Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection (Palm Springs Weekend / Parrish / Rome Adventure / Susan Slade)
by Delmer Daves, Norman Taurog
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Actor: Claudette Colbert, Connie Stevens, Stefanie Powers, Suzanne Pleshette, Troy DonahueDirector: Delmer Daves, Norman Taurog
Brand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 472 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Includes the titles: Palm Springs Weekend; Parrish; Rome Adventure; and Susan Slade. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 883929039456 UPC: 883929039456 Manufacturer No: 1000042987
DVD Reviews of Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection (Palm Springs Weekend / Parrish / Rome Adventure / Susan Slade)
DVD Review: ROME CONQUERS OVER THE REST
Summary: 4 Stars
The stand out film in this Romance Classics Collection from Warner Brothers is "Rome Adventure" the only film that one might consider a classic among the bunch. With a star making performance in her first film Suzanne Pleshette commands the screen and makes the film all hers. She is both engaging as an actress and a timeless beauty as well and proves she was a star who should have been bigger. Perhaps her resemblance to Elizabeth Taylor hindered her value at the studio, who knows? Her equally beautiful co-star not Troy Donohue but the city of Rome. Rarely has the city been more gorgeously photographed and here it is indeed presented as lovingly by the cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. as he presents us with Miss Pleshette.
In a stand out performance Angie Dickenson nearly steels the picture as a wicked temptress. She is a joy to watch and a real guilty pleasure to boot as she vamps her way across most of Italy and half of Europe.
Delmar Davies directed the film (as he did "Parish" and "Susan Slade") with flair and his trademark penchant for the melodramatic. "Rome Adventure" is the best of the lot in this collection. The rest of the films vary from overcooked melodrama to silly camp teen comedy.
"Susan Slade" comes in second place with a first rate cast of veterans and young stars of the time. The wonderful surprise here as in "Perrish" is that Connie Stevens is such a fine actress. She shines as an innocent sheltered girl forced to grow up fast in a world of very narrow and strict mores. It is also a visual treat to see San Francisco, Carmel, and Monterey in the early 1960's shot so memorably in all their glory..
In "Perrish" Connie is a Real Bad Girl and she brings a touch of class, defiant pride and honor to the role that one would not expect from her. The other plus in this long tale of tobacco plantations in Connecticut is the last screen appearance of Claudette Colbert. It is just a treat to watch her in action with all her signature gestures and "Shoot my face from the left side only" moves that made her a star and so good at playing wise strong mothers.
"Palm Springs Weekend" weighs in as a campy lightweight "Where The Boys Are" where all the "teens" are played by actors nearing thirty. This film is a silly throwaway that is the perfect vehicle for the decidedly doughy and charmless Troy Donahue. This collection should really be called The Troy Donahue Collection since he stars in all for epics. In sad fact the films suffer for his presence. "Parrish", "Susan Slade", and "Rome Adventure" would have been much better with a lead that could act. I found myself pining for the films to rise from under his dead weight. Tab Hunter was truly missed.
The prints are good and the sound quality fine on all four films. So this collection is for die-hard Donahue fans and worth buying for "Rome Adventure" above all the rest.
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Description of Warner Bros. Romance Classics Collection (Palm Springs Weekend / Parrish / Rome Adventure / Susan Slade)
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 01/27/09
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve Please note: This supplier will be closed on 11/24, 11/25, 12/26, 1/2 for the holidays. The shipping cut off is 12/10 to try and have the products delivered by Christmas.
Looking back on the films of the late '50s and early '60s, it?s clear that America had more than one Cold War going on. Besides its pervasive fear of the Soviet bloc, America was also nervously afraid of its own teenage offspring, who could apparently invade and take over a helpless resort community in 12 hours flat; cause spontaneous outbreaks of "roughhousing" and "rhythm dancing"; give local police chiefs fits of indigestion and high blood pressure; and very possibly cause mutually assured destruction between the generations. Of course, these rompy films, starring teen idols like Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Robert Conrad, and more, are about as chaste as The Trouble with Angels (also excellent). And that?s part of the fun in this four-film set. Teenagers are set to run wild in locals like Palm Springs (pre-resort), Rome, even the Dogpatch-like "Tobacco Valley," with mostly wholesome results, though a few cautionary tales are thrown in for good measure. Palm Springs Weekend (1963) features a gang of young people descending on desert-y, and deserted Palm Springs for Easter break--and the flirting is out of control. Donahue, Stevens, Conrad, Jerry Van Dyke, and a very young Stefanie Powers run around, tease each other, eat hot dogs, do cannonballs into the pool, and pine for each other. The one rule of the motel: "No cross-pollination!" Rome Adventure (1962) stars a dewy Suzanne Pleshette off to the Eternal City for adventure and amore. Her possibilities include Donahue and Rossano Brazzi--but what really wins her, and viewers? heart is the city of Rome itself. The film was shot on location and is a riveting reminder of the days when studios shot cities and monuments in real time, and didn?t rely on sets or CGI.
Parrish (1961) stars Donahue and Stevens, as well as veterans Claudette Colbert and Karl Malden. Stevens is sultry in her best Daisy Mae outfit, and the story about generations in conflict adds some depth to the "young people on the prowl" premise. Susan Slade (1961) is the teen-film equivalent of using the nuclear option. It recounts the story of a "sweet and innocent" girl (Stevens) and the boy-men, including Donahue. who love her. But Susan strays too far down the flirtatious path, and risks a bad reputation--and worse. And because someone didn?t listen to his or her parents, there is one punishment by death. But the film?s strong acting, sweeping scenery, and good soapy fun are completely compelling. --A.T. Hurley
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