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Rating:  - Family Fun
I don't typically go in for these fifty movie sets because most times you may get a couple good movies and the rest are so-so. This set offers at least a half dozen good movies that sold for at least five or more dollars and you may still see some of them sold independently. In addition you have some good Three Stooges thrown in as well. This is one of the few fifty movie sets I recommend. To top it off it is nicely boxed. The outer cover has a velcro closure to keep in the discs with there cardboard sleeves. Each disc has about four movies or shorts and the sleeves give the titles and a about a paragraph description. The quality of the discs is fair to good. Certainly as good as buying the individual titles in plastic covers for $5.99-6.99. I am really pleased with this set.
Rating:  - perfect for mom
bought this for my 80 year old mother. this was the solution to "there is nothing decent on t.v. anymore. she is really enjoying wathching the old and apparently "decent" movies.
Rating: - Great value!!
They've done it again. Great value for the money. And while several of the "50 Movies" are short subjects, I'd recommend this pack to anyone who likes good, wholesome, old fashion entertainment. You can't go wrong!!
Rating: - On a 1 to 10 scale, this collection is rated: 6.5
FAMILY CLASSICS 50 MOVIE PACK is an outstanding box set of vintage films of superb variety: adventure, comedy, musical, drama, action, fantasy-- all in one great package! The few silent films offered are among the most acclaimed of that era: THE KID, THE GENERAL and THE LOST WORLD (watch for Arthur Conan Doyle, who appears as himself in this last one). This is a collection sure to please every member of your family for years to come.
The overall rating for FAMILY CLASSICS was reached by averaging out polling numbers on individual movies gathered by a cinema-related website. Based on a 1 to 10 scale, the current average for this box set is: 6.5.
PROGRAM list includes individual polling scores, years of release and featured performers.
(6.2) Africa Screams (1949) - Abbott & Costello/Clyde Beatty/Max Baer/Shemp Howard/Joe Besser
(6.3) Beyond Tomorrow (1940) - Harry Carey/C. Aubrey Smith/Charles Winninger
(5.3) The Big Chance (1933) - Mickey Rooney/John Darrow/Merna Kennedy
(5.6) The Big Trees (1952) - Kirk Douglas/Eve Miller/Edgar Buchanan/Alan Hale Jr.
(7.3) The Black Pirate (silent-1926) - Douglas Fairbanks/Donald Crisp/Mary Pickford (cameo)
(7.1) The Blacksmith (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(7.1) Brideless Groom (1947) - The Three Stooges/Emil Sitka
(6.3) Captain Kidd (1945) - Charles Laughton/Randolph Scott/Barbara Britton/John Carradine
(7.1) The Dentist (1932) - W.C. Fields
(7.6) Disorder In The Court (1936) - The Three Stooges
(6.0) Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933) - Shirley Temple/Andy Clyde/Ethel Sykes
(7.1) The Eagle (silent-1925) - Rudolph Valentino/Vilma Bánky/Louise Dresser
(6.4) A Farewell To Arms (1932) - Helen Hayes/Gary Cooper/Adolphe Menjou
(7.3) The Fatal Glass Of Beer (1933) - W.C. Fields
(6.5) Father's Little Dividend (1951) - Spencer Tracy/Joan Bennett/Elizabeth Taylor/Billie Burke
(6.8) The Flying Deuces - Laurel & Hardy/Jean Parker/James Finlayson (in support)
(8.2) The General (silent-1927) - Buster Keaton
(6.6) The Golf Specialist (1930) - W.C. Fields
(6.4) The Great Dan Patch (1949) - Dennis O'Keefe/Gail Russell/Ruth Warrick
(6.7) Gulliver's Travels (animated-1939) - vocals: Jessica Dragonette/Lanny Ross (Jack Mercer as Gabby)
(6.8) The Inspector General (1949) - Danny Kaye/Walter Slezak/Elsa Lanchester/Alan Hale (in support)
(7.0) The Iron Mask (1929) - Douglas Fairbanks/Belle Bennett
(5.4) Jane Eyre (1934) - Virginia Bruce/Colin Clive
(8.1) The Kid (silent-1921) - Charlie Chaplin/Edna Purviance/Jackie Coogan
(6.4) Kid Dynamite (1943) - The East Side Kids
(6.0) The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor/Van Johnson/Walter Pidgeon/Donna Reed
(6.2) Let's Get Tough! (1942) - The East Side Kids/Tom Brown/Robert Armstrong
(7.2) Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Freddie Bartholomew/C. Aubrey Smith/Mickey Rooney
(7.1) The Little Princess (1939) - Shirley Temple/Cesar Romero/Arthur Treacher
(5.6) Long John Silver (Australia-1954) - Robert Newton/Connie Gilchrist
(7.0) The Lost World (silent-1925) - Lewis Stone/Wallace Beery/A. Conan Doyle (as himself)
(6.9) Malice In The Palace (1949) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(4.8) Managed Money (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr.
(5.5) The Medicine Man (1930) - Jack Benny
(6.9) My Favorite Brunette (1947) - Bob Hope/Dorothy Lamour/Peter Lorre/Lon Chaney Jr.
(5.8) My Dear Secretary (1949) - Laraine Day/Kirk Douglas/Keenan Wynn/Rudy Vallee
(7.1) Our Town (1940) - William Holden/Martha Scott/Thomas Mitchell
(7.1) The Paleface (silent-1922) - Buster Keaton
(5.2) Pardon My Pups (1934) - Shirley Temple/Frank Coghlan Jr./Dorothy Ward
(5.7) The Racketeer (1929) - Robert Armstrong/Carole Lombard/Hedda Hopper (in support)
(6.6) Royal Wedding (1951) - Fred Astaire/Jane Powell/Peter Lawford/Keenan Wynn
(5.1) The Scarlet Letter (1934) - Colleen Moore/Hardie Albright/Alan Hale/William Farnum (in support)
(7.6) The Scarlet Pimpernel (UK-1934) - Leslie Howard/Merle Oberon/Raymond Massey/Nigel Bruce
(6.9) Sing A Song Of Six Pants (1947) - The Three Stooges/Vernon Dent
(6.1) The Son Of Monte Cristo (1940) - Louis Hayward/Joan Bennett/George Sanders/Clayton Moore (in support)
(7.5) A Star Is Born (1937) - Irene Dunne/Fredric March/Adolphe Menjou/Andy Devine
(6.3) That Gang Of Mine (1940) - The East Side Kids
(6.4) Till The Clouds Roll By (1946) - June Allyson/Judy Garland/Frank Sinatra/Van Heflin
(6.3) The Time Of Your Life (1948) - James Cagney/William Bendix/Broderick Crawford/Ward Bond
(4.9) War Babies (1932) - Shirley Temple
Rating: - Family Classics 50 Movie Pack Collection
This is a great collection for the price I paid for it. My son and I have enjoyed watching the movies.
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