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Old 02-05-2007, 02:24 PM
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The Stewart Granger Collection (12 DVD Disks) (Region 2 - UK)
To be released June 11th 2007.

Comprises:

Adam and Evelyne,
Blanche Fury,
Caesar And Cleopatra,
Captain Boycott,
Fanny By Gaslight,
Lamp Still Burns,
Love Story,
Madonna of The Seven Moons,
Magic Bow,
Waterloo Road,
Woman Hater
Caravan.

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I am not a fan of Stewart, and am unfamiliar with these. If any of these are favorites, can someone comment on them? The recent release of the two PRISONER OF ZENDAs (Ronald Colman's 1937 and Granger's 1952) didn't make me see Stewart in any different light.
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I'd certainly recommend Waterloo Road, as that is a great John Mills film. Another favourite is Captain Boycott; it has a real treasury of great character actors - Mervyn Johns (against type), Noel Purcell, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim, Niall MacGinnis, Maurice Denham, and Robert Donat. Watch out for a young Desmond Llewelyn on the train (I did forward this to IMDB but it hasn't been accepted).
As for the others, I've never seen them but will be looking forward to seeing them soon.

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I am not a fan of Stewart, and am unfamiliar with these. If any of these are favorites, can someone comment on them? The recent release of the two PRISONER OF ZENDAs (Ronald Colman's 1937 and Granger's 1952) didn't make me see Stewart in any different light.
I'm not a fan either (I can't stand him!), nevertheless there are some wonderful films here. For Gainborough at their most preposterously charming I recommend Madonna of the Seven Moons, Fanny by Gaslight and Love Story. Any film featuring Margaret Lockwood as a terminally ill concert pianist playing a last concert at the open air theatre at Land's End (The Cornish Rhapsody) has something special going for it. Throw in Patricia Roc as the other love interest and it can't fail.

N.B. I never said it was a'great film'!
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I'm not a fan either (I can't stand him!), nevertheless there are some wonderful films here. For Gainborough at their most preposterously charming I recommend Madonna of the Seven Moons, Fanny by Gaslight and Love Story. Any film featuring Margaret Lockwood as a terminally ill concert pianist playing a last concert at the open air theatre at Land's End (The Cornish Rhapsody) has something special going for it. Throw in Patricia Roc as the other love interest and it can't fail.

N.B. I never said it was a'great film'!
Why not add THE MAN IN GREY and SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS and then you would have all his pre hollywood star vehicles.
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Why not add THE MAN IN GREY and SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS and then you would have all his pre hollywood star vehicles.
Good point but those two are already available on DVD. Mind you, so is Waterloo Road.
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Do you know if they'll be issuing them individually, too?
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Caravan is a wonderfully daft film. Anne Crawford is a liabilty, but Jean Kent, while somehat over the top, is great fun (she also adds a lot of sparkle to Waterloo Road). A bonus is Robert Helpman & Dennis Price, both as camp as the coffee.
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I can't stand Granger, his ego is so obvious in all his films. But any collection that contains 5 films with the wonderful Jean Kent has to be worth getting.
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Caravan is a wonderfully daft film. Anne Crawford is a liabilty, but Jean Kent, while somehat over the top, is great fun (she also adds a lot of sparkle to Waterloo Road). A bonus is Robert Helpman & Dennis Price, both as camp as the coffee.
And it has the least flamenco-like flamenco ever put on film!
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And it has the least flamenco-like flamenco ever put on film!
If you ever find a copy of Michael Powell's Luna de miel (1959) [aka Honeymoon], that's got a wonderful flamenco in it by Antonio and Carmen Rojas. Talk about a vertical expression of a horizontal desire, it's the sexiest dancing I've ever seen on screen. Even though Antonio was as camp as a row of tents :

Carmen and Rosita Segovia were the leading ladies in Antonio's dance troupe which toured the world at about that time. They did flamenco, ballet and some interesting mixtures of the two styles

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If you ever find a copy of Michael Powell's Luna de miel (1959) [aka Honeymoon], that's got a wonderful flamenco in it by Antonio and Carmen Rojas. Talk about a vertical expression of a horizontal desire, it's the sexiest dancing I've ever seen on screen. Even though Antonio was as camp as a row of tents :

Carmen and Rosita Segovia were the leading ladies in Antonio's dance troupe which toured the world at about that time. They did flamenco, ballet and some interesting mixtures of the two styles
I would love a copy of this! I have been promised it by P&P-ers, (ditto Oh Rosalinda!) but no-one has ever got around to it.

I have DVDs of the various Antonio Gades flamenco ballets - El Amor Brujo, Bodas de Sangre, Carmen, & c.
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