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The Manchurian Candidate (Special Edition) 203 reviews Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
The Manchurian Candidate, a political thriller
+ A Classic... + Even in a Post USSR World the Original Still Resonates + The Manchurian Candidate (special edition)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal Legacy Series) 367 reviews Gregory Peck, John Megna
Universal Studios, 2005
RACIALLY TORN ALABAMA
+ Most memorable movie, ever. + To Kill a Mockingbird + To Kill a Mockingbird
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Stagecoach 85 reviews Claire Trevor, John Wayne
Warner Home Video, 2007
Stagecoach
+ Classic Western + Stagecoach + Stagecoach + A Classic Western
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A Place in the Sun 97 reviews Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor
Paramount, 2001
the American dream which dissolved into a nightmare
+ Camara as Observer + a place in the sun + Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift terrific in this film + Painfully Touching, Difficult Viewing, Classic Film!
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King Kong (Single-Disc Edition) 194 reviews Robert Armstrong, Roscoe Ates
Turner Home Ent, 2006
LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL KING KONGS
+ King Kong (1933) - Still Modern Classic + Just what I expected, from Amazon! + Long Live The King + King Kong 1933
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Johnny Belinda 32 reviews Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres
Warner Home Video, 2006
Remarkable performance from Wyman
+ Poor thing! + A surprising film + Powerful melondrama + Johnny Belinda
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The Philadelphia Story 148 reviews Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn
Warner Home Video, 2000
Classic movie
+ Timless acting, devastating wit, and, um... the script still neeeds work + The Philadelphia Story + The course of true love... ...gathers no moss.
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Dinner at Eight 36 reviews Marie Dressler, John Barrymore
Warner Home Video, 2005
stunning character studies with comedy and tragedy that is as good as it gets
+ One of the best! + High society during Great Depression + Dinner at Eight + One of the great sophisticated pre-code films
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The Heiress (Universal Cinema Classics) 95 reviews Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift
Universal Studios, 2007
An "unmarriageble" girl
+ An Additional Wrinkle + "You have found a tongue at last, Catherine!" + empowerment, 1940s style + The Heiress
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Little Women (1933) 32 reviews Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett
Turner Home Ent, 2001
Little Women (1933) - still young and beautiful
+ Some Comparisons + Marvelous classic!
Little Women (1933), directed by George Cukor story of March family, four beautiful loving sisters and their Marmee, is an early adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1860s classic and certainly one of the best. This is the movie that I believe should be universally loved and praised because it ...
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Blue Bird 41 reviews Shirley Temple, Spring Byington
20th Century Fox, 2007
A Child's Bluebird of Happiness
+ pure and simple story + Early Color Classic
I'm prejudiced about this film, because I saw it as a small child, and was absolutely enchanted. From a child's viewpoint, everything looked magical. I especially loved the fairy, Light, and the Land of the Unborn Children. As a grownup, I can appreciate the slightly tacky, not to mention ...
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Since You Went Away 63 reviews Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
Another great classic
+ It's Not the Best, But It Still Works for Me + Wonderful Memory film
I have loved this movie since I was a kid watching the Million Dollar Movie.
If you like old movies & appreciate great film making try this one.
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It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition) 486 reviews James Stewart, Donna Reed
Paramount, 2006
Adding Color To A Classic
+ If This Movie Doesn't Get To You, You Just Don't Get Christmas. + It's a Wonderful Life + It's a Wonderful Life (60th Anniversary Edition) + "It truly is a Wonderful Life"
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 37 reviews Lana Turner, John Garfield
Warner Home Video, 2004
Love and lust, love and murder. James M. Cain, John Garfield and Lana Turner make a fine, tawdry story
+ Lana at her beautiful best + A classic Film Noire
With platinum hair, dark eyelashes and pouty lips, Cora Smith is a slut to dream about. Or maybe she's just an ambitious, dissatisfied wife, married to Nick, the fat older owner of a greasy roadside diner. Or maybe all those banked flames of hers are getting too much fresh oxygen from tough, dumb ...
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The Last Picture Show (Definitive Director's Cut Special Edition) 85 reviews Sam Bottoms, Timothy Bottoms
Sony Pictures, 1999
An American Classic
+ Cinema in Paradise + The Peyton Place of the South + One of the Great Films
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Portrait of Jennie 68 reviews Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
Movie - Portrait of Jennie
+ Recommended purchase + a stunning classic + A Portrait of Love! + Fans of Ghost and Mrs. Muir and Somewhere in Time will adore Portrait of Jennie
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Judgment at Nuremberg 84 reviews Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster
MGM (Video & DVD), 2004
A Film for All Seasons
+ Is it any wonder that with a triumphant director, an all-star cast & an out-of-sight screenplay... + For once, the hype is richly deserved + Fantastic!! + How easily we fool ourselves
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The Last Hurrah 17 reviews Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter
Sony Pictures, 1999
IF ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL, THIS IS CLASSIC POLITICS
+ Hollywood's Mayoral Politics + Great film with one "flaw"
The films begins with Mayor Frank Skeffington (Tracy) coming down the staircase of his large home and stopping to put a fresh flower in the vase under the picture of his deceased wife. He is soon joined in his large home office by his loyal staff who prepare him for the day's activities and getting ...
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (Two-Disc Special Edition) 174 reviews Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
Warner Home Video, 2006
Misery
+ Parakeets for lunch, rats for dinner + A Classic Thriller! + MASOCHISM VS SADISM + DVD Arrival
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The Bad and the Beautiful 33 reviews Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas
Turner Home Ent, 2002
WHERE ARE YOU, JONATHAN?
+ All about Jonathan . . . + Hollywoods Facade + Great Cast!
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