Barbara Stanwyck - Screen Goddess Boxset [DVD]
(4 Front Video - 2005-10-17)
6 Discs ()
Region: 2 - Parental Guidance
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr.




Customer Reviews (Average 5.0 from 2) :
A LEGEND COMES ALIVE IN A MAGICAL BOX
Rating:5
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Barbara Stanwyck was a true screen legend in life and death and her glory is embossed in this gorgeous packing with a box that is a delight ,and add the booklet on her biography and illustrious career in 16 glossy pages and you are in heaven .

The six dvds are all in great form with no extras but they are an art treasure -

LADY EVE -preston sturges directs her with henry fonda abroad a luxury cruiser in a screwball comedy as a con woman .

DOUBLE INDEMNITY -Billy Wilder has made a quint-essential film noir with fred Mc murray and her in a tale of treachery .

MIRACLE WOMAN -frank Capra directs her as an evangelist false messiah and she superbly suffering in her own deception .

GOLDEN BOY-she plays the woman behind a boxer on the rise played by Adelphe menjou in a sports drama.

ALL I DESIRE-Douglas Sirk makes a unique family drama where a runaway wife and mother reunites with her family .

THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN -Capra again directs her in war torn China involved in a forbidden love story with a local warlord .

now you cannot quite go wrong with six golden classics from the golden age of hollywood with this gorgeous woman in raging glory ,in divine diversity from war epics to comic antics and religious frenzy ,not to mention a femme fatale .



A wonderful box set
Rating:5
This box set contains some of the greatest Barbara Stanwyck films in great DVD prints: among them are The Lady Eve (a comedic masterpiece and one of my favorite films), Double Indemnity (a noirish masterpiece, of course) and All I Desire (an early Douglas Sirk melodrama, IMO very good). Truly a must for any fan of Miss Stanwyck or the golden era of Hollywood in general.

My only complaint is the lack of the special features: the only one is a trailer for The Lady Eve. The set also contains a nicely done booklet on Barbara Stanwyck, complete with pictures, biography and filmography, and is packed in a beautiful cardboard box - I love it. Each film is packed in its own DVD box, and The Lady Eve and Double Indemnity also contain their own information-packed booklets.


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