Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack
by Louis King, Edgar G. Ulmer
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Actor: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Peter LorreDirector: Edgar G. Ulmer, Louis King
Brand: MILL CREEK ENT. (UNDER DIGITAL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 7440 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-12
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: MV11119
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Product features:
- Combining its popular Mystery and Dark Crimes 50 Movie Packs, Mill Creek Entertainment returns you to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of grey. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation.
Movie Reviews of Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack
Movie Review: If you like old crime/mystery movies...
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like old (1930's-40's) crime/mystery movies, and don't mind them being "B" pictures you may enjoy this set. A mixture of "B" (and lesser studio) movies: some good (for example the 4 Holmes-Rathbone series), some mediocre but still watchable and some when-is-this-thing-going-to-end torturous (for example-the Holmes-Wontner/Owen series.) 5 of the 'movies' are "Playhouse 90" style dramas made for earliest TV broadcasts from 1949-50, not theatrical movies at all.
I paid [one-five-dot-eight-six], including shipping for my set (new).
Yes video/audio quality varies; many prints are very contrasty, others dark and muddy. it may help to adjust the contrast and brightness on your set. One movie (Fog Island) I had to listen via headphones through my stereo and adjust the audio equalizer, otherwise the dialog was so unclear I could not understand it. The audio/video quality could have been improved noticeably if Mill Creek had just made some very, very simple video and audio adjustments when they transferred the films to video.
I won't repeat points already covered in other reviews. If you want a taste of what is on the set, go to [lileks(dot)com] and click on '100 Mysteries'. James Lileks is a writer/humorist on a Minneapolis newspaper and has authored several books. He received this as a gift and as of 2009-10 is commenting on a movie a week from the boxset, with stills from the films and even some very short video clips. Yes, his comments are mainly intended to entertain, having a bit of fun at the expense of some of the films/actors, but he still gives credit where credit is due. It was reading about his slogging thru the boxset a film a week that got me interested in buying the set.
Summary of Mystery Classics 100 Movie Pack
Combining its popular Mystery and Dark Crimes 50 Movie Packs, Mill Creek Entertainment returns you to a time when the movies were black and white but the dark characters that inhabited them displayed every shade of grey. Deception, betrayal, corruption, larceny and murder stir the landscape in this collection of amoral tales that thrilled bygone audiences and are back to delight a new generation.Similar DVD Movies
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