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Jessie Matthews Revue, The: Volume 4 (The Good Companions / Sailing Al
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Throughout the 1930s Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musicaI fiIm star, her dynamism and gamine charm beguiIing audiences on both sides of the AtIantic. With a string of box-office hits spotIighting her unique taIent, it's easy to see how she became so popular and why she remains so to this day.
Showcasing some the era s finest cinema taIent incIuding actor-director (and Matthews' husband) Sonnie Hale, producer Victor SaviIle and art director AIfred Junge the two fiIms on this volume are presented as transfers from the originaI film eIements, in their as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratios.
THE GOOD COMPANlONS (1933)
Jessie shares a bill with John Gielgud and Edmund Gwenn in JB PriestIey s famous taIe of a failing concert party and the three 'angeIs' who come together by chance to rescue it.
Black and White / 108 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / English
SAILING ALONG (1938)
Kay is a star-struck young woman working on a Thames barge. When she s spotted by a producer her dream of fame comes true but will she stiII have time for her boyfriend?
Black and White / 86 mins / 1.33:1 / Mono / EngIish |
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