She - In COLOR! Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which has been Beautifully Restored and Enhanced!
by Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel
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Actor: Gustov Von Seyfferertitz, Helen Gahagan, Helen Mack, Nigel Bruce, Randolph ScottDirector: Irving Pichel, Lansing C. Holden
Brand: LEGEND FILMS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: LF00420
Studio: Legend Films
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- From the crative team that brought you "King Kong" comes She, a thrilling tale of adventure, immortality and lost love. A group of explorers, led by the dashing Leo Vincey (Randolph Scott), sets out on a dangerous mission in search of the legendary "flame of life," a mysterious force that bestows immortality. Their perilous journey takes them to the heart of a remote glacier where
DVD Reviews of She - In COLOR! Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which has been Beautifully Restored and Enhanced!
DVD Review: Not as impressive as I'd hoped...
Summary: 3 Stars
While this film is historically interesting, any fans of the original KING KONG looking to be wowed again by Merien C. Cooper will probably be disappointed. While the film does have points to recommend, with its impressive set design and costuming, and a brilliant (as always) score by Max Steiner, it's unfortunate that the two actors cast in the leading roles fail to impress. Randolph Scott (star of innumerable B-westerns) is positively wooden as the hero, Leo Vincey, and the stilted dialogue given to him doesn't help. Helen Gahagan as "She" (I don't believe she's ever referred to by Rider Haggard's name "Ayesha" anywhere in the film) is less-than-impressive in a role that really requires a stunningly statuesque beauty the likes of a Sybil Danning or an Ursula Andress (who played She in the 1960s Warner Bros./Hammer Films adaptation of the book). In fact, Gahagan is more reminiscent of the evil queen in Walt Disney's SNOW WHITE (it's even possible that the animators on that film were influenced by this one). Definitely NOT believable as someone whose overwhelming sexual attractiveness to men allows her to dominate them over the course of thousands of years. And again, the dialogue she is given to deliver is atrocious, the kind of highly stylized verbiage that might have been pulled off by an actress of superior talent, which Helen Gahagan clearly isn't. A bright point in the film is the disarmingly charming Helen Mack (previously seen in SON OF KONG) as Tanya, who has a natural beauty and allure (despite her somewhat annoying tendency to constantly refer to the hero as "Lay-o") comparable to Fay Wray's.
Overall, the movie doesn't quite come off convincingly, though, and so it's easy to see why it did poor box office in its time and has faded into obscurity. Regardless, this film will still be required viewing for fans of KING KONG, SON OF KONG, and THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME, Merien C. Cooper's other classic films. The colorization process (which I was initially abhorrent of back in the late 1980s when they colorized the original KING KONG) has come a long way since then, and actually adds value to this film (purists can still watch the black and white version, also included on this disc).
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Description of She - In COLOR! Also Includes the Original Black-and-White Version which has been Beautifully Restored and Enhanced!
Studio: Legend Films Inc. Release Date: 06/26/2008Randolph Scott is his usual stiff but smiling self as Leo Vincey, the long-lost American heir to a British family legacy, sent by his estranged father to reclaim the legendary "Flame of Life," discovered five centuries ago by his explorer ancestor. Producer Merian C. Cooper, best known for directing King Kong, changes the locale of H. Rider Haggard's classic adventure from Africa to the Arctic (which, apart from a spectacular avalanche, looks positively stagebound), but he pulls out all stops for the magnificent underground kingdom hidden in the icy mountains, complete with a cavernous throne room with vaulted ceilings and a massive staircase that would look right at home in the Ziegfeld Follies. The cruel She Who Must Be Obeyed (Helen Gahagan) is a beautiful but icy queen driven ruthless by her centuries of loneliness. The film takes some time to get started but once She makes her impressive entrance through a mist-enshrouded arch, we're plunged into a dangerous, exotic world of strange ceremonies, human sacrifices, nefarious plots, and the gorgeous whirlwind of light that is the Flame of Life. Though the dialogue is often flat and uninspired and the performances by Scott and Gahagan rather arch (costars Nigel Bruce and Helen Mack fare much better), this grand adventure concludes with a rousing climax full of impressive set pieces and breathtaking effects. --Sean Axmaker
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