Hollywood Legends 50 Movie Pack (DVD, 2004, 12-Disc Box Set)

There are some rare titles in this set. I have never seen Hedy Lamarr's post-MGM films "Dishonored Lady" and "Let's Live A Little" before so I was glad to see them at last. Among the other hard-to-find titles are "Affair in Monte Carlo" with Merle Oberon (alas a B&W print of a color film), "High Voltage" with Carole Lombard (curiously the box totes William Boyd instead of Lombard), "Monsoon" with George Nader and Ursula Thiess, "The Most Dangerous Game" with Joel McCrea, "Smash Up" with Susan Hayward, and the 1970's "Treasure of the Jamica Reef" with Stephen Boyd and a young Cheryl Ladd.
I was glad to finally get to see "Hell's House" with Bette Davis and "Heartbeat" with Ginger Rogers, admittedly two lesser films in their filmographies. I haven't watched all the films but some of the prints here are significantly better than other companies public domain issues of the movies. I had earlier bought "The Snows of Killimanjaro" at a dollar store and this print is a vast improvement; I bought Gloria Swanson's "Indiscreet" on the net quite cheap but that copy was awful, this one is far better. The prints to the silents "The Joyless Street" (Greta Garbo) and "Blood and Sand" (Rudolph Valentino) are quite good. I was surprised to see June Allyson's "Good News" in this set; MGM films are rarely public domain, that one must have slipped through the cracks.

I own a couple of these "50 movie pack" sets and this is my favorite of the lot, mainly because it has more mainstream movies and bigger stars than many of the other sets. As noted, the print quality is not particularly great but keep in mind you are paying well under a dollar per movie so you can't expect flawless reproduction. These are all apparently public domain movies; some of the titles can be bought individually elsewhere for $1-10 each but even if you don't watch half of the films you will probably save money buying this set than picking and choosing.