Search - Family Classics 100 Movie Pack on DVD

On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.0

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 04/05/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The FAMILY CLASSICS 100 MOVIE PACK is 131 hours of cinematic treats recorded onto 24 double sided DVDs. This set conveniently combines the COMEDY CLASSICS and CLASSIC MUSICALS 50 movie packs into a giant collection of entertainment at an amazingly low price.

There's actually 117 titles here, 113 of which have been rated by users of a film resource website. On a 1 to 10 scale, the current average score for these movies and shorts is: 6.0.

The grades given do not account for film condition, or quality of audio/video transfer. The following program list gives individual scores, years of release and main actors for these movies.

(4.8) All-American Co-Ed (1941) - Frances Langford/Noah Beery Jr./Harry Langdon
(6.2) The Amazing Adventure ("The Amazing Quest Of Ernest Bliss") (1936) - Cary Grant
(7.0) Angel On My Shoulder (1946) - Paul Muni/Anne Baxter/Claude Rains
(6.4) As You Like It (1936) - Laurence Olivier (in a supporting role)
(6.8) The Balloonatic (silent-1923) - Buster Keaton/Phyllis Haver
(5.4) Bangville Police (silent-1913) - Mabel Normand/Edgar Kennedy/Al St. John
(5.3) Bear Shooters (1930) - The Little Rascals
(6.5) Beat The Devil (1953) - Humphrey Bogart/Gina Lollobrigida
(5.9) Behave Yourself! (1951) - Farley Granger/Shelley Winters/William Demarest
(5.8) The Big Show (1936) - Gene Autry/Smiley Burnette/Sons Of The Pioneers
(6.4) Black Tights (France-1960) - Cyd Charisse/Maurice Chevalier/Moira Shearer
(7.1) The Blacksmith (1922) - Buster Keaton
(7.4) The Boat (silent-1921) - Buster Keaton
(6.5) Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941) - East Side Kids
(6.2) Breakfast In Hollywood (1946) - Bonita Granville/Beulah Bondi/Billie Burke
(5.8) Broadway Limited (1941) - Victor McLaglen/Zasu Pitts
(6.1) Calendar Girl (1947) - Jane Frazee/William Marshall/Victor McLaglen
(6.2) Career Girl (1943) - Frances Langford/Edward Norris/Iris Adrian
(5.5) Check And Double Check (1930) - Freeman Gosden/Charles Correll/Duke Ellington orch.
(6.8) Clancy Street Boys (1943) - East Side Kids
(5.2) Dancing Pirate (1936) - Frank Morgan/Charles Collins/Rita Hayworth (minor dancing part)
(7.1) Daydreams (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton/Renée Adorée
(5.9) Delightfully Dangerous (1945) - Jane Powell/Ralph Bellamy/Arthur Treacher
(5.7) Dixiana (1930) - Bebe Daniels/Bert Wheeler/Robert Wolsey
(6.3) Doll Face (1945) - Vivian Blaine /Perry Como/Carmen Miranda
(5.3) The Duke Is Tops (1938) - Lena Horne/Ralph Cooper/Laurence Criney
(5.6) East Side Kids (1940) - Leon Ames
(7.3) The Electric House (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(6.1) Eternally Yours (1939) - Loretta Young/David Niven/Billie Burke
(5.4) The Fabulous Dorseys (1947) - Tommy Dorsey/Jimmy Dorsey/Paul Whiteman
(5.7) Fatty Joins The Force (silent-1913) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Edgar Kennedy/Mack Swain
(5.1) Fatty's Spooning Day ("Mabel, Fatty And The Law") (silent-1915) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Mabel Normand
(5.7) Fatty's Suitless Day ("Fatty's Magic Pants") (silent-1914) - Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle/Charley Chase
(5.0) Fiesta (1941) - Anne Ayars/Jorge Negrete/Armida
(???) Follies Of Our Gang - The Little Rascals
(6.9) The Front Page (1931) - Adolphe Menjou/Pat O'Brien
(4.8) Ghost Parade (1931) - Harry Gribbon/Andy Clyde (dir. Mack Sennett)
