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Popular Movies from the Great Depression Era: 1930s Life and Culture: A 22 DVD Collection The Classic 1930′s Movie Set is a 22 DVD collection of incredibly entertaining 30′s films that captures the artistic, cultural, and political essence of this remarkable period in American history. Filmmaking was never so creatively invigorated: live action sound and talking became standard in movies, early forms of horror films were being experimented with, and existing genre’s like westerns were becoming refined. One of the most exciting periods in the history of cinema, the 1930′s culture produced some of the most startlingly never-before-seen films. This 22 DVD Set journeys through the varying genres and influences of the time, including the beginning of World War 2 propaganda and reactions to the Great Depression. This important decade is responsible for a great number of vital films which are now more accessible than ever thanks to this fantastic collection. Table of Contents: Disc I: The Girl From Calgary (1932) Disc II: Manhattan Tower (1932) Disc III: Slander House (1938) Disc IV: The Fighting Deputy (1937) Disc V: Disorder in the Court (1936) Disc VI: Gang Bullets (1938) Disc VII: Honor of the Range (1934) Disc VIII: Hard Hombre (1931) Disc IX: Revolt of the Zombies (1936) Disc X: Gunsmoke Ranch (1937) Disc XI: Roaring Roads (1935) Disc XII: The President’s Mystery (1936) Disc XIII: Crashing Through Danger (1938) Disc XIV: Danger Lights (1930) Disc XV: Here’s Flash Casey (1938) Disc XVI: Devil Diamond (1937) Disc XVII: Under the Big Top (1938) Disc XVIII: Telephone Operator (1938) Disc XIX: Shadows Over Shanghai (1938) Disc XX: New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) Disc XXI: Night Alarm (1934) Disc XXII: Go Get ‘Em Haines (1936)
Customer Review: Don’t fall for this folks
These days there is a natural curiosity about the 1930′s and the Great Depression because of the parallels between our current times and that time. However, these films are not great studies in the Depression era and its time and people. They are 22 public domain films, 4 of which are westerns and one of which is a 20 minute short, not a movie. A western is a western no matter when it was made, and really doesn’t tell you anything about the Great Depression or anything other than how the early west was perceived at the time a western was made. These films are in the public domain largely because the companies that made them failed, with a few exceptions. This would have been an OK collection if it had been marketed 50 Movie Pack style with a price commensurate with its value (under twenty dollars). But putting each film on its own disc is just too much. I’ll go through each film and give comments on the ones worth seeing. The rating comes from a popular internet database, and I largely agree with the rating given.
Disc I: The Girl From Calgary (1932) 4.2
Disc II: Manhattan Tower (1932) 7.1 (This one is very good. It’s a lot like “Skyscraper Souls” in attitude, and is worth a look.)
Disc III: Slander House (1938) 4.8
Disc IV: The Fighting Deputy (1937) 4.5 (Western)
Disc V: Disorder in the Court (1936) 7.7 (A great Three Stooges short, and the early Stooges do have something to say about Depression era life. However, get The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 1: 1934-1936 to see a much better transfer.)
Disc VI: Gang Bullets (1938) 5.8
Disc VII: Honor of the Range (1934) 5.3 (Western)
Disc VIII: Hard Hombre (1931) 4.8 (Western)
Disc IX: Revolt of the Zombies(1936) 2.8 (There is nothing worse than boring horror, and that’s what this is.)
Disc X: Gunsmoke Ranch (1937) 5.7 (Western)
Disc XI: Roaring Roads (1935) 6.8 (Throw together racing, gangsters, and an overprotected young heir who wants to break out of his shell and you’ve got to love this one, even though there’s nobody in it I’ve ever heard of.)
Disc XII: The President’s Mystery (1936) 6.8 (Now this little mystery has an interesting backstory. FDR is cowriter of the script. He didn’t do a bad job but I think he made the correct career choice in the long run.)
Disc XIII: Crashing Through Danger (1938)4.6 (This one is your standard issue 1930′s postcode potboiler, but the interesting thing about it is you get to see utility workers in LA 70 years ago. Plus it stars Loretta Young’s sister.)
Disc XIV: Danger Lights (1930) 6.0 (worthwhile look at railroad work in the 1930′s disguised as a romance plus very early Jean Arthur.)
Disc XV: Here’s Flash Casey (1938) 6.2 (Flash is a newspaperman, not a superhero and this one is pretty good for a 30′s mystery)
Disc XVI: Devil Diamond (1937) 6.2
Disc XVII: Under the Big Top (1938) 6.8 (Marjorie Main who was later Ma Kettle in a Film about acrobats. This one is pretty good.
Disc XVIII: Telephone Operator (1938) 7.2 (I liked the uniqueness of this one. A drama about a telephone operator set against the backdrop of a big flood in California. There are some great shots of what looks to have been a real 1937 flood. The sad part – seeing Grant Withers and Alice White and how far they’ve fallen since their glory days at Warner Bros. in 1930.)
Disc XIX: Shadows Over Shanghai (1938) 5.1 (This thriller about the Japanese invasion of China has too much talk and not enough action.)
Disc XX: New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) 5.1 (This is not MGM or Johnny Weismuller. This is Bruce Bennett as Tarzan. I’d pass on this one.)
Disc XXI: Night Alarm (1934) 4.5
Disc XXII: Go Get ‘Em Haines (1936) 5.2 ( I liked this one OK, mainly because I always liked William Boyd. This is not a western, but the plot is confusing.)

