Best of Shirley Temple!
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The Little Colonel and the Littlest Rebel are my favorites.  I especially loved the dance parts with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.  I didn't remember Dimples but I enjoyed it as well!
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Just love Bette Davis and this is some of best.  These movies are not easy to find; The Old Maid is very hard to find so was proud to get this to add to my collection.  Also. the variety of movies is very good, you won't find the plot twice, and you also get Mirium Hopkins.  It's a great set, came timely and in perfect condition.
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I love Audrey Hepburn, this is her best yet, the costumes were superb and who did not love Rex Harrison' irrascible character in this movie.  He was a rock and really carries his own as do most of the characters in this musical.  It is the best, right up there with Evita!  My Fair Lady is a great Classic!
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We all grew up with this movie.  I have it on VHS and at some points you can't even hear the sound anymore!  This edition was worth the buy (not only because of the sound quality) but my boyfriend and I spent an extra hour exploring all the extras on the first night.  The best was playing the "Battle of Wits" game.  How many quotes from the movie do you know by heart?
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I love this show even more than when I was a kid! So HAPPY it's now available on super duper sharp clear DVD all these years later and the girls seem even funnier than the first time around! All those classic 1950's Old Time Rock And Roll songs too! I saw a screamin' hilarious rerun of Laverne & Shirley at Fonzie's Phony Funeral on cable a few seasons back - was that on "Happy Days" or "Laverne & Shirley"? Always full of laughing fun & interesting to see what kinda trouble PENNY & CINDY get themselves into as LAVERNE & SHIRLEY!
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Great music from brilliant movie,love Shirley MacLaine. Frank Sinatra & Maurice Chevalier sing a wonderful rendition of"I love Paris"
Love it!
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This collection gives us The Old Maid, seldom seen before VHS and this DVD. This film conyains one of Miss Davis' greatest performances, as she enters into the very heart of what a loveless life can do, to a young woman, and finnaly an older woman, living in a house with a cousin who caused so much of her loneliness.

Deception has Miss Davis squaring off with Claude Rains in a series of scenes very suspenseful and very dark in mood and setting. It is not to be missed.

The others are great: Watch on the Rhine is spectacular, with an ending that truly shocks and moves one.

All This and Heaven Too, is Boyer's best., as Miss Davis draws him out of his "Take me to the Cassbah" routine. Her performance is subtle, compressed, as the character she portrays undergoes a harrowing series of rejections.

The Great Lie has Bette Davis face off with Mary Astor, both in top form, battleing for the same lover, a very strange George Brent. Catch Hattie MacDaniel as the ever perceptive maid, and the explosive western retreat scene, between Mary Astor and Bette Davis, as they encounter each other in the midst of dust storms, no lights, and no creature comforts of any kind!

In this Our Life directs us to the racism so prevalent in Hollywood and everywhere else. Bette Davis hits the marks with a portrayal of blistering madness, off set by Olicvia DeHavilland's cool, moody reactions. The racisl issue is very daring, and the ending will surprise you!

Get this set and let Bette Davis show what great acting is.
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By far, one of my FAVORITES!  Cute movie and who could ever forget that wicked old woman and her grim look?  Will always remember that cute monkey and hearing Heidi & Clara laughing so sweetly at the monkey's antics!  Such a cute movie!

As I watched this movie, it reminded me of my childhood and when I would watch these old movies.  Even though I'm now in my 50's, I will never forget these heartwarming movies of Shirley Temple!  Every child should see movies like this instead of the stuff shown these days!
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Review of Annie Get Your Gun
Hot Toasty Rag, Feb 20, 2018

If you grew up listening to the Broadway soundtrack of Annie Get Your Gun, youll come to associate Ethel Mermans fantastic, belting voice with Irving Berlins songs. Its completely understandable that youd watch the film adaptation and be disappointed by Betty Huttons less-than-stellar vocals. But I appeal to you, as a fellow musical lover, to give the film a fair shot.

The original casting choice for the tomboy cowgirl Annie Oakley was Judy Garland, and if you buy the DVD, you can watch her perform a couple of songs. Only after watching the outtakes can you see just how far she would have dragged the film down. Her energy was low, her timing was slow, she was too old for the part, and her expressions were too troubled. Annie is supposed to be innocent, fresh, exciting, and endearing: all qualities a 1950 Judy Garland wasnt. Betty Hutton might not have been able to sing all the songs as well as the immortal Ethel Merman, but she was young, innocent, fresh, exciting, and endearing. Her energy was off the charts! And while the part was practically made for Doris DayWarner Brothers wrote and filmed a knock-off version, Calamity Jane, for the blonde star three years laterBetty was an excellent choice. She made the audience care about her, and she delivered the lines with such sincerity, she even made the audience take the silly story seriously.

