Caravans

Starring:Anthony Quinn
Studio: Jef Films Inc.
Product Type: DVD

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Caravans - the Film
There are two reasons to view this film . . .
Great film, poor DVD-quality
Caravans the movie lacks passion

Caravans
Starring: Anthony Quinn
Manufacturer: Jef Films
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00023BN2O
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Customer Reviews:

Caravans - the Film.......2006-07-16

Having waited over 25 years to finally see this film I must say that I have ended up with rather mixed feelings! A mediocre script does little justice to the deep and emotive themes in Michener's stunning novel. The author's empathy for the people of Afghanistan, his appreciation for the societal and political conflicts within post World War 2 Middle East and his understanding of the complexities of the rebellious young spirit are regrettably lost in this screen adaptation of the book. However, the movie is definitely worth seeing for probably one of the best musical scores ever, some great views of the Iranian desert and a sterling performance from Anthony Quinn.

There are two reasons to view this film . . ........2006-02-06

. . . a super soundtrack that has haunted me for years and the stunning views of the Iranian desert. I saw this movie back in the early 80s and managed to tape it the next time it came on--and that was the last I heard of it. I'd watch my "edited for TV" tape every so often and have nagging memories of what was left out. I do like this movie. True, Jennifer O'Neill is totally incongruous amongst the nomads, but hey, it's a movie. I am glad it's finally available on DVD, but the film quality is poor. One of the extras is the sountrack--and that makes it worth the purchase. On a side note, when I first saw the film, I went and read Michener's novel. I didn't like Ellen as well, but the cultural and historical aspects I picked up on Afghanistan have served me well these past 25 yrs.

Great film, poor DVD-quality.......2004-10-18

A great film with one of the best soundtracks ever written. I was eagerly yearning for this DVD to be released, but I am now very, very disappointed: The DVD is definitely not digitally remasted" as stated on the cover, but it obvoiusly seems to be a very poor transcription from a rental-VHS-tape which has been viewed dozens of times. Both the picture and sound quality are miserable. It is really a pity that this great movie is treated that way. I hope that another company will re-release it in proper quality.

Caravans the movie lacks passion.......2004-08-01

I bought this movie having never seen it before. My father purchased the sound track album in the early 80s and my whole family flipped over this sound track. The sound track is one of the best sound tracks I have ever heard. It is very moving. I was in my early twenties when I fell in love with this sound track and now in my fortys, I still crank the volume for the caravan theme song. I had heard the movie was not very good even though it has a lot of big names. In my opinion the movie lacks passion. You do not feel the passion that the missing wife has for the life she is now leading and never understand why she left her husband or even married him. You do not feel the love that any man has for her and three men are in love with her. The only thing and it's a BIG plus is that the movie comes with the soundtrack. The sound track is worth every bit of the cost of the movie.

Gary Cooper Classics (Fighting Caravans, A Farewell to Arms, Meet John Doe, Stolen Jools)

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Gary Cooper Classics
Great bargain for Gary Cooper's fans!

Gary Cooper Classics (Fighting Caravans, A Farewell to Arms, Meet John Doe, Stolen Jools)
Starring: Wallace Beery , Buster Keaton , Jack Hill (II) , J. Farrell MacDonald , and Edward G. Robinson
Director: William C. McGann , Otto Brower , and David Burton
Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
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ASIN: B0000VLLCA
Release Date: 2003-11-25

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4 movies on 2 DVD's

1. Fighting Caravans (1931, run time 80 minutes) Also starring Lili Damita
A young frontiersman (Cooper) facing a misdemeanor jail term, talks French-born Felice (Damita) into posing as his wife to avoid being arrested. They join a wagon train headed West, and he is sole trail guide as they battle Indians and a villanous gun-runner. Their seesaw relationship provides an interesting love theme. Based on a Zane Grey novel.

2. A Farewell To Arms (1932, run time 83 minutes) Also starring Helen Hayes
Based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, this is a World War I love story about paramedic Lt. Henry (Cooper) and nurse Catherine Barkley (Hayes). This poignant, ill-fated romance takes place in Italy where the two fall in love and will stop at nothing to be together. Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture; Best Art Direction.

3. Meet John Doe (1941, run time 135 minutes) Also starring Barbara Stanwyck
A suicidal down-and-outer, "John Doe" (Cooper) is manipulated by an ambitious politician and a newspaper writer (Stanwyck). This Depression-era parable illustrates the decency of the common man triumphing over cynicism, big-money influence and power. Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Story.

