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VHS : By Love Possessed (1961)


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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302717631
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302717639
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: September 01, 1998
Running Time: 115 minutes
Sales Rank: 2153
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)


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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Where was the original book?
I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It strayed so far from the book. This movie insulted the author. What was the screenwriter thinking?



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Glossy 1960's Melodrama With A Glamourous Lana Turner
Lana Turner will be perhaps always best remembered as one of Hollywood's most glamourous personalities during her hey day in the 1940's at MGM when she was known as the sweater girl and starred in such unforgettable films as "The Postman Always Rings twice". However I personally find her just as interesting in her later efforts when she formed a highly successful collaboration with Producer Ross Hunter. Hunter was responsible for giving Lana Turner a fresh new screen persona and revived her career ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Classic Lana Turner film.
When you think of old Hollywood, the first person that comes to mind is Lana Turner. She's really old enough to be my mother but she was a very beautiful women and a very powerful actress. I have all her films. Granted in todays age she comes off a bit campy but these were great movies. What also impressed me about this movie was the music. Back then orchestras were used unlike the canned background music of todays films which usually leave me empty. The music of these older films had great theme ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Soapy, maybe, but...
Perhaps this movie borders on soap opera (being mainly about personal relationships, something mainly sorely lacking in modern day films with emphasis on action/special effects). BUT

an insight is gained into the lives of old New England money vis a vis their work (in this case, the practice of law), their marriages and their relationship with their children. They live exactly as they are supposed to, as they were raised to live. And yet despite problems do manage to find meaning and love.
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