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32 reviews
Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine

20th Century Fox, 2007

An almost perfect package
This is a gorgeous release - color, sound, 70mm transfer - Fox really went all out on this DVD. BUT: does anyone know if they're going to fix the problem of the Entr'acte missing its last 10 seconds? Also - with all of the extras this package includes it sure would have been nice to finally hear why the "I Love Paris" duet between Sinatra and Chevalier was cut as it was definitely filmed.

Gigi

1 review
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier

Warner Home Video, 2008

Rip-off
This is EXACTLY the same one as released in 2000. The DVD box is copyrighted 2000. The only difference is, the slipcover is dated 2008. That's it. Just save a few bucks and get the original.

Eclipse Series 8 - Lubitsch Musicals (The Love Parade / The Smiling Lieutenant / One Hour with You / Monte ...

11 reviews
Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier

Criterion Collection, 2008

Naughty innuendo, skimpy lingerie and lots of bedrooms. These four Lubitsch films are a delight
"Shall I see you again?" asks Lieutenant Niki von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier). "Oh, I hope so," says Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the luscious and liberated young violinist and leader of an all-girl orchestra in Vienna. Niki met her an hour or so ago at an outdoor biergarten. "When" "Well, perhaps tomorrow night. We could have dinner together," she says "Ohhh...don't make me wait 24 hours. I'm ...

In Search of the Castaways

39 reviews
Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills

Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2005

Castaways
In Search of the Castaways I'm a big fan of Hayley Mills and Maurice Chevalier. This is family entertainment. A couple of excitable moments. But this is a G rated film and no one is hurt -- they actually try to insert a little humor. It was nice to sit down and watch a movie and actually come away smiling.

A New Kind of Love

9 reviews
Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward

Paramount, 2005

Fun in Paris!
This glossy and sophisticated romp with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward is delicious fluff. From the opening title song by Sinatra and the early voice-over of Newman comparing a group of bargain hunting women to a herd of cattle, we know this one is going to be fun indeed. Made in 1963 when both were at their finest, the chemistry between the two leads carries this film to make it the most ...

Love in the Afternoon

62 reviews
Gary Cooper, Audrey Hepburn

Warner Home Video, 2002

Now I Get It
This film is definitely understood better with age. When I first saw it I was 16, and falling in love with Gary Cooper seemed yucky. All these years later, I look beyond that bit of miscasting and I get it: she grew up around adults, preferred their company, and was a hopeless romantic. He was a wealthy womanizer who longed for the purity and innocence she represented; he would have never ...

Gigi

102 reviews
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier

Warner Home Video, 2000

One of my favorites
Gigi is one of those classic films that just gets better with age. Leslie Caron (who sparkled in Chocolate) is a true delight. This is an original "Pretty Woman" tale of a courtesan who falls in love with a family friend. Gigi is a lively musical full of playfulness with a serious undertone. One of my favorite films.

A Breath of Scandal

8 reviews
Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier

Paramount, 2005

A Breat of Scandal 1960
Its 1907 in Vienna , the "city of the Waltz" Beautiful Sophia Loren (1934- ) is the Austrial Princess who , despite her exile from the familiar estate for "Scandalous indiscretions" scorn her mother?s wish to marry a Prince . Instead she sets her sight on a handsome John Gavin (1931- ) a visiting American mining engineer who has garnered the approval of her father: Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) ...

Monkeys, Go Home!

6 reviews
Maurice Chevalier, Dean Jones

Walt Disney Video, 2002

A Gem of A Movie, Extras or Not
I loved this movie. The cast is wonderful, especially Yvette Mimieux and those darling chimps. The scenery is very beautiful and evokes a safe and light-hearted mood. Disney has made some very good movies involving animals (others being "The Three Lives of Thomasina" and "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit.") True, the DVD does not have a lot of the extras that people are used to, but if you ...

Fanny

33 reviews
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier

Image Entertainment, 2008

I can't believe Warner Bros. let this one get away
This is one of the sweetest movies I've ever seen, and it is a shame that Warner Bros. didn't bother to renew their rights to it. Image Entertainment rides to the rescue, though, with a new DVD release of this classic. When I say the movie is sweet, it manages to do so without being cheesy. Leslie Caron is in the title role as a young woman who finds herself pregnant after consummating her ...

