Gene Tierney Collection - Thunder Birds/Tobacco Road/Laura/Leave Her To Heaven/The Ghost And Mrs Muir [DVD] | ![Gene Tierney Collection - Thunder Birds/Tobacco Road/Laura/Leave Her To Heaven/The Ghost And Mrs Muir [DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515sSa02OHL._SL500_.jpg)
| Directors: William A. Wellman, John Ford, Otto Preminger, John M. Stahl, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Rex Harrison
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 20036
Format: Black & White, Colour, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 445 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.5
EAN: 5039036035781
ASIN: B000UBSUHE
Release Date: September 17, 2007
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Contains five of Gene Tierney's greatest films: Thunder Birds, Tobacco Road, Laura, Leave Her to Heaven and The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Thunder Birds - While it certainly shows its age, Thunder Birds is still a perfectly entertaining example of the pre-war programmers that Hollywood churned out at the height of World War II. The standard-issue romance is strictly routine, but it gives radiant star Gene Tierney a chance to shine as she juggles the affections of a seasoned pilot trainer (Preston Foster) and a British trainee (John Sutton) who must conquer his fear of heights before earning his wings. --Jeff Shannon, amazon.com Tobacco Road - Adapted from Jack Kirkland's controversial play (which was itself adapted from Erskine Caldwell's even-more-controversial novel), Tobacco Road details the sordid immorality amongst poor, inbred, white folks. Directed by John Ford, the film focuses on the Lester family, a big, shiftless, backwoods bunch. The family is about to be kicked off their land because they stopped paying rent, but they continually eschew anyone who tries to help them out. Though not as explicit as the novel or stage play, the film was still considered to be sufficiently steamy by audiences at the time. Laura - This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. Gene Tierney brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example of the genre, but under the tasteful decor and high-society fashions lies a world seething in jealousy, passion, blackmail, and murder. Vincent Price co-stars as a blithe gigolo and David Raksin's lush theme has become a wistful romantic standard. --Sean Axmaker, amazon.com Leave Her to Heaven is one of the most unblinkingly perverse movies ever offered up as a prestige picture by a major studio in the golden age of Hollywood. Gene Tierney scored an Oscar nomination playing a demonically obsessive daughter of privilege with her own monstrous notion of love. By the time she crosses eyebeams with popular novelist Cornel Wilde on a New Mexico-bound train, her jealous manipulations have driven her parents apart and her father to his grave. Mere screen moments later, she's jettisoned rising-politico fiancé Vincent Price and accepted a marriage proposal the besotted/bewildered Wilde hasn't quite made. Can the wrecking of his and several other lives be far behind? Not to mention a murder or two?--Richard T. Jameson, amazon.com The Ghost and Mrs Muir - Joseph Mankiewicz's moody classic is less ghost story than romantic fantasy, a handsome 1947 drama of impossible love set on the picturesque turn-of-the-century New England coast. Independent young widow Lucy Muir (the luminous Gene Tierney) falls in love with a grand seaside house and moves in, only to discover the cantankerous ghost of the hot-tempered Captain Gregg (a histrionically flamboyant performance by Rex Harrison). Lucy refuses to be frightened away, earning his respect, his friendship, and later his love. As his affection grows he fades away, leaving Lucy free to undertake a more worldly suitor with his own guarded secret. It's a sublime adult drama, and Tierney delivers one of her most understated performances as the resolute Mrs. Muir. --Sean Axmaker, amazon.com
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GENE TIERNEY--A FIVE FILM DVD COLLECTION November 18, 2009
Mr. W. J. Wright
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great box set of five films starring the stunningly beautiful brunette-GENE TIERNEY-. Three of the five films are very famous-classics infact-these are-LAURA-,LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN-,THE GHOST AND MRS.MUIR-,the first two are Film Noirs,a genre for which this wonderful actress is best remembered for.
The films in this-Gene Tierney Studio Stars Collection-are as follows.
TOBACCO ROAD,1941,black and white.With,Charley Grapewin,Marjorie Rambeau,Dana Andrews.-A light comedy.
THUNDER BIRDS,1942,colour.With,Preston Foster,John Sutton,Dame May Whitty.-A light comedy.
LAURA,1944,black and white.With,Dana Andrews,Clifton Webb,Vincent Price,Judith Anderson.-A film noir.
LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN,1945,colour.With,Cornel Wilde,the beautiful Jeanne Crane,Vincent Price.-A film noir.
THE GHOST AND MRS.MUIR,1947,black and white.With,Rex Harrison,George Sanders,and as a very young child,Natalie Wood.-A fantasy melodrama.
All movies are in superb condition with terrific sound.
GENE ELIZA TIERNEY[1920-1991]was born on November 20,1920,in Brooklyn,New York,U.S.A. Tierney made dozens of films,from 1940. Her heyday was indeed the 1940s.
A great box set of GENE TIERNEY films-three of the five are just brilliant-they are-LAURA,-LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN,-THE GHOST AND MRS.MUIR,-.When these three films were released in the cinemas,at the time,were smash box-office hits.
Regards,Bill.
Totally delightful October 28, 2009
democritus
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Not only was Gene Tierney stunningly beautiful she was also a delightful and accomplished actress as this collection illustrates. I defy you not to be moved to tears by the closing scenes of The Ghost and Mrs Muir. If I have a quibble it would be the omission of Heaven Can Wait from the set - why on earth Don Ameche's character continued to be a philanderer when married to such a goddess is one of the mysteries of the universe!
Hollywood glamour April 11, 2009
Burciu Mihai
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I've been targeting for this item for a long time, sometimes it disappeared from the offers, sometimes it came on.
You have to know that if you purchase this item you'll be impressed first of all of Gene's beauty. Then, once you go over it you will discover the movies: Thunder Birds (William Wellman), Tabacco Road (John Ford), Laura (Otto Preminger), Leave her to heaven (John Stahl) and The gost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz). All this movies are of highest quality both in direction and characters. You might want to know that two of these movies are film noir (Leave her to heaven and Laura), two are light comedies (Tabacco Road and Thunder Birds) and one fantasy melodrama (The Gost and Mrs. Muir).
You will become one of Gene's fans once you see this. You might not want to miss then Whirpool (Otto Preminger), Where Sidewalks Never End (Otto Preminger), Night and the City (Jules Dassin), Advise and Consent (Otto Preminger).
I do not want to spoil your joy by telling more about the subject. Be sure to own them
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