Million Dollar Weekend (1948) DVD [Remastered Edition]

Starring:Gene Raymond
Studio: A2ZCDS.com
Product Type: DVD

Product Description

Born as Raymond Guion in New York in 1908, Gene Raymond is better known for his acting abilities, having been cast in 35 films before this one. It was towards the end of long screen career that Gene decided to try his hand at producing and directing movies. The classic adventure film Million Dollar Weekend was the first he directed and also starred in. A2ZCDS have brought this old Hollywood Classic feature films on DVD. "Producer and director Gene Raymond has a point to make in this romantic drama - it doesnt pay to cheat - and he has managed to get this point across to audiences in an enchanting manner through some laudable performances from his leading stars Stephanie Paull and Francis Lederer while giving a creditable performance himself. The plot is quite fascinating and has three characters, each an offender, coming together on a flight to Honolulu. Lederers portrayal of a smooth-talking, greedy blackmailer is captivating, while Stephanie Paulls enactment of a charming, seductive and helpless lady is just wonderful. Raymond himself looks his part - a Wall Street type workaholic. The scenic splendor of Hawaii and grandiose indoor sets provide a fabulous setting for this timeless gem of a movie from A2ZCDS, which ends predictably with Stephanie in Nicholass arms. Dont miss this suspense-packed romantic escapade of a financial executive who gets more than he bargains for when he tries to get away with a million dollars worth of security bonds!"

Customer Reviews:

This one did it with panache...kudos, A2ZCDS........2006-05-03

"Sue me if you must (my husband probably would) but I fell in love with Gene Raymond in `The Million Dollar Weekend'. He's suave, human and completely convincing. The story is probably every desk jockey's secret fantasy, and you can't help but empathize despite the criminal implications."

Sometimes bad luck is good luck in disguise.......2005-06-20

A million bucks, an exotically beautiful woman, a stopover in Hawaii - sounds like a pretty good weekend. Unless, of course, you've stolen the money, and the beautiful woman is a possible murderer being blackmailed by just the kind of fellow willing and able to steal your little windfall when you stupidly leave it behind in your room while you head down to the bar. This 1948 release, featuring Gene Raymond as star, producer, and director, is a wonderful little film that sort of gets around to implying that crime doesn't pay. Raymond plays Nicholas Lawrence, a stockbroker who steals a cool million from his workplace and sets his course toward Shanghai. Everything is going according to plan - until he takes his plane seat across from Cynthia Strong (Osa Massen, also known as Stephanie Paull - although she took that name for one movie only) and her "friend" Alan Marker (Francis Lederer). When the damsel in distress tells Nicholas that her "friend" is threatening her and asks him to pretend he's an old friend of hers, he obliges (he may be a thief, but he's also a gentleman). He has no idea that Marker is blackmailing the lady for murdering her husband. On a stop-over in Hawaii, the three characters' continue to cross paths with one another, and it isn't long before Nicholas' briefcase goes missing from his room. Now everyone is suspicious of everyone else - and of course, neither Nicholas nor Cynthia can come right out and share their secrets with one another. The only one who knows both of his companions' stories is Marker. Since this is a movie, it's only natural that adversity breeds romance between the seemingly star-crossed Nicholas and Cynthia.

Million Dollar Weekend is a fine movie all the way around, featuring a good script, talented actors, and beautiful (albeit black & white) scenery. It's relatively exciting and suspenseful, even though most of the action consists of conversations among the characters (which is not to say that fisticuffs don't break out eventually). Those raised on a staple of modern films may find this hard to believe, but they actually used to make character-driven films, and Million Dollar Weekend is a darn good representative of those bygone days.

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