(6.3) Glorifying The American Girl (1929) - Eddie Cantor/Rudy Vallee/Noah Beery Jr. (all in support)
(6.4) The Great Gabbo (1929) - Eric Von Stroheim/Betty Compson/Helen Kane (in support)
(5.9) The Great Mike (1944) - Stuart Erwin/Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
(6.7) The Great Rupert (1950) - Jimmy Durante
(6.3) Happy Go Lovely (1951) - David Niven/Vera-Ellen/Caesar Romero
(5.2) Her Painted Hero (silent-1915) - Slim Summerville/Polly Moran
(7.3) Hi Diddle Diddle (1943) - Adolphe Menjou/Pola Negri/Billie Burke
(5.8) Hi-De-Ho (1947) - Cab Calloway/Ida James/Jeni Le Gon
(8.0) His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell
(6.3) It's A Joke, Son! (1947) - Kenny Delmar/June Lockhart
(5.5) Jack And The Beanstalk (1952) - Bud Abbott/Lou Costello/Buddy Baer
(5.1) Just Ramblin' Along (silent-1918) - Stan Laurel/Clarine Seymour
(6.2) Killer Diller (1948) - Dusty Fletcher/Butterfly McQueen/King Cole Trio
(3.5) King Kelly Of The USA (1934) - Edgar Kennedy/Franklin Pangborn/Irene Ware
(6.1) La Cucaracha (1934) - Steffi Duna/Don Alvarado
(6.1) Let's Go Collegiate (1941) Frankie Darro/Marcia Mae Jones/Mantan Moreland/Gale Storm
(5.1) Li'l Abner (1940) - Jeff York/Buster Keaton (in support)
(5.5) Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946) - Mickey Rooney/Bonita Granville
(5.1) Love, Speed And Thrills (silent-1915) - Mack Swain/Chester Conklin
(6.4) Made For Each Other (1939) - Carole Lombard/James Stewart
(7.0) Million Dollar Kid (1944) - East Side Kids
(6.2) Minstrel Man (1944) - Gladys George/Benny Fields/William Frawley (in support)
(5.1) Mr. Imperium (1951) - Lana Turner/Ezio Pinza/Debbie Reynolds
(6.4) Mr. Wise Guy (1942) - East Side Kids
(5.4) Mud And Sand (silent-1922) - Stan Laurel
(5.4) Murder With Music (1941) - Alston/Nellie Hill/Bob Dillard/Noble Sissle (in support)
(6.6) My Love For Yours ("Honeymoon In Bali") (1939) - Fred MacMurray/Madeleine Carroll
(8.1) My Man Godfrey (1939) - William Powell/Carole Lombard
(6.7) My Wife's Relations (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(5.8) One Rainy Afternoon (1936) - Francis Lederer/Ida Lupino
(5.4) Oranges And Lemons (silent-1923) - Stan Laurel
(5.0) The Over-The-Hill Gang Rides Again (TV-1970) - Walter Brennan/Fred Astaire/Andy Devine
(5.9) The Over-The-Hill Gang (TV-1969) - Pat O'Brien/Walter Brennan/Gypsy Rose Lee
(7.0) The Paleface (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(5.9) Palooka (1934) - Jimmy Durante/Lupe Velez/Stuart Erwin
(5.2) Paradise In Harlem (1939) - Mamie Smith/Frank L. Wilson/Norman Astwood
(7.3) Passport To Pimlico (1949) - Stanley Holloway
(6.6) People Are Funny (1946) - Jack Haley/Rudy Valee/Ozzie Nelson/Art Linkletter
(6.0) The Pied Piper Of Hamelin (TV-1957) -Van Johnson/Claude Rains/Jim Backus
(8.1) The Play House (silent-1921) - Buster Keaton
(5.8) Pot O' Gold (1941) - James Stewart/Paulette Goddard
(6.2) Pride Of The Bowery (1940) - East Side Kids
(5.7) Private Buckaroo (1942) - Andrews Sisters/Joe E. Lewis/Shemp Howard/Harry James
(5.9) Reaching For The Moon (1930) - Douglas Fairbanks/Bebe Daniels/Edward Everett Horton
(7.0) Reet, Petite And Gone (1947) - Louis Jordan/June Richmond/Milton Wood
(5.1) Rhythm And Blues Revue (1955) - Nat King Cole/Sarah Vaughn/Count Basie
(6.1) Rhythm In The Clouds (1937) - Patricia Ellis/Warren Hull/William Newell
(5.5) Road Show (1941) - Adolph Menjou/Carole Landis/Patsy Kelly
(5.7) The Road To Hollywood (1947) - Bing Crosby/Bud Pollard/Marion Sayers (in archive footage)
(5.1) Rock N' Roll Revue (1955) - Duke Ellington/Nat King Cole/Lionel Hampton
(4.9) Rock, Rock, Rock (1956) - Alan Freed/Tuesday Weld/The Moonglows/Chuck Berry
