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Algiers
Pepe Le Moko ( Charles Boyer), a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has lived in the impenetrable Casbah ( the "native quarter" of Algiers) for two years. A French official insists that he be captured, but sly Inspector Slimane knows he need only bide his time. The suave Pepe increasingly regards his stronghold as his prison, especially when he meets a beautiful Parisian visitor ( Hedy Lamarr), who reminds him of the boulevards to which he cannot return.
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
Price Range: $0.26 - $17.98
 Algiers
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| User Reviews |  | .......Sigrid Gurie is the SHOW in this Film.....
rating: 3
For this 1938 movie, the reproduction [DVD] is fine with no major flaws or annoyances as stated by my colleague; however, I found this movie to drag on in a very depressive enviroment, but that is, the Casbah....no wonder Boyer wanted to crash out at all costs...the talented, Sigrid Gurie, steals the show with her professional acumen as a wonderful actress and she is beautiful with all the accolades due her cunning/performance of a rejected lover...as for Hedy Lamarr, I was disappointed in her role and the poor use of camera/angles [her face] from the camera/man, Hedy's true, pure beauty was not exploited and she deserved better...but just seeing her move about was good enough for this admirer of Hedy...Mr. Boyer looked the part of the true Frenchman he is and he made the name of Pepe Le Moko a household name across our land; nonetheless, "Algiers" was a huge success at the boxoffice and that's covers alot of sins to the studio bosses like Walter Wanger who was big medicine in the late 1930s and throughout the WW2 years...as Variety would brandish for a front page headline, "Algiers is Boffo" [ Big $$$,$$$'s]....so be it!!....SSGT CHRIS SARNO-USMC FMF
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Buy THIS copy not the other!
rating: 4
Apparently Amazon sells two DVD versions of this movie. I bought this version because the reviews of the other version (ASIN: B00006II5I) reported extremely poor video and audio quality, and warned people not to buy it. This version has none of those reported problems.
As far as video and audio quality, it is obvious that this DVD was recorded directly from one of the old 1938 copies of the film. It has NOT been restored in any way. You see a few scratches in the film every so often, and there is a slight hiss in the audio just as you would expect while watching a movie this old. If you went to an old theater and they were running one of the original 1938 copies of this movie, this DVD is exactly what you would see. It's a matter of personal choice if you will like the authentic look of this DVD or prefer your old movies to be visually restored with enhanced audio.
The movie itself is a classic. It's a "must own" for anyone who is a collector of 1930's movies or a fan of Charles Boyer/Hedy Lamarr. This is the movie that really introduced Hedy Lamarr to American audiences after she moved to the U.S. and left her Ecstasy days behind.
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