Butterfield 8)

Starring:Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Owen, Norma Varden, Terry Kilburn, Arthur Shields, Aubrey Mather, Alec Craig, Eugene Loring, Dennis Hoey, Matthew Boulton, Gerald Oliver Smith, Murray Coombs, George Kirby
Director: Clarence Brown, Vincente Minnelli, Daniel Mann
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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A nice fan for Lizzy
Fine collection

The Elizabeth Taylor Signature Collection (National Velvet / Father of the Bride / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Butterfield 8)
Starring: Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Elizabeth Taylor , Anne Revere , and Angela Lansbury
Director: Clarence Brown , Vincente Minnelli , and Daniel Mann
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B0002Y4TNI
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

A nice fan for Lizzy.......2007-03-09

Four excellent DVDs are contained in this box, This is Elizabeth Taylor's box, and although our fascination goes more to the boxed set of the Legendary Duo: Taylor/Burton, this nevertheless is a must buy too.

It covers almost thirty years of Liz Taylor's career, starting with "National Velvet" in 1944, followed by "Father of the Bride", the original version of 1950 which actually has Spencer Tracy starring in it, Elizabeth just having a secondary role there, cued by the mythical "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958) and ending with the melodrama "Butterfield 8", the only one in which Liz played opposite her own then husband: Eddie Fisher and co-starring Laurence Harvey in 1960.

The first two come in a full screen presentation (Cinemascope and Panavision widescreen presentations were only introduced in 1953). The other two come in their correct theatrical ratio.

There are no frills here, like specials, interviews or some other fluff, but the movies were decently transferred and the sound, although mono on all four, is fairly crisp and well polished.

Well worth its price if you asked me, and you did not...

Fine collection.......2005-04-21

What a great way to view the first half of her career all in one fell swoop. In National Velvet, of course, she plays young Velvet Brown, the most beautiful little girl ever born, with a love for her horse that knows no bounds. What a shame injury prevented her from playing in International Velvet for Bryan Forbes many years later, though Nanette Newman was very good in the part as well. In FATHER OF THE BRIDE, Taylor is all of a sudden very grown up, and Vincente Minnelli really showcases her youthful beauty and high spirits and passionate nature. The movie is wonderful with details, and although it is really Spencer Tracy's story, both Taylor and her look-alike movie mom, Joan Bennett, have some great scenes and both look ravishing. Yes, Liz was all grown up but the movie doesn't really go to the place of sexuality in the same way that Richard Brooks' CAT ON A HIT TIN ROOF does. Taylor kind of wears that white slip, otherwise it looks like it's falling off of her, and Paul Newman seems suitably aroused, and yet the whole premise of the picture is that for some reason, and what could it be, he's just not up to having sex with her. It's a very funny movie despite its torrid plotline and the sterling performances of all concerned. While Taylor received the Oscar for BUTTERFIELD 8, the final movie of our quartet, she really should have been handed the statuette for her superior work in CAT. As Maggie she created an indelible image that ranks with her finest work (such as PLACE IN THE SUN and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF).

This DVD set is a good bargain and the films themselves have rarely looked better, though there is some flaking around the edges during early reels of BUTTERFIELD 8.

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Elizabeth Taylor Signature Collection
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor
Manufacturer: St. Clair Entertainment
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There is a better way to combine these individual sets.

Mega Signature Collection
Starring: Humphrey Bogart , Lauren Bacall , Cary Grant , Elizabeth Taylor , and Errol Flynn
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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ASIN: B000JU7KC2
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Product description

You know them by just a single name. Hepburn, Tracy, Judy, "Duke", Cary... to name but a few. They are among the greatest stars in the history of Hollywood's golden era, and Warner Home Video has gathered these talents' exceptional works in a series of "SIGNATURE COLLECTIONS" that have become the talk of the video industry. You get beautifully-packaged collections of 10 Hollywood superstars' best films, along with the best of Hollywood's most beloved on-screen (and off-screen partnerships (BOGART AND BACALL, TRACY & HEPBURN). One collection salutes the work of a star who wasn't even an actor....ALFRED HITCHCOCK was the first director to become a box-office drawing card by name, regardless who was in his films. However Warner Home Video's Hitchcock Collection gathers 9 films from the master of suspense, including a special edition of NORTH BY NORTWEST, and a 2 disc Special Edition of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN featuring 2 different cuts of the film. All in all, this is a movie fan's dream!

The Mega Signature Collection contains the Signature Collections of Alfred Hitchcock, Bogie & Bacall, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Garbo, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy, and Ronald Reagan.

Customer Reviews:

There is a better way to combine these individual sets........2007-03-02

If you buy all thirteen signature collections individually on this site it only costs twenty dollars more than what this Mega Signature Collection costs, plus there is some overlap within this set and with some other Warner boxed sets that could cause you heartache later. My personal advice is to get the following signature collections individually: Alfred Hitchcock, Bogie & Bacall, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Garbo, James Stewart, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy, and Ronald Reagan.

I deleted Henry Fonda's Signature collection because "The Wrong Man" is also on the Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection, and "Advise and Consent" is also on the "Controversial Classics Collection", which is another excellent boxed set you might want to pick up. I deleted John Wayne's set because the "John Wayne - John Ford Film Collection" is much better. It has Stagecoach and The Searchers on it, plus six more classic films. The total cost of the 11 individual signature collections plus the John Wayne - John Ford Film collection is 510 dollars. Thus for ten dollars more than this pre-packaged set you have a much better collection.

My rating of four stars was arrived at as follows: 5 stars for the sets themselves and three stars for the value of buying the 13 sets together as shown. This averages to four stars.

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