A King and His Movie

Starring:King & His Movie
Studio: Cinemateca
Product Type: DVD

Customer Reviews:

bible Time Clasics David and Goliath.......2007-05-08

Fast service. Poor Quality DVD but Considering the age of the movies it was well worth the low price.

Movie quality varies.......2007-03-02

The quality of the four movies in this collection vary greatly in quality. I do applaud the attempt to save some of the cinema for future generations and I found these versions of three bibilical stories and one pseudo-biography interesting variations on their stories. You also get the chance to see some young fairly famous stars before they were very famous at all.

The movies included are:

"David and Goliath" starring Orson Welles and Ivo Payer

"Joseph and His Brethren" starring Goeffrey Horne and Robert Morley

"Martin Luther" starring Niall MacGinnis and John Ruddock

"Esther and the King" starring Joan Collins and Richard Egan.

Biography - King Arthur: His Life And Legends (A&E DVD Archives)

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The title says it all "His life and Legends"
Good summary of the legend

Biography - King Arthur: His Life And Legends (A&E DVD Archives)
Starring: Biography
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Ancient Mysteries - Camelot (A&E DVD Archives)
King Arthur's Britain
King Arthur - The Truth Behind the Legend (Documentary)
Biography - William Shakespeare: Life of Drama (A&E DVD Archives)
Excalibur

ASIN: B0007WFUP6
Release Date: 2005-04-26

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The title says it all "His life and Legends".......2002-11-11

We all know the story of King Arthur and the round table through movies books and plays.

Once again biography is excellent at showing what circumstances and people are responsible for the Arthurian legend(s). You realize that not only is there different versions but that versions grew through time as the need arose for a Camelot and different views of the King.

Maybe to keep continuity to the history line, the program is resented more in a series of sound bites, from different authorities as apposed to only one authority at a time telling about the life and legends. Also true to “Biography” there is a spin to the story which glaringly leaves out T. H. White (The Once and Future King) and Marion Zimmer Bradley (The Mists of Avalon).

Good summary of the legend.......2000-04-05

Biography tells the origin of the variations of the story of King Arthur and the knights of the round table. Good for those who know little about him but, as a fan of the legends, i learned nothing new from the video. But it was only 50 minutes of my life and it was worth being told again.

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A fascinating man!
A Unique Look at a Unique Man
Just fine, except for two unpardonable errors

Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies
Starring: Dustin Hoffman , Samuel Goldwyn Jr. , Melville Shavelson , Cecilia DeMille Presley , and Teresa Wright
Director: Mark A. Catalena , and Peter Jones (II)
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00005NRNE
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Customer Reviews:

A fascinating man!.......2007-06-27

Apart from all those jokes that people made about him fracturing of the English language, he was a determined and very interesting man. Like most of the old Hollywood moguls he liked things done his way, but in spite of that he developed an extraordinary talent for picking the right film to make. He did it big and gave it class and the later MGM followed his lead. I enjoyed watching this disc and I'm sure I'll watch it many times again in the future.

A Unique Look at a Unique Man.......2001-10-12

After watching Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, I was still really in a documentary mood, so I decided to check out Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies, another documentary about someone I was familiar with, but didn't really know a lot about. With Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, the documentary focuses on a man really loved and respected by many people. Throughout the documentary, there are people who talk about the fact that Hank was their hero, their role model. Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies is a little different: almost everyone interviewed about Samuel Goldwyn mentioned at least once the fact they couldn't stand working with the often abusive and caustic Goldwyn.

Loved or hated, Goldwyn was certainly a Hollywood luminary who went to amazing lengths to insure that he had the final word on what went up on the screen. Considered by most to be a phenomenal success, Goldwyn always seemed to be fighting an uphill battle against insurmountable odds. A true film genius who is known for the mantra "make less films, make better films", Goldwyn always seemed to be at war with everything around him, while constantly doing what he could to 'fit in'.

What I really liked about Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies was the deep sense of irony in the story of Samuel Goldwyn and how his triumphs seemed to be worse for him than his tragedies. Goldwyn - The Man and His Movies does a great job of brining together the many people touched by Samuel Goldwyn to present a unique look at one of Hollywood's most interesting moguls.

[Geoffrey Kleinman, DVDTalk.com]

Just fine, except for two unpardonable errors.......2001-10-11

I caught part of this program when it aired on PBS locally Sunday night, and I caught the rest last night on its second airing. On nearly all counts, it is a fine program, featuring not only clips from all of Goldwyn's famous films (including the long unseen 1959 "Porgy and Bess"), but interviews from many departed screen stars such as Bette Davis, Dana Andrews, and Laurence Olivier, all shown, thankfully, not at the end of their careers and in failing health, but in interviews made as long as twenty years ago. The funniest clip is a display of Olivier's towering acting skills when he imitates Goldwyn's voice as he reacted to Olivier's appearance during the filming of the 1939 "Wuthering Heights", one of the screen's greatest classics. Family members are also interviewed, giving sometimes poignant insights into Goldwyn's relationships with people.

