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The Scarlet Pimpernel [VHS] [1934]

VHS ~ Leslie Howard
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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"That damned elusive Pimpernel" finds a dashing embodiment in Leslie Howard, who has the steel to be an action hero and the wit to hide behind his alter ego: a British fop. Based on Baroness Orczy's novel, The Scarlet Pimpernel focuses on the efforts of this British dandy to aid members of the French aristocracy in escaping the guillotines of the French revolution. He also romances Merle Oberon, a beauty forgotten by recent generations and engages in a wonderfully wicked duel of wits with the humourless enforcer for the French Republicans (Raymond Massey). If somewhat short on swashbuckling, it's long on the kind of costume drama that Hollywood seems to have forgotten how to do. The film was remade in 1982 for television, in an equally engaging version starring Anthony Andrews. --Marshall Fine


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The classic story of one of the greatest romantic heroes of all time - Sir Peter Blakeney alias 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', the bold and intrepid adventurer, the man who snatched French aristocrats in breath-taking escapes from death by guillotine in Revolutionary France.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Shockingly poor quality DVD, 7 Jun 2004
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This review is from: The Scarlet Pimpernel [DVD] [1934] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
This amazing 1934 British Classic deserves better than this terrible DVD release. Sound quality is abysmal, picture quality is equally poor. This DVD seems like a tenth generation video copy and completely spoils the magic of an amazingly entertaining and wonderful film. I was bitterly disappointed in this DVD - I should have realised from the front cover when Merle Oberon was pictured but not billed as Leslie Howard's co star - instead for some strange reason Joan Gardner (playing a rather minor role) is credited.

This DVD is not worth buying. Hopefully a remastered version will eventually come onto the market - save your cash and wait till it does. Your reward will eventually be an hour and a half of exciting escapsim rather than frustration.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars A bad copy of a good film, 15 Sep 2005
By Sarah Powell "flippitygibbit" (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Scarlet Pimpernel [DVD] [1934] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
The film is the first adaptation of Baroness Orczy's novel, and remains true to the original (although it adheres to the book in scenes that could easily be sacrificed, and summarises other crucial elements that could do with expanding!). The DVD is terrible! I've seen this film in better quality - and the whole film, at that - on television. The picture never stays still and the sound is lost behind background interference and constant 'popping'. Adding to that the fact that some scenes have been cut (Leslie Howard's line 'Cease? I shall love her 'til the day I die, that is the tragedy', amongst others), it is hardly worth buying this copy. Wait until it reappears on a classic movie channel, for the best presentation of this romantic film, or buy the 1982 film on DVD instead!
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Is he in heaven, is he in hell?............................., 11 Nov 2000
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There is one scene in this film that I have always felt particularly moved by. That is when a royalist appears on top of a roof in Paris in Paris when 'that damned elusive Pimpernel' is rescuing the De Tournay mother, daughter and son and proceeds to raise his hand in a symbolic gesture and shout 'LONG LIVE THE KING OF FRANCE' -the shouts from then crowd below (although basically meaning 'let's kill that treasonable bastard') I have always taken to mean as 'Let's kill that peasant pox infected bastard Robespierre'. Immensely patriotic stuff and exemplary of Mr Korda's genius behind the camera -particularly if you watch THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII and THE THIRD MAN. As for the rest of this splendid production, Raymond Massey shimmers as Chauvelin, bringing to it the slyness and straight through to the core evilness that such a part demands - it is a mark of his skill that the only actors to have really equalled his performance have been Ian McKellen and Martin Shaw- each of whom have had to tackle other sides to the complex character that the chief agent of the Committee of Public Security is. Leslie Howard also stands out - the way that he is able to switch on and switch off the foppishness and then the man of action is brilliant. Merle Oberon - whom I have never seen in anything else is also good value as the woman (a) you would want to die for and (b) class as the wife who is ready to lay down her life for her husband. The way that Marguerite's distress for her brother's life, her love for her husband and her helplessness at the hands of Chauvelin can be balanced up so well by Merle Oberon is further example of why, as the Amazon review says, Hollywood 'doesn't make 'em like they used to...............................................'
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4.0 out of 5 stars A great old classic movie!
With the Reign of Terror in full swing, and the Committee of Public Safety seeking to murder all of the aristocrats that it can lay its hands on, things seem very bleak. Read more
Published on 23 May 2006 by Kurt A. Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars The seek him here they seek him there
Them Frenchies seek him everywhere.
Is he in Heaven?
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That damned elusive pimpernel. Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2005 by bernie

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