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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Walt Disney's Masterpiece)

starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan
directed by: David Hand

October 25, 1994
I am very happy with this movie and know my daughter will enjoy this older princess classic!!

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney Platinum Edition)

starring: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne, Roy Atwell, Stuart Buchanan
directed by: David Hand

November 27, 2001
I am very happy with this movie and know my daughter will enjoy this older princess classic!!

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Firefly

starring: Matthew Boulton, Henry Daniell, Roger Drake, Douglass Dumbrille, Billy Gilbert

December 11, 1992
One needs several rating scales to do this video justice. If I were rating it solely on Allan Jones' voice and performance, I'd give it a 5+. Jeannette MacDonald gets a 4 - she probably rates higher but the technology of the time made most women's voices sound shrill and squeaky. As an excellent example of the musical genre of 1930s-1950s operettas it definitely gets a 5. The overall performance gets a 4, and in judging it, one must again do so in the context of the time period in which it was filmed.

All ratings aside, one must admit that most operettas of the years mentioned were pretty superficial in plot, with the standard fearless hero, dimwit heroine, and sneering villian -- who usually had the best part and was the only ... Read More:

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Jiminy Cricket's Christmas

starring: Roy Atwell, Lucille Bliss, Eddie Carroll, Adriana Caselotti, Pinto Colvig

September 29, 1993
Such memories this video brings back!
(Note: Jiminy Cricket's Christmas is actually an edited made-for-video remake of the holiday TV special, A Disney Channel Christmas!)

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Mickey & the Beanstalk

starring: Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Sterling Holloway, Edgar Bergen
directed by: Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske

April 14, 1995
I can't believe that this has gotten bad reviews!!! The only two things you really need to be scared of when buying this VHS tape is that there might be tracking problems (but there weren't any), and that VHS is now uh, extinct (not that I mind) A very good cartoon. It used to be a part of Fancy Fun and Free, but I thought that this by itself would be better (and it was). It is narrated by Ludwig Von Drake and he appears with his cute little cricket, Herman three times in the "movie". This great Mickey Mouse cartoon is very funny, entertaining, and well animated. One awsome thing about Mickey and the Beanstalk was Mickey was voiced by Walt Disney himself! It also has some veeeeery catchy songs. I keep finding my self quietly singing some ... Read More:

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Song of the Islands

starring: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Jack Oakie, Thomas Mitchell, George Barbier
directed by: Walter Lang

January 01, 1998
Betty Grable is all peaches and cream and spectacular curves as she hulas her way to Hawaii. Song of the Islands also stars one of her favorite leading men, Victor Mature, one of her favorite supporting stars, Jack Oakie, and one of her favorite directors, Walter Lang. Put them all together in glorious Technicolor with plenty of songs, dances and comedy for one of Betty's biggest box office hits. Nothing serious here, folks, but musical-comedy fluff from Fox's backlot at its best. And the number one movie star of the 1940s---Betty Grable!

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Charlie Chaplin: Great Dictator

starring: Rudolph Anders, Chester Conklin, Henry Daniell, Carter DeHaven, Eddie Dunn

November 05, 1992
What a glorious, uplifting movie this is. A great cri de coeur against war and hatered, and in favor of tolerance and peace. That the message it presents is, by this point, somewhat of a given does nothing to diminish its importance.

You doubtless know of the plot by now. Charlie Chaplin, a man with a moustache suspiciously similar to a certain unpleasant fellow in history, plays the role of an anti-Semetic dictator named Hinkel and a poor Jewish barber. That these two look exactly the same is obvious. That the fact doesn't come in handy until the end is somewhat unexpected, but still great.

The movie avoids getting bogged down in all the obvious traps that await a film with content such as this. It doesn't become preachy until the ... Read More:

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Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film, Complete Set 1-13

starring: James Mason, Art Acord, Renée Adorée, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
directed by: David Gill, Kevin Brownlow

September 02, 1997
I am very glad I got this collection, new, when I did!

This set of mini-documentaries and interviews are a treasure that is woefully overlooked in the growing interest in silent film groups.

Oh - to have it in DVD!

The silent star recounting their excitement and memories are infectious. This is a classic work - very well done - and but for the intro music and some graphics, holds it's age .

As many silent film collections that have come forward in the last few years - some very obscure - this set would have more mass-appeal - and including the later classic actors' views on the silents would be interesting to Classic Movie Fans as well.

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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

starring: Scott Innes, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, B.J. Ward
directed by: Hiroshi Aoyama, Jim Stenstrum, Kazumi Fukushima

September 22, 1998
This is definitely Scary. For young children this movie is way too scary and my kids don't freak to easily.

I can see how others like it. But becareful how you intriduce it to your child.

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Weather Underground

starring: Billy Ayers, Kathleen Cleaver, Bernadine Dohrn, Brian Flanagan, David Gilbert
directed by: Bill Siegel, Sam Green

May 25, 2004
I was in law enforcement during this period of time. This documentary seems to be very well done, factual and accurate in all matters.

I am very excited to witness how our nation will change (my hope is for the better) during the next four years under the leadership of Barack Obama.

However, it is my hope that our "President-Elect", Barack Obama will distance himself from all former Weathermen members, especially William (Bill) Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn.

Respectfully,
R. Greenleaf - Utah