-key lighting schemes commonly linked with the classic mode are in the tradition of chiaroscuro and tenebrism, techniques using high contrasts of light and dark developed by 15th- and 16th-century painters associated with Mannerism and the Baroque...film noir's aesthetics are deeply influenced by German Expressionism, a cinematic movement of the 1910s and 1920s closely related to contemporaneous developments in theater, photography, painting, scultpture, and architecture...opportunities offered by the booming Hollywood film industry and, later, the threat of growing Nazi power led to the emigration of many important film artists working in Germany who had either been directly involved in the Expressionist movement or studied with its practitioners...Directors such as Fritz Lang, Robert Siodmak, and Michael Curtiz brought dramatic lighting techniques and a psychologically expressive approach to mise-en-scène with them to Hollywood, where they would make some of the most famous of classic noirs. Lang's 1931 masterwork, the German M, is among the first major crime films of the sound era to join a characteristically noirish visual style with a noir-type plot, one in which the protagonist is a criminal (as are his most successful pursuers). M was also the occasion for the first star performance by Peter Lorre, who would go on to act in several formative American noirs of the classic era ... featuring top performances from the '40s and '50s with outstanding drama and screenplays, along with a wonderful cast and supporting actors to bring it all together ... another winner from the vaults of almost forgotten film noir gems

SPECIAL FEATURES BIOS:
1. George Raft (aka: George Ranft)
Date of birth: 26 September 1895 - New York City, New York
Date of death: 24 November 1980 - Los Angeles, California
2. Brenda Marshall (aka: Ardis Ankerson Gaines)
Date of birth: 29 September 1915 - Island of Negros, Philippines
Date of death: 30 July 1992 - Palm Springs, California
3. Sydney Greenstreet
Date of birth: 27 December 1879 - Sandwich, Kent, England, UK
Date of death: 18 January 1954 - Hollywood, California
4. Peter Lorre (aka: László Löwenstein)
Date of birth: 26 June 1904 - Rózsahegy, Austria-Hungary [now Ruzomberok, Slovakia]
Date of death: 23 March 1964 - Los Angeles, California
5. Turhan Bey (aka: Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Sahultavy)
Date of birth: 30 March 1922 - Vienna, Austria
Date of death: Still Living
6. Raoul Walsh (aka: Albert Edward Walsh) (Director)
Date of birth: 11 March 1887 - New York, New York
Date of death: 31 December 1980 - Simi Valley, California

Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc), Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") and Trevor Scott (Down Under Com) as they have rekindled my interest once again for Film Noir, B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 80 min on VHS ~ Warner Bros. Video ~ (9/01/1998)

Good espionage thriller.......2006-06-22

Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet appear in this espionage thriller, though in place of the might-be-expected Humphrey Bogart in the lead, it's George Raft. Raft plays an agent in Turkey who obtains secret papers from a Russian agent that reveal a German plot to incite Turkey against Russia and thus form an alliance with Germany. If it sounds confusing, it's only the beginning. Lorre is also a Russian spy who wants the papers, and although Raft tries to accommodate him, Lorre is shot by the Germans, though before it's over Raft catches the chief German spy (Greenstreet) and forces him to burn the plans against Turkey. The picture is faithful to the Eric Ambler novel it's based on, only with the Germans taking the place of the petroleum company in the book. Lorre is excellent as Zalenkoff, and takes most impressive acting honors here. The plot is a bit confusing at times, and we're constantly weary of double-crosses lurking everywhere. But Raoul Walsh's direction is tight and brimming, and the movie offers solid entertainment where it most matters: a clever script and decent acting. Worth a watch.

A B Movie Gets a C Grade.......2004-10-09

Another intrigue/noir from the Forties, but this one is a disappointment. George Raft is a businessman travelling from Lebanon to neutral Turkey during WWII. A mysterious woman on the train gives him some seemingly innocent papers to deliver to her in Ankara. At the same time, a Nazi spymaster (Sydney Greenstreet) in Berlin travels to Ankara determined to create a situation which will inflame Turkey against the Soviets. Two Soviet spies in Ankara, Peter Lorre and Brenda Marshall, however, are determined to stop this.

Raoul Walsh directed and I doubt he'd have put this effort at the top of his resume. There are some action scenes and car chases that are fun, but the movie suffers from George Raft's leaden acting and a cliche-ridden script. Some examples: "You take us there or I'll bat your brains out!" "We Nazis do not relish failure!" "If your hands move one fraction I'm gonna blast!" Watching a new thought cross Raft's face is painful.

The movie has a nice look about it, with night scenes and shadows. If you're a noir Forties film fan, this is one to possibly add to your collection if it ever comes out on DVD. But I doubt if you'll watch it more than once.

The movie is based on Eric Ambler's novel of intrigue, Background to Danger. Don't let the movie put you off the book. The book is excellent. Not a cliche in sight.

