Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets


Starring:Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, Hugh Griffith, John Salew, Eric Messiter, Lyn Evans, Barbara Leake, Peggy Ann Clifford, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Harold Young, Cavan Malone, Gordon Phillott
Director: Robert Hamer
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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Sir Alec Guinness became an international star with his extraordinary performance as eight different characters in this 1949 Ealing Studios classic. Dennis Price (I'M ALL RIGHT JACK, PRIVATE'S PROGRESS) co-stars as Edwardian gentleman Louis Mazzini who plots to avenge his mother's death by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. But to gain this inheritance, Mazzini must first murder the line of eccentric relatives who stand between him and the title, including General d'Ascoyne, Admiral d'Ascoyne, The Duke Of Chalfont, Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne and four more, all brilliantly portrayed by Guinness and leading to one of the most delicious final twists in comedy history. KIND HEARTS & CORONETS was recently named as the #6 Best British Film Of All Time by The British Film Institute and remains the true peak of Guinness' acting genius. THE ALEC GUINNESS COLLECTION presents this screen legend's classic comedies including THE LADYKILLERS, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT and THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE, all still considered to be among the greatest movie comedies ever made. Includes a 4-Page Collector's Booklet

System Requirements:
Starring: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson
Director: Robert Hamer
Producer: Michael Balcon & Michael Relph
Running Time: 106 Min.

Format: DVD MOVIE
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Set in Victorian England, Robert Hamer's 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts and Coronets remains the most gracefully mordant of the Ealing comedies. Dennis Price plays Louis D'Ascoyne, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was spurned by her noble family for marrying an Italian singer for love. Louis resolves to avenge his mother by murdering the relatives ahead of him in line for the dukedom, all of whom are played by Alec Guinness. Guinness's virtuoso performances have been justly celebrated, ranging from a youthful D'Ascoyne with a priggish wife to a brace of doomed uncles and one aunt. Miles Malleson is a splendid doggerel-spouting hangman, while Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood take advantage of unusually strong female roles. But the great joy of Kind Hearts and Coronets is the way in which its appallingly black subject matter (considered beyond the pale by many critics at the time) is conveyed in such elegantly ironic turns of phrase by Price's narrator/antihero. Serial murder has never been conducted with such exquisite manners and discreet charm. --David Stubbs
The Alec Guinness Collection (Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Lavender Hill Mob / The Ladykillers / The Man in the White Suit / The Captain's Paradise)
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    		The Alec Guinness Collection (Kind Hearts and Coronets / The Lavender Hill Mob / The Ladykillers / The Man in the White Suit / The Captain's Paradise)
    Starring: Alec Guinness , Joan Greenwood , Cecil Parker , Michael Gough , and Ernest Thesiger
    Director: Alexander Mackendrick , and Charles Crichton
    Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

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    ASIN: B00006FMAX
    Release Date: 2002-09-10

    Product Description

    He was, quite simply, one of the greatest actors of all time. And while Sir Alec Guinness may be best known for his legendary dramatic roles, his true genius lay in his incomparable comedy performances. THE ALEC GUINNESS COLLECTION presents four of this screen legend s magnificent Ealing Studios comedies as well as the classic THE CAPTAIN S PARADISE, available exclusively in this collection.

    Features:
    Kind Hearts And Coronets
  • Full-Frame Presentation
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Alec Guinness Bio

    The Ladykillers
  • Widescreen Presentation enhanced for 16x9 TVs
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Alec Guinness Bio
  • Languages: English; French

    The Lavender Hill Mob
  • Full-Frame Presentation
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Alec Guinness Bio

    The Man In The White Suit
  • Full-Frame Presentation
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Alec Guinness Bio

    The Captain's Paradise
  • Full-Frame Presentation
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Alec Guinness Bio

    System Requirements:
    Running Time: 451 Min.