However, this film does feature two howling errors which could easily have been avoided by more careful research. A. Scott Berg, author of the biography on which this documentary is based, is also responsible for the script here, and is featured heavily in interviews, so it is difficult to understand how on earth he could have missed these errors, but during the "Porgy and Bess" segment, we hear the narrator baldly stating that Goldwyn had loved it ever since he had seen it onstage in 1932, and that the 1959 film won three Academy Awards. In fact, "Porgy and Bess" opened on Broadway on October 10, 1935, and the 1959 film won only one Academy Award (for Best Adaptation of Score). In addition, it actually LOST three Academy Awards-- to the year's blockbuster, "Ben-Hur".

I watched this segment twice in two days to make sure my ears were not playing tricks on me, and sure enough, the errors were there. The "American Masters" TV series usually produces completely accurate programs, but this time someone was asleep at the wheel when it came to proofreading the script or doing the research.

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A King and His Movie
Starring: Roxana Berco , Villanueva Cosse , Miguel Dedovich , Alicia Dolinsky , and Ulises Dumont
Director: Carlos Sorin
Manufacturer: Cinemateca
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Honey for Oshun
El Compadre Mendoza
The Aura
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Babel

ASIN: B0002XL1US
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Description

Winner of Spain's Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film and the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this is a funny, surreal and touching look at the obsessions of a filmmaker. Trying to make a movie about the real-life story of a historical figure who proclaimed himself the King of Patagonia, a film director finds that his own dreams of cinematic grandeur are quick to fall victim to the intrusion of reality. In Spanish with English subtitles.

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"Buster Crabbe B-Western Series ... Shadows of Death (1945) ... VCI Home Video"
Double feature fun for B-Western fans
Serviceable film transfers of two very average B-Westerns

Shadows of Death/His Brothers Ghost:D
Starring: Buster Crabbe , Al St. John , Dona Dax , Charles King (II) , and Karl Hackett
Director: Sam Newfield
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007TKG62
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Customer Reviews:

"Buster Crabbe B-Western Series ... Shadows of Death (1945) ... VCI Home Video".......2006-10-24

VCI Entertainment and Producers Releasing Corporation present "SHADOWS OF DEATH" (1945) (60 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- relive those thrilling days when Buster Crabbe took us down the dusty trails with hard riding and straight shooting hitting the bull's eye with excitement every time... the Buster Crabbe series of B-Westerns were a staple of Saturday matinees in the 1930s and 1940s ... don't miss any of the Buster Crabbe features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures.

Under Sam Newfield (Director), Sigmund Neufeld (Producer), Fred K. Myton (Screenwriter), John H. Greenhalgh, Jr.(Cinematographer), Holbrook Todd (Editor) ------ the cast includes Buster Crabbe (Billy Carson), Al St. John (Fuzzy Q. Jones), Dona Dax (Babs Darcy), Charles King (Steve Landreau (gang boss),
Karl Hackett (Dave Hanlely (murder fictim), Eddie Hall (Clay Kincaid), Frank Ellis (Henchman Frisco), John L. Cason (Henchman Butch), Budd Buster (Man getting beard trimmed), Emmett Lynn (Old-timer in bathtub), Bud Osborne (Man getting shave), Wally West (Deputy) . . . . . . our story asks, why is Buster Crabbe being sent to Red Rock and what part does Charles King play in this Poverty Row oater ... Fuzzy St. John holds down three jobs Barber, Justice of the Peace and the town's Marshal ... is Buster horning in on Eddie Hall's romance with Dona Dax, could be ... Fuzzy is a big part of this film's success and holds well under his terrific physical comedy ... Crabbe better watch his step as King is on to him and the missing map ...will our "Our Old Pals" (Buster and Fuzzy) give their fans all the action and excitement they're expecting, well sit back and enjoy this rip roaring B-Western ----- B-Western footnote, actor Al St. John, silent film comic who appeared in dozens of Mack Sennett's early Keystone comedies and would eventually create and star in his own vehicles for other studios. With the advent of sound, he became a character actor in westerns and later the bewhiskered sidekick, also known as Fuzzy Q. Jones in some popular series Fred Scott (Spectrum Pictures/1937-38), Bob Steele/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1940-41), Don "Red" Barry (Republic Pictures/1940-42), Lone Rider wth George Houston (PRC Pictures/1941-42), Lone Rider with Robert Livingston (PRC Pictures/1942-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy the Kid (PRC Pictures/1941-43), Buster Crabbe/Billy Carson (PRC Pictures/1943-46), Lash LaRue (PRC Pictures/1947-52) --- St. John retired from film making in the early '50s, passed away in 1963 from a heart attack while working with the Tommy Scott Wild West show --- check out this and more in a new book "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" by David Rothel, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing --- pick up your copy today ----- second B-Western footnote, actor Charles King was among the top five "Best of the Badmen" (according to a new book by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland) --- King was a big man, but as agile as a cat during his fight scenes with Johnny Mack Brown, Buster Crabbe, Tex Ritter, The Rough Riders and Bob Steele...King appeared in 400 films and 350 were in sound including many cliffhangers --- King was the heavy we loved to hate --- check out this and more in a new book "Best of the Badmen" by Boyd Magers, Bob Nareau and Bobby Copeland, available from Amazon and Empire Publishing --- pick up your copy today --- another great B-Western for Buster Crabbe under the PRC Picture banner, proves to be one of his most exciting performances.

