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| Director: Various
Actor: John Wayne
Studio: Digital 1Stop / Mill Creek Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $3.29
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1003
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc, Original Recording Remastered
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 4
Running Time: 1243
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.9
MPN: DMV50458D
UPC: 683904504586
EAN: 0683904504586
ASIN: B000A2XC6W
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Next day shipping-factory sealed
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't Do It May 9, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Many of these movies were not the best quality to begin with. This set further lowers the quality by using copying from low quality prints, and (in the case of the wide-screen movies) lopping off the sides of the movie. Spend a little more and you won't be distracted from some fun movies by the quality.
 Tremendous value! March 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
No, this is not Duke's 20 "Best of" collection. But it is an insight to many of his early movies. Although most are forgettable, they are enjoyable to watch.
Disc 1 starts well with "Blue Steel" and "The Dawn Rider", allowing you to see early movie making. The remaining movies, and those bearing the Lone Star logo get a bit repetitive, and it might require most to use the fast forward in many scenes.
Disc 2 is also primarily Lone Star, but the first ("Hell Town") and last ("Winds of the Wasteland") are not, and are easily the best of the one-hour variety. Don't skip these two.
Disc 3 starts out with two more Lone Star, but they might be the best two from that bunch. Then we get some real treats.
"Angel and the Badman" is a very good B&W feature that highlights the evolution from simple action of the earlier movies to real storytelling. Following is "McLintock", which is a real hoot, the only color movie included. It contains many familiar faces, many very young. It's definately not politically correct, but great slapstick comedy. These two movies alone are worth the price of the set.
The final "movie" isn't a movie, it a documentary about the westerns of John Ford. Anyway, it's still enjoyable to watch.
An added bonus is over an hour of movie trailers of Wayne's.
Transfer quality is not great, but actually a better than I expected from the age of many of the movies, and low, low price.
Not great movies, and not great quality of transfers, but a great value!
John Wayne Value March 3, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The collection was a gift to a big John Wayne Fan...she thought it was awesome...for the money a great bang for the dollar..a great value!
A Collection of Old John Wayne Westerns January 6, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
With the exception of ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947) and MCLINTOCK (1963), all of the John Wayne westerns in this collection date from the 1930's.
Judging by the fact that most of these movies, when listed individually on Amazon, have zero or one Amazon review, it is fair to say that they are not well known. For this reason, this 20-movie collection is a treasure of sorts.
Several reviewers have already pointed out that the movies here are abridged. Indeed, this can be annoying. For instance, those familiar with the original version of MCLINTOCK will recognize that a funny part had been edited out.
There is also included an interesting documentary by John Ford. In it, John Wayne speaks as himself, and comments on his roles in westerns.
Great old time westerns December 7, 2007
I got these movies for my dads 68th birthday and he LOVED them, he hasn't asked to watch movies for a very long time until these. Thanks for having these around. Jessica Aloha, Oregon
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