4. Stolens Jools (1931, run time 20 minutes) Also starring Norma Shearer
This humorous story is an investigation of the theft of Norma Shearer's jewelry at a big, star-packed party. Party goers include Joan Crawford, Laurel & Hardy, "Gabby" Hayes, Buster Keaton, Maurice Chevalier, Irene Dunne, the list goes on and on.

Customer Reviews:

Gary Cooper Classics.......2006-07-10

The movies are their title, classics. The product was as good as I expected. They are old. The sound was a good quality. I recommend them to anyone who wants to expand their collection of quality movies.

Great bargain for Gary Cooper's fans!.......2004-10-06

I'm a big fan of Gary Cooper & overall I thought these movies were very enjoyable. The first movie is "Fighting Caravans" (1931) & features a very young Gary Cooper as a wild frontiersman who talks a young French woman (played by Lili Damita) into posing as his wife in order to avoid a jail term. They join a large wagon train & head west & along the way they fall in love & consider marrying although Cooper isn't ready to "settle down". There's a big Indian attack on the wagon train towards the end (Gee, what a surprise!) that makes it well worth watching. Next, we have the original 1932 classic "A Farewell to Arms", which might be the best film version of Hemingway's novel, although parts of it are slow. Cooper was probably eager to star in that film because of his real-life friendship with Earnest Hemingway. Next, we have an often overlooked piece of "Capricorn", 1941's "Meet John Doe" stars Cooper as a suicidal bum who finally discovers that life is worth living. Even though it was directed by Frank Capra & also stars Barbara Stanwyck, this is not one of Capra's finer moments. The main problem is that it's over 2 hours & the plot is sluggish. In my opinion the real gem on this dvd is the 1931 short film "Stolen Jewels", which has tons of cameos from famous stars like Joan Crawford, Laurel & Hardy, Edward G. Robinson, Buster Keaton, Irene Dunne, Norma Shearer, & of course Gary Cooper. If you're a big Gary Cooper fan & are searching for a real bargain, then look no further!

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Last of the Caravans

Manufacturer: Customflix
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000P2A61Q
Release Date: 2007-04-05

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Straight out of the Stone Age, 1.5 million TUAREGS are scattered across the Sahara desert in North Africa, one of the earth's most hostile environments to mankind. Over thousands of years the resilient Tuaregs have adapted well to the harsh living conditions of the desert and to this day their camel caravans continue their timeless trek across the Sahara. The Tuaregs have defied drought and famine, struggled with political repression and are fighting a civil war. But will they survive the onslaught of modern times? The award winning LAST OF THE CARAVANS captures man's eternal struggle for survival and unveils the mystique of a proud people juxtapositioning their ancient traditions against the rapidly changing society of the 21st century.

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Fighting Caravans
Starring: Irving Bacon , May Boley , Frank Campeau , Chief John Big Tree , and Iron Eyes Cody
Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00067ZS72
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Product Description

This movie based on a Zane Grey novel features Gary Cooper as a young frontiersman who convinces a french maiden named Felice (Damita)to pose as his wife and help him avoid arrest. They travel west through dangerous countryside encounter villians, Native Americans and all the while battling their rocky relationship.

The Zane Grey Collection: 5 RARELY SEEN Features from the Golden Age of Hollywood Westerns: The Fighting Caravans, The Fighting Westerner, Hell Town, To the Last Man & Drift Fence

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Zane Grey Collection

The Zane Grey Collection: 5 RARELY SEEN Features from the Golden Age of Hollywood Westerns: The Fighting Caravans, The Fighting Westerner, Hell Town, To the Last Man & Drift Fence
Starring: Various
Manufacturer: Total Content
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ASIN: B000F0UUUA
Release Date: 2006-03-14

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Saddle-up for high adventure in this new action-packed collection of Western classics based on the best-selling novels of Zane Grey. You'll ride along with Hollywood legends like Gary Cooper, John Wayne and Randolph Scott in some of their most thrilling roles and exciting scenes. This big Collector's Edition is packed with 5 rarely seen features from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood Westerns, including: "The Fighting Caravans," "The Fighting Westerner," "Hell Town," "To the Last Man," and "Drift Fence." Black & White

Customer Reviews:

Zane Grey Collection.......2007-02-07

I ordered this for my father who is 85. He is an avid Zane Grey reader and I thought he'd like the 'old time movies' by the same author. He really enjoyed them, said they were like the ones he'd enjoyed as a boy on Saturday at the movies. My mother even enjoyed watching them, and she HATES movies. Great purchase, I would recommend them to any Western Movie Lover out there.

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Gary Cooper saves his Wagon "Caravan" from Indian attack
Low-rent version of "The Big Trail"...