Howard Keel played the big-voiced, ridiculously handsome, self-assured Frank Butler. Every time Betty looks at him during their first few scenes together, her jaw drops and she turns to jelly. Its very funny, and Im sure youll find yourself mimicking herI did! Hes so incredibly handsome and charming in this movie, its no wonder he was cast in basically the same role in Calamity JaneHollywood just didn't want him to take his cowboy hat off! His handsomeness asideI know, its impossible not to noticehe does a very good job in what was only his second film!

Louis Calhern plays Buffalo Bill, and when he meets Betty, she asks if hes really the famous Colonel. He says he is, and hes so convincing throughout the movie, I found myself believing that he really was! I didn't even recognize the veteran actor until the movie was almost over, and he actually looked handsome and distinguished in his long hair and goatee. Also, he was very warm-hearted, a choice of delivery that was welcomed, since Betty wasn't often met with warmth throughout the film.
All in all, this is a great film adaptation of a Broadway show, combining elements that seem to come directly from the stagehammy but lovable songswith additions that could never have been seen onstagerodeo performances. The production values are very good, including breathtaking costumes by Walter Plunkett. Give it a try, even if you're skeptical of Betty Hutton. Shes cute as a button!
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I adore Shirley MacLaine and want to have any movie she has starred in!
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This beautiful Shirley Temple paper doll and wardrobe is made so much more special because you are holding a piece of cultural history in your hands. Reprinted from a set of 1936 paper dolls, they are exquisite in color and design.

This a must for any Shirley Temple collector or fan. And if you are too young to yet know about America's favorite child star, you will be dazzled by Shirley none the less.!
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As much as I love Shirley Temple, this rendition is better.
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I have been slowly buying up all of the boxed sets of the Shirley Temple movies.  They are so much fun to watch and I'm thrilled to get them in sets of three.  They are feel good movies and always make me smile.
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I watched the DVD a few days ago, and it was funny! Yes, I've seen this movie before on television and such. But the movie is great on DVD; the original logos intact, the outstanding picture and sound quality, etc. But the funniest parts of all are found in this movie: everything from the crashing 747 to "don't call me Shirley;" from the Saturday Night Fever spoof to an old white lady speaking in jive, this is cinematic genius!

One more thing: I wouldn't recommend you listen to the audio commentary at all, as parts of this may be inappropriate (I never listened to it, but that's how the British DVD version got a 15! [low-to-medium R here]).
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I am satisfied with my purchase of War Babies.....All of the Shirley Temple "Shorts" are fun to watch....
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I saw "Two Weeks with Love" a few years ago on TMC and loved it!  I was so happy to find it here on DVD and getting "Nancy Goes to Rio" was a wonderful bonus.  I've always enjoy watching Jane Powell in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers", it's been one of my all time favorites since I was small.  I'm so happy to find two more that I can love just as much!
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It's almost strange to look at these "Shirley Temple films" at various stages of your own life. You view them differently as you grow older. It also depends, I suppose, on how familiar you are with 1930s films. Many of them are dated, especially with the language, songs and comedy of the period, so you have to acclimate yourself.

After a decade away from her films, I viewed this one recently and found both good and bad things about watching it. The positives, however, far outweighed the negatives and I believe this is one of Shirley's more entertaining efforts.

After starring now for about five years, it's obvious how comfortable she had become in her roles. She looked extremely confident in here and why not? She had her act down pat. She even performed one song that was medley of her hits from previous movies. Yup, she was a veteran at the ripe old age of 10 and at the peak of her career in the 1930s.

In this movie was the normal mixture of characters, meaning a crabby old woman, a nice young couple that you wanted to see get married, a couple of wacky cronies, good 'ole Bill Robinson nearby....and the regular happy ending. The wholesome and pretty woman in here was Gloria Stuart. She was the same lady  in 1997's "Titantic."  The leading man was western star Randolph Scott and the old biddy was Helen Westley. The goofballs were Slim Summerville, Jack Haley and William Demarest. This was one of the better casts in the Temple movies.

The only drawback, really, was the total lack of credibility, scene after scene of things that made no sense...such as an entire orchestra and chorus setting up inside a quiet farmhouse and the occupant (Westley) unaware of it??!!! There are a number of scenes that just leave you shaking your head in amazement. So....you just have to suspend all belief and just enjoy the comedy, Shirley's tremendous talent and appeal, and all the pleasing songs and dances in here. That done, you've spent an enjoyable 80 minutes.

Made during the Depression years when Americans desperately needed to feel good, Shirley Temple was perhaps the best at filling that need. Some 70 years later, she still ranks as the greatest child entertaining in United States history and her films still put a smile on one's face. She still makes us feel good.