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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790794655
Feature: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer My Favorite Wife Destination Tokyo Night and Day Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 085393498221 UPC: 085393498221 Manufacturer No: 34982
Format: Box set, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0790794659
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 34982
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 01, 2004
Running Time: 540 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 03, 1946
Features:- Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer My Favorite Wife Destination Tokyo Night and Day Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 085393498221 UPC: 085393498221 Manufacturer No: 34982
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House The Bachelor and The Bobby-Soxer My Favorite Wife Destination Tokyo Night and DayFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA UPC: 085393498221
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Greatest movie star ever? How can you argue against Cary Grant, the graceful clown, the ironic romantic? Equally at home in an Alfred Hitchcock suspense piece or a Howard Hawks screwball comedy, the superb Mr. Grant (born Archie Leach) could handle just about anything. And it's a testament to his appeal that this boxed set, which contains not a single great movie, is nevertheless an entertaining catalog of Grant's splendid run during the 1940s.
The earliest picture, and a sheer delight, is 1940's My Favorite Wife, one of Grant's blissful pairings with the wonderful Irene Dunne. He's about to remarry when his first wife washes up again after having been lost on a desert island (with he-man Randolph Scott) for seven years. Destination Tokyo is a WWII submarine picture, with Grant as the stalwart skipper--slightly odd casting, but he brings it off with admirable professionalism. (The film's propagandistic jabs at demonizing the Japanese enemy have not aged well.)
Night and Day is one of those composer biographies that veers rather radically from reality, with Grant playing Cole Porter. A ton of great songs and the canny casting of Cary as the champagne-sophisticate Porter make it passably de-lovely, despite the whitewash of the composer's real-life story. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer puts Grant in deliciously antic mode, mooned over by teenager Shirley Temple but preferring the company of her older sister, Myrna Loy. He re-teams with Loy in Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, an artless but regularly hilarious tale of Manhattanites whose Connecticut fixer-upper becomes a money pit. --Robert Horton
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The product is top quality and the price was just right. Delivery time was OK.
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To me the best movie in this set is 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House' why? because 70 years later, NOTHING HAS CHANGED in the home building process.
If you ever thought about building a house this movie is a MUST SEE. The things that happen to Mr. Blandings are fairly typical. In fact today there is a whole new level of difficulty caused by (some over controlling) Home Owners Associations. This movie is terrific fun. You will see design mistakes, purchasing mistakes, and cost over-runs all done in a fun way.
The decision between purchasing an existing home and custom building a new one can sometimes be difficult one. As you will see in this movie, it takes longer, is a lot more work, and cost a lot more.
So why does Mr. Blandings do it? The same reason I have done it three times, it's the only way to get exactly what you want. (It's hard to find a modern home in a country going more architecturally traditional.)
I liked all the other movies in this set as well, but I think it you will find 'Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House' the most entertaining (and possibly educational too).
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The Cary Grant Signature Collection is worth the money. I just wanted "Mr.Blandings Builds His Dream House" and "The Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer". It would be hard to believe that many people old or young have never seen these classic movies. I was surprised by "Destination Tokyo". I don't usually like war movies, but this one was very good. Cary Grant gives a very realistic performance. (My husband was a retired submariner. He told me that the captain and the crew are a very close knit group.) The reason I give this collection four stars is "Night and Day". It's boring. Look up the bio on Cole Porter and maybe you'll find out why. "My Favorite Wife" dated, but a fun watch. I like seeing Randolph Scott play a "hunk" instead of a cowboy. The whole Collection boasts of great co-stars and supporting players. These are all good movies and worth the price.
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Great acting for the times, Cary was way ahead of the times, the technical input to "Destination Tokyo" is outstanding!
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As a fan of Cary Grant, I can confirm that this collection brings together some of my favorite films of his. If you enjoy Mr. Grant's comedies, I think these will become your favorites, too. Destination Tokyo is an odd inclusion in this otherwise comedy collection, but is a good solid story with the proper amount of drama (without the usual schmaltz). And, as several reviews have mentioned, the transfer quality of these films is a nice surprise.
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