My recommendation: If you want to know about the Great Depression start with The Forbidden Hollywood series (there are three volumes so far) and the Warner Gangsters (there are four volumes so far). Also get The Busby Berkeley Collection (Footlight Parade / Gold Diggers of 1933 / Dames / Gold Diggers of 1935 / 42nd Street) for biting commentary on the depression mixed with great music and comedy.

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Manay Po! – Philippines Filipino Tagalog DVD Movie Customer Review: I Love This Movie
This movie is so funny. I laughed most of the time.
I also cried at the ending, it’s so touching.
John Pratts so funny, and Polo acting is not bad.
Love John Pratts and Mike Tan.
Recommended for all of you who loves Pinoy Hunks.

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Mc-wedding Crashers [dvd/uncorked/unrated/p&s-2.40/movie Cash]-nla In this hilarious box office hit, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson have perfected the art of wedding crashing but when one of them actually falls in love their sacred rule, “never leave a fellow crasher behind,” may be broken!

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Classic Native American Films on DVD: Navajo and Eskimo Culture, History, Traditions, Daily Activities and More Plus White Fawn’s Devotion – The First Native American Indian Produced Movie This is a collection of three films portraying the lives of Native American tribes and art. The total run time for this collection is 31 minutes. Film 1: Navajo Canyon Country (1954) – A documentary of the Navajo Indians who resided in Arizona and New Mexico. It shows them about their daily lives, their housing, how they gathered food and survived in the harsh environment abd much more. Film 2: Eskimos: Winter in Western Alaska (1950) – This film shows the typical activities of the Alaskan Eskimo during winter. It shows their dependence on fish as their main food supply – showing how they fish and gather food, make clothing and the various household activities they perform in winter to maintain their lifestyle and keep warm against the cold nights. It also shows a seal hunt and an Eskimo dance. Film 3: White Fawn’s Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America (1910) – This is the first know film produced by a Native American – James Young Deer. It deals with a settler and his Native American wife. The wife kills herself when she believes her husband is leaving on an adventure and the film details the challenges that arise because of this. This film is silent.

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99 WOMEN (DVD MOVIE) The Notorious X-Rated French Version!

For his epic shocker of caged women gone wild, legendary director Jess Franco (EUGENIE, SADOMANIA) brought together a once-in-a-lifetime cast of International beauties including Maria Schell (THE ODESSA FILE), Luciana Paluzzi (THUNDERBALL), Rosalba Neri (LADY FRANKENSTEIN) and Maria Rohm (VENUS IN FURS). Oscar winner Mercedes McCambridge (JOHNNY GUITAR) and Herbert Lom (THE DEAD ZONE, MARK OF THE DEVIL) co-star as the sadistic wardens of an island prison where abused yet luscious young lovelies surrender to their own depraved desires. Behind bars without men experience the unchained passion of 99 WOMEN!

This limited edition of the recently discovered French version features all of its long-rumored scenes of extreme sexuality, now totally uncut for the first time ever in America!
Customer Review: Another Franco WIP classic
The mere mention of the name Jesus “Jess” Franco in the presence of movie fans will elicit several reactions. Some filmgoers will shrug their shoulders as if to say, “Who’s he?” These people likely spend a lot of time watching big budget, multiplex friendly cinema. Other folks will smile. These film fans recognize this director’s name in the context of “Vampyros Lesbos” and “The Marquis De Sade’s Justine,” two Franco movies that actually contain a hint of style. Then there are the poor wretches who’ll hear his name and visibly pale, groan as though they’ve eaten food that’s given them salmonella poisoning, and slink quietly away into a corner for a few hours of serious sulking. I fall somewhere in between the last two categories. I liked “Vampyros Lesbos” and “Justine,” but I’ve also seen enough Franco films to understand the utter banality of a large segment of his filmography. “99 Women” is one of the director’s contributions to a sleaze genre that could only exist in the 1970s and early 1980s, WIP (Women in Prison). Tons of these films exist, and most of them have come to DVD. Let’s explore Jess’s offering, shall we? Sure, we’ve nothing better to do!

