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Donald Sinden Icon Box Set [DVD] (This Title is in Our Summer Sale*)

Donald Sinden (Actor), Diana Dors (Actor) | Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Donald Sinden, Diana Dors
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 11
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: ITV DVD
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000S39910
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 46,839 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Donald Sinden first acted at the Brighton Little Theatre in 1941 and broke into professional acting after appearing in revues for the armed forces during the Second World War. He subsequently appeared in many British movies of the 1950s, some of which are showcased in this collection. Films include: 'A Day to Remember' (1953), 'You Know What Sailors Are' (1954), 'The Beachcomber' (1954), 'Mad About Men' (1954), 'Simba' (1955), 'Above us the Waves' (1955), 'An Alligator Named Daisy' (1955), 'Tiger in the Smoke' (1956), 'Eyewitness' (1956), 'The Black Tent' (1956), 'Rockets Galore' (1957) and 'Mix Me a Person' (1962).

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This is a lovely DVD Box set that captures the works of Donald Sinden - thefilms included are A day to remember, You know what sailors are, The Beachcomber, Mad about men, Above us the waves, An alligator named Daisy, Tiger in the smoke, Eyewitness, The Black Tent, Rockets Galore, Mix me a person.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT BOX SET 11 Mar 2011
By Paul Scott
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Great films all,Special mention to the THE BLACK TENT,

Rank have re-Mastered this in its VistaVision 1.85 Ratio
Anamorphic ,Beautiful Colour print

The rest of the prints are quite good too.
Great set.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well, who'd have thought it ? 7 Mar 2008
By Green Knight TOP 1000 REVIEWER
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Most of us are familiar with Donald Sinden - a good many of us from his fruity-voiced luvvy puppet on 'Spitting Image', always angling after a knighthood.

Well, the knighthood came, and Sir Donald has joined the ranks of Sir John, Sir Ralph, Sir Laurence, et al., the main difference being that Sir Donald is still very much alive.

It is nice to see this collection of his films re-mastered and re-released. They are (mostly) very good and very watchable British film making, with a repertory company of excellent actors and actresses - and as a boxed set of no less than ELEVEN features, this one works out at very good value.

I bought it because of one film - MAD ABOUT MEN. I remember it from those Tuesday evening 'British Film Comedy' showings on BBC1 in the 60s and 70s. It was the sequel to an earlier effort, MIRANDA, which starred Glynis Johns as a mermaid.

MAD ABOUT MEN is joyous - it is dotty Englishness sent up to perfection, with some moments to die for - I call your attention especially to the end-of-the-pier show which kicks off with a hearty ladies' choir (all the members well past the first flush of youth) warbling about country swains and hey-nonny-no. Delicious.
Glynis Johns is glamorous, both as a human, and with a fishy tail, and Mr Sinden is extremely dishy - tall, dark, and handsome in his fisherman's sweater, as the romantic lead.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great, but... 30 Nov 2009
By H. A. C. John
All these films are either funny, charming, or dramatic, but I've recently dicovered that Miranda has been edited by about nine minutes.
Irene Handel's name features on the Credits, and a scene of her's is one of the photo's in the Stills' section, of the Special Features, but her scene's been deleted.
Halliwell's Seventh Edition gives the running time as 90 minutes; on the disc, it's given as 81 minutes.
All the prints are very good indeed.
I bought it for the Adam Faith film. I'll devour anything that comes from that fascinating late-' fifties-early-pre-Beat-' sixties' time: the ' fifties ended in '62; all decades end about two years into the following one.
The Black Tent was charming.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb 18 April 2013
By R. P. Nicholson
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Another superb series of films for watching when the weather is inclement i.e. not a lot can happen outside. I had to wait for a year for this to be available, after running out of stock.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Donald Sinden at his best 8 Jan 2013
By roger c willis
The product description for this set shows it to include 12 Discs when in actual fact the set i have only has the correct quantity of 11 discs and Simba is not included. The film i most enjoyed was A Day to Remember which according to the review i have seen was only released in 2011 which is remarkable when you considder this Sinden Collection was released in 2007. That being said all discs have English sub-titles and either Stills from the movie or a write up on Production staff or some of the stars. For my money i think this is one of the best collections of 50's and 60's movies for people who prefer the gentle side of comedy and ones you can leave on when the grandkids visit.So buy yourself this set you will not be disappointed.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor quality set 26 Mar 2011
By Al Baker
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This is a collection of not very good movies, with poor quality transfers mostly in the wrong aspect ratio. Will DVD publishers please note that 4x3 ceased to be a cinema presentation ratio after 1953/4. Films after that date in this set should be 1.75:1
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars INCLUDES SUBTITLES!!!! 15 Nov 2010
By Seven,seven,seven.
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I was looking for a copy of 'ROCKETS GALORE' and this box set popped up and there it was inside this slim box.All eleven discs have subtitles.
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4.0 out of 5 stars DONALD SINDON COLLECTION 10 Sep 2010
By AUSWALKER
The Donald Sinden Collection showing off the talents of one of our better British co star actors in a collection of quaint comedies and good stiff upper lip roles as only the British can do.
A good collection of films I am proud to have in my library.
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