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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI
EAN: 0030306786094
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: MPI HOME VIDEO
Manufacturer: MPI HOME VIDEO
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MPI HOME VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Running Time: 209 minutes
Sales Rank: 31255
Studio: MPI HOME VIDEO
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Product Description:
he British Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 was passed to give motion pictures made in the United Kingdom an edge over Hollywood imports. However technically crude, these low budget quota quickies provided on-the-job training for some of the biggest stars of the Golden Age of British Cinema.
THE PHANTOM LIGHT (1935)
The disappearance of two lighthouse keepers stationed on the desolate coast of Wales is linked to the specter of a rogue beacon that lures freight ships to their destruction on the rocks. Gordon Harker (Alfred Hitchcock s THE RING) and Binnie Hale (LOVE FROM A STRANGER) star as bickering sleuths who must solve the mystery of The Phantom Light or become its next victims!
RED ENSIGN (1935)
With England s commercial fleet in decline, idealistic shipbuilder David Barr (THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME s Leslie Banks) conceives a radical new design to revolutionize the industry. Denied capital to proceed by his firm s board of directors, Barr funds the project himself, attracting the support of a beautiful heiress and the attention of a ruthless rival who will stop at nothing, even murder, to obtain Barr s top secret design.
THE UPTURNED GLASS (1947)
After sparing the eyesight of a young patient, Dr. Michael Joyce falls in love with the girl s grateful mother, Emma Wright (Rosamund John), whose husband has been absent for years. When her man returns unexpectedly, Emma reluctantly ends the affair, only to be killed in a mysterious fall. Using his surgical skills to trace the killer, Michael begins his own investigation but has no intention of handing the murderer over to the police.
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Rating:  - Three Classic Movies Worth Watching
I discovered this DVD in a recent review in the NYT. They highly recommended it, and so do I. The DVD consists of three unrelated films: The Red Ensign (1935), The Phantom Light (1935), and the Upturned Glass (1947). All address different subjects.
The first movie, The Red Ensign, tells the tale of a patriotic British shipbuilder, who intends to use his radical new cargo ship design to bolster the declining British shipbuilding industry. Unable to attract the necessary capitol, he funds the building himself and runs into financial ruin and commercial disasters. It is a highly patriotic story, tracing the shipbuilder's willingness to do anything at any cost to achieve his ends.
The Phantom Light is set in Wales (probably North Wales) and in the first few scenes, has authentic characters dressed in native costumes speaking Welsh. The story centers on the lighthouse and mysterious tales of a second "phantom light" from the mountains that lures ships to the rocks and their destruction. Two lighthouse keepers have died under questionable circumstances, and the arrival of a new lighthouse keeper coincides with two disguised sleuths seeking to solve the mystery. While not profound, it is an interesting look back into that time period.
It is the third movie which makes this DVD worthwhile. In the Upturned Glass, a young James Mason stars as a neuro-surgeon who restores a child's eyesight and falls in love with her mother. The affair ends and the mother mysteriously ... Read More
Rating:  - A lighthouse, a boat, a plummet
The two Michael Powell directed pictures in CLASSIC BRITISH THRILLERS give good indication of the great work he'd produce later, although they are somewhat hampered by small budgets. The James and Pamela Mason murder mystery is quite engaging.
SYNOPSES--
THE PHANTOM LIGHT-- The lighthouse keeper at a quaint Welsh coast village dies mysteriously, and his lighthouse is now supposedly haunted-- an unexplained light keeps shining on the scene of his death. The story's atmosphere is literal, with lots of blanketing fog, plus a murder mystery that's equally shrouded and obscured. Primarily filmed within a lighthouse, this whodunit has more than its share of ethnic humor.
RED ENSIGN-- Leslie Banks plays a somewhat pushy manager of a shipyard whose revolutionary boat design encounters much opposition and skullduggery from the competition and his own financers.
THE UPTURNED GLASS-- A story told in flashback. Neurosurgeon's affair with a married woman ends with her defenestrated death. Suspecting the woman's sister is involved, the surgeon plots revenge on her. Easily the best of this small collection. Co-written by Pamela Mason.
CLASSIC FILM NOIR, Vol. 3 - 10 Movie Pack (from ST. CLAIR) contains one very fine British-made suspense movie, plus many other unusual stories.
Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.
(5.3) The Phantom Light (UK-1935) - Binnie ... Read More
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