vhs video: Merle Oberon

vhs video: Merle Oberon

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Cowboy & The Lady (1938) [VHS]

Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon

United Artists, 1994

Remembering this movie after all these years.
I saw this movie as a young teenager, when black and white movies dominated weekends and rainy days! This was a romance that helped set the stage for all I find good in a romance: innocence, humor, drama, passion (the boat scene when he knew he had to marry her that ...

Wuthering Heights (1939) [VHS]

Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier

Hbo Home Video, 1994

Noir angst
Olivier is the only Heathcliff that I believe. Don't like him in much else. This is the version that 'feels' like the book to me, that has the look and feel of the world I imagine Brontë lived in and how she imagined the world in her book to look.

Dark Waters (1944) [VHS]

Merle Oberon, Franchot Tone

Image Entertainment, 1999

It Has Its Moments of True Suspense
I almost didn't watch this movie after reading a negative review on IMDB. What a treat to enjoy a movie after your expectations of it have been lowered. Sure the dark beauty Merle Oberon was "as expressionless as a marble paperweight" but it made for an even more ...

These Three [VHS]

Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon

Hbo Home Video, 1997

The hour of the lie...
A while ago I had the pleasure of seeing 1961's `The Children's Hour', a film that really struck me with its profound look at the anatomy (and destructive course) of the lie. I had no idea that that film was an adaptation of a film Wyler had made years back called ...

Desiree [VHS]

Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons

20th Century Fox, 1998

Desiree
I don't know why this movie is not more famous. The scenery and costumes are beautiful, and the acting is superb. I have never liked Marlon Brando, but he is excellent in this movie, as is Jean Simmons. Michael Rennie, somewhat forgotten nowadays, is good as well. The ...

Wuthering Heights [VHS]

Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Noir angst
Olivier is the only Heathcliff that I believe. Don't like him in much else. This is the version that 'feels' like the book to me, that has the look and feel of the world I imagine Brontë lived in and how she imagined the world in her book to look.

Private Life Don Juan (Amazon.com Exclusive) [VHS]

Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon

MGM/UA Video, 2001

Sir Alexander Korda in Seville
Even by the often unstable conditions of the movie industry, Sir Alexander Korda (1893-1956)had quite a varied career. He started out in 1916 as pioneer director in his native Hungary, then emigrated to Austria in 1919, where he made the epic Samson and Dalila (1922), ...

The Oscar [VHS]

Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer

Embassy Home Entertainment, 1993

The Last Stand of 'Old Hollywood':
I had wanted to see this movie for years, after only knowing the parody SCTV did in the early 80s ("The Nobel")...It exceeded all my expectations; I would say SCTV's version only exaggerated the film by about 10 percent! The real reason to watch is Tony Bennett as the ...

Hotel [VHS]

Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak

Warner Home Video, 1996

Hotel - Where women are "ladies" and men are "gentlemen"
I love this movie! It's a wonderful escape back to an era when hospitality was in and everyone not only knew how, but were expected to "dress" (it makes me want to buy white gloves and hats just to do lunch). Catherine Spaak and Merle Oberon are luminous in Edith ...

A Song to Remember [VHS]

Paul Muni, Merle Oberon

Sony Pictures, 1996

Freddie meets Sand
A cameo on Frederick Chopin in his short lifespan. Wilde and Oberon give excellent performances and Paul Muni shines in this one. if you like a good story, lovely music and beautiful scenery, this is a classic well worth adding to your collection. Flicks of this ...

Deep in My Heart [VHS]

José Ferrer, Merle Oberon

MGM (Video & DVD), 1995

Deep in My Heart slim pack DVD
This one came quickly, was in great definition and audio and many enjoyable extra features. The case was the new extra slim style with full, original info/title sleeve. A nice trend in saving the environment and room in storage space.

The Lion Has Wings [VHS]

Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

Interesting from an historical perspective
An effective and explicitly propagandistic wartime docudrama, co-directed by the ever-quirky Michael Powell, and clearly aimed at a hometown audience seeking reassurance during the ongoing German Blitz. Merle Oberon and Ralph Richardson star as a British couple doing ...

Private Life of Henry VIII [VHS]

Charles Laughton, Robert Donat

Aae Films, 2001

Henry as Glutton
For a monarch who had six wives, two of whom he beheaded, Henry VIII has gotten a pass from history and Hollywood as one more sinned against than sinning. In THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, director Alexander Korda takes more than a few liberties as he presents King ...

Scarlet Pimpernel [VHS]

Leslie Howard; Merle Oberon; Raymond Massey; Nigel Bruce

Timeless Multimedia, 1999

One of the classics
When my son was in junior high, we watched this film together because I'd recently read the book for a college class I was taking. As an adult, he remembered that he had enjoyed it, so I ordered it for him. He loved it once again and has added it to his collection of ...

Lydia [VHS]

Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten

Hbo Home Video, 1995

Beautiful meditation on memory and love
Another film from the 1940's that remembers the turn of the century--in this case, after all the characters have grown old, they look back on their lives. Lydia, a headstrong girl, is wooed by a number of men, but there are always complications. Finally she meets a ...