Fighting Caravans
Starring: Gary Cooper , Lili Damita , Ernest Torrence , Tully Marshall , and Fred Kohler
Director: Otto Brower , and David Burton
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000A6T24O
Release Date: 2005-09-06

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Gary Cooper stars in this action packed Zane Grey classic! Welcome to the Civil War where fighting caravans of freight wagons struggle to make their way west, fighting enemies at every turn. A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders. Meanwhile, his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love with the hot-tempered French maiden Lili Damita who is determined to make her way West alone.

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Gary Cooper saves his Wagon "Caravan" from Indian attack.......2001-08-02

Although this was Gary Cooper's next film after "Morocco" and despite its title, "Fighting Caravans" is not another film about the French Foreign Legion, but rather a Western. Cooper plays Clint Belmet, who is arrested for disturbing the peace right before he was to leave Missouri to be the guide for a caravan of wagons heading west. His partners, Bill Jackson (Ernest Torrence) and Jim Bridger (Tully Marshall), talk Felice (Lily Damita), an orphaned French girl who wagon has just joined the caravan, to pretend to be Clint's wife to get him out of jail. Once free, Clint is more than willing to play the bridegroom, but apologizes where it is clear Felice is angry. The two become friends worrying Bill and Jim that Clint is going to want to marry and settle down. Meanwhile, another member of the caravan, Lee Murdock (Fred Kohler), plays to betray them to the Indians who attack in the final real. This 1931 film, based on the 1929 novel by Zane Grey, was directed by Otto Brown and David Burton. Cooper's performance is okay, although the script does not require him to do much along the way except look handsome. "Fighting Caravans" was such a big production that the two directors shot enough footage that the extra was used as background for the 1934 film "Wagon Wheels" starring Randolph Scott. Finally, to make things really interesting, this film, which is an above-average Western from the early days of talking pictures, has been shown on television as "Blazing Arrows."

Low-rent version of "The Big Trail"..........2001-06-11

A semi-clone of "The Big Trail", Cooper takes over the spot DUKE played, as a frontiersman/guide for a wagon train.

While "Fighting Caravans" is not as expansive as "The Big Trail", and while the young Gary Cooper is no young John Wayne, this early western is pretty entertaining.

In the story, Cooper helps the wagon train fend off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

There's plenty of action, and there's even a hint of pre-code Hollywood, as Cooper's character practically attempts to blackmail his new sweetheart into fooling around with him.

Laserlight/Delta found a pretty fair print, but there are several missing frames. The image will occasionally "black out", but while annoying, does not interfere with viewing. Originally 92 minutes, this print seems to be more or less intact, missing perhaps two or three minutes.

The story moves along well, and the opening credits alone are pretty snazzy for 1931.

The film has much to recommend it, and while "The Big Trail" is superior, this early Cooper vehicle is worth adding to your western DVD collection. Especially for the low price the disc is being offered at, you should definitely pick this one up.

Description

Gary Cooper stars in this adaptation of Zane Grey's western as a young frontiersman who journeys across the country with his freight wagon. On the way, he fights Indians and evil traders while his old companions try and keep him from falling in love. Filmed entirely in Sonora, California…a western classic!

Customer Reviews:

Gary Cooper saves his Wagon "Caravan" from Indian attack.......2001-08-02

Low-rent version of "The Big Trail"..........2001-06-11

A semi-clone of "The Big Trail", Cooper takes over the spot DUKE played, as a frontiersman/guide for a wagon train.

While "Fighting Caravans" is not as expansive as "The Big Trail", and while the young Gary Cooper is no young John Wayne, this early western is pretty entertaining.

In the story, Cooper helps the wagon train fend off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love.

There's plenty of action, and there's even a hint of pre-code Hollywood, as Cooper's character practically attempts to blackmail his new sweetheart into fooling around with him.

The story moves along well, and the opening credits alone are pretty snazzy for 1931.

Film fans should look (or listen!), for Eugene Pallette, of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" fame. He's here in a minor supporting role some seven years before he played Friar Tuck.

Fighting Caravans
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Fighting Caravans

ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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scene access

interactive menus

biographies

filmography

ASIN: B000HY3SO4

Product Description

In the days of the Civil War the only way for pioneers to survive the enemies and elements was to form fighting caravans. Follow the non stop action as Gary Cooper avoids the law and attracts romance on the lusty and dusty road west.

Gary Cooper: Meet John Doe/Gary Cooper on Film/Fighting Caravans/Farewell To Arms

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Gary Cooper: Meet John Doe/Gary Cooper on Film/Fighting Caravans/Farewell To Arms
Starring: Gary Cooper
Manufacturer: LaserLight DVD
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Release Date: 2003-02-06

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Includes:
Meet John Doe • On Film
Fighting Caravans
A Farewell To Arms

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