Product Reviews
This second film version of Lloyd C. Douglas' spiritual novel Magnificent Obsession is in its own way as successful as the first (filmed in 1935) in glossing over the plot holes and logic gaps in the original novel. Rock Hudson plays Bob Merrick, a reckless playboy who is indirectly responsible for the death of a kindly and much-beloved doctor. The dead man's wife, Helen Phillips (Jane Wyman), refuses to accept Bob's apologies. When Helen is accidentally blinded, Bob decides to "do right" by her anonymously, illustrating author Douglas's curious edict that the best sort of good deed is the one for which you're not rewarded. In record time, Bob becomes a brilliant physician, and it is he who performs the sight-restoring surgery on Helen. Rather than fade into the woodwork unheralded, Bob is at last forgiven by Helen, who has fallen in love with him during her sightless months without even knowing it. Luxuriously produced by Ross Hunter and directed con brio by Douglas Sirk, Magnificent Obsession was one of the most successful of Universal's big-budget "weepers" of the 1950s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Product Notes
NTSC/Region 0. A wealthy, selfish man crashes his speedboat and is resusitated by a rescue team with equipment that is then unavailable to help a generous local hero, leading to his death. He then falls for the man's widow but she is put off by his brash nature, leading him to reinvent himself to win her over.
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30 June 2009 |
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108 |
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0 : Region-Free |
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1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard), Color, NTSC |
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English |
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Dolby Digital Stereo, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:0 ~ Country:Eu |
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View Cast For Magnificent Obsession (1954) |
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Art Director:Bernard Herzbrun, Art Director:Emrich H. Nicholson, Cinematographer:Russell Metty, Composer (Music Score):Frank Skinner, Director:Douglas Sirk, Producer:Ross Hunter, Screenwriter:Robert Blees, Screenwriter:Wells Root |
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