Search - The Unsinkable Molly Brown on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1964 DVD Release: 09/19/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Dual Layered,Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 28 Genres: Musical, Docudrama, Musical Comedy, Feminist Film

Meredith Willson's second Broadway hit (the first and biggest was The Music Man) proved a lucrative vehicle for the equally unsinkable Debbie Reynolds. Based on a true story, the film casts Debbie as hoydenish Molly Brown, who wangles her way into Denver High Society when she marries "overnight millionaire" Johnny Brown (Harve Presnell). When the local social arbiters give Molly the brush-off, she pulls off a coup by bringing a representative of European royalty, Prince Louis de Laniere (Vassili Lambrinos) into the Colorado community. Her admiration for the prince causes a rift in her marriage; it takes the sinking of the Titanic--wherein Molly heroically commandeers one of the lifeboats and is responsible for rescuing several of the passengers--to bring Molly and Johnny together again. While the energetic performances of such songs as I Ain't Down Yet and Belly Up to the Bar Boys are to be cherished, the real highlight of The Unsinkable Molly Brown is a society ball which ends up in a pie fight between the Denver "elite" and Molly's rambunctious mining-town cronies. Treated condescendingly by the critics, the film struck a responsive chord with audiences to the tune of a $7.5 million gross. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Debbie Reynolds - Molly Brown
Harve Presnell - Johnny Brown
Ed Begley, Sr. - Shamus Tobin
Jack Kruschen - Christmas Morgan
Hermione Baddeley - Mrs. Grogan

The charming 1964 musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown arrives on DVD with a nice transfer, good sound, and some intriguing extras. The image is framed at the original widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and it is anamorphic. There is an English soundtrack recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as a French soundtrack in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are available in English and French. In addition to a pair of trailers and a behind-the-scenes documentary, this disc features screen tests for leads Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell. Presnell would gain fame 30 years later as the father-in-law in Fargo. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide