Edgar G. Ulmer - Archive |  | Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart, Hillary Brooke
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Format: Box set, Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 390 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 014381171327
EAN: 0014381171327
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1946
Release Date: October 4, 2005
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Description
All Day Entertainment's ongoing DVD celebration of the films of legendary indie pioneer Edgar G. Ulmer began in 1999 with two DVD volumes that have since become very hard to find collector's items. This deluxe boxed set collects these first two special editions plus a third bonus disc representing a magnificent overview of the career of this pioneering film talent. DELUXE 3-DISC SET INCLUDES: BLUEBEARD, a Parisian tale of murder, madness and puppeteers starring John Carradine DAUGHTER OF DR. JEKYLL, a chiller in which the daughter of the infamous mad scientist is terrified that she has inherited her father's curse THE STRANGE WOMAN, a riff on Gone with the Wind with Hedy Lamarr as a conniving manipulator who exploits her sexual allure to destroy the men around her MOON OVER HARLEM, a rarely-seen noir musical featuring an all-black cast STRANGE ILLUSION, a middle American film noir version of Hamlet SPECIAL FEATURES: The definitive transfers digitally mastered from restored 35mm preservation elements Swiss Family Robinson, Ulmer's rarely seen one-hour color TV pilot Goodbye Mr. Germ, Ulmer's educational children's short Daughter of Dr. Jekyll Theatrical Trailer, Two Featurettes, and Isolated Music & Effects Soundtrack Bluebeard Unmasked!: Featurette The Strange Woman Audio Commentary by David Kalat and Video Interview with Ulmer?s wife, Shirley Ulmer Theatrical Trailers for The Man from Planet X, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, The Amazing Transparent Man, Beyond the Time Barrier and The Cavern Photo Galleries and more!
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 WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND, BUT...!!!!! September 10, 2009
larryj1 (az)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in what should have been a great set. Despite all the talk on this set about the Ulmer Restoration Corp. and some French restorations, there are just too many unacceptable issues. On disc 1, Strange Illusion is a French restoration. There is a long sequence where the audio is seriously out-of-sync with the picture. I don't see how it could of been restored that way, so that must be a problem with the DVD production. The overall picture quality is better on the Roan edition, but it has problems with splices and low audio. The Strange Woman looks fine, but at one point has a fade out in the middle of dialogue where it looks to have missing footage. There are also numerous audio breaks during the preacher's speech near the end. I found the commentary very informative, though. The special features on this disc are good, except the trailers are rather rough. On disc 2, the French restoration of Bluebeard is a disaster. They actually used an edited print. These French restorations are quite cheap ones. There were numerous edits during the initial puppet show. It was obviously deliberate, because every scene which shows the puppeteers working the strings was edited out. The Roan edition has the complete print and is recommended over this. After all this, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll is actually a very good print in its OAR. The special features on this disc are excellent. On disc 3, Moon Over Harlem is a fair print with a few splices. Goodbye, Mr. Germ is a good print with only one splice. Swiss Family Robinson is a very good print, but unfortunately has an All Day Ent. logo throughout, thereby ruining any viewing of it. This set is too problematic to give anymore than 2 stars.
 Ulmer's (hard to find) Daughter of Dr. Jekyll is Included. Do Not Pay More Than You Have Too. July 17, 2008
Mike Liddell (Massachusetts)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Andrew Sarris said "Anyone who loves cinema must be moved by Daughter of Dr. Jekyll" in his book The American Cinema: Directors And Directions 1929-1968.
I thought this hard to find film was out of print, if you do a search on Amazon by title you will find it used from $34 - new at $110. The only way I found this set was by doing a search for director Edgar G. Ulmer, and this cover art was somewhat vague but it does in fact have the film in it's entirety, which is as good of quality if not better then the dvd for $110 (I've watched both).
Bluebeard is also highly recommended. By the title I thought it was about a pirate but it's a Jack the Ripper type of tale starring John Carradine.
Edgar G. Ulmer is a great director whose films have a definite style of his own from his great horror films such as the two mentioned above (Bluebeard and Daughter of Dr. Jekyll)and The Black Cat The Bela Lugosi Collection (Murders in the Rue Morgue / The Black Cat / The Raven / The Invisible Ray / Black Friday) to his classic film noir Detour. Ulmer also did an atmospheric influential Sci Fi film The Man From Planet X. Ulmer's films have a beautiful look which is no surprise as he was the set designer for Lang's Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition) and M - 2 Disc Special Edition - Criterion Collectionand art director for such films as Murneau's Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans (Limited Edition) plus Demille's The King of Kings - Criterion Collection to name just some of his previous contributions to film before he regularly directed his own.
Although the marketing for this set is poor I highly recommend it and it's a terrific value.
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