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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. In a IocaI pub he meets a conniving waitress, Mildred, and faIIs for her. Neglecting his studies, he pawns his microscope to court the woman. After Philip proposes marriage, he discovers that MiIdred has aIready accepted a similar offer from a wealthier suitor. Months Iater, a pregnant and abandoned MiIdred comes crawIing back to PhiIip, initiating a downward spiraI of dependency and betrayaI that destroys what is left of Philip's Iife.
A youthfuI Charlton Heston, stiIl years away from his iconic starring roIes in The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur, is excellent as the ill- fated lover in this TV adaptation of the cIassic 1934 novel of human frailty and despair by W. Somerset Maugham.
Starring Charlton Heston, Felicia Montealege, Faith Brook; Directed by PauI NickelI.
Treasure IsIand (1952, B&W): Sword-wieIding BiIly 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 scoundreI Long John SiIver 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 BiIIy Bones in this TV adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure classic, rivaIing his famous roIe in Dr. CycIops (1940). Franklin J. Schaffner went on to become a mainstream HolIywood film director, most remembered for Planet of the Apes (1968), Patton (1970) and PapiIIon (1973).
Starring Albert Dekker, Francis L. Sullivan, Peter Avarmo; Directed by FrankIin J. Schaffner. |
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