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Holistic Guidance - Topper/Topper Returns
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $59.99
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Starring: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe
Directed By: Roy Del Ruth, Norman Z. McLeod
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0707729138280
Format: Black & White
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-06-17
Running Time: 184
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1941-03-21
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Editorial Reviews:
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In Topper, Cary Grant and Constance Bennett star as George and Marion Kerby, a fun-loving couple who find themselves in limbo as ghosts after an unfortunate auto accident. Deciding that heaven is just one good deed away, they turn their attention toward their dull friend Cosmo Topper. But Topper is one stodgy banker, and it'll take all the high jinks the Kerby's can muster to haunt Topper into loosening up and living it up. In Topper Returns, Cosmo Topper finds himself once again spooked by a ghost. This time, it's the young and beautiful Gail Richards, the accidental victim of a phantom killer whose intended target is wealthy heiress Ann Carrington. Set on finding her killer, Gail enlists the help of Topper with hilarious results in this zany and entertaining murder mystery.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Great movies but not at this price.....
Comment: I agree with most reviewers.....I loved both of them but what the hell is going on here with these people selling these at these ridiculous prices...both these movies are in Public Domain...I agree Hallmark & Artisan have done a great job on these movies...but $55, don't think so.....I just downed the Public Domain copies and made my own DVD.....FREE
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Summary: great golden dvd
Comment: I ordered topper/topper returns, it was just as described. I received it fast and it was very resonably priced.
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Summary: A poor transfer of a great film (and its so-so sequel)
Comment: The divergence of opinion on the quality of this disc is remarkable. Well, here's my two cents' worth: this is a poor quality transfer, hardly distinguishable from a VHS rental tape. I agree with those who say that this DVD must have been mastered from a tape of poor quality, and the heavy compression required to fit two movies on a single-layer DVD has hurt the image quality even more.
Lack of detail, poor contrast, and jitter in the outer portions of the image are among the many visible flaws that detract from enjoying this disc. That's a crime, given how superbly funny "Topper" is. Unfortunately, unless and until somebody like Criterion does a fully restored release, this shoddy edition is the only game in town.
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Summary: Image problems
Comment: I've read the reviews here praising the transfer of topper, and I'm not sure why my experience differs so greatly - I watch my films on a computer, which may have impacted it - but the closed captioning turned on and off erattically and in an uncontrollable manner, slowing up the data stream from the DVD and making it choppy. The image itself was clearly fuzzy with age and missing or brutalized frames weren't massaged digitally at all, as far as I could tell. Ten dollars isn't too much to pay for my favorite Cary Grant comedy, by any means, and I'm glad I have it, but when I get my home entertainment center in order, I surely hope to find these reviews to be true, because my experience with this disk was that it was as sloppy as many of those Image DVD's that came out right after the format was invented, and I felt it was misleading to release this disk with the gold banners and all the marketing trappings of some kind of special edition, when so much was messy.
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Summary: Topper/Topper Returns
Comment: The DVD is a combination of two of the Topper seires of films. The original film, "TOPPER" is an excellent film, starring Cary Grant & Constance Bennett as the Kerbys, whose wild ways lead to their untimely demise and subsequent appearance as ectoplasmic madcaps to Cosmo Topper, played perfectly by Roland Young. The script follows Thorne Smith's book in it's hilarious journey to free the timid Mr.Topper from his wife's domineering control. Billie Burke eschews the role perfectly. The special effects were a marvel for the film's time, and add to the viewer's enjoyment of this classic story.
"TOPPER RETURNS" is not such a charming film as the original. Roland Young, Constance Bennett & Billie Burke appear once more in their original roles, but the script is far too silly and lacking in the clever situations and charm of the original. Eddie "Rochester" Amderson from the Jack Benny radio show is an addition for slapstick comedy. A murder mystery is the used as the spine of the story, and the film becomes not a clever advnture for Topper and his ghostly adventures, but rather a somewhat tiresome and predictable 'B' movie vehicle for the stars. Cary Grant is seen briefly and is sorely missed.
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