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Sound quality poor,
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There are sevral independent companies that release (rare) movies which have not been released on DVD by the major companies that originally distributed the movies in cinemas. Some of these companies treat us with gemms in good quality, like Optimum (the best I think), Eureka and Metrodome. Others, like Delta and Alpha, release movies in such poor quality that you only buy their movies if you really need to own them, no mather what quality. I’m afraid Glass Key is one of those companies.
The artwork is very nice. But the quality of the movie “Guest in the house” is one of the worst I ever purchased. Especially the sound is very bad. Several times it’s impossible to uderstand what is being said.
For this DVD they used a copy that was used for a television broadcast in the 60’s, not a copy that was used in cinemas, let alone the original negative.
So, only if you’re fan of one of the actors in this movie and you haven’t seen this movie before, you could purchase it to be able to mark it as ‘have seen this one’ on your movielist. Otherwise you’d better buy one of the film noirs that are available by other companies in far superior quality.
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|A four-star movie with poor picture and sound quality,
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I have to agree with the sentiments expressed in the previous 1-star reviews. Picture quality resembles a poor VHS recording, with thin stringy vertical lines running through the print, the sound quality is no better either. This Glass Key presentation was distributed by Revelation Films, which came as a bit of a surprise when considering the good picture and sound quality of many of their releases, (Land Of The Giants, Time Tunnel etc).
It’s a pity really, because the actual movie is an entertaining 1940’s melodramatic thriller which stars Anne Baxter, who puts in a good performance in a familiar bad-girl role, here playing the disturbed Evelyn Heath who is taken under the caring wing of her doctor, (played by Scott McKay) who sees therapeutic benefits in allowing the young woman to stay at his family home. Unfortunately things soon start to go wrong as the manipulative Evelyn goes through the house like a dose of salts, turning the previously happy home into a house of discontent while wearing a mask of innocence. The doctor’s married brother, Douglas (Ralph Bellamy) finds himself romantically drawn into the psychotic woman’s web of lies and deceit. The movie eventually reaches an effectively dramatic climax.
If you can accept the poor quality of this release, this is a decent little film noir (at the right price). There are no extras or subtitles.
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|Don’t Buy Glass Key DVDs (Revelation Films Ltd),
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This 1946 thriller starring Anne Baxter & Ralph Bellamy is not a bad little thriller but this print of the movie is almost unwatchable-any company than can release a print like this needs to be avoided-I’ll never buy a dvd from Glass Key again!
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