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Imserba Webstore - White Cliffs of Dover [VHS]
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $58.47
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Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Starring: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall, Frank Morgan, Van Johnson
Directed By: Clarence Brown
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717730
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6302717736
Label: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 126
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Theatrical Release Date: 1944-06
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Superb historical drama
Comment: Others have described the plot and stars of this movie. I will only make side comments. This movie has tremendous atmosphere. One senses the continuity of a long standing culture (much vanished today). The movie itself was made at a time when remnants of the older ways were still extant. C. Aubry Smith is a special treat. He was born in 1863- the middle of our Civil War. He was 81 years old, yet delivers a energetic performance. He portrayed the old style English gentleman without affectation. He seems the very person he is portraying. The music was well suited to the scenes, giving nostalgic weight to the passage of time. The opening music recapitulates the long English history, giving a sense time, where the weight of past grandeur is palpable.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Film, But Little Action, Long on Talk
Comment: I hate to bring a discordant note to all the five star reviews for this movie.
First of all let me say the cast is superb and the performances are excellent in every respect. The cinematography is beautiful and the musical score is equally fine. Irene Dunne, one of the finest actresses who never won an academy award (not even an honorary one)is always excellent.
This production is given the full MGM gloss treatment that it is famous for!
However, for a little over two hours this film is full of talk, talk and more talk. For me, the direction could have used more verve, and a less stilted and static screenplay. Despite the excellence of the entire cast and the production values, there is no mobility in the script and at the scenes come off dull and banal because of this. What redeems this film, is, as I said, the great production values and the cast....but it offers little more. It is entirely much too long and if you are looking for action you will be very disappointed. It is no wonder this film was overshadowed by "Mrs. Miniver" and "Since You Went Away". A better script and better direction would have helped this film immensely! The production values are grand though and Dunne makes the film worth watching. One expects to get more than one gets, unfortunately.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A ll the strong young boys...
Comment:
Director: Clarence Brown
Format: Black & White
Studio: Warner Studios
Video Release Date: April 28, 1993
Cast:
Irene Dunne ... Susan Dunn Ashwood
Alan Marshal ... Sir John Ashwood
Roddy McDowall ... John Ashwood II (Age l6)
Frank Morgan ... Hiram Porter Dunn
Van Johnson ... Sam Bennett
C. Aubrey Smith ... Colonel
Dame May Whitty ... Nanny
Gladys Cooper ... Lady Jean Ashwood
Peter Lawford ... John Ashwood II (Age 24)
John Warburton ... Reggie, Brother
Jill Esmond ... Rosamund, Sister
Brenda Forbes ... Gwennie, Boarding House Maid
Norma Varden ... Mrs. Bland, Boarding House Prop.
Guy D'Ennery ... Curate in Boarding House
George Davis ... Boots
Tom Drake ... American Soldier at Bombed-out Bandstand
Herbert Evans ... Footman
Arthur Gould-Porter ... Capt. Portage
Gary Gray ... Boy at dinner table
Lumsden Hare ... The Vicar
Keith Hitchcock ... Duke of Waverly (Dance)
Charles Irwin ... Farmer Kenney
George Kirby ... Old Man
Nelson Leigh ... British Naval Officer
Adolf E. Licho ... Frenchman at Riviera Train Station
Miles Mander ... Major Loring (Hospital)
Lal Chand Mehra ... Indian Student in Boarding House
Jimmie Menzies ... Telegraph Boy
Leo Mostovoy ... Bandmaster (Riviera)
Gavin Muir ... Capt. Griffiths
Norbert Muller ... Dietrich
Steven Muller ... Gerhard
Wilson Benge ... Chauffeur
Arthur Shields ... Benson, Ashwood Butler
Ian Wolfe ... Skipper of Honeymoon Vessel
Matthew Boulton ... Immigration Officer
Edmund Breon ... Major Bancroft
Clifford Brooke ... Indian Major in Boarding House
Eldon Burkett ... Twin in Boarding House
Harry Allen ... English Cabby
Charles Coleman ... Capt. Davis (Trenches)
Clyde Cook ... Jennings, Buddy at Riviera
Alec Craig ... Billings
Bunny Gordon ... John (6 months)
Vera Graaff ... Duchess of Waverly
Ethel Griffies ... Woman on Train (Draft)
Joy Harrington ... Margaret, Nurse
Molly Lamont ... Helen, Fiancee at the Piano
Doris Lloyd ... Plump Lady at Boarding House
June Lockhart ... Betsy (age 18)
Emily Massey ... Elegant Lady in Boarding House
Ottola Nesmith ... Orderly
Jean Prescott ... Mrs. Kenney
Mabel Row ... French Maid (Riviera)
Anita Sharp-Bolster ... Miller, Ashwood Maid
Elizabeth Taylor ... Betsy (Age l0)
Ann Curzon ... Miss Lambert
Kay Deslys ... Blonde Woman
Isobel Elsom ... Mrs. Bancroft, Sister of Lady Jean
Emily Fitzroy ... Spinster in Boarding House
The story of an American girl, Susan Dunn Ashwood (Irene Dunne), who marries a young British lord, Sir John Ashwood (Alan Marshal), who then goes to war with his regiment in the First World War, and is killed. But his widow has his son, who grew up to fight in the Second World War in his father's regiment, in the family tradition.
This is a great classic, which explores the close kinship between the British and American people and their shared sacrifices, as well as some of their their historical differences. The film was made in 1944, while the United States and Great Britain were again fighting side by side on the European continent to free the world from Nazi oppression, as they had in 1914-18 against the same enemy, only an earlier generation.
Not a history lesson, but an interesting drama, with actors and actresses who were stars of the American screen during those war years. It was a very popular film in its time, and is still worth watching.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
Customer Rating:
Summary: Almost As Good As MRS. MINIVER
Comment: THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER is an excellent movie about the hardships and triumphs of an English family during the first part of the twentieth century. The film is marked by the strong acting performances of Irene Dunne and Alan Marshall. The supporting cast includes Roddy McDowell, Frank Morgan, C. Aubrey Smith, May Whitty, Van Johnson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor and Gladys Cooper. The movie ends with a typical World War II patriotic flourish.Clarence Brown directed several other good films including THE YEARLING and NATIONAL VELVET. He received six Academy Award nominations but never won an Oscar during his long career. Surprisingly THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER received no nominations in 1943.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The White Cliffs of Dover video
Comment: The product is exactly what I needed. However, I understood that the video would be shipped within 24 hours of receiving my order. Since this was a birthday gift, I was counting on that to be true. I received the video 13 days after I ordered it, unfortunately 1 day late for the birthday party I attended. People should know to allow more time than is advertised for delivery. I was very disappointed.
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