Vivien Leigh Collection (Gone With The Wind / Anna Karenina / Waterloo Bridge / A Streetcar Named Desire / The Hamilton Woman / Caesar And Cleopatra)

After so many negative reviews I was worried about purchasing this collection, but I chanced doing so because it contained so many movies I liked at what appeared to be a very good price. I am happy to report that it worked out very well. All the discs played on our TV with no problem. Yes, Korean subtitles did appear, but as several reviewers mentioned, I found that they could be shut off easily (look for a “subtitle” button on your remote). Most important for me, I had no trouble hearing/understanding the dialogue—the aspect I was most worried about, since my hearing isn’t great and one reviewer mentioned poor sound quality. I found it at least equal to that on DVDs of other movies of similar vintage.That being the case, this is really an excellent value. The only other Leigh collection I saw seemed to consist of obscure early films she made before coming to the U.S., whereas this one contains her best known and most important films, including Anna Karenina and Streetcar Named Desire. You’ll probably want to buy a more meticulously restored version of Gone with the Wind, but most of the other films in this collection are in black and white and therefore wouldn’t benefit as much from fancy treatment. You’re getting a lot of excellent movies for very little money here, so if you want to see these classic films, ignore the reviews and buy it!

Technical issues first:My collection of Vivien Leigh movies arrives with all 6 DVDs included. For several, you had to be persistent to make the Korean Subtitles, or Korean language dubbing go away. I had the patience to restart Waterloo Bridge about 4 times to get the original English and no dubbing or subtitles. This was the more unpleasant because I had to start over from the opening credits each time then wait until dialogue started to know if an effort worked. The transfers to DVD has some washed out copies and less than great sound tracts. I suspect that many audiences present for these same movies in the theaters of the day suffered worse.What is my recommendation? For Vivien Leigh fans, old movie fans and those with a taste for the old classic books played out in old classic movies, this is a great collection. None had the budgets the same movies would get in later treatments, but there are some examples of some major historic moments in film history. Virtually nothing in any that makes them non-family friendly but several of the topics are rather more adult that might be assumed given the age of these movies.Gone with the Wind. For me this movies does not hold up that well. Never mind modern PC and the roles of Black actors. Hattie MacDaniels as Mammy for example may have invented the Aunt Jemima stereotype, but I have to respect her character as one possessing both power and the need to walk a narrow line as a house slave. Ms MacDaniels did fine work and should get positive notice. Taken together this movie has sweep, grandeur and just rings a tad flat. Miss Leigh simpers and matures and lets herself become soulless with the times. Exactly why I should take the case of a woman who marries for money meanwhile hating her husbands is something that I now finder harder to overlook.Anna Karenina is likely too simplified. I understood this version more than I did the book, but again it is hard to feel anything for the spoiled Anna. I rather liked Ralph Richardson as the romantic failure of an officious and dull husband, Karenin. Kierib Moore as Count Veronsky has to act out a character with no consistent characteristics.Waterloo Bridge a tidy classic WWII romance, played out as the hero remembering his love from the last war.A Street Car Named Desire. Yes the young Brando mumbles a lot. But he acting out the role of a selfish, suspicious beast of a man, so why not mumble.The Hamilton Woman- The writers had an interesting problem. The Hamilton Woman is the history of a woman of no reputation, who married to a titled British ambassador, many years her senior. She will become the all but legal wife to England’s most famous Admiral, Lord Nelson. Ms leigh as Lady Hamilton has to act act a common woman, with uncommon intellect, perhaps over written into the script and she does this well.Caesar And Cleopatra. This is the George Bernard Saw version. Therefore Claude Raines as Caesar makes some sense. This Cesar is old, war weary cynical and conniving. This is my favorite of the Vivien Leigh roles. Ms Leigh plays her Cleopatra as a scared very young girl and as a budding dictatorial Queen of Egypt. If this was my favorite examples of Ms Leigh, even when she hams things up, it also has the worst film score and the Technicolor seems washed out.

This video package contains six Vivien Leigh movies each of which is excellent. This is especially important in that the version of Gone With The Wind is the original movie. The original will be changed to remove some scenes deemed racially inappropriate. I wanted and now have the original movie. The only minor issue is the packaging is almost entirely in Korean. That is not a problem for me.

It seemed strange to look at an American collection of movies that had Korean translations on it. You can turn off the subtitles for English viewers. This worked for all the DVD with the exception of one. The one that was stuck kept having the Korean subtitles which I had to see but after a while did not bother me. But for the small glitch, I got the whole collection for a song. DVD is great quality and works on US DVD players. Some Asian ones do not work on US DVD players so be mindful.

Your purchase, like all purchases, are a matter of your opinion. Before you purchase this you need to be aware of a few things; a vast majority of the words on the case are in Korean, each time you turn off the DVD you must go back in a turn off the subtitles - which is easy but a nuisance, the sound may be more quiet than you are used to, large box with sleeves for DVDs provides good protection, the faces of the DVDs do not have aftermarket/copy stickers on them - they are nicely printed. With that being said, it really is up to you what you want to "deal with". I personally would like to have the movie descriptions in English for those family members or friends who have never seen the movie and I really do not want to have to turn of subtitles every time I watch any of these movies. As for the movies themselves, I absolutely love Vivien Leigh and these are some of my favorites! So like most purchases it all ends up a matter of preference. Happy shopping!

A great collection of Vivien Leigh films. Her two Oscar winning roles in Gone With the Wind and Streetcar Named Desire are included here. Also included are Waterloo Bridge, That Hamilton Woman, Anna Katerina, and Caesar and Cleopatra. These films all display her talent, beauty, and acting skills. This collection is a great value for fans of Vivien Leigh. Six of her films for a remarkable price. The Korean subtitles are easily removed in the dvd setup menu. The discs all play well on American DVD players.

I find the quality good. Have no issues with turning Korean subtitles off. I enjoy these old movies. I am glad that I found six movies featuring Vivien Leigh for such a great price. It was a great buy for me.

Good quality for the product. 1 star off because I don't like the movie "The Hamilton Woman". Korean sub-titles can not be removed but that's what product description stated.

It was a good collection of her work. The only thing off putting were the Chinese subtitles. I would also have liked to have seen Fire Over England included. All in all, satisfied.