Mystery Classics V.3
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Actor: Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Nigel BruceBrand: Echo
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 260 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Mystery Classics V.3
DVD Review: Interesting Mysteries of the Golden Age of Hollywood!
Summary: 4 Stars
First Impressions:
Another "Mystery Classics" DVD! Unlike some other reviews on Amazon, I will not whine and complain about the marketing of the cover or how some buyers feel "duped" by the cover.
Let's cover that! The DVD has four films but if not read carefully gives the impression that all four films are Sherlock Holmes' films. But if you look carefully, there's only one title, in red lettering, that indicates a Holmes' film, "Dressed to Kill." Unlike other reviewers, I will actually touch on each film.
Film Mini-Reviews:
"Dressed to Kill" was quite interesting. The innuendo written in to the script is hilarious, with Basil Rathbone's dry wit and Dr. Watson's charm as played by Nigel Bruce makes a great murder mystery. Four music boxes have been made by a criminal in a prison and he gets them out with a secret message that only the other criminals in his gang know of.
The gang leader is a woman, and she will stop at nothing to get all the boxes, even to killing the owners! The breaking of the code and Holmes being kidnapped are the highlights of this somewhat predictable film.
"Torture Ship" was a torture to watch! This is the least of the bunch, with a mad doctor on a ship experimenting on criminals, as he figures that they are criminal in the first place due to "endocrine chemicals" and by experiment he feels he can eradicate criminality. OK, fine, but why let the criminals run all over the ship? And one of them strangles several sailors and is not even locked up! There's a bit of romance with Bob and another woman but overall it's a silly story with bad editing and hard to follow what's going on.
"The Death Kiss" has several favorite horror actors that made the film enjoyable. Edward Van Sloan and Bela Lugosi, both of "Dracula" fame reunite in a murder mystery on the lot of a major Hollywood studio. The inferences and criticisms of the studio system of the time, with arrogant producers and directors is entertaining. The viewer is led through the plot and just when you think you got it figured out the twist ending makes you go "Oh!" Lugosi does not play a large role, that being of the amateur sleuth Franklyn, played by David Manners. The comic relief by the studio guard is forced and silly, otherwise the film is not bad at all.
"Bluebeard" with John Carradine is unintentionally funny and at times hard to follow, as a serial killer is on the streets of 19th century Paris, where no one has a French accent and people try to kill you with their sarcasm.
Features & Bottom Line:
There are no features, nary a trailer! All black & white at various degrees of clarity, all remastered by Echo Bridge Entertainment. "The Death Kiss" and "Dressed to Kill" make this DVD a worthy purchase, but if you could get them separately with features then go for it.
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