Old Rags to Riches Movies and Films [7 DVD Box Set]

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Rags to Riches 7 DVD Box Set

 - Rare & historic film transferred to DVD format and preserved for posterity

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 - Over 10 Hours Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: Some stories are truly timeless, and the classic “rags to riches” theme is one of them. This 7 DVD Rags to Riches Box Set is an assemblage of vintage films that all contain touching stories involving the disenfranchised gaining sudden ascent to the heights of society. Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) is the most classical of these films - Freddie Bartholomew is the adorable orphan who gets swept off into the realm of servants and mansions. This effect of transportation – and transformation – always produces atmospheres for tension, adaptation, class differences, and an underlying tenderness that leads to a sense of the unifying humanity in all of mankind. The 7 DVD Rags to Riches Box Set is a superb collection of heartwarming films.

Disc I of VII: Happy Go Lovely (1951)

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 - 85 Minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: Happy Go Lovely is an easygoing and whimsical story of a hitchhiking young girl who becomes an entertainment sensation, literally, overnight. The film is a time capsuled peek at Edinburgh, Scotland in the 40s, and also a first-rate musical. In Happy Go Lovely, viewers are treated to the spectacular talents of Vera-Ellen, one of the very best dancers in the history of Hollywood and a fine actress. Usually costarring with Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen does the lion’s share of the performing in this film– and that’s a good thing. Vera-Ellen plays a single hitchhiker who happens to be picked up by the limousine of a millionaire and taken to a high society film festival. While at the festival, Vera-Ellen dazzles the crowds with her incredible performances. Happy Go Lovely is aptly named, since audiences are lucky to get to see the lovely Vera-Ellen strut her stuff.

Title #1: Happy Go Lovely   

Production Date: 1951

Running Time: 85 minutes

Brief Description: Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Couper, Henry Hewitt, Gladys Henson, Hugh Dempster, Sandra Dome, Joyce Carey, John Laurie, Wylie Watson, Joan Heal.

Disc II of VII: Heartbeat (1946)

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 - 100 Minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: Academy Award winning Hollywood knockout Ginger Rogers stars in Heartbeat, a film that charms, romances, and melts the hearts of viewers. In a love story peppered with hilarious situations, Rogers is a reform school brat who graduates to a pickpocket university. The head professor, played humorously by Sherlock Holmes purveyor Basil Rathbone, makes Rogers into his best student. But when Rogers gets to high society to steal, she falls in love with the lavishness - and a handsome diplomat. The classic romance between those of different backgrounds soars as the conflicted Rogers attempts to find happiness. Heartbeat takes heartthrob Ginger Rogers and showcases her talents to perfection.

Title #1: Heartbeat

Production Date: 1946

Running Time: 100 minutes

Brief Description: Director: Sam Wood. Starring: Ginger Rogers, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Adolphe Menjou, Melville Cooper, Mikhail Rasumny, Eduardo Ciannelli, Mona Maris, Henry Stephenson, Basil Rathbone.

Disc III of VII: Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)

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 - 100 minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: A classic rags to riches tale, Little Lord Fauntleroy is a stirring adaptation of the famous Frances Hodgson Burnett novel. Helmed by none other than childhood acting superstar Freddie Bartholomew and Hollywood cinema staple Mickey Rooney, Little Lord Fauntleroy is the timeless story of a poor young boy who discovers he’s royalty! Bartholomew moves to England where his status as heir to a fortunate quickly makes him many enemies. But the boy is cute as can be, and he melts the heart of his wealthy old benefactor. Full of love and warmth, as well as boyish fun, Little Lord Fauntleroy is a celebration of all the good things in life.

