random harvest

[rusty715]

Ed

About a year ago I purchased a colorized version of Mrs. Miniver on ebay. I was somewhat disappointed in the quality of the movie. It was as if someone had badly colorized a photo. The picture was out of focus and color very faint.

The person I purchased it from included a list of additional movies available in a colorized format, including Valley of Decision, Pride & Prejudice, Random Harvest etc. They included an email address for additional purchases. It is [e-mail]. I have not tried this email. Hopefully, they are still in business.

Rusty

[eds]

Where did these colourized movies come from in the first place?

Didn't Turner do it years ago for a number of films? I thought they would've done a half-decent job.

Oh well.

[rusty715]

Ed

Please do post these pictures on your website. I especially love the one in the big hat.

Regarding the colorized videos, I'm not sure where it came from. There is no identification on the cover. I don't think it is from Turner. I may try to make a copy of it. If it works, I'll let you know.

Rusty

[greergarson]

A colour Random Harvest that sounds awesome and greer in colour again wow.

[Mrs. Cooper]

I adored this movie -- and so did my family.
It was so emotional at times; I cried right along with her during every low point in the film. She, as always, was magnificently beautiful, graceful and sophisticated -- I'm always amazed and in awe whenever I see her films. The way she carries herself, how she speaks and the way she hides her inmost deepest emotions under her strong, courageous exterior -- not letting anyone see how pained and vulnerable she really is on the inside. The way she stands strong is incredible.

I think Ronald Coleman was fantastic as well; his relapse of memory was powerful. I love the little facial expressions they gave to one another. And as I've told Theresa, I love the way Greer raises her brow and sorta purses her lips. She's both mysteriously suave yet perfectly sophisticated, charming and kind with a pinch of girl-next-door attitude that just makes you want to be her best friend.

*Sigh* I must watch this again -- and soon! I just adore 'Smithy'...

[butterscotchgreer]

i love the eye brow thing too!!! as i told kim already, i used to practice raising my eye brow just like greer in front of the mirror. she looks so exquisitely beautiful when she does that!!

I'm always amazed and in awe whenever I see her films. The way she carries herself, how she speaks and the way she hides her inmost deepest emotions under her strong, courageous exterior -- not letting anyone see how pained and vulnerable she really is on the inside. The way she stands strong is incredible.

sis i couldnt have put that better myself!!

i love smithy too, that is how i came to call my hockey player with that last name of smith, smithy. everyone else calls him smitty, but i dont stand for it. heehee! in fact i am the only one in the world apparently who calls him smithy for some reason. heehee!

[Mrs. Cooper]

lol, Awwwww, that's cute, sis!
I wish I knew someone who I could call Smithy! It's so cool how she says it, too.

[Miss Retro]

Full Synopsis:
At the close of World War I, shell-shocked amnesia victim Ronald Colman is sequestered in a London sanitarium; with no identity and no next of kin, he has nowhere else to go. Unable to stand the loneliness, Colman wanders into the streets, then stumbles into a music hall, where he is befriended by good-natured entertainer Greer Garson. That Colman and Garson fall in love and marry should surprise no one; what is surprising, at least to Colman, is that he discovers that he has a talent for writing. Three years pass: while in Liverpool to sell one of his stories, Colman is struck down by a speeding car. When he comes to, he has gained full memory of his true identity; alas, he has completely forgotten both Garson and their child. Returning to his well-to-do relatives, Colman takes over the family business. Having lost her child, the distraught Garson seeks out the missing Colman. Psychiatrist Philip Dorn helps Garson, advising her that to reveal her identity may prove a fatal shock for her husband. To stay near him all the same, Garson takes a job as Colman's secretary. "Strangely" attracted to Garson, Colman falls in love with her all over again. Will there be yet another memory lapse? Under normal circumstances, we wouldn't believe a minute of Random Harvest, but the magic spell woven by the stars and by author James Hilton (Lost Horizon, Goodbye Mr. Chips etc.) transforms the wildly incredible into the wholly credible (just one quibble: isn't Colman a bit long in tooth as a "young" World War I veteran?) The film was one of MGM's biggest hits in 1942--indeed, one of the biggest in the studio's history.

[/center]

[rusty715]

This is an interesting picture. It's from Mervyn Leroy's autobiography. The caption reads that he is directing her in Random Harvest. I don't remember this scene. Maybe it was deleted and never made the final cut.

In his book, Mervyn said that Buddy Fogelson was one of his two best friends. They owned a couple of race horses together.

[butterscotchgreer]

wow rusty!! that is a nice pic, but i think you are right, it must have been a deleted scene or something, b/c i never remember her in that dress with that flower in her hair....in any of her movies.

[eds]

Ouch!

I HAVE "Take One" by LeRoy, and I had either completely forgotten about that picture or missed it completely.

[greergarson]

would have loved to have seen that missing scene , wonder what it was about, maybe Paula searching and hiring a Private detective to find Smithy.guess we will never know now

[greergarson]

"Oh Smithy you are a fraud"

[eds]

I just realized (!!!) that the vicar's wife in "Random Harvest" (the bad organ player who sits in the middle of the front seat of the car after the wedding) is "Ada" in "Mrs. Miniver"!!!

Marie de Becker.

[butterscotchgreer]

oh my goodness! ed i hadnt realized that before. thanks for telling me!