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Myrna Loy and William Powell Collection (Manhattan Melodrama / Evelyn Prentice / Double Wedding / I Love You Again / Love Crazy)
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Additional DVD options | Edition | Discs | Price | New from | Used from |
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November 20, 2012 "Please retry" | — | 5 |
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| $78.00 | $32.75 |
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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Color, Box set, Black & White, Subtitled |
Contributor | Jack Carson, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, William Powell |
Language | English, Spanish |
Runtime | 7 hours and 34 minutes |
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Myrna Loy & Williams Powell Collection (DVD)
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The Thin Man was just the beginning. Myrna Loy and William Powell were one of Hollywood's best-matched screen teams, with the chemistry fairly bubbling in their scenes together, as this Warner treasure trove boxed set shows. Audiences in the '30s and '40s delighted in the fact that Loy's urbane sophisticate characters could match Powell's quip for quip, martini for martini.
Manhattan Melodrama (1934) showcases Powell and Clark Gable as longtime friends on opposite sides of the law, and is the first pairing of Loy and Powell (and the first of four films they would make in 1934 alone. The film is briskly directed and the crackling screenplay won an Oscar the next year. Evelyn Prentice (1934) is the troubled wife (Loy) of a preoccupied attorney (Powell) who appears oblivious. The story isn't one of the strongest in the collection, but the cast sparkles nonetheless. A witchy Rosalind Russell makes her memorable film debut as a femme fatale.
Double Wedding (1937) lets Loy and Powell flex their comedic chops. The plot is full of switchbacks and misunderstandings, but the key point is that their pal Waldo (John Beal) is that dreaded '30s male screen archetype, the milquetoast. Much of the film's fun is watching Powell's character coach poor Waldo to grow a backbone: "Women don't like noble, self-sacrificing men. Women are not civilized like we are. They like bloodshed!"
I Love You Again (1940) is one of the top screwball comedies of all time. George (Powell) is bonked on the head and realizes he's had amnesia for the past several years, has been terribly boring and has been, yes, a milquetoast--who's about to be divorced by his fed-up wife, Kay (Loy). The crazy plot is lofted by the brilliant screenplay and the delivery of the two leads, who spar like expert fencers: George: "You be careful, madam, or you'll turn my pretty head with your flattery!" Kay: "I often wished I could turn your head--on a spit, over a slow fire." Divine! Love Crazy (1941) is another classic farce, featuring Powell in drag, Powell faking insanity, Powell conniving to win back Loy's love--all in a witty, urbane way, of course.
The set is also chockfull of great extras, with each feature paired with a classic comedy or musical short, plus cartoon or audio radio interviews. The icing on the cake: The fabulous packaging, including an image from the original movie posters on the discs themselves. Film lovers won't want to miss this splendid collection. --A.T. Hurley
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches; 8.8 ounces
- Media Format : Color, Box set, Black & White, Subtitled
- Run time : 7 hours and 34 minutes
- Release date : August 7, 2007
- Actors : Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jack Carson, Clark Gable
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : WarnerBrothers
- ASIN : B000Q7ZLUG
- Number of discs : 5
- Best Sellers Rank: #60,015 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #7,007 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
- #10,104 in Drama DVDs
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When I wrote the first version of this review (6mar14), I had only watched each movie once; I hadn't noticed many details. For example, I didn't notice any bloopers or goofs. This website, however, remarks on such things: IMDb. I plan to read up next time before watching. [Note: When I first posted this, I put in the link to the other website, but I see that it was removed--even though Amazon owns IMDb. Now I've just written the initials. 9mar2014]
For people like me who were expecting the humor of the Thin Man series, it's important to note that two of the films are not comedies: "Manhattan Melodrama" (MM) and "Evelyn Prentice." The first of these was also the first time for them to act together, according to the slipcover. Both of these films let us see Powell & Loy outside their more familiar comedy roles.
I just re-watched MM and looked more carefully at what is going on. I like these two performers even more, now.
By the time MM movie was made, the word 'melodrama' already had a slightly negative connotation of being an over simplification of life: A completely pure Dudley Do-Right opposes a completely evil Snidely Whiplash. A woman is thrown in, so to speak, as a 'romantic interest'; she, too, must be as pure as the hero. In this movie, we get a similar set up, at least on the surface. Consider the name of Clark Gable & Mickey Roonie's tough-guy character, Blackie. Consider the name of the seemingly dull-witted boy Blackie outwits: Spud. Yet later Blackie hires Spud (played by Nat Pendleton) as his right-hand man.
I mention these points because all through the film there are instances of black/white moral oppositions with a third or fourth person in "gray," who sometimes moves to one or the other color. It seems as if the makers of the film are saying that in life there are in fact opposites as well as those in the middle. Yet, they also seem to be saying that what we think is 'good' sometimes is not so good after all, as when Powell's character Jim Wade must make decisions about Blackie, who runs illegal gambling joints. In short, it occurs to me that the makers of the film--writers, director, producer--might have purposely used the somewhat despised vaudeville title of 'melodrama' to highlight people's core character.