The Sorrow and the Pity

25 reviews
Georges Bidault, Maurice Chevalier

Image Entertainment, 2001

Watch, Listen, Learn, and Think
Like many other Americans, I had a skewed view of French participation in WWII. I mean, the prevailing wisdom is that they fought (badly) a short time, surrendered ignominiously, and then wanted a huge chunk of the glory and German territory to occupy after the English and the Americans saved them from the Nazis. But after watching The Sorrow and The Pity, I came away with a different view. On ...

Love Me Tonight

19 reviews
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald

Kino Video, 2003

A Landmark Musical
Another perfect film is now readily available on DVD. This film is widely recognised as one of the best musicals ever. It combines a superb Rodgers and Hart score with the subtle sexy humour of Ernst Lubitsch and the visual flair which Rouben Mamoulian, the director, brought to so many of his films. Maurice Chevalier plays a tailor who meets princess Jeanette MacDonald when he visits her ...

Gigi

102 reviews
Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier

MGM (Warner), 1999

One of my favorites
Gigi is one of those classic films that just gets better with age. Leslie Caron (who sparkled in Chocolate) is a true delight. This is an original "Pretty Woman" tale of a courtesan who falls in love with a family friend. Gigi is a lively musical full of playfulness with a serious undertone. One of my favorite films.

Glamour Girls: The Leading Ladies (Love Me Tonight / The Blue Angel / Pandora and the Flying Dutchman / The ...

1 review
Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich

Kino Video, 2006

Beware! No German Blue Angel
This set only contains the English version of the film. You still need to shell out $31.00 for the earlier KINO release of the film that has both the German and English versions. If the superior German version had been included, this set would have received a 5 star rating.

This Man Must Die

9 reviews
Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier

Pathfinder Home Ent., 2003

A Marvellous TAle of Grief and Revenge
Charles Thenier (Michel Duchaussoy) is an affluent, middle-aged writer of children's stories whose son has just been killed in a hit and run road accident in Brittany. The police draw a blank at finding the culpable driver. But Thenier, driven by a vengeful obsession, stumbles on a piece of information that leads him to the man he is after. This turns out to be Paul Decourt (Jean Yanne), a ...

Backflash

7 reviews
Brian Abercrombie, Maurice Chevalier (II)

Dimension, 2002

Well Worth Checking Out!!!!!!!!
I'll be honest. What got me watching this movie in the first place? Well, I was flipping channels and caught a quick glimpse of Jennifer Espinito, Just as if she were standing on the side of the highway hitchiking, and I slammed on the brakes to stop and pick her up, my channel surfing stopped dead right there!!!! Not expecting a hell of alot from a movie she were starring in, I decided to ...

Black Tights

7 reviews
Zizi Jeanmaire, Cyd Charisse

Kino Video, 2000

Excellent. Brilliant Carmen.
Best combination of fetching legs since Eleanor Powell danced alone. The Carmen sequence was enchanting.

The Unfaithful Wife (La Femme infidèle)

6 reviews
Stéphane Audran, Michel Bouquet

Pathfinder Home Ent., 2003

The Unfaithful Wife
Murder maestro Chabrol is one of the heralded French New Wave directors whose intelligent twists on genre (thrillers are his domain) ushered in an exciting new era in filmmaking. In "Wife," he offers a fresh take on the standard crime-of-passion tale, with the intense Bouquet playing a wealthy cuckold and Audran, Chabrol's own beautiful spouse, lending her ironic talents to the role of über-bored ...

Broadway Bound 10 movie pack

2 reviews
Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire

Mill Creek Entertainment, 2007

great
I loved the dancing and the music the singing. My nephew was dancing along with it. I just love these movies.

Monkey Business

31 reviews
Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx

Image Entertainment, 1998

Marxes on the Rampage
The Marx Brothers' first Hollywood production survives as a masterpiece of cinematic anarchy. "Monkey Business" (1931) takes no prisoners -- it's fast, furious and doesn't give a damn about convention. There are enough sight gags and nonsequiturs for a half-dozen comedies. Thelma Todd is a lively addition to the Marxian ensemble and compensates for the absence of Margaret Dumont. Memorable ...