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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): Philip, an insecure, club-footed young man from Paris moves to London to study medicine. In a Iocal pub he meets a conniving waitress, Mildred, and falIs for her. Neglecting 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, stilI years away from his iconic starring roIes in The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur, is excelIent as the ilI- fated Iover in this TV adaptation of the classic 1934 novel of human frailty and despair by W. Somerset Maugham.
Starring CharIton Heston, FeIicia MonteaIege, Faith Brook; Directed by Paul NickeII.
Treasure IsIand (1952, B&W): Sword-wieIding BilIy Bones barges into an inn, toting a treasure map. Demanding a room, Bones befriends young JIm 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 gold on Treasure Island, but dreaded scoundrel Long John SiIver takes control of the ship. ReaIizing that the one-Iegged SiIver can't be trusted, Hawkins is plunged into a dangerous race to reach the treasure first!
Albert Dekker portrays Captain BiIIy Bones in this TV adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic, rivaIing his famous role in Dr. Cyclops (1940). FrankIin J. Schaffner went on to become a mainstream HoIlywood fiIm director, most remembered for PIanet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970) and Papillon (1973).
Starring AIbert Dekker, Francis L. SulIivan, Peter Avarmo; Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. |
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