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Humphrey Bogart - The Columbia Pictures Collection
Love Affair (1932) Tokyo Joe (1949) Knock on Any Door (1949)
Sirocco (1951) The Harder They Fall (1956)
The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall
are compared to the Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart Blu-ray HERE
| Five diverse examples of the films Bogart made for Columbia are showcased in this set from the obscure romantic drama LOVE AFFAIR (1932), in which the studio was testing his potential as a leading man, to the postwar melodrama TOKYO JOE (1949) to the hard-hitting social drama, KNOCK ON ANY DOOR (1949). SIROCCO (1951), an exotic espionage thriller in the tradition of Casablanca, and THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956), a boxing racket expose that received an Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography, are also highlights. Pairing Bogart with such celebrated directors as Nicholas Ray and Curtis Bernhardt as well as acclaimed actors like Sessue Hayakawa, Lee J. Cobb and Rod Steiger, this collection reveals yet another side to the actor whose screen persona became forever identified with the tough guys, loners and anti-heroes he played. |
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The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall are compared to the Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart Blu-ray HERE
Sony Pictures joined forces with Turner Classic Movies to release some of the films from their library unavailable on DVD. Unfortunately, most of the films in their Humphrey Bogart collection are already available on DVD. Knock on Any Door makes its region 1 debut, but otherwise has been available in other regions for some time and only Love Affair (1932) makes its digital debut. One wishes Sony included Beat the Devil, saving it from public domain hell. Five films in the set are on five discs, one for each film, in a three-sided digipack. I guess, Sony is still trying to perfect the worst packaging ever as discs are packaged on top of each other (except Love Affair which gets its own hub) and hard to release and can be easily scratched (worst packaging award still goes to Sony's Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection ). Each films features an introduction by Ben Mankiewicz and various galleries, but we loose all subtitles that were present on previous releases. Some of the films get a bit of digital clean-up (compare the third capture for The Harder They Fall with marks now gone from the transfer). If you don't own previous editions of these films and won't be missing subtitles, the set is recommended. Love Affair is a curio with a winning performance by Dorothy Mackaill, but it is not some lost Bogart classic worth a rediscovery. |
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directed by Thornton Freeland
USA 1932
Theatrical Release: 17 March 1932 (USA)
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DVD Review: Sony Pictures, Turner Classic Movies (Humphrey Bogart: The Columbia Pictures Collection) - Region 1 - NTSC |
Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!
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USA 1949
The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall
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This marked the first outing for Bogart's own Production Company Santana and features a powerful performance from rising young star Derek. Attorney Andrew Morton (Bogart) is persuaded to represent underprivileged teen Nick Romano (Derek) who's up on a murder charge. Set within the confines of the courtroom director Ray breaks out to location by the use of flashbacks telling the story of Romano's no-hope upbringing. The excitement and tension is built up nicely, and although it touches on the melodramatic at times, remains crisp and sharp throughout. |
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Theatrical Release: February 21st, 1949
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This transfer is compared to the Japanese and German editions HERE. |
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Stuart Heisler
USA 1949
The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall
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Not every Humphrey Bogart film
is a winner, though most are at least watchable. "Tokyo Joe" falls into
the latter category. In this 1949 effort from director Stuart Heisler ("The
Glass Key") Bogart plays a World War II hero who returns to postwar Japan to
reclaim the life and wife he had long believed dead. |
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Theatrical Release: October 26th, 1949
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| Runtime | 1:28:24 |
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Compared to the 2004 single-disc DVD reviewed HERE. |
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directed by Curtis Bernhardt
USA 1951
The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall
are compared to the Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart Blu-ray HERE
Theatrical Release: 1 June 1951 (UK)
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DVD Review: Sony Pictures (Humphrey Bogart: The Columbia Pictures C) - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Gregory Meshman for the Review!
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| Runtime | 1:38:12 |
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by Mark Robson
U.S.A. 1956
The DVDs of Tokyo Joe, Knock on Any Door, Sirocco and The Harder They Fall
are compared to the Columbia Noir #5: Humphrey Bogart Blu-ray HERE
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A boxing drama with Bogart (in his last role) typecast as the sports publicist who finally does the right thing and sets out to expose the syndicate, The Harder They Fall bears the hallmark of its producer/writer Philip Yordan all over it. Robson tries vainly to give the movie the look of a thriller with lots of shadows and bleak lighting, but Yordan consistently returns it to the field of melodrama by setting his drama in the home - as Bogart and his wife Sterling agonise over his job of exposing the fixed fights - rather than in the boxing ring. |
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Theatrical Release: 9 May 1956
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| Runtime | 1:48:36 |
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This transfer is compared to the original Columbia and the European edition HERE. |
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