Special footnote, actor Buster Crabbe graduated from the University of Southern California and won the 400 meter freestyle in which he medaled in the 1932 Olympics, went to work for Paramount in "King of the Jungle" (1933), next role was "Tarzan the Fearless (1933), Crabbe returned to Paramount Pictures was featured in Zane Grey Westerns which were well received, then came the roles that made him a household word "Flash Gordon" and "Buck Rogers" at Universal Picture Serials (1936-1940), meanwhile PRC Studios was looking for a leading hero "Billy the Kid" and "Billy Carson" in the 1940's B-Western series and ran its course for six years, later made several televison appearances and appeared in a series "Captain Gallant and the Foreign Legion" (1955-1957).....

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Buster Crabbe (aka: Clarence Linden Crabbe II)
Birth Date: 2/17/1907 - Oakland California
Died: 4/23/1983 - Scottsdale, Arizona
2. Al "Fuzzy" St. John (aka: Alfred St. John)
Birth Date: 9/10/1893 - Santa Ana, CA
Died: 1/21/1963 - Lyons, Georgia
3. Charles King
Birth Date: 2/21/1895 - Hillsboro, Texas
Died: 5/07/1957 - Hollywood, California (cirrhosis of liver)
4. Sam Newfield (Director)
Date of birth: 6 December 1899 - New York, New York
Date of death: 10 November 1964 - Los Angeles, California

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Buster Crabbe:

BUSTER CRABBE WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Western Cyclone/Sheriff of Sage Valley (1942-43) (VCI #7213) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - Fugitive of the Plains/Fuzzy Settles Down (1943-44) (VCI #7299) (DVD)

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Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Shadows of Death (1945) - Buster Crabbe, the
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the way we like 'em

Total Time: 60 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Home Video ~ (6/25/2002)

Double feature fun for B-Western fans.......2005-12-08

From 1941 to 1946, Buster Crabbe (FLASH GORDON, BUCK ROGERS) starred in a series of ultra-low budget Westerns for that infamous Poverty Row outfit, PRC (Producers Releasing Corporation). During the first three years, Crabbe's character was called "Billy the Kid"; afterwards he was known as "Billy Carson." Regardless of the name, it was always the same tried-and-true formula: Crabbe played a stalwart sagebrush hero who never failed to help anyone in distress. And he was always aided and abetted by his trusty sidekick, Fuzzy Q. Jones (Al St. John).

While the scripts, settings, and supporting casts repeated themselves with alarming regularity, this series was given a considerable boost by the appealing performances of Crabbe and St. John. Though he was never hailed for his acting ability, Buster Crabbe had such a winning screen presence that it didn't matter if he posed no threat to Spencer Tracy or Paul Muni. He was the sort of easygoing, likable Western hero that audiences could easily root for. Al St. John was one of the funniest Western sidekicks in the business; a talented visual comedian (he had appeared in numerous silent comedies with his uncle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle), Fuzzy could always "pepper up" a routine script with his lively physical clowning. Together, Crabbe and St. John made a solid team, and their combined talents helped them overcome PRC's severe budgetary limitations.

This Buster Crabbe double feature is a bargain for fans of this series. HIS BROTHER'S GHOST is one of the better entries, with St. John playing his usual role of Fuzzy as well as Fuzzy's brother, Andy. When Andy is killed, Fuzzy steps in as the title character to thwart a bandit gang. SHADOWS OF DEATH is an okay entry that, like so many others, is just an excuse to see the duo in action.

Print quality on both titles is only passable. One of these days I'd love to see a good (if not great) copy of one of the Crabbe/St. John Westerns. As it is, fans will appreciate this two-for-one deal. (Non-fans won't rate this disc as highly as I did...then again, non-fans won't be interested in this disc at all.)

Serviceable film transfers of two very average B-Westerns.......2005-09-08

This review is for the Alpha Video issued DVD double feature, "My Brother's Ghost" (47:30 minutes) and "Shadow of Death (59:00 minutes)"

The quality of both film transfers here are just serviceable, but not much more than that. Both suffer from the typical loss of highlights in these old films and have the appearance of an old very worn out VHS - you can watch it o.k., just don't expect great quality from this DVD. The sound is often slightly distorted and muffled sounding at times - But, not so bad that it distracts from the movies - you can still hear everything o.k. and it's not a huge problem. Overall, "My Brother's Ghost" is of somewhat better quality than "Shadows of Death" in terms of both picture quality and sound.

Both movies are just average in terms of B-Westerns, not bad, but not anything great either. "My Brother's Ghost" is definitely the better of the two movies. However, Buster Crabbe is a much better actor than the roles he plays in these particular westerns. Still these movies are fun to watch for what they are - not a bad way to spend a rainy day. They certainly don't make 'em like this anymore!

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THE MONKEY KING&HIS DOUBLE

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This film adapted from classical myth novel West Travel Affairs

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