Great Movies with Superb Extras on all but the Singing Nun
This is a great dvd collection with plenty of extras. For me the extras add so much to a movie. Since all of these movies have been around for a while I just want to make some comments about the extras.
Boys Town
Unlike a previous reviewer my copy of Boys Town came with some great extras. The disk is double sided with the one side having Boys Town and the second including the less successful sequel Men of Boys Town also starring Mickey Rooney and Spencer Tracy.
Other features include the featurette "The City of Little Men" which is a 10:56 long and includes Father Flanagan. "Girls and Boys Town" is a 2:07 look at the modern Boys and Girls Town. There is also and excerpt from "Good News of 1939" which is a 16:42 long radio broadcast with Tracy and Rooney in excerpts from the movie. This is sound only with no video. Also included are theatrical trailers from both movies.
Christmas in Connecticut
This includes a superb Oscar...
Same movies as the first version plus "The SInging Nun"
This holiday collection is exactly the same as Warner Bros. Classic Holiday Collection (Boys Town / A Christmas Carol 1938 / Christmas in Connecticut) except The Singing Nun will also be included. Only two of these films have anything to do with Christmas, but Boys Town and The Singing Nun are great family films to have around during the holidays that the whole family can enjoy, and this set is a great way to introduce the youngsters to classic film. The movies have the following extra features:
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Reginald Owen plays Scrooge here rather than Lionel Barrymore, who had been the original choice. He was too ill at the time to perform the role.
2 festive vintage featurettes:
Jackie Cooper's Christmas Party and Judy Garland Sings "Silent Night"
Classic Oscar-nominated Cartoon "Peace on...
HOLIDAY CLASSICS AND LOTS MORE!
I bought this great collection from Amazon for about $15.99 in late 2009. What a bargain! I saw it around that same time in a "big box" store for around $29.95. The extras are really interesting, and well worth purchasing. But "A Christmas Carol" and "Christmas In Connecticut" alone make the collection a must-have and tremendous bargain.
By far my favorite "Christmas Carol"...so old, so traditional, so authentic. Brilliant in it's original black and white splendor! Reginald Owen IS Scrooge, Gene Lockhart IS Bob Cratchit, and Leo G. Carroll IS Jacob Marley's Ghost. The picture is great and so is the sound.
I had not seen "Christmas In Connecticut" prior to getting the collection. But Stanwyck absolutely shimmers in this enormously enjoyable Holiday classic. The picture and sound are first-rate. This film is now on my "must-watch" list for the Holidays.
All-in-all, I give this collection top-marks across the board. You will be thrilled, and what a great gift of...
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