The Definitive Ealing Studios Collection DVD

Advantages: Beautifully restored versions of the greatest Holmes and Watson of all time
Disadvantages: None a single one

...The Definitive collection of arguably the best Holmes and Watson: Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce can only be greeted with joy, which is just how it was treated by me when it arrived in the post. Containing all fourteen films in the series that began in 1939 with The Hound of the Baskervilles and culminating with the rather melodramatically titled Dressed to Kill in 1946. For those not conversant with the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes films, they began as almost A-movies for Twentieth Century Fox first in Hound and then The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. At this point Fox decided not to film any further adventures but Universal, ever desiring to put together B-movie series, which might draw in audiences, negotiated with Conan Doyle's estate to gain the rights. Successfully so, they brought back Rathbone, as an angular, slightly... Read review

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Advantages: Great Classic British Comedy
Disadvantages: No frills black and white may not appeal to some

..., Textile Mill Owner/Narrator Michael Gough .... Michael Corland, Textile Mill Owner Ernest Thesiger .... Sir John Kierlaw Vida Hope .... Bertha, Birnley Mill worker (has a crush on Sidney) Music composed by Benjamin Frankel Screenplay by Roger Macdougall, John Dighton, Alexander Mackendrick Directed by Alexander Mackendrick A Michael Balcon Production Background Information = = = = = = = = = = = = Nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Alexander Mackendrick also directed The Ladykillers DVD Information = = = = = = = = = Extras - Theatrical trailer only Running time is 81 mins Approx Rated U Audio 1.0 Mono Aspect Ration 1.33:1 Regular Black and White Produced by Studio Canal Price and where to Buy = = = = = = = = = = = = The DVD can be bought either individually or part of the Ealing... Read review

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Advantages: 3 terrific classic films and lots of bonus material
Disadvantages: no subtitles

...Looking for an original Christmas present for Dad? Granddad? Uncle Arthur? Maybe even Auntie Maureen? Then step into my office, for I have an idea. That's it, pull up a seat… just move the cat… help yourself to sherry and make yourself comfortable… I've got 3 feature length films to review here… A few years ago (about 2003, perhaps?) I was looking for the DVD of "Passport to Pimlico". Back then it wasn't possible to buy the film individually and so I opted for this gift set of Ealing Comedies, featuring not only "Passport to Pimlico" but two films I had not, at that time, heard of, namely "Hue and Cry" and "The Titfield Thunderbolt". I am so glad that I did. I have been treated to an additional two features from the postwar period of the Ealing Studios that I might never have come across otherwise, and some great bonus features... Read review

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