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I’m not definite what motivated me to order this—except that I obtain the work of each director spirited, and the tag is certain lawful. When I order a public domain cheapie I’m prepared for unpleasant prints, noisy audio, etc. But I was absolutely knocked out by the print quality and transfers on BOTH of these movies. The Superscope “Burma” is even enhanced for widescreen. The color was mostly safe on both movies, and I didn’t leer any considerable film harm or dirt. The movies are OK, moving primarily because of the casts. Both leading ladies were a bit long in the tooth for their roles, but they aloof note their star quality.
VCI gets a gold star for a release that looks like WHV did it from the current elements. The artwork is enough to fear anyone away, however.
And I really wish that they wouldn’t have one of their people write Amazon reviews for their product.
If you want a couple of blooming well-behaved Saturday afternoon flicks very well presented, you honest can’t go unpleasant.
VCI Entertainment and RKO Pictures presents a double feature of high jungle adventure… “Appointment in Honduras” (1953) and “Run to Burma” (1955) (Dolby digitally remastered) …featuring top performances by actors of the ’40s and ’50s with outstanding drama and screenplays…from almost forgotten and shrimp known films that will leave you wanting more…so pop some popcorn, sit assist and relish the movie.
First up we have “Appointment in Honduras” (1953) (79 min. Color) …under director Jacques Tourneur, producer Benedict Bogeaus, associate producer Bryan Foy, with current myth by Jack Cornall and Mario Silveira, screenplay by Karen DeWolf, music peaceful by Louis Forbes…the cast includes Glenn Ford (Steve Corbett), Ann Sheridan (Sylvia Sheppard), Zachary Scott (Harry Sheppard), Rodolfo Acosta (Reyes), Jack Elam (Castro), Stuart Whitman (Radio Operator) …our fable unfolds on a tramp steamer off Central America as Glenn Ford carrying money for a Honduran counter revolution along with hostages Ann Sheridan, Zachary Scott who have no plan what is going on join him…five prisoners are also released on their contrivance to a Nicaraguan prison and the uncertain spin begins…could there be alligators, clouds of flying hornets, jungle brushfires and man eating fish along with snakes, what else is in store for our hero and his band of misfits………special footnote, actor Glenn Ford with the serve of Bette Davis gave him his first shatter in the film “A Stolen Life” (1946), then came the classic film noir “Gilda” (1946) with Rita Hayworth that made him a star and the most common actor of that time, other films were “Texas” (1941), “The Desperadoes” (1943), “Lust for Gold” (1949), “The Man from Colorado” (1949), “The Substantial Heat” (1953), “The Man from the Alamo” (1953), “The Violent Men” (1954), “Blackboard Jungle” (1955), “The Fastest Gun Alive” (1956), “Jubal” (1956), “The Teahouse of the August Moon” (1956), “3:10 to Yuma” (1957), “Cowboy” (1958), “The Sheepman” (1958), “Pocketful of Miracles” (1961), “The Rounders” (1965) …next came the successfull TV series “Marshal of Madrid”, as a original day sheriff Ford played Sam Cade with his deputy Edgar Buchanan…appeared as Jonathan Kent (Clark Kent’s father) in “Superman” (1978), and one of my accepted westerns made-for-television “The Sacketts” (1979) combines two sepearate Louis L’Amour novels “The Daybreakers” and “The Sacketts” of three brothers who migrate to the West after The Civil War..Ford married legendary tap dancer Eleanor Powell and had one son Peter Ford…Glenn will be fondly be remembered by his fans for his westerns and natural charismatic presence on the mammoth hide.
BIOS:
1. Glenn Ford (aka Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford)
Birth Date: 5/01/1916 – Sainte-Christine, Quebec, Canada
Died: Collected Living
Second on the double bill is “Race to Burma” (1955) (86 min. in Color) ….under director Allan Dwan, producer Benedict Bogeaus, with current chronicle by Kenneth Perkins, screenplay by Hobart Danavan and Talbot Jennings, unusual music by Louis Forbes….the cast includes Barbara Stanwyck (Gwen Moore), Robert Ryan (Jim Brecan), David Farrer (Cardigan), Murvyn Vye (Makesh), Lisa Montell (Andora), Robert Warwick (The Sawbwa), Reginald Denny (Commissioner) …our record is another winner as RKO Radio gives three actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and David Farrer a film they can sink their teeth into…a Far Eastern teak plantation is elephantine of peril with panthers, tigers and a man on the hurry…Ryan is hunted by Farrer and Stanwyck in out to warn the man she loves…will Ryan receive a aesthetic lunge, be tortured and wind up in a brawl within the local temple…is Robert Ryan misjudged or is he really guilty of killing the Prince…….special footnote, actress Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for four Academy Awards, but never won…in 1982 Barbara was awarded an hononary Oscar for “superlative creativity and fresh contribution to the art of cover acting”, starreds in “Forbidden” (1932), “Stella Dallas” (1937), “Union Pacific” (1939), “The Lady Eve: (1941), “Double Indemnity” (1944),and finally in TV’s “The Colossal Valley” (1965), but her most memorable role was Mary Carson in the ABC mini-series “The Thorn Birds” (1983) ………there’s a titanic deal of entertainment here for all the film noir fans out there…all courtesy of VCI Entertainment, who in my humble conception is the best there is in restoring early serials and features like this one.
BIOS:
1. Barbara Stanwyck (aka Ruby Catherine Stevens)
Birth Date: 7/16/1907 – Brooklyn, Unique York
Died: 1/20/1990 – Santa Monica, California
SPECIAL FEATURES:
1. Actor Bios
2. Scene Selection
3. Theatrical Trailers
4. “Sprint to Burma” presented in Anamorphic Widescreen
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the “Appointment in Honduras” (1953) and “Flee to Burma” (1955), digital transfere with a shapely, determined and crisp print…looking forward to more of the same from the ’40s and ’50s vintage…order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, halt tuned once again with a top notch films from the Golden Age of Hollywood that only VCI Entertainment (King of the Serials) can boom…impartial the blueprint we like ‘em!
Total Time: 165 mins on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment 8343 ~ (2/25/2003)
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