Who To Believe?.......2003-01-02

George Raft is a self described salesman travelling throughout Asia who gets tangled up in a Nazi plan to bring neutral Turkey into the war on their side. He encounters spy Osa Massen on a train. She's being followed, so she gives him an envelope containing forged plans to invade Turkey supposedly by the Russians so that Turkey will want to side with the Axis. When she turns up dead later in Ankara, he finds himself the centre of attention, with various spies and plotters like Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and Brenda Marshall after the envelope. Raoul Walsh directs with his customary gusto, bringing lots of action to the twisting and turning spy story, culminating with a terrific chase scene. The film is well plotted, with surprises thrown in to keep the viewer guessing. Any film with Greenstreet and Lorre in it is usually worth watching, and they are as engaging as ever. The action helps to mask Raft's typically colourless performance (Bogart would have been great in this one). I love a good spy story, and this film did not disappoint me.

Come for the cast; stay for the story........2001-06-20

Set in neutral Turkey circa WW2, this nearly-forgotten film is a fast-paced tale of espionage. Its great cast includes coin-flipping tough guy George Raft, the elegantly duplicitous duo of Lorre and Greenstreet, Brenda Marshall as a comely commie and Turhan Bey (The Mummy's Tomb) as a confidant of Raft.

Ankara is portrayed as the dangerous, exotic city it must have been in those tenuous years, with bombings and stealthy dealings in darkened alleys. All the world's powers had converged upon that strategic point, engaging in covert knifings and more overt misinformation. The Germans in this movie plan to leak out a map alleging that the Russians plan to invade, hopefully tilting Turkey to the Axis. Therefore the Nazis, Russians and Allies seek this map at all costs. Raft may be just a travelling salesman, or is he something more? Who can be trusted? Can Truth, Justice and the American Way prevail? Rock on, brother.

Raoul Walsh has never gotten the credit he deserved as director. He helmed some of the best suspensers in the first half of the 20th century: Thief of Baghdad (1924), High Sierra, Pursued and White Heat, to name a few. Here again he is up to the task of providing a crisp, actionful movie, with a brisk car chase spicing up the latter sections. (Not up to the latter-day stunt standards of Lethal Weapon 4, definitely, but well-done.)

The only thing realy lacking is an abundance of the razor-sharp dialogue some other 40's programmers possess, but if you like studio genre films from Hollywood's golden age (shot, as the box says, in glorious black and white) you will very likely enjoy this one, too.

Iceland:Europe's Wild Gem
Average customer rating:

Sonja`s best skating

Lavish ice spectacle with Sonja Henie and John Payne

If you like birding....

I love this movie!

Iceland:Europe's Wild Gem
Starring: Sonja Henie , John Payne , Jack Oakie , Felix Bressart , and Sterling Holloway
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Manufacturer: Tapeworm Video
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

Bressart, Felix | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Feld, Fritz | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Flavin, James | ( F ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Haade, William | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Henie, Sonja | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Holloway, Sterling | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Massen, Osa | Maberly to Mazzello | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Oakie, Jack | ( O ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Payne, John | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video
Humberstone, H Bruce | ( H ) | Directors | VHS | Video
General | Documentary | Genres | VHS | Video
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ASIN: 6304896697
Release Date: 1998-02-17

Customer Reviews:

Sonja`s best skating.......2004-07-13

Lavish ice spectacle with Sonja Henie and John Payne.......2003-05-04

If you like birding...........2001-03-05

I love this movie!.......1999-04-13

This movie is awesome! The special effects are the best I have ever seen. I would recommend this movie for any Star Trek fan out there. Live long and Prosper.

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Million Dollar Weekend
Starring: James Craven , Francis Lederer , Osa Massen , Gene Raymond , and Patricia Shay
Director: Gene Raymond
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

Comic Criminals | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

Classic Comedies | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video

Comedy | Kids & Family | Genres | DVD | Video

4-for-3 Comedy | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

4-for-3 All DVDs | 4-for-3 DVD | Stores | DVD | Video

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You'll Never Get Rich
Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style...
Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses
What a beautifull couple.
You'll Never Get Rich

You'll Never Get Rich
Starring: Fred Astaire , Rita Hayworth , Robert Benchley , John Hubbard , and Osa Massen
Director: Sidney Lanfield
ProductGroup: Video
Binding: VHS Tape

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Benchley, Robert | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

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Homans, Robert | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | VHS | Video

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Lanfield, Sidney | ( L ) | Directors | VHS | Video

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Customer Reviews:

You'll Never Get Rich.......2007-05-18

Hayworth seems a bit too "grand" for Astaire's self-effacing style..........2007-01-17

Astaire and Hayworth are great together, "So Near and Yet So Far" is a fine Cole Porter song, but the movie has many weaknesses.......2006-07-23

What a beautifull couple........2006-03-20

You'll Never Get Rich.......2005-09-06

It is a fun flim. Fred Astaire is always at top form. You'll enjoy Fre the music and the comedy.

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