This isn't really a review
At the time that I write this, Amazon does not provide sufficient information as to the contents of this DVD collection, so I took the liberty of posting this list. I hope it may be useful to others.
Port of New York Starring Yul Brynner, Scott Brady, Richard Rober (1949) B&W
Second Chorus Starring Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw (1940) B&W
The Black Book Starring Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Arlene Dahl (1949) B&W
Topper Returns Starring Roland Young, Joan Blondell, Billie Burke (1941) B&W
Guest in the House Starring Ann Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Warrick (1944) B&W
Trapped Starring Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt (1949) B&W
The Red House Starring Edward G. Robinson, Judith Anderson, Allene Roberts (1947) B&W
The Lady Confesses Starring Mary Beth Hughes, Hugh Beaumont, Edmund MacDonald (1945) B&W
The Jungle Book Starring Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen...
Good materials, mostly decent prints, but many available elsewhere
Mill Creek puts out many of these sets and a great many of these films are available on others in their collection. That said, there are some excellent movies in this collection, ( a few not so great ones too!) many of them not well known. If you are interested in movies of the 1940s this is a great, inexpensive way to get a start. It would also make a great gift for someone who isn't really a movie collector but likes the old ones, because many of these films do not show up on TV, even on Turner Classic Movies very often. Prints tend to be not fully restored but watchable and certainly the flaws are acceptable at this price. One small quibble: "My Man Godfrey" which is, in my opinion, the best movie in this collection and a true classic, is a 1936 release so not really correctly placed in this collection at all.
Nice Collection of Classic Movies
I purchased this collection because I love watching old movies from the 1940's and 50's. I bought this collection after I bought the 100 Mystery Classics collection which is also distributed by Mill Creek. My only complaint is that this distributor puts some of the same movies on different collections. This Fabulous Forties collection had a few of the same movies that were on the Mystery Classics collection that I had just finished watching. Therefore, before you purchase any movie collection, please check the titles to be sure you aren't purchasing the same movies. Overall, the sound and picture quality in this collection was pretty good. If you're a fan of old movie classics, I would recommend this collection. Just be sure it doesn't contain movies that you already own.
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