DVD Tennessee Johnson (1942) NEW Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey

Description: During Hollywood’s golden era, biographical dramas were often a big box-office draw, and Tennessee Johnson gave M-G-M an opportunity audiences an uplifting story and, above all, entertain. to showcase the impressive skills of studio newcomer Van Heflin, who had just earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar®* for the 1941 crime hit Johnny Eager. The studio found an ideal role for Heflin in Andrew Johnson, the Tennessee tailor-turned- senator who broke with the South, rose to the vice presidency under Abraham Lincoln and soon became – after Lincoln’s assassination – the first U.S. president to face impeachment. With inspired direction by William Dieterle (The Life of Emile Zola), Heflin convinces as Johnson “by the sheer sincerity and strength of his performance” (The New York Times), while studio stalwart Lionel Barrymore portrays Johnson’s nemesis, Thaddeus Stevens, and Ruth Hussey plays his devoted wife. As with most biopics of the era, the film should be viewed today as a reflection of Hollywood’s tendency to take factual liberties in order to giveAll media titles are US Reg A/1 unless otherwise noted.DVD-R: Some titles from HBO Archives, Warner Archives, Sony MOD are now being pressed on DVD-R, these are not bootlegs. It allows titles the studios doesn't want to mass produce to be printed in smaller batches. The DVD, case and artwork are still at the same standards for mass production titles. I do not manufacture these, I order them as needed from my distributor. For an explanation, Google Warner Archives, they have a website explaining the program.SLIPCOVERS: If you must have a slipcover, please ask first. Most of my listings use eBay's prefilled data, which has a stock image showing the slipcover even if it is no longer available. If I have the slipcovers I will include them.Combined Shipping: In the US, each additional title is $1.00. For order outside the US, I use eBay's International Shipping Program. If you are ordering multiple titles, contact me first to work out shipping details, otherwise each item ships seperately driving shipping costs up. I can combine your order in one eBay listing to prevent this but I need to know which titles you need first.Returns: See my Returns Policy for details. Titles with the Digital Code used/missing cannot be refunded. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

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