Barbara Stanwyck - The Signature Collection (Annie Oakley / East Side, West Side / My Reputation / Executive Suite / Jeopardy / To Please a Lady) DVD
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391149903
Format: Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD114990D
Number Of Items: 5
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 13, 1950
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Classic film fans will find the Barbara Stanwyck Signature Collection as delicious as any multi-course buffet. The films combines some better-known titles (Executive Suite, Annie Oakley) with some lesser-known gems (My Reputation, Jeopardy) as well as some cool vintage extras.
Robert Wise directed Executive Suite (1954), a still-relevant portrait of cutthroat corporate shenanigans, starring Frederic March and William Holden (in a truly dazzling performance) as the sharks in the corner-office tank. Stanwyck plays an heiress with her trademark unflappability--and with possibly the steeliest business persona of them all. Extras include an enthusiastic commentary by Wall Street director Oliver Stone, as well as a vintage short and cartoon.
Annie Oakley (1935), the oldest film in this collection, went a long way toward cementing Stanwyck's tough-talking (and yes, straight-shooting) persona. Stanwyck is brassy and bold, and mighty fearless as the Old West legend. There's a fair amount of humor, too, in the screenplay and deft direction of George Stevens. Extras include a vintage short and cartoon.
Stanwyck stretches her acting wings in the soapy love story My Reputation (1946). It's hard to imagine the tough-dame Stanwyck worrying about anything so ephemeral as a reputation, but in this well-acted film, she's convincing as a young widow who cautiously tries to date again, only to set tongues wagging, and scandalizing even her own children. Extras include a great musical short featuring Jan Savitt and Band, and a vintage cartoon.
Mervyn LeRoy directs a fabulous cast in the film noirish thiller/melodrama East Side, West Side (1949), involving a bored married couple, past infidelities, and murder. Ava Gardner's a standout as the "other woman" who comes between Stanwyck's Jessie and James Mason's Brandon. The cinematography is atmospheric and taut. Even the supporting cast dazzles in its own right--Cyd Charisse, William Frawley, William Conrad, and a winsome Nancy Davis (the future First Lady). Extras include a short film and a fun Tex Avery cartoon, "Counterfeit Cat."
To Please a Lady (1950) may have one of the least appropriate film titles ever--it's a high-octane drama set around the world of early car racing, with a romance between Stanwyck and Clark Gable as the hook. But the film itself is a blast, especially for the well-shot, adrenaline-rush scenes of car racing, decades before the polish of NASCAR. Gable's a reckless driving champ and Stanwyck's the hard-nosed reporter who revs up his heart. Stanwyck's Regina catches racing fever: "It's like the Fourth of July and the heavyweight fight and the World Series all rolled into one." Amen, sister.
Jeopardy (1953) appears as a "double feature" on one disc with To Please a Lady. It's a fascinating psychological thriller that presages a whole genre of "ticking time-bomb" peril films, and also suggests a pivotal scene in Sometimes a Great Notion. Stanwyck plays a happily married wife, vacationing in Mexico with her husband (Barry Sullivan), who becomes trapped in the surf--and as the tide comes in, his luck may run out. A frantic Stanwyck has to make scary choices if her husband--and she--is to survive. The extra on this disc is an audio-only radio interview with Stanwyck. --A.T. Hurley
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I've come to the bitter conclusion that collections of DVD's starring a specific celebrity are almost invariably a complilation of borderline clunkers that couldn't be unloaded any other way.
I'm not saying that these movies are bad, but you would think that a "Signature" collection (whatever the hell that is) would feature some of her better efforts, like Double Indemnity or Sorry Wrong number, not this set of unmemorable programmers. Maybe the best of the lot is Annie Oakley, and ... Read More
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i have seen some of the movies of this collection on foxtell. its great to now own them on dvd.
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I have never seen any of Barbara Stanwyck's movies. I enjoyed watching all of them and will look forward to finding more of her movies. I would recomend the Signature Collection to any who ask.
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I was really glad to see this finally come out on DVD, but I wish it would be available separately (although you usually can't go wrong with a Barbara Stanwyck movie.) The transfer is pretty darn good, too, for a film this old.
Stanwyck's portrayal of Annie Oakley made this film. Tough-as-nails, Barbara also had a soft side she could show, and she does both here. She was a versatile actress who could play any role.
Preston Foster's character, "Toby Walker," meanwhile, ... Read More
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For a Stanwyck collection to be complete it really needs "That Lady Eve" and "Double Indemnity". This collection does however have some great films. Definately worth the 35 bones.
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