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ANTHONY MANN DIRECTS JAMES STEWART
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Horse Soldiers [VHS] $1.91 This latter-day sort-of Western from John Ford–falling midway between The Searchers and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance–is a crisp retelling of a true-life episode from the Civil War. In 1863 a Union colonel named Grierson (Marlowe in the film, and John Wayne by any name) led his cavalry several hundred miles behind Confederate lines to cut the railroad between Newton Station and soon-to-be-emb… |
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They Were Expendable [VHS] $2.99 They Were Expendable is the greatest American film of the Second World War, made by America’s greatest director, John Ford, who himself saw action from the Battle of Midway through D-day. Yet it’s been oddly neglected. Or perhaps not so oddly: for as the matter-of-fact title implies, the film commemorates a period, from the eve of Pearl Harbor up to the impending fall of Bataan, when the Jap… |
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How the West Was Won [VHS] $7.97 The first feature film to be photographed and projected in the panoramic three-camera Cinerama process, this epic Western is almost as expansive as the West itself, chronicling a pioneering family’s triumphs and tragedies in numerous episodes spanning three generations and a half century of westward movement. Divided into five segments directed by veteran Hollywood filmmakers Henry Hathaway, Georg… |
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The Quiet Man (Collector’s Edition) $6.95 Movie DVD… |
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Stagecoach (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] $26.99 This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece Stagecoach revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances–traveling a dangerous route from Arizona to New Mexico–Stagecoach features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John… |
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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon $5.72 SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (DVD/P&S-1.33/ENG-FR-PRT-… |
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Prelude: The Best Of Charlotte Church [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD] $15.02 Need more evidence of the record industry’s obsession with youth? Consider that budding Welsh diva Charlotte Church was a ripe, old 16 when this, her first greatest-hits anthology was released. Spanning her first four releases, as well as some outside collaborations and unreleased material, this 18-track collection underscores the soprano’s seemingly boundless potential–as well as some potential … |