This takes me to Myrna Loy, who plays Eleanor, Blackie's girlfriend, who tires of his gangster lifestyle. As we discover early on, Eleanor is not a pure heroine in the old school variety but a modern hero(ine): a person who reflects on life and makes some tough decisions about what it means to live a good life. Throughout the movie she serves as a foil to both male leads. [I'm trying not to give the film away.]
The next film, "Evelyn Prentice," is also serious drama with black-and-white characters as well as those who move in the gray. As in MM, Powell plays a famous attorney, but Loy, his wife, is the central figure. Loy's character recalls Desdemona in some respects, a credit to the writing as much as the acting.
As for the three comedies, they're fun. The slipcover comment about "I Love You Again" says that, after a hit to the head, boring husband (Powell) becomes "convince[d]" he's a "con man." Watching the film a second time, I'm convinced he may have originally been a con man!
At some point it might be worthwhile to compare the way certain screen couples work against the times in which they live--and the way Hollywood thought they should be shown. Powell & Loy in the 30s vs say Hanks & Ryan in the 90s. (Somebody has probably done this already, and I'm just not aware of it.)
Finally, the more I see work by director W.S. Van Dyke, the more I like it.
[revised 9mar14 mv]
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Es handelt sich hier um eine DVD mit dem Ländercode 1. Der wohl mit den meisten hier in Deutschland verkauften DVD-Playern nicht abgespielt werden kann. Ich hatte das Glück einen DVD Player zu besitzen, der das aber kann.
Die Filme sind alle nur in der englischen Original-Fassung. Da aber mindestens Powell und Loy ein recht deutliches englisch sprechen, kann man es gut verfolgen.
Alle Filme sind in sehr guter Qualität. Man muß logischerweise allerdings immer berücksichtigen, das es sich hier um Filme aus den 30ér bzw. Anfang 40ér Jahre handelt. Für mich als großen Fan des Duo's ein absolutes Muß. Alle Filme der beiden zusammen sind sehenswert, daher fällt es mir schwer zu sagen, welcher der hier enthaltenen mir am besten gefällt. Am besten kaufen und selber ein Bild machen. Im wirklichen Leben nur lebenslang sehr eng befreundet, haben Powell und Loy im Zusammenspiel eine Chemie, die ihresgleichen sucht. Kein Wunder das viele Menschen glaub(t)en, das sie auch im richtigen Leben verheiratet waren. Wer Unterhaltung auf bestem Niveau sucht, ist mit dieser Box genau richtig bedient. Zu empfehlen wäre hier natürlich auch noch die Box zu den berühmten "Thin Man" bzw. "Dünner Mann" Filmen, die es auch in deutsch zu kaufen gibt
Mit diesen Filmen wurden William Powell und Myrna Loy weltberühmt und bleiben unvergessen. Schade, das es solche Darsteller heute nicht mehr gibt.
"Manhattan Melodrama" and "Evelyn Prentice" are both from 1934; "Melodrama" also co-stars Clark Gable. Gable and Powell are boyhood friends who take different paths; Gable the gangster, Powell the lawyer and Loy the woman who loves them both. "Evelyn Prentice" is a less well-known film, but a real find; Loy plays the neglected wife of a top lawyer (Powell) who finds herself a victim of attempted blackmail. Both films have a steely morality running through them which comes across in this day and age as a little naieve, but they are nevertheless well-crafted and hearfelt examples of 30`s social drama. "Evelyn Prentice" suffers slightly from over-editing in a couple of key scenes but this is the complete film, running at 79mins.
Of the comedies, "Love Crazy" from 1941 is perhaps the funniest of the three, a comedy of errors which finds Powell, in an effort to stall his wife (Loy) from divorcing him over a misunderstanding, faking insanity; an action which of course, backfires with further comic results.
"Double Wedding" from 1937 sees Loy as a controlling elder sister who thinks bohemian artist Powell is out to wed her sister in a plot that has echoes of "The Taming Of The Shrew"
"I Love You Again" from 1940 sees a staid and boring Powell Lose his memory, reverting to his earlier character as a con-man and discovering he has a wife (Loy) on the brink of divorcing him, and an opportunity to fleece the local businessmen through his respectable position in the community.
The comedies in the collection are silly, but the magic of the Loy/Powell partnership make them a real joy to watch; the dramas are excellent entertainment. Any fans of the "Thin Man" series will want this set. Extras include cartoons, a couple of Pete Smith specialties, a "Crime Does Not Pay" short, a musical short and a radio version of "Love Crazy" Trailers for all the films are included. Picture Quality is excellent throughout; sound is a little weak on "Manhattan Melodrama" but otherwise as good as it can be.
Now, why isn`t this set available on region 2? I`ve found that these TCM releases run on region 2 systems but be sure your TV can display the NTSC format. And it would be nice if someone could confirm this for the benefit of other buyers just in case I am in error!