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Summary: Wait for a restored version
Review: As inexpensive as it is for a dvd it still was a disappointment. Other films from the forties have been carefully handled to produce pristine copies as good if not better that the day they were issued (WB and MGM have worked hard to produce quality dvd's from their 30's and 40's films. The color is this is sooooBAD that I though it was bad blank and white at first. Somewhere down the road I'm hoping someone will do this 40's classic the justice it deserves. In the meantime by "Now, Voyager" or "The Little Foxes"
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Summary: How to tame the tamer of the shrew
Review: This film has to be taken as being humorous. The father character, Mr Day, is an oldfashioned husband who dominates and controls his family absolutely, at least he wants to and he thinks he does. But his attitude is constantly rebutted by his wife, and then his children. And that is were the humor starts. He terrorizes the maids, without even realizing it. He tries to control his wife who is an artist at twirling him around her finger. His own sons implement his principles and that leads to some catastrophes. And of course he is not baptised and that is the recurring element that sounds both phony and hilarious. He wants his household to be run on a business-like basis and this leads to more problems than it solves. It is a perfect film to show how women can control an uncontrolable situation if they know how to use their charms, their backmail at times and their illogical logic that stands upside down and is totally unanswerable. The actors are perfect for the parts and their acting is admirable. It is the taming of the shrew upside down and it becomes the taming of the tamer by the shrew, or just plainly the mother or the woman. A funny and good film for some entertainment and some questioning of father-power. A young Elizabeth Taylor is already showing her potential in the film and we can imagine what she will become in a few years.Dtr Jacques COULARDEAU
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Summary: Love the movie . . . Horrible transfer
Review: This is a warm, engaging film - a true delight to watch from start to finish IF you catch it on TV. This DVD transfer is terrible. The picture is bad and the sound is even worse.
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Summary: Do NOT buy the DVD...
Review: This is an excellent movie that was TRASHED in the DVD transfer. It is a complete waste of money, due to the fact that the audio is poor and the video transfer appears to have been shot through a fish tank. ...
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Summary: Great Story, Bad Video
Review: Life with father brings back the traditional homefront from days gone by. In this movie, Clarence Day, played by William Powell, adds a stern, business-like, head of the house-hold type of character. Irene Dunne who plays his wife is a dutiful, constantly-pleasing yet constantly confusing her husband in day to day events. Delightful and up-lifting, viewers will enjoy the story. The video was not at all clear, rather, fuzzy and it was hard to hear as it tended toward a base-like quality. If anyone out there has a good quality VHS of this movie, I'd like to hear about it.
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Summary: Good enough for Laptops.
Review: The video transfer is poor, but I thought that the audio quality, which is very muddy, is what really mars this DVD. It appeared to be nearly unviewable on my big screen TV. However, it is tolerable on my laptop computer DVD, due to the small screen size, and using headphones to help the audio. All in all, good enough for $6.00 to $8.00.
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Summary: Madacy Strikes Again!
Review: I don't understand how Madacy got the rights to make this DVD. Everyone knows that their quality contol is non-existent. But the movie is a wonderful classic and it is watchable; although the video is washed out and the audio muffled. For the price, and if you're not too picky, you might consider buying it anyway.
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Summary: BOO!
Review: LIFE WITH FATHER is one of my favorite movies. This DVD version is very poor. I have just read the other costumer reviews about this movie. They agree with me. I will read the costumer reviews before I order another DVD.
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Summary: Where Is The Film Preservation Society When You Need Them?
Review: Everything good you've read about this wonderful film is true. Unfortunately, everything you've read about the Madacy transfer to DVD is also true... it is TERRIBLE. I indict you, Madacy! You shameful, profit-hungry swindlers! My family viewed only ten minutes and gave up on this blurry, incomprehensible waste of time and money. Afterwards we signed a pact NEVER to buy anything from Madacy again! Then we broke out an old VHS copy of "The Man Who Came To Dinner" and the night was saved.
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Summary: DON'T BUY THIS DVD FROM MADACY - TERRIBLE TRANSFER
Review: Had I only known that this DVD - of a wonderful film - was released by MADACY ENTERTAINMENT, I never would have considered purchasing it. Madacy Entertainment is renowned for the terrible quality of its DVDs. This charming film was broadcast on Turner Classic Movies, recently, which reminded me what a delicious script, with razor-sharp performances, direction and technicolor, it is. What turned up in the mail, from Madacy, is a transfer taken from a television broadcast, not even a film print! Its audio and video are blurry and almost unintelligble. Wait for anyone else to release this beloved film on DVD - and stay away from Madacy Entertainment at any cost.
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