Film #1: Little Lord Fauntleroy

Production Date: 1936

Running Time:  100 minutes

Brief Description:  Director: John Cromwell. Starring: C. Aubrey Smith, Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, Henry Stephenson, Guy Kibbee, Mickey Rooney

Disc IV of VII: Meet John Doe (1941)

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 - 122 minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: A depression-era touchstone, Meet John Doe is one of Academy Award winning director Frank Capra’s best films. Seizing upon all the dark feelings of resentment, poverty, and discontent of the nineteen thirties, Capra captures the Great Depression Zeitgeist and puts it directly on screen in this politically charged American film. Starring no less than the eternal Gary Cooper and sensational Barbara Stanwyck, Meet John Doe is a story of the creation of a political icon through media manipulation and public fraud. Cooper plays the American everyman who was once a baseball player but is now nothing more than a hobo on hard times. Sensing Cooper’s powerfully representative character, newspaper reporter Stanwyck teams with a fiendish politician to make Cooper into the figurehead of a new political revolution. But, in accordance with the times, Cooper finds that the politicians aren’t being honest. Taut, important, and skillfully made, Meet John Doe is a vital political film.

Film #1: Meet John Doe

Production Date: 1941

Running Time:  122 minutes

Brief Description:  Director: Frank Capra. Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque

Disc V of VII: Oliver Twist (1933)

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 - 70 Minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: The most faithful film of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, William J. Cowen’s version of Oliver Twist is as heartwarming today as it was in the early nineteen thirties. An orphaned boy named Oliver Twist, played by the adorable Dickie Moore, struggles on the London streets in the early 19th century. Weakened by starvation and backbreaking labor, the young lad learns to pick pockets in order to survive. By a great stroke of good fortune, he picks the pocket of a wealthy and compassionate man who takes him in. But from there, his past ever tries to intrude and the boy must rely on courage and grit to get him through. Oliver Twist is a tale all too easily understood, and thus more beloved for its humane universality: the struggle by a young man to survive in a harsh world, beset by poverty and criminals, only to find love in the most unlikely places.

Title #1: Oliver Twist

Production Date: 1933

Running Time: 70 minutes

Brief Description: Director: William J. Cowen. Starring: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel, William “Stage” Boyd, Doris Lloyd, Barbara Kent

Disc VI of VII: Red Lights Ahead (1936)

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 - 66 Minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: Red Lights Ahead is an amusing journey through nineteen thirties’ cultural ideas about money, greed and family. Lead by comedic star Andy Clyde as the grandfather, the Wallace’s are a family of lazy loafers who would like nothing better than to do, well, nothing. When Pa gets offered a chance to invest in a gold mine, the kids jump all over him to do it, imagining the lavish lifestyle they’ll be able to lead. As the checks come rolling in every month, the family is overcome by materialism and greed. They even manage to take several cheap-shots at Spiritualism, in favor of a more capitalistic sloth. But when the original investment is revealed to be a pyramid scheme, the family is back to being down and out, forcing them to learn the true values of life. Red Lights Ahead is a riotous comedy while at the same time offering a fascinating look at values and culture of early twentieth century America.

Title #1: Red Lights Ahead

Production Date: 1936

Running Time: 66 minutes

Brief Description: Director: Roland D. Reed. Starring: Roger Imhof, Lucille Gleason, Matty Kemp, Paula Stone, Andy Clyde

Disc VII of VII: The Amazing Adventure (1936)

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 - 61 Minutes Running Time

Brief Synopsis of DVD: Cary Grant is one of the greatest leading men of all time.  Here in The Amazing Adventure, fans get a look at an already dashing Grant in his youth.  Grant steals ever scene as Ernest Bliss, a wealthy playboy.  Though extremely rich, Grant is bored.  He has no goals or ambition.  While discussing the problem with his doctor, the helpful sawbones wagers Grant fifty thousand pounds that he can’t earn a living for one year without using any of his money.  As Grant enters the working class, he learns of the hardships and suffering of ordinary people, and perhaps finds love.  The Amazing Adventure is a poignant, funny, and well made film that boasts a burgeoning star in the magnificent Cary Grant. This movie is also known as The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss.

Title #1: The Amazing Adventure

Production Date: 1936

Running Time: 61 minutes

Brief Description: Director:  Alfred Zeisler. Starring:  Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion

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