The Joan Crawford Collection (Humoresque / Possessed (1947) / The Damned Don't Cry / The Women / Mildred Pierce)
by Curtis Bernhardt, George Cukor, Jean Negulesco, Michael Curtiz, Vincent Sherman
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Actor: Jack Carson, Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Norma Shearer, Rosalind RussellDirector: Curtis Bernhardt, George Cukor, Jean Negulesco, Michael Curtiz, Vincent Sherman
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Writer: Anita Loos
Writer: Catherine Turney
Writer: Clare Boothe Luce
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 580 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- The Joan Crawford Collection featuresics from the star whose career spanned more than 40 years. "I never go out unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door." - Joan Crawford Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR Age:?012569708105 UPC:?012569708105 Manufacturer No:?70810
DVD Reviews of The Joan Crawford Collection (Humoresque / Possessed (1947) / The Damned Don't Cry / The Women / Mildred Pierce)
DVD Review: Truely Crawford's Best Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
I Love all the movies in this collection. There is also tons of extras with this set,including a documentary on Crawford which got me interested in the rest of her films. I watch these movies over and over again there's just something about older movies, they just seem to be better put together then films of today. I just can't wait for the 3rd collection!!DVD Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
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DVD Review: Woman of Glamour
Summary: 5 Stars
This Joan Crawford box-set collection should be on your shelf, if your a Joan Crawford Fan. I Watched every movie and all I can say is I was not disappointed. Each movie was entertaining in their own way. My favorite movie from this collection was "The Women" very funny! On a more serious note, my second Favorite was "The Damned Dont Cry" and of course "Mildred Pierce". I love the fact that there are bonus features that come along with the set, documentary's and commentary are always a plus. I am glad I own it! Thanks! DVD Review: "An Important Crawford Boxset to Own!"
Summary: 5 Stars
If your a fan of Joan Crawford, or simply a fan of great cinema, "The Joan Crawford Boxset" is a must-to-own! Featured are 5 wonderful Crawford films, each beautifully packaged in their own DVD covers, and all are fully restored for your viewing enjoyment. Two of Joan's films in this set, "The Woman" and "Mildred Pierce", were previously released on DVD, but the other 3 films are new to DVD; "The Damned Don't Cry" makes it home video release here for the first time, as it was never released commercially on VHS; and "Humoresque" and "Possessed" are restored in pristine condition. The jewel here, of course, is Joan's Oscar winning perfromance in "Mildred Pierce"; this DVD also comes with a wonderful documentary on the Crawford phenomenon, which is the most informative piece of work on her life ever produced. "The Women" is a true classic, and although Joan is in a minor role, she steals the film as it was her first bitch role. After "Mildred', Joan starred in a series of exquisite melodramas and 3 are found in this collection; she stars as a woman with a drinking problem in "Humoresque', she plays a deranged woman who shoots her lover in "Possessed", in which she received her second Oscar nomination for Best Actress", and she goes from being a 12 o'clock girl in a 6 o'clock town to Vegas and the mafia with furs in "The Damned Don't Cry". Without a doubt an excellent boxset covering some of Crawford's zenith years as one of Hollywood's best actresses. Pick up Joan's second boxset too; it features 5 more Joan Crawford films for your enyjoyment.DVD Review: A Must Have!
Summary: 5 Stars
This set is a Must Have for any Joan Crawford fan. I am beyond happy with this purchase! I highly recommend this boxed set to any Joan fan.
Description of The Joan Crawford Collection (Humoresque / Possessed (1947) / The Damned Don't Cry / The Women / Mildred Pierce)
The Joan Crawford Collection features classics from the star whose career spanned more than 40 years. "I never go out unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door." - Joan CrawfordThe Joan Crawford Collection brings together a potent group of films from Crawford's career renaissance: her Warner Bros. run of the late 1940s, beginning with Mildred Pierce. Four of the titles are from that heated, noirish streak, including Crawford's 1945 Oscar-winning turn in Mildred, a great Hollywood example of an actress's persona meeting the zeitgeist moment. In this adaptation of the James M. Cain novel, Crawford plays a sacrificing mother perfectly willing to claw her way to success for the sake of her ingrate daughter. Michael Curtiz directed, snapping Crawford out of a long career slide.
Humoresque (1946) was promptly given the top-drawer treatment, and it's a truly epic melodrama about a restless society woman who takes up the cause of a young violinist (John Garfield) from the slums. Possessed (1947) gave Crawford a thorough workout as a woman in complete obsessive breakdown from various romantic traumas. What Crawford lacks in subtlety she makes up for in sheer will, which suits the character well (and brought another best actress Oscar nomination). The Damned Don't Cry (1950) is a film noir smash-up, with Crawford as a low-rent dame who brazens her way into becoming a fur-lined mobster's moll (it was loosely inspired by the Bugsy Siegel-Virginia Hill story). It's overripe but entertaining.
1939's The Women, an MGM picture, doesn't fit the mood of the collection, although it has its fans. George Cukor directed this catty version of the Clare Booth Luce play, which has an all-female ensemble cast; Crawford is in very good form as a bad girl. The movie's reputation is somewhat beyond its actual witchy charm. (Packaging gaffe: the photo on the back cover is from Seven Women.) DVD extras tend toward smallish documentaries, save the absorbing 90-minute career profile The Ultimate Movie Star on the Mildred Pierce disc, an even-handed study that includes frank revelations from director-lover Vincent Sherman and the "wire hangers" story from adopted daughter Christina. Sherman contributes a commentary on The Damned Don't Cry. --Robert Horton
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