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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0089218319296
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Alpha Video
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Alpha Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 16, 2002
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 55243
Studio: Alpha Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 26, 1957
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Dumb Songs"
One reviewer wrote "so many dumb songs." Yeah, sure -- how did that lousy composer Eddie Grieg ever get published? Too bad he never wrote anything worthwhile! [Note: for those who tend toward the literal I suggest putting your tongue firmly in your cheek and then reading this again]
Rating: - 5 stars in order of surprise, not so many for audio quality.
This film is very good fun, with aging Star Claude Rains in a very typical role (with a couple of jolly songs as well!). Anyone who wants to hear Rains sing, this is the DVD to get, and for a steal at $7.98. The picture quality, though not restored, is still very watchable with only minor signs of age. The audio I would only give 3 stars. It is very easy to hear, but gets grainy in some parts. The music on occasion suddenly goes low, so I turn the volume up only to find out that 3 seconds later it ... Read More
Rating:  - enjoyable for film trivia buffs
I just watched this film for the first time on PBS. I thought I must have been made in the 1930's because it seemed so dated, but discovered it was a made-for-tv movie in 1957. If I were just watching it as face-value entertainment, I would have thought it odd and boring, but I LOVED the cast and how it was made. I loved recognizing Edvard Grieg's (modified) music, and the rhyming dialog that I later discovered was from Robert Browning's poem. I had only seen Van Johnson in WW II movies, and so ... Read More
Rating:  - Very weird, very corny, very dumb!!
My daughter's friend loaned her this film, saying, "This is one of the strangest movies I have ever seen. Watch it and tell me what you think of it." So we gave it a whirl, and we too found it very strange, right from the beginning. Seeing Van Johnson as the piper in that ugly red and white cape, slithering down the tree trunk like a snake was the sign this was only going to go downhill from here, and it did. I got bored with it pretty fast, and having so many dumb songs didn't help move it along either. ... Read More
Rating: - Flawed technical job, but a reasonable price
As a tiny tot I vaguely remember being mesmerized by this colorful children's production. Today I am able to see how contrived and staged a production it was. Nonetheless, it is a classic of the period.
If you are spoiled by some of the beautiful sight and sound restorations of old films available on DVD today, this one will leave you disappointed. On the DVD I purchased, both the film and soundtrack are filled with artifacts. During one production sequence called "Prestige" film frames are ... Read More
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