    Format: DVD MOVIE

    Amazon.com

    Five of the British film industry's best-loved comedies in one boxed set makes The Alec Guinness Collection absolutely essential for anyone who has any passion at all for movies. It contains Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Captain's Paradise (1953) (only available in this set), and The Ladykillers (1955). The Ealing Studio's greatest comedies captured the essence of post-war Britain, both in their evocation of a land once blighted by war but now rising doggedly and optimistically again from the ashes, and in their mordant yet graceful humor. They portray a country with an antiquated class system whose crumbling conventions are being undermined by a new spirit of individual opportunism. In the delightfully wicked Kind Hearts and Coronets, a serial killer politely murders his way into the peerage; in The Lavender Hill Mob a put-upon bank clerk schemes to rob his employers; The Man in the White Suit is a harshly satirical depiction of idealism crushed by the status quo; in The Captain's Paradise, a ferryboat captain complements his proper British wife with a fiery Spanish wife; while The Ladykillers mocks both the criminals and the authorities with its unlikely octogenarian heroine Mrs. "lop-sided" Wilberforce. Many factors contribute to these films' success--including fine music scores from composers such as Benjamin Frankel (Man in the White Suit), Malcolm Arnold (Captain's Paradise), and Tristram Cary (The Ladykillers); positively symphonic sound effects (White Suit); marvelously evocative locations (the environs of King's Cross in Ladykillers, for example); and writing that always displays Ealing's unique perspective on British social mores ("All the exuberance of Chaucer without, happily, any of the concomitant crudities of his period")--yet arguably their greatest asset is Alec Guinness, whose multifaceted performances are the keystone upon which Ealing built its biting, often macabre, yet always elegant comedy. --Mark Walker
    Kind Hearts and Coronets
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      		Kind Hearts and Coronets
      Starring: Dennis Price , Valerie Hobson , Joan Greenwood , Alec Guinness , and Audrey Fildes
      Director: Robert Hamer
      Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
      ProductGroup: DVD
      Binding: DVD

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      1. The Ladykillers
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      3. The Complete Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report) - Criterion Collection
      4. Late Spring - Criterion Collection
      5. Young Mr. Lincoln - Criterion Collection

      ASIN: B00006FMAR
      Release Date: 2002-09-10

      Product Description

      Sir Alec Guinness became an international star with his extraordinary performance as eight different characters in this 1949 Ealing Studios classic. Dennis Price (I'M ALL RIGHT JACK, PRIVATE'S PROGRESS) co-stars as Edwardian gentleman Louis Mazzini who plots to avenge his mother's death by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. But to gain this inheritance, Mazzini must first murder the line of eccentric relatives who stand between him and the title, including General d'Ascoyne, Admiral d'Ascoyne, The Duke Of Chalfont, Lady Agatha d'Ascoyne and four more, all brilliantly portrayed by Guinness and leading to one of the most delicious final twists in comedy history. KIND HEARTS & CORONETS was recently named as the #6 Best British Film Of All Time by The British Film Institute and remains the true peak of Guinness' acting genius. THE ALEC GUINNESS COLLECTION presents this screen legend's classic comedies including THE LADYKILLERS, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT and THE CAPTAIN'S PARADISE, all still considered to be among the greatest movie comedies ever made. Includes a 4-Page Collector's Booklet

      System Requirements:
      Starring: Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson
      Director: Robert Hamer
      Producer: Michael Balcon & Michael Relph
      Running Time: 106 Min.

      Format: DVD MOVIE

      Amazon.com

      Set in Victorian England, Robert Hamer's 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts and Coronets remains the most gracefully mordant of the Ealing comedies. Dennis Price plays Louis D'Ascoyne, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was spurned by her noble family for marrying an Italian singer for love. Louis resolves to avenge his mother by murdering the relatives ahead of him in line for the dukedom, all of whom are played by Alec Guinness. Guinness's virtuoso performances have been justly celebrated, ranging from a youthful D'Ascoyne with a priggish wife to a brace of doomed uncles and one aunt. Miles Malleson is a splendid doggerel-spouting hangman, while Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood take advantage of unusually strong female roles. But the great joy of Kind Hearts and Coronets is the way in which its appallingly black subject matter (considered beyond the pale by many critics at the time) is conveyed in such elegantly ironic turns of phrase by Price's narrator/antihero. Serial murder has never been conducted with such exquisite manners and discreet charm. --David Stubbs
      Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection
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        		Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection
        Starring: Dennis Price , Valerie Hobson , Joan Greenwood , Alec Guinness , and Audrey Fildes
        Director: Robert Hamer
        Manufacturer: Criterion
        ProductGroup: DVD
        Binding: DVD

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        1. The Ladykillers
        2. The Lavender Hill Mob
        3. The Complete Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report) - Criterion Collection
        4. Late Spring - Criterion Collection
        5. Young Mr. Lincoln - Criterion Collection

        ASIN: B000CS45S8
        Release Date: 2006-02-28

        Amazon.com

        Set in Victorian England, Robert Hamer's 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts and Coronets remains the most gracefully mordant of the Ealing comedies. Dennis Price plays Louis D'Ascoyne, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was spurned by her noble family for marrying an Italian singer for love. Louis resolves to avenge his mother by murdering the relatives ahead of him in line for the dukedom, all of whom are played by Alec Guinness. Guinness's virtuoso performances have been justly celebrated, ranging from a youthful D'Ascoyne with a priggish wife to a brace of doomed uncles and one aunt. Miles Malleson is a splendid doggerel-spouting hangman, while Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood take advantage of unusually strong female roles. But the great joy of Kind Hearts and Coronets is the way in which its appallingly black subject matter (considered beyond the pale by many critics at the time) is conveyed in such elegantly ironic turns of phrase by Price's narrator/antihero. Serial murder has never been conducted with such exquisite manners and discreet charm. --David Stubbs

