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No DVD available for this one?

posted 19 years ago by fast_fierce_and_funny
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Hello,

Can anyone steer me to a decent DVD for this film? I've found a couple, but they seem to fall into the category of "DVD afterthought," if you know what I mean:

www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000VLLC0/102-4577524-2642518?v=glance

The above link is for a DVD of 4 of Vivien's early films, with SoL/SML being among them. The 2 product reviews are polar opposites as far as ratings go (i.e. the quality of the film transfer).

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/price.html?dvd=32216

This DVD has "Sidewalks" on a double-bill with another film: "Wings of the Morning."

Neither of these two DVDs is very inspiring. Hasn't *anyone* seen fit to put the time and effort into producing a high-quality DVD? Since this is Vivien's last film before she did GWTW, and she did not, after all, do many films, I'm having trouble understanding the lack of interest. @_@

[–] Britmovielover 19 years ago

I wouldn`t say that the appearance of this film in two DVD collections shows a lack of interest but more likely a perceived lack of demand because the film is in black and white.

I actually own both collections, I brought the Vivien Leigh collection myself and a friend later gave me the Sidewalks/Wings of the Morning for a present.

Although the transfer isn`t perfect on either collection I think that given that the films involved are from the 1930s it ain`t that bad. Personally I prefer the two DVD/four flm Vivien Leigh collection. Not only does it represent better value for money but the collection includes `Storm in a Teacup` a marvellous little gem of a film with Vivien Leigh and Rex Harrison.

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[–] satualm 17 years ago

It is available:

http://www.amazon.com/St-Martins-Lane-Wings-Morning/dp/B00009YXEA/ref=sr_1_1/103-1826901-6291809?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1194223533&sr=8-1

and

http://www.amazon.co.uk/St-Martins-Lane-Vivien-Leigh/dp/B000ICLHKW/ref=sr_1_1/203-9714128-8306316?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1194223446&sr=1-1

[–] kkevinn6 11 years ago

hopefully criterion will release this