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Harvey [DVD]
(Art Carney, Jack Weston, Charlotte Rae, Elizabeth Montgomery, Marion Lorne, Fred Gwynne, et al / DVD / NR / (1958) 2021 / Liberation Hall - MVD Visual)

Overview: The classic stage hit gets the Hollywood treatment in the story of Elwood P. Dowd, an endlessly pleasant and delightfully eccentric bachelor living in a small town that isn’t aware that its newest citizen is a invisible, 6 foot 3 inch white rabbit named Harvey that only he sees!

After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for the family to heal.

DVD Verdict: What a delight this truly is, my friends, for to me early television offered more culture items in its beginning; much like this lovely little gem.

Now we can delightfully find items like this on public television, but back then there were a raft of plays and musical broadcasts. The problem was that they were usually live and if it was at all filmed, was not designed to be repeated.

Thus, Harvey (in this 1958 The DuPont Show of the Month movie version), is a most rare find for us fans of those kinds of evenings and the celluloid viewings that came with them.

Sure Art Carney is best remembered for The Honeymooners, but he is on top form here throughout as the lead role of the rabbit-seeing eccentric character and seeing Marion Lorne in the role she was born to play is marvelous, but it is also a great chance to see future stars Elizabeth Montgomery and Fred Gwynn (before they became stars on other shows).

Sure nothing will ever compare to Jimmy Stewart’s performance in the classic 1950 movie, but this version was absolutely enjoyable from start to finish and a breath of fresh TV air to rewatch now on DVD, for sure.

Even the overall quality of the production has been brought lovingly to life by Liberation Hall, especially considering the age of the show. The story line is fabulous and with this all-star cast, well, this was a true hit at my house last night; and that was with a whole new generation alongside me to watch it! This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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