Glamour Queens and Screen Legends August 8, 2006
Posted by jackal in : Films , trackback
The months of October and November promise to be a goldmine for fans of classic movies, with Warner Bros. offering up a mouthwatering slate of boxsets to suit all tastes. Kind of lost in the mix, however, are three Screen Legend Collections from Universal. Following up on their Glamour Collections for Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich and Mae West earlier in the year, now it’s the boys’ turn: five movies each for Cary Grant, Bing Crosby and Rock Hudson.
I’m very much looking forward to the Grant set, even though I don’t know a single one of the films. After all, the same was true of the Carole Lombard Glamour Collection, which turned out to be one of my top releases of the year so far; six highly entertaining films, starring my favourite actress, for a sub-£15 price. The Cary Grant set looks equally promising: one of Hollywood’s greatest stars in a potentially fun bunch of movies, with co-stars like Myrna Loy and Joan Bennett, packaged together with no DVD18s this time(!), and it’s another steal at under £15 from DVD Pacific. For that price, even if only two of the films turn out to be any good, it’s still a bargain.
Nice job, Universal. Now, if you’d only get your Film Noir series back up and running, I’d really be impressed.
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