Genevieve [DVD] (1953) (Special Edition )

Having seen it when it was first released ,with some of the best stars of the era in it, well worth purchasing !!

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I never get tired (or should I say tyred!) of watching this Classic British Comedy about the antics and rivalry of two couples during the London to Brighton Vintage Car Run. After 70 years it still remains one of my favourite British Films. Great performances from the lead actors and actresses with some familiar faces amongst the supporting cast. It's stellar entertainment from start to finish and a film you will want to watch again and again. Good clean fun which is suitable for all ages. A great price from Amazon too!

so much richness in one film; Dinah Sheridan steals it tho

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Joce Grenfell ass the cheap hotel landlady " No one has ever coplained before". Reflects the age it was made in.

Classic film never tires

I use it to watch on dvd

Very entertaining old style British comedy

Nachdem ich die Originalfahrzeuge in den Niederlanden im Museum gesehen habe (dort läuft auch dieser Film dazu im Hintergrund), wollte ich nun den Film auch zuhause ansehen.Große Kunst ist es zwar nicht, doch alleine die Fahrzeuge sind den kleinen Kaufpreis wert.Recht interessant ist auch die enthaltene Doku zur Herstellung des Films!Fazit: Für Oldtimerfreunde ein Muss - schließlich begann mit diesem Film erst die öffentliche Wertschätzung der "alten Dinger"!

Very happy with this purchase

Genevieve is a delightful British comedy from 1953, winner of both the BAFTA (British Oscars) Best British Film and the Golden Globe Best Foreign Film awards. It is a story of two antique car buffs (John Gregson and Kenneth More) who through circumstance and misadventure end up challenging each other to a grudge-match race from Brighton to London. The comedic trials are shared by a long-suffering wife (Dinah Sheridan) and a new girlfriend (Kay Kendall).I had remembered Genevieve fondly from my one childhood viewing over 50 years ago, and had wanted a copy for many years. I eventually found a British release that required a region 2 DVD player, but its picture quality was marginal. A later Korean copy was worse. Now this fine film is available on Blu-ray, and playable on North American players. The video and sound are not reference quality, but nonetheless satisfactory, and likely the best we will ever get. A note on aspect ratios: films made before 1954 were in the aspect ratio of 1.37 to 1. This was "full screen" on the old 4:3 televisions. Modern screens are 16:9, and much better for displaying widescreen films. Those who are distressed by black bands to the left and right on their television screen when viewing old films in so-called "full" mode can merely push the "picture size" button ("pic size", or "format") on your TV remote to change the aspect ratio. This will result in some distortion of the picture or loss of image at the edges. When viewing an old movie I always run through the options by repeatedly pressing the format button, then selecting the image that looked best. Almost invariably for old 1.37:1 films this is either "full" (with black bars at the sides) or "justify" (or "just"), which stretches the left and right edges to fill the screen, but stretches the center image less so distortion is not obvious.Genevieve is typical of the good-natured comedies released by the J. Arthur Rank Organization and the Ealing Studios during the 1950s, and is considered by many to be the best of its kind. Its technical aspects will not wow you, but its story will warm you immediately, and then again every time you think of it thereafter.

Excellent film de la grande époque de Whisky à Gogo, Passeport pour Pimlico, De l'or en barres... Moins connu malheureusement. La copie est de très bonne qualité (technicolor d'époque !)