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Summary: You Get What You Pay For
Review: Sometimes there is a reason you can get five movies on one DVD for about $5. While the sound has been digitally mastered the the prints are murky and/or greenish with a fair amount of flicker. This is a Hearst Entertainment/King Features set so it begins with those pointless movie excerpts leading into the annoying theme song. It's sad that Columbia hasn't released an actual set with the Chic Young opening credits intact and restored prints. I recommend this set if you are a Blondie fanatic and do not mind VHS quality on a DVD.
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Summary: Blondie: Great Nostalgic Family Entertainment
Review: This DVD is an incredible value and a real treasure. The DVD includes five complete episodes of the Blondie comedies from the 1940s for an astonishingly low price. These remastered movies have very good sound and visual quality. The comedies have also held up very well and are as funny and engaging as they were over half a century ago. Baby Dumpling and Daisy the dog are cute scene-stealers throughout the series. My teenage daughter actually laughs out loud at these comedies, and it's a nostalgic pleasure for me to watch them again after so many years. Because of the enjoyable experience of watching these comedies and the exceptional value, I'd award them more than five stars if I could. This purchase is worth many times the price I paid. (Although the DVD case lists the run time as 72 minutes, the actual run time is five times that since each episode runs a little over 70 minutes.) This DVD features "Blondie has Servant Trouble," Blondie Plays Cupid," "Blondie Goes Latin," "Blondie in Society," and "Blondie Goes to College." What the previous reviewer does not understand about the Blondie series is that each feature begins with a long excerpt or excerpts of the film. Then the opening titles roll, and the full feature is presented. There is nothing wrong with this DVD. The only warning to be issued is to be careful about watching too many of these comedies consecutively (as I did.) Although they're great entertainment, the experience can be mind-numbing.
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Summary: Make Yourself a "Dagwood" Sandwich and Enjoy the Movies!
Review: When I was a kid back in the 1970's, almost every weekend, I would sit (with a bowl of Coco Puffs) in front of my family's little 19" inch set and watch a Baltimore local station broadcast the "Sunday Morning Movie". This must have been the start of my love of classic old B&W movies from yesteryear. I loved watching Tarzan, King Kong, Abbott & Costello and the Marx Brother's movies. But among my favorites was watching the 1930's & '40's series of "Blondie" movies, that featured actors, Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. I couldn't get enough of hearing, that exasperated yell of "Blooondieeee!!" and watching the poor old mail carrier get run over in more ways then I can count! The 28 films, which ran from 1938-1950 were based on the Chic Young comic strip of the same name. The movies were a hilarious look at family life featuring hapless husband and dad, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake), his busybody but loving wife, Blondie (Penny Singleton), their precocious child, "Baby Dumpling" (Larry Simms) and finally the Marcel Marceau of pooches, Daisey. Most of the films usually had some variation of Dagwood getting fired by his tempermental boss, Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) and Blondie getting him his job back. No, these were not Academy Award winning spectacles. They were just very funny, simple, low budget B films, that were always good for giving big belly laughs. Now, for the first time in 2 volumes the "Blondie" series is now available in the DVD format. As far as the quality of the DVDs go, this is the perfect example of "getting what you pay for". These budget priced DVDs have been produced on the cheap. The picture quality is watchable, but is on par with a VHS tape. For some strange reason you also get a 5 minute preview (usually the ending of the film) before each feature starts, which can be most disconcerting. Worst of all, every so often, the DVD company's logo appears in the lower corner of the screen! Despite these deficiencies, I would still recommend these DVDs simply because the "Blondie" films are so fun and entertaining! Hopefully, some one will have the common sense to put out the other 18 films (especially the ones with WWII era themes & plotlines). Highly recommended for both adults and kids alike!
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