O.k. “99 Women”. Here we go. The film stars the luscious Maria Rohm as Marie, an unfortunate wretch sentenced to a term at a prison located on an island called, appropriately enough for the genre, Castillo de la Muerte. The Island of Death! With a name like that, any prisoner heading to the prison has to wonder what their future holds. Sort of makes Alcatraz look like a Club Med. Anyway, Marie heads to the island for some fun and sun with the other ninety-eight gals currently serving their sentences. We know there are ninety-eight other women in the jail because Marie receives an inmate number of ninety-nine upon her arrival. Get it? The Island of Death has ninety-nine prisoners, and the movie’s called “99 Women”! You simply must admire the internal logic on display here. Considering Franco isn’t known for logical filmmaking, we must take what we can get whenever possible and move on. So Marie arrives in a sad state of affairs. She quickly realizes her new digs lack that special something found in the rest of civilization. It’s a dump, in other words, and one run by a sadistic warden named Thelma Diaz (Mercedes McCambridge). Anyone care to bet Thelma and Marie won’t get along?

Sure enough, Thelma and Marie soon lock horns. The trouble occurs when our heroine, while lounging about in her cell, hears the pitiful cries of a fellow inmate a couple of doors over. Oh, the humanity! When Marie attempts to notify the authorities about this terrible injustice, Thelma orders her thrown into a special detention cell. It’s here that our gal meets up with Zoe (Rosalba Neri), the prison’s resident Gertrude Stein (if you know what I mean) except far better looking. Hijinks of a decidedly fleshy nature ensue. It’s somewhere around this time that we notice an important event, i.e. Franco’s film actually has a plot. Thelma Diaz supplies the island’s governor, Santos (Herbert Lom), with nubile women from the prison in exchange for favors. It doesn’t seem to work, however, as a reformer from the mainland called Leonie (Maria Schell) arrives to inspect the facilities. She’s heard horror stories about the shenanigans going on at the prison, and wants to make sure the inmates have an easier time on the island. Or something like that. Who cares, really? Expect a lot of sass, some cheesy fights, and an escape attempt that finds our heroine struggling to return to the world.

Also expect a lot of soft-core scenarios involving lots of lovely ladies. Rosalba Neri. Maria Rohm. A bunch of other 1970s exploitation babes. Rosalba Neri. Did I mention Rosalba Neri? Twice? Really? I wonder why that happened? These are the women of dreams, my friends, and Franco makes sure to throw in plenty of action to keep the male members of the audience fully entertained. As an added bonus the X-rated version of the movie tosses in a bunch of hardcore inserts. These sequences do absolutely nothing to move the plot along, nor do they involve the principal actresses. Yet somehow I didn’t mind their presence in the picture even though they look like someone inserted them in the film with a sledgehammer. Another thing you might notice about “99 Women” is Franco’s effort to inject a little class into the proceedings. Sure, we get his usual zoom and soft focus tricks, but we also see some stylistic touches sorely lacking in most WIP movies. For example, Rosalba Neri’s striptease scene looks pretty darn good. Franco pulls this sequence off quite admirably. Now the negatives: a lame script, an unoriginal plot, and cheap production values all hurt the movie.

Apparently a couple of versions of “99 Women” are floating around in DVD land. I watched the X-rated version, which has the insert shots but lacks extras. According to a few reports I’ve read, another version (an unrated director’s cut, I think) contains a lengthy interview with Franco, deleted scenes, trailers, and alternate footage. What a pity. What the distribution company should have done is release both versions of the film on one disc. Put the director’s cut on side one, the X-rated cut on side two. Then sprinkle the extras on both sides of the disc. Is that so hard to do? I somewhat enjoyed the film, enough to give it three stars, but there’s no way in heck I would shell out the bucks to buy both versions. I’m not that big of a Jess Franco fanatic. I only watch his movies because I feel I must in order to see as many exploitation films as possible. I recommend renting both versions, giving them a watch, and then deciding which one you wish to purchase. Good luck!
Customer Review: Dreadful!!!!!!
This DVD is dated, and lacks the eroticism and/or nudity you would expect in a women prison movie. I bought the “Unrated” version, but I wonder what that rating was based on. I have bought several “R” rated movies in the women prison genre that were rather hot, but compared to this 1969 rubbish they were volcanic. I was sincerely disapointed, and wished I had read some of the reviews prior to purchasing this dreadful movie.

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