Elliott Nugent's "The Great Gatsby" Blu-ray - Alan Ladd @imprint_films (Patreon)

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Elliott Nugent's "The Great Gatsby" Blu-ray - Alan Ladd @imprint_films

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http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film11/blu-ray_review_174/the_great_gatsby_blu-ray.htm

This 1949 movie lavishly takes us on the journey of Jay Gatsby (Alan Ladd) who worked his way from poor fisherman to extravagant millionaire. Travel back in time to the roaring 20s, a time of flappers, bootlegging, art deco architecture, and jazz music, through this classic tale of love and betrayal, deception and mystery. This Paramount Pictures classic is the second film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel and was made before the book became considered an American classic.

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Elliott Nugent's (The Cat and the Canary) film version of The Great Gatsby was the second cinematic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, after the, now-lost, 1926 silent version - making this the first sound adaptation. As Time Out says; "...the casting of Alan Ladd as Gatsby, so much more convincing as a man with a dark and mysterious past than one-dimensional glamour-puss Robert Redford". I concur. I enjoyed how Alan K. Rode makes the brief case for Noir conventions in the supplements (John F. Seitz cinematography.) I was very keen to see  the 1949 The Great Gatsby on Imprint Blu-ray. Fans of the Ladd, a dark cinema mainstay, will want to see this. An imperfect image but I was thankful to see the film at all in 1080P. The extras are advanced and offer tremendous value from the commentary, hour-long documentary and Gatsby views by Sarah Churchill and Christina Newland. Absolutely recommended the right crowd. Wonderful.