Madame X | 
 enlarge | Director: David Lowell Rich
Actors: Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalban, Burgess Meredith, John Van Dreelen
Category: Video
Buy New: CDN$ 43.99
New (1) Used (2) Collectible (1) from CDN$ 3.76
Rating:  16 reviews
Format: Import, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6300183920
UPC: 096898015431
EAN: 9786300183926
ASIN: 6300183920
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 1966
Release Date: January 1, 1998
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Condition: Brand new...factory sealed....exactly as shown
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My favourite movie of all time!!! March 12, 2006
I saw this movie when I was maybee 13 years old, around 1969. I always remembered this movie as it made me cry. I watched it again years later and still loved it. I want to buy it and I also agree with the other person who said the movie should be made in a DVD format. I would buy it for sure.
soapy but riveting June 24, 2004
Alejandra Vernon (Long Beach, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lana Turner is terrific as the pawn of destiny in this elaborate soap opera; it's a plot that could fill five seasons of daytime drama, all wrapped up in one improbable but incredibly entertaining film. It isn't Shakespeare, but for suds, it's tops.
Turner plays Holly Parker, the "little shop girl from San Francisco" who marries a man of immense wealth and ambition, and as a package deal, along with the mansion in Connecticut comes his implacable mother, who has plans for sonny boy, and tells Holly she should have "stayed on the other side of the counter".John Forsythe plays Holly's husband Clay Anderson with charm and elegance, and Keir Dullea is their grown son. Ricardo Montalban (who starred with Turner 13 years earlier in the charming comedy "Latin Lovers") is the man who tries to seduce her, and Estelle, the scheming mother, is played to the hilt by Constance Bennett, in what was to be her last film.
Burgess Meredith does a marvelous turn as a slimy character Holly meets in a Mexican motel, and the way the rooms are decorated in these scenes is priceless; kudos also go to the make-up department in this section of the film, and Ms. Turner's ability to transform herself. This film proves that she was exceedingly underrated as an actress. Well paced direction by David Lowell Rich, a lovely score by Frank Skinner, and lavish gowns by Jean Louis make this a memorable melodrama, and save your biggest hanky for the end, which though contrived, is still good for many heartfelt sobs. Total running time is 100 minutes.
This is one of the best movies of all times May 31, 2004
Rick (Tyler, TX)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
How this video has not made it to DVD is a mystery to me. Lana Turner shines like she never has before in this depiction of Holly Anderson. I really hope that the movie distributers will look at this and put it on DVD ; as I know it will sell like hotcakes. I mean look at the VHS price 29.90 and up.!!
Real Classy entertainment May 5, 2004
S. Doyle (Dublin 6, Ireland Ireland)
Excellent drama which should have resulted in Turner winning an Oscar,shame though she didn't. There have been many so called attempts in the last 30 years to make romantic dramas popular again,granted there has been a a few but this version of Madame X is a bone fide tearjerker and first class movie. The VHS copy is very good,and hopefully it will soon get a much deserved DVD release
Triumph to Tragedy January 24, 2004
There has never been, and will never be, a film that better depicts life's happiest and saddest events. The movie opens with ex-salesgirl, newlywed Holly Anderson (Lana Turner) being welcome to the Anderson mansion and meeting her live-in mother-in-law. Her husband, Clay Anderson (John Forsythe), is a rich, politician-on-the-rise. They live the life of the socially prominent, always mindful of their public images. Soon, an heir is born and Holly is a perfect mother. But to be successful, Clay must, and does, travel extensively. Lonely and bored, Holly succumbs to friends' urgings and fullfills her social obligations on the arm of a single, male friend. This causes a series of tragedies, culminating in a surprise twist, and an ending that only a rock could get through without crying. In her role as Holly Anderson, Lana Turner exposes the depths of a woman's soul and the expesses the breadth of a woman's love. If I could, I would give this movie ten stars.
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