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Genre | Comedy |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen |
Contributor | Paul Lukas, Richard Carlson, Willie Best, Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Anthony Quinn, Walter DeLeon, George Marshall, Arthur Hornblow, Jr. See more |
Initial release date | 2003-04-01 |
Language | English |
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Ghosts and gags collide in this witches' brew of laughs, with Bob Hope as a Manhattan radio commentator who finds himself marooned on an island of the walking dead! Larry Lawrence (Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a "haunted" castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet Alex (Willie Best) precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There's romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foes—and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves!
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Item model number : 1021213
- Director : George Marshall
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Full Screen
- Run time : 1 hour and 25 minutes
- Release date : April 1, 2003
- Actors : Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Anthony Quinn
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Producers : Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00005UMF5
- Writers : Walter DeLeon
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,811 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #398 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #984 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #1,274 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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It is completely unfair to judge an antique by modern standards. Instead, focus on the story, the filming techniques, the costumes, the furnishings, the architecture, the dialog, and the historical social significance of the film.
It is also completely unfair to judge the past by present values. Are there offensive bits in old films which would never be tolerated today? Most probably, but why be offended when you can just as easily choose to understand how far we have come? In some respects we have come far, socially. In other respects, we have seriously digressed. I also like to see the contrast in the ways society has devolved as compared to the time in which they made these old films. Why bother watching historical documents, if you don’t learn from them?
PROS:
Condition as expected. I enjoyed it.
CONS:
As in most antique media, you usually you have to resize the aspect at which they are played. I consider this to be a “normal” part of the experience.
COMPS:
As compared to modern films, adjust your level of expectation. When you approach them in this way, you will not be disappointed.
VERDICT:
Met or exceeded my expectations. Good/great value for money.
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Paulette Goddard is lovely, the young Anthony Quinn is menacing, the mystery is valid, and the sets are wonderfully spooky. Hope is even somewhat heroic in this one, a bit of a change of pace from his usual, comedically cowardly characters. A dash of film noir even shows up early on as a power outage hits New York during a storm (dig that lightning!).
Crime reporter Hope flees to Cuba with Goddard after he mistakenly believes he shot a gangster's henchman in Goddard's hotel. Goddard has inherited a spooky old castle just offshore the island nation, and has received death threats from a mysterious villain. Taking up her cause, the suspicious Hope (and his unwilling servant), sets out to solve the mystery and bust the ghosts. Along the way, the rest of us are busting out laughing.
The thin-skinned among us may not care for some of the pre-PC dialog, but those with intellect enough to put things in context will not be upset by some of the more dated wisecracks.
Also included on the disc is "Hollywood Victory Caravan", a war bond short that is kind of a condensed version of "Star-Spangled Rhythm", another Hope film available in this DVD series. A young lady needs to get to Washington to see her wounded brother just back from the battlefield, but the only train that can take her is tied up with a War Bond rally. Naturally she has to sneak into the Paramount lot and ask Bing Crosby for help. As she wanders about the lot trying to avoid a security guard (William Demerest), she runs into such notables as Barbara Stanwyck and Alan Ladd. When she meets with the sympathetic Bing (after enjoying a Gershwin number performed by Carmen Cavallero and His Orchestra), Crosby and Hope get things worked out for sister and brother. The short also features a patriotic speech by Humphrey Bogart, and a wrap-up number by Crosby.
A second inclusion is a condensed and edited-down edition of "Command Performance" with Judy Garland and Lana Turner doing walk-ons (Lana gets in a good zinger on Hope that leads to some ad-libbing by the comedian).
To round things out the disc includes a short documentary on Hope's USO work ("Entertaining the Troops"), production notes, bios, and the film's trailer.
An excellent all-around package for Hope fans!
