Mae West - The Glamour Collection (Go West Young Man/ Goin' To Town/ I'm No Angel/ My Little Chickadee/ Night After Night) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025192845321
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 04, 2006
Running Time: 417 minutes
Sales Rank: 14128
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 18, 1936
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Sexy and curvaceous Hollywood icon Mae West made a name for herself with the five films gathered here. MAE WEST: THE GLAMOUR COLLECTION includes the films NIGHT AFTER NIGHT I'M NO ANGEL GOIN' TO TOWN GO WEST YOUNG MAN and MY LITTLE CHIKADEE. See individual descriptions for details.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 025192845321 Manufacturer No: 28453
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The triumph of personality is beautifully demonstrated in Mae West: The Glamour Collection, a bundle of five comedies featuring the never duplicated (if often imitated) Ms. West. Never altering her insouciant, sexed-up persona, Mae West sashays through these films like a tour guide in a well-lit bordello, cheerfully cracking herself up with a series of perfectly-timed one-liners. Since she wrote her own material, there was no separation between the lady (what a feeble word) and her scandalous dialogue.
If you doubt this, check out Night After Night, her film debut. The first half of the picture is an unremarkable gangster comedy: George Raft in his usual inert form, Constance Cummings the good girl, capable comic support from Roscoe Karns and Alison Skipworth. Then West blowses in, and it's all over. Within a minute she's tossed off an eternal signature line (hatcheck girl: "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds." West: "Goodness had nothin' to do with it, dearie") and disrupted the high-class aims of gangster Raft. The other actors look agog at this unapologetic force of libido. Watching this, you might recall the first time you ever saw Groucho Marx or Bill Murray on film--the movie itself disappears, replaced by gratitude that someone like this exists.
I'm No Angel followed her first starring vehicle (She Done Him Wrong, not included here), and its lunatic plot--Mae as a lion tamer taken up by New York society--does nothing to slow the barrage of sexual innuendo. West hums her way through the film with the kind of confidence that must have inspired countless fans to try something disreputable. Cary Grant is the bemused recipient of West's attention. Goin' to Town is nearly as good, as dance-hall gal Mae inherits an oil fortune, then sets her cap for the haughty Englishman working on her, uh, wells. West's style is undiminished (she was in her mid-forties already), although by this time the Production Code--concocted in part as a horrified response to her first films--was trimming her entendres.
Tamer still is the tongue-in-cheek Go West Young Man, although the spectacle of West (playing a "temperamental" movie star) leering after hunky Randolph Scott is pleasant. My Little Chickadee, made at Universal after her run at Paramount ended, is the legendary pairing with W.C. Fields. It's full of great bon mots from both drawlers, even if the sum is less than its parts. Disapproving Margaret Hamilton tells Fields of West, "I'm afraid I can't say anything good about her." Fields replies, "I can see what's good, tell me the rest." These five films are a good introduction to the rest. Beulah, peel me a grape. --Robert Horton
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Night After Night is a pre-code film might draw you in because of West, but it will make you a fan of George Raft. It is the story of a man who runs a speakeasy (Raft). He finds himself in a bind when another gang in town wants to buy him out or bump him off. He isn't worried, but when he meets a beautiful high class girl who he sets out to marry (Constance Cummings), he plans to sell for enough money to take care of her. However, in comes his old flame (West) who is by no means cautious when it ... Read More
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A missed opportunity. Stupidly formulated and cheaply realized. Shame on the oafs who threw this package together. An oppertunity missed. The films themselves are terrific - The transfers, nothing to write home about, adequate - but the presentation SUCKS! Stupid packaging adds to the rotten package - And what's the blank side all about? Universal should fire the morons who f**ed a legend!
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In 1998, Image Entertainment/Universal released three Mae West movies on DVD: _Belle of the Nineties_, _Klondike Annie_ and _I'm No Angel_. Then, as quickly as they appeared, these titles went out of print. Fortunately, I was able to obtain these three titles at Tower Records close-out prices and not from eBay or other online flea markets.
In my opinion, the top three Mae West movies are: _Belle of the Nineties_, _I'm No Angel_ and _She Done Him Wrong_. Universal recently announced that ... Read More
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Unbelieveable! 5 Mae West films for
5 bucks. Awesome!
And I don't know either, what these
other critics say. These movies are
in excellent viewing condition. So,
what if they aren't "digitally
re-mastered"!
These movies are perfect and for such
a great deal.
What a great way to start or add to
your collection.
BTW, the sticker on the cover of this
DVD says $25.99, and I paid $5. What a
steal!
dp
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much fun for those who remember her. Better to give to the younger film fans in order to show the character of her work over these years
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