The Cary Grant Box Set R1 - 5 elokuvaa

R1 originaali (tarviset R1 tai aluekoodittoman soittimen), boksi jossa 5 Cary Grantin klassikkoelokuvaa. Mukana myös 10 postikortin setti, kortit täysin uusia ja hienoja, säilytyspussissaan käyttämättöminä. 

The Cary Grant Box Set (Holiday / Only Angels Have Wings / The Talk of the Town / His Girl Friday / The Awful Truth)

Cary Grant was born Archibald Leach in Bristol, England. Tall, dark and debonair, Grant was the quintessential leading man. Appearing in more classic movies than anyone else, he starred in multiple films for such world-class directors as Alfred hitchcock, Howard Hawks, George Stevens and Leo McCarey. Sophisticated, cool and charming, Cary Grant was a class act, arguably the greatest movie star of all time.

• Director ? : ? George Cukor, George Stevens, Howard Hawks, Leo McCarey
• Media Format ? : ? NTSC, Color, Box set, Closed-captioned
• Run time ? : ? 8 hours and 37 minutes
• Release date ? : ? February 7, 2006
• Actors ? : ? Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Rita Hayworth, Katharine Hepburn
• Language ? : ? Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Studio ? : ? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• ASIN ? : ? B000CEV3L4
• Writers ? : ? Arthur Richman, Ben Hecht, Charles Lederer, Charles MacArthur
• Number of discs ? : ? 5

This is the pick of the box sets of Cary Grant's films except if you are crazy about Alfred Hitchcock. All the films were made at Columbia between 1938 and 1942. Harry Cohn ran that studio with an iron fist but as one historian notes in one of the featurettes, he allowed directors to have control and here we have 4 of the best - Howard Hawks x2, Leo McCarey, George Stevens and George Cukor.

Not only is Grant superb in every film, but he is paired with 4 peerless leading ladies - Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, Jean Arthur x2 and Rosalind Russell. Three of the scripts are based on plays - "Holiday", "His Girl Friday" and "The Awful Truth". "Holiday" is a freewheeling comedy with a message. "Friday" is the brilliant reworking of "The Front Page" with a gender change and "Truth" one of the peaks of the screwball genre. "Only Angels have Wings" is a ripping adventure and "The Talk of the Town" is a moody misfire combining comedy, romance and a message in the vein of Frank Capra.

All of the prints are good, the weakest being "Holiday". Each film has a featurette, most of which tell more about Grant and the directors than the films themselves. I think they would have been improved if combined into one documentary. "His Girl Friday" contains a worthwhile commentary notable for its succint delivery, in contrast to the often verbose dissertations on most DVDs. You can actually watch the film AND listen to the commentary for once. Theatrical trailers are included and there is selected marketing material, notably for a Frank Capra DVD collection of Columbia films.

These are films which still stand up today - mostly good stories, great casts and excellent production values. This is Hollywood at its most entertaining and accomplished.

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