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Reviewed in Canada on June 16, 2023
“ The Cat and the Canary ”の大ヒットを受け、ポール・ディッキーとチャールズ・W・ゴダードの舞台劇を、パラマウントが同じボブ・ホープとポーレット・ゴダードのコンビを主演に据えて作り上げた”Old Dark House”(「化物屋敷」)ものの佳作。1953年には、ディーン・マーチンとジェリー・ルイスの底抜けコンビで『底抜けびっくり仰天』としてリメイクされた(監督は、同じジョージ・マーシャル)。日本劇場未公開。
ヒット作が出た場合、その続編、もしくはそれに類した作品を作るのがハリウッドのならわし。本作も、前年に作られた”The Cat and the Canary”の大ヒットに続けとばかりに作られた姉妹編だ。原作が違うので、若干設定の差異はあるものの、ホープ=ゴダードの息の合ったコンビを再起用し、”Old Dark House”ものの定型を踏襲しているあたり、パラマウントの明確な戦略が見てとれる。そういった意味では、もちろん二番煎じで新鮮味はないが、それでも、ミステリーに笑いの味付けをしたジョージ・マーシャル監督の手際良い軽やかな演出で、プログラム・ピクチャーとしては及第点の作品に仕上がっている。
冒頭、烈しい雷雨の夜のニューヨークの摩天楼街から始まる。その何かが起こりそうな不吉で陰鬱な雰囲気が作品を貫いている。話の構成上は、実際の化物屋敷のあるキューバの孤島に話が移ってから、この雰囲気にしても良かったわけだが、あえて、作品全体を暗い雰囲気(画としても陰影のある撮影)で統一したのは賢明だ。もちろん、ホープ主演ということで、随所にウィットに溢れた笑いの要素もちりばめられてはいるけれども(「なるほど、ゾンビは民主党員みたいなもんか」とか「まるで、セシル・B・デミル作品の脚本だね」など、楽屋落ち的な気の利いたセリフも多い)、基本はあくまでミステリーということなのだろう。
キューバの化物屋敷では、ゾンビや幽霊、どこからともなく聞こえてくる不気味な声、謎の地下室…など、この手の作品の(どちらかと言うと、手垢のついた)定型の設定や要素ばかりで新鮮味はないものの、特撮、セットが良く出来ているので飽きることなく楽しく観られる。
ホープとゴダードのコンビは、”The Cat and the Canary”同様、掛け合いと間が絶妙で、スターならではの輝きがある。日本では、ホープ主演作のほとんどが「腰抜け」シリーズと名付けられ、演じる臆病者の印象が強いが、本作では、ゴダード演じる女性を守ろうとする(お化けたちを前にしても、決して臆病風に吹かれることがない!)男らしい役なのも珍しい。話の上では特に必要がないのだが、ゴダードの着替えのシーンやゾンビから逃れるゴダードのローブが、階段の手すりに引っ掛かって破れ、脚が露わになるシーンなどを用意して彼女の性的魅力をさりげなく挿入しているのも、映画というものの、のぞき見趣味的本質を感じさせる。
予定調和的で新鮮味はないが、スターの魅力が生かされた、ハリウッド黄金期ならではの丁寧な作りの楽しいプログラム・ピクチャーだ。
本Blu-rayは、米Kinoが、米ユニバーサル(1948年までのパラマウント作品の権利を保有)からライセンスを受けた盤。マスターには、ユニバーサルが新規に作成した2K素材から作られたHDマスターを使用。
丁寧にレストア、カラコレされたようで、目立つキズはほとんどなく、白黒の諧調も層を感じさせ、ディテール表現も細密な画質だ。製作年を考えれば、十分な高画質だろう。
モノラル DTS-HD マスター・オーディオ音声も明瞭。英語字幕も収録。
特典には、以下のものが収録。
●作家・映画史家リー・ギャンビンによるコメンタリー
●Trailers from Hell with Larry Karaszewski (2分52秒)
●予告編(2分15秒)
●予告編集” The Cat and the Canary ”(3分40秒)、『 腰抜け二挺拳銃 』(1分50秒)、『 心の青春 』(3分26秒)、『 Murder, He Says 』 (2分05秒)
本Blu-rayは、北米盤ながら日本と同じR-A仕様なので、日本の通常のBlu-rayプレーヤーで視聴可能だ。
日本では、出処不明のマスターを使った 非正規盤DVD が流通しているのみという情けない状況で、今後も正規盤の発売はないと思う。本作のファンは、本盤一択だろう。
Picture quality on this REGION 1 DVD is ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT - PRISTINE BLACK AND WHITE WITH LITTLE GRAIN (especially played back on an upscaled 4k 78" TV it looked great. SEE SCREEN GRABS and the sound is clear and not to hissy either. Certainly a step up from the varying picture quality reports on The Cat and The Canary
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2016
Picture quality on this REGION 1 DVD is ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT - PRISTINE BLACK AND WHITE WITH LITTLE GRAIN (especially played back on an upscaled 4k 78" TV it looked great. SEE SCREEN GRABS and the sound is clear and not to hissy either. Certainly a step up from the varying picture quality reports on The Cat and The Canary