Product Description

Enjoy endless hours of family fun with fifty classic movies digitally re-mastered onto twelve DVDs.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9951 in DVD
• Brand: MILL CREEK ENT. (UNDER DIGITAL
• Released on: 2004-02-10
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 12
• Dimensions: 1.05 pounds
• Running time: 3396 minutes

Features

• Family Classics 50 Movie MegaPack - 'Til the Clouds Roll By, The Medicine Man, Disorder In the Court, Malice in the Palace, Brideless Groom, Let's Get Tough, Last Time I Saw Paris, Jane Eyre, Star is Born, Racketeer, Gulliver's Travels (animated), Managed Money, The General, The Kid, Long John Silver, Scarlet Letter, Inspector General, The Paleface, That Gang of Mine, Son of Monte Cris

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Customer Reviews

Good collection at great price
Ive purchased a few from this series of boxed sets--it's a great way to pick up decent B-movies that may be of interest and some older A films that have fallen off the radar. These films have not been fussed over or remastered, so quality is variable and that's OK. Generally, for the cost, you'll get more-then-adequately rewarded. It's all similar to old late-night TV fare back in the pre-cable days.

I was a little disturbed by one of the reviews below complaining that one of the discs had "worn out." DVDs don't wear out. They can get mightily scratched up and that can cause trouble; that's an issue here since these are all double-sided discs and must be handled carefully. Also, significant dirt on the surfaces can unbalance them and cause some deterioration of image and sound quality. Allegedly, the materials within the disc may decay but there's talk of that happening after many decades or even longer. Still, in the immediate sense, DVDs don't wear out. Of course, players too can develop problems. Please don't let that comment dissuade you from considering this good bargain.

On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.5
FAMILY CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK is an outstanding box set of vintage films of superb variety: adventure, comedy, musical, drama, action, fantasy-- all in one great package! The few silent films offered are among the most acclaimed of that era: THE KID, THE GENERAL and THE LOST WORLD (watch for Arthur Conan Doyle, who appears as himself in this last one). This is a collection sure to please every member of your family for years to come.

The overall rating for FAMILY CLASSICS was reached by averaging out polling numbers on individual movies gathered by a cinema-related website. Based on a 1 to 10 scale, the current average for this box set is: 6.5.


PROGRAM list includes individual polling scores, years of release and featured performers.

(6.2) Africa Screams (1949) - Abbott & Costello/Clyde Beatty/Max Baer/Shemp Howard/Joe Besser
(6.3) Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - Harry Carey/C. Aubrey Smith/Charles Winninger
(5.3) The Big Chance (1933) - Mickey Rooney/John Darrow/Merna Kennedy
(5.6) The Big Trees (1952) - Kirk Douglas/Eve Miller/Edgar Buchanan/Alan Hale Jr.
(7.3) The Black Pirate (silent-1926) - Douglas Fairbanks/Donald Crisp/Mary Pickford (cameo)
(7.1) The Blacksmith (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(7.1) Brideless Groom (1947) - The Three Stooges/Emil Sitka
(6.3) Captain Kidd (1945) - Charles Laughton/Randolph Scott/Barbara Britton/John Carradine
(7.1) The Dentist (1932) - W.C. Fields
(7.6) Disorder In The Court (1936) - The Three Stooges
(6.0) Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933) - Shirley Temple/Andy Clyde/Ethel Sykes
(7.1) The Eagle (silent-1925) - Rudolph Valentino/Vilma Bánky/Louise Dresser
(6.4) A Farewell To Arms (1932) - Helen Hayes/Gary Cooper/Adolphe Menjou
(7.3) The Fatal Glass Of Beer (1933) - W.C. Fields
(6.5) Father's Little Dividend (1951) - Spencer Tracy/Joan Bennett/Elizabeth Taylor/Billie Burke
(6.8) The Flying Deuces - Laurel & Hardy/Jean Parker/James Finlayson (in support)
(8.2) The General (silent-1927) - Buster Keaton
(6.6) The Golf Specialist (1930) - W.C. Fields
(6.4) The Great Dan Patch (1949) - Dennis O'Keefe/Gail Russell/Ruth Warrick
(6.7) Gulliver's Travels (animated-1939) - vocals: Jessica Dragonette/Lanny Ross (Jack Mercer as Gabby)
(6.8) The Inspector General (1949) - Danny Kaye/Walter Slezak/Elsa Lanchester/Alan Hale (in support)
(7.0) The Iron Mask (1929) - Douglas Fairbanks/Belle Bennett
(5.4) Jane Eyre (1934) - Virginia Bruce/Colin Clive
(8.1) The Kid (silent-1921) - Charlie Chaplin/Edna Purviance/Jackie Coogan
(6.4) Kid Dynamite (1943) - The East Side Kids
(6.0) The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor/Van Johnson/Walter Pidgeon/Donna Reed
(6.2) Let's Get Tough! (1942) - The East Side Kids/Tom Brown/Robert Armstrong
(7.2) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Freddie Bartholomew/C. Aubrey Smith/Mickey Rooney
(7.1) The Little Princess (1939) - Shirley Temple/Cesar Romero/Arthur Treacher
(5.6) Long John Silver (Australia-1954) - Robert Newton/Connie Gilchrist
(7.0) The Lost World (silent-1925) - Lewis Stone/Wallace Beery/A. Conan Doyle (as himself)
(6.9) Malice In The Palace (1949) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(4.8) Managed Money (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr.
(5.5) The Medicine Man (1930) - Jack Benny
(6.9) My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Bob Hope/Dorothy Lamour/Peter Lorre/Lon Chaney Jr.
(5.8) My Dear Secretary (1949) - Laraine Day/Kirk Douglas/Keenan Wynn/Rudy Vallee
(7.1) Our Town (1940) - William Holden/Martha Scott/Thomas Mitchell
(7.1) The Paleface (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(5.2) Pardon My Pups (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr./Dorothy Ward
(5.7) The Racketeer (1929) - Robert Armstrong/Carole Lombard/Hedda Hopper (in support)
(6.6) Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter Lawford/Keenan Wynn
(5.1) The Scarlet Letter (1934) - Colleen Moore/Hardie Albright/Alan Hale/William Farnum (in support)
(7.6) The Scarlet Pimpernel (UK-1934) - Leslie Howard/Merle Oberon/Raymond Massey/Nigel Bruce
(6.9) Sing A Song Of Six Pants (1947) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(6.1) The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) - Louis Hayward/Joan Bennett/George Sanders/Clayton Moore (in support)
(7.5) A Star Is Born (1937) - Irene Dunne/Fredric March/Adolphe Menjou/Andy Devine
(6.3) That Gang Of Mine (1940) - The East Side Kids
(6.4) Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) - June Allyson/Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra/Van Heflin
(6.3) The Time Of Your Life (1948) - James Cagney/William Bendix/Broderick Crawford/Ward Bond
(4.9) War Babies (1932) - Shirley Temple

Whew.....
I bought this collection last Christmas (about 9 months ago), and have finally watched all the films. I watched them when I found a couple hours here-and-there of down time. Seeing as I have never seen 95% of these, it was a real treat. Only one movie was so bad, that I couldn't finish it (Long John Silver). The rest varied from good to excellent. Just picked up the 50 pack of westerns, and am looking to watching all of them too. You'll probably see my review to that about 9 months from now (chuckle).