        Description

        Director Robert Hamer's fiendishly funny Kind Hearts and Coronets stands as one of Ealing Studios' greatest triumphs, and one of the most wickedly black comedies ever made. Dennis Price is sublime as an embittered young commoner determined to avenge his mother's unjust disinheritance by ascending to the dukedom. Unfortunately, eight family members (all played by the incomparable Alec Guinness) must be eliminated before he can do so. SPECIAL FEATURES: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, BBC programs on Alec Guinness and the history of Ealing Studios, Gallery of archival production and publicity photographs, Original theatrical trailer and A new essay by film critic and historian Philip Kemp.
        Alec Guinness 4 Pack - Ladykillers/Man in the White Suit/Kind Hearts And Coronets/Lavender Hill Mob
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          		Alec Guinness 4 Pack - Ladykillers/Man in the White Suit/Kind Hearts And Coronets/Lavender Hill Mob

          ProductGroup: DVD
          Binding: DVD

          GeneralGeneral | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video
          ASIN: B00024855Q

          Product Description

          Region 1 DVD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Ladykillers: -Color,-Widescreen Presentation (1.66:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs, -Theatrical Trailer, -Alec Guinness Bio, -Languages: English; French ------------ The Lavender Hill Mob: -Full Screen, -Black and White,-------- The Man in the White Suit: -Full Screen, -Black and White, -Theatrical Trailer, -Alec Guinness Bio, --------- Kind Hearts And Coronets, Full-Frame Presentation, Black/White, -Theatrical Trailer, - Alec Guinness Bio, - Languages: English; French
          The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts And Coronets (Alec Guinness 2 Pack)
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            		The Ladykillers / Kind Hearts And Coronets (Alec Guinness 2 Pack)

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            Binding: DVD
            ASIN: B000247YA8

            Product Description

            The Ladykillers: Widescreen Presentation (1.66:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs, Color Theatrical Trailer, Alec Guinness Bio, Languages: English; French ----------------------- Kind Hearts And Coronets - Full-Frame Presentation - Black/White - Theatrical Trailer, - Alec Guinness Bio, - Languages: English; French
            Kind Hearts and Coronets [Region 2]
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              		Kind Hearts and Coronets [Region 2]
              Starring: Dennis Price , Valerie Hobson , Joan Greenwood , Alec Guinness , and Audrey Fildes
              Director: Robert Hamer
              ProductGroup: DVD
              Binding: DVD

              GeneralGeneral | Comedy | Genres | DVD | Video
              Greenwood, JoanGreenwood, Joan | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Griffith, HughGriffith, Hugh | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Guinness, AlecGuinness, Alec | ( G ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Hobson, ValerieHobson, Valerie | ( H ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Lowe, ArthurLowe, Arthur | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Morton, CliveMorton, Clive | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Naismith, LaurenceNaismith, Laurence | ( N ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Price, DennisPrice, Dennis | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
              Hamer, RobertHamer, Robert | ( H ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
              ( K )( K ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
              Similar Items:
              1. The Ladykillers
              2. The Lavender Hill Mob
              3. The Complete Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report) - Criterion Collection
              4. Late Spring - Criterion Collection
              5. Young Mr. Lincoln - Criterion Collection

              ASIN: B000056QAH

              Amazon.com

              Set in Victorian England, Robert Hamer's 1949 masterpiece Kind Hearts and Coronets remains the most gracefully mordant of the Ealing comedies. Dennis Price plays Louis D'Ascoyne, the would-be Duke of Chalfont whose mother was spurned by her noble family for marrying an Italian singer for love. Louis resolves to avenge his mother by murdering the relatives ahead of him in line for the dukedom, all of whom are played by Alec Guinness. Guinness's virtuoso performances have been justly celebrated, ranging from a youthful D'Ascoyne with a priggish wife to a brace of doomed uncles and one aunt. Miles Malleson is a splendid doggerel-spouting hangman, while Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood take advantage of unusually strong female roles. But the great joy of Kind Hearts and Coronets is the way in which its appallingly black subject matter (considered beyond the pale by many critics at the time) is conveyed in such elegantly ironic turns of phrase by Price's narrator/antihero. Serial murder has never been conducted with such exquisite manners and discreet charm. --David Stubbs
              Kind Hearts and Coronets [Region 2]
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                		Kind Hearts and Coronets [Region 2]
                Starring: Dennis Price , Valerie Hobson , Joan Greenwood , Alec Guinness , and Audrey Fildes
                Director: Robert Hamer
                ProductGroup: DVD
                Binding: DVD

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                ASIN: B00004VY28

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