(6.6) Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter Lawford
(???) Sandy The Seal (UK-1969) - Heinz Drache
(6.4) School's Out - The Little Rascals
(5.8) Second Chorus (1940) - Fred Astaire/Paulette Goddard/Artie Shaw
(6.3) The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock (1947) - Harold Lloyd/Rudy Vallee
(6.3) Sitting On The Moon (1936) - Grace Bradley/Roger Pryor/William Newell
(6.8) The Smallest Show On Earth (UK-1957) - Peter Sellers
(6.4) Smart Alecks (1942) - East Side Kids
(6.3) Something To Sing About (1937) - James Cagney/William Frawley
(???) Soundies Cavalcade - Lena Horne/Teddy Wilson/Dusty Fletcher
(???) Soundies Festival - Ethel Waters/Eddy Green/Dusty Fletcher
(6.1) Speak Easily (1932) - Buster Keaton/Jimmy Durante
(5.8) Spooks Run Wild (1941) - Bela Lugosi/East Side Kids
(6.4) Stage Door Canteen (1943) - Kenny Baker/Tallulah Bankhead/Ray Bolger
(7.9) Steamboat Bill Jr. (silent-1928) - Buster Keaton
(5.9) The Stolen Jools ("The Slippery Pearls") (1931) - Cameos by dozens of stars!
(6.2) The Stork Club (1945) - Betty Hutton/Barry Fitzgerald
(5.0) Sunny (1941) - Anna Neagle/Ray Bolger/Edward Everett Horton
(6.7) Swing High, Swing Low (1937) - Carole Lombard/Fred MacMurray
(7.2) Swing Hostess (1944) - Martha Tilton/Iris Adrian/Charles Collins
(7.0) That Uncertain Feeling (1941) - Merle Oberon/Melvyn Douglas
(7.0) Three Broadway Girls ("The Greeks Had A Word For Them") (1932) - Joan Blondell
(6.0) Three Guys Named Mike (1951) - Jane Wyman/Van Johnson
(6.4) Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) - June Allyson/Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra/Van Heflin
(7.1) Trocadero (1944) - Rosemary Lane/Johnny Downs/Sheldon Leonard
(6.8) Up In The Air (1940) - Frankie Darro/Marjorie Reynolds/Mantan Moreland
(5.4) Wife And Auto Trouble (silent-1916) - William Collier Sr./Blanche Payson/Mae Busch
(4.2) Wild Guitar (1962) - Arch Hall Jr./Nancy Czar/Arch Hall Sr.
(5.9) Zis Boom Bah (1941) - Grace Hayes/Huntz Hall (in a supporting role)"

Not sure why Amazon deleted my review...

myxoplik | United States | 03/22/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I'm not sure why Amazon deleted the review I posted last month. I suppose it was too long. In it I listed all 100 movies, the stars, years of theatrical release and quality of video transfer. Sigh, well, blame Amazon for removing this information. The main listing as well as the box tell us nothing.

So here's the nutshell review: Content-wise, I won't comment because everyone has different tastes in movies. Quality-wise, I have to say that some of these movies are almost unwatchable while others are surprisingly clean. Unfortunately most fall closer to the unwatchable side.

There is also evidence that these versions have been edited. Or rather I should say that I have found other copies which feature smoother editing. In particular, this version of "The Front Page" chops out the entire foreword & some of the opening music (its quality is also atrocious compared to the remastered version I found elsewhere).

This collection is not for collectors. In other words, if you love Fred Astaire and want to own all his films, don't bother with this. Wait a few years for the remastered/restored versions. If, on the other hand, you just love old movies to watch on a rainy day or a late night, this will be perfect.

As a final note: many of these films are in public domain, which means you can download them free and legal from various PD sites. I'd tell you where, but Amazon would probably use it as an excuse to delete my review."