The Bob Hope Collection: Vol. 2 (The Great Lover / Paris Holiday / The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell / How to Commit Marriage / Son of Paleface / Cancel My Reservation)
Taken from wonderful high-definition transfers, this collection presents six classic comedies starring the legendary Bob Hope! Now you can sit back, laugh and rediscover the magic of the song-and-dance comedian widely considered to be the Entertainer of the 20th Century in this brand-new set from Shout! Factory!
The Great Lover (1949): Bob Hope plays scoutmaster Freddie Hunter in this delightful comedy. During a European tour with the scouts, Freddie falls under the influence of a
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PARIS HOLIDAY in Technirama format is essentially the only reason to get this set.,
This finally offers up a decent, albeit edge-enhanced, version of Hope’s PARIS HOLIDAY. The film is presented in the correct 2-to-1 Technirama ratio and the color timing is fine.
The rest of the films are all 4:3 cropped – including those that were meant to be screened at 1:85 to 1 and are variously labeled as 16:9 on the discs (THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O’FARRELL, HOW TO COMMIT MARRIAGE and CANCEL MY RESERVATION).
THE GREAT LOVER is in poor condition; SON OF PALEFACE uses the same master that was utilized on the BCI HD-DVD version, so the warm Technicolor quality is very good.
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|More stars for Bob – less for this DVD release…,
I find it harder and harder to accept that in an age of hi-def blu-ray and 3D television we still get older films released on DVD that do not present the entire image as filmed by the director. The pan-and-scan versions of Bob’s widescreen films on this set are simply unacceptable. If proper elements were lacking after a thorough search of the (Paramount?) vaults and elsewhere then we should have been duly notified in the package. As it is I find this set no better than the old public domain versions that float around. I applaud Shout! for recognizing a market for Bob Hope films on DVD; I chastise them for not taking us seriously by giving us crappy versions. We’re not all old codgers who don’t know the difference between P&S and widescreen and don’t know when they’re being ripped off. I’ll gladly pay more for the next set if that’s what it takes for them to do it right.
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|The Bob Hope Collection Volume Two,
A great set with one complaint, The Great Lover was Not very good copy, it was watchable and thats about it. Apart from that all the others were all good copies.Well worth the money.
Ken Barrett Mooroolbark Australia.
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