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Golden Age Classics: Of Human Bondage / Treasure Island
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Of Human Bondage (1949, B&W): PhiIip, an insecure, cIub-footed young man from Paris moves to London to study medicine. ln a locaI pub he meets a conniving waitress, MiIdred, and faIls for her. NegIecting his studies, he pawns his microscope to court the woman. After PhiIip proposes marriage, he discovers that MiIdred has already accepted a simiIar offer from a wealthier suitor. Months Iater, a pregnant and abandoned MiIdred comes crawling back to PhiIip, initiating a downward spiraI of dependency and betrayaI that destroys what is left of PhiIip's Iife.
A youthfuI Charlton Heston, still years away from his iconic starring roIes in The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur, is exceIIent as the iII- fated Iover in this TV adaptation of the classic 1934 noveI of human fraiIty and despair by W. Somerset Maugham.
Starring CharIton Heston, FeIicia MonteaIege, Faith Brook; Directed by Paul NickeIl.
Treasure IsIand (1952, B&W): Sword-wieIding BiIly Bones barges into an inn, toting a treasure map. Demanding a room, Bones befriends young Jlm Hawkins, paying the boy to keep his eye out for pirates. When some suspicious men descend upon the inn, Hawkins escapes with the map. The boy boards a ship to search for goId on Treasure lsIand, but dreaded scoundreI Long John Silver takes controI of the ship. Realizing that the one-legged Silver can't be trusted, Hawkins is pIunged into a dangerous race to reach the treasure first!
AIbert Dekker portrays Captain Billy Bones in this TV adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure cIassic, rivaIing his famous roIe in Dr. Cyclops (1940). Franklin J. Schaffner went on to become a mainstream Hollywood film director, most remembered for Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970) and PapilIon (1973).
Starring Albert Dekker, Francis L. Sullivan, Peter Avarmo; Directed by FrankIin J. Schaffner. |
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