Guys & Dolls (Widescreen Deluxe Edition) (1955)
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Joseph Mankiewicz’s brightly stylized film of Frank Loesser’s classic musical (based on the stories of Damon Runyon) casts the criminal underworld as a harmless fantasy in this whimsical vision of the Big Apple. Nonsingers Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons acquit themselves fine in the lead roles as high-rolling gambler Sky Masterson and Salvation Army missionary Sarah Brown. It’s odd casting, to say the least. Frank Sinatra, who plays the good old reliable Nathan Detroit (w (more…)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Passably entertaining
The Bottom Line:
Guys and Dolls is not a great movie musical and it feels a little long at 150 minutes, but Brando and Sinatra are fun to watch and if you can get…
4.0 out of 5 stars
Topless Entertainment
Contrary to some other reviewers, the numbers in the Kit Kat Club are precisely what Broadway was all about …..
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don’t buy this if you have a wide screen tv!!!!
The ratio seems to be right for widescreen (about 16:9) but it is surrounded by large black bands so the film only takes up about half of the the actual screen, maybe even less…
5.0 out of 5 stars
GUYS AND DOLLS
I bought this movie on a whim and I loved it! the DVD ws in great condition no scratches on the DVD or skips while watching the movie! I love it!
1.0 out of 5 stars
It’s not anamorphic….
so don’t buy it if you have a wide-screen TV – unless you like watching a little picture in the middle of a big screen.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Goldwyn’s Folly
In the “Great Blunders in History” category, Samuel Goldwyn stands right up there with Neville Chamberlin and Wylie Coyote.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible transfer–no better than the previous release
Having owned the previous non anamorphic DVD version, I was expecting this DVD to be much improved.
Guess what?
5.0 out of 5 stars
Guys and Dolls
This is a true classic. Greta actors, wonderful script, some of the best Broadway music in one show. Another must see for the “musical” enthusiast.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Guys & Dolls DVD
This is a classic musical! Sinatra and Brando are fantastic.
DVD was brand new, still in wrapping, and was shipped quickly.
Thank you!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
BEGUILING !
This is the big, beautiful musical with the perfect casting. I didn’t know that legendary Brando could do such wonderful performance in a movie such as this one–he really was a…