Cheap Harvey (DVD) (James Stewart) (Henry Koster) Price

Related Products

Customer Reviews of Harvey

Classic Dry Humor
Where most movies made nowadays are full of noisy spectacles and special effects, "Harvey" is as real as real as can be (or is he?). We just can't see him. (Or can we?) Jimmy Stewart's portrayal of Elwood P. Dowd could never be duplicated. He plays Elwood with the sort of dry humor that tickles everyone's funnybone! He makes Harvey real to all of us. His sister, Veta Louise Simmons, played by Josephine Hull (who also starred in Arsenic and Old Lace with Cary Grant) gives a wonderful performance walking the line of she does/doesn't believe in Harvey. My favorite of the minor characters is Aunt Ethel Chauvenet. Her reaction to meeting Harvey and her comment about Mrs. Frank Cummings have me in stitches everytime I watch this movie! I also like the advice that Elwood's Mother gave him--his choices were "to be oh, so smart" or "to be oh, so pleasant." He chose to be "oh, so pleasant." That is a good description of Elwood P. Dowd. No matter how ruffled everyone's feathers are getting around him, he remains "oh, so pleasant."The version of this video I bought has a dialogue by Jimmy Stewart at the beginning. He speaks about his experiences while making the movie and while he was on the road doing the play. He said during just about every performance of the play a fidgity child would call out "Where's the Rabbit?"

---

Harvey- A Timeless Phenomenon
I owe my introduction to Harvey, and Jimmy Stewart, to my dad who's turning 50 this winter. He wasn't even alive when this movie came out, but it's one of his all time favorites. I'm buying it for him for Christmas and I was so pleased to see that it had come out on DVD. This is such a heartwarming and hilarious film. It's definately one of my favorites.

It tells the story of a man named Elwood P. Dowd who loves to drink, but it doesn't affect his friendly personality. Meanwhile, his sister and niece find him an embarrassing nuicance who is standing in the way of his niece, Myrtle May's, introduction into high-class society. However, Elwood seems oblivious to their behavior towards him and never has anything but a kind word for anyone. Everyone outside his family seems to adore him and his family would love him too if it wasn't for his best friend. A best friend that no one can see. Except Elwood. A 6-foot-tall white rabbit named Harvey. As Elwood goes throughout his day, inviting bums from bars back to their fancy home for dinner, buying people he doesn't even know countless drinks, and giving them his card before introducing them to Harvey, his sister finally decides that that's the last straw and she decides to get rid of him. So she goes to a mental institution to begin the process of having him admitted. And that's where all their problems really begin...

This is a wonderful movie that my entire family makes a ritual of watching at least a couple times a year. My little sister who recently turned 8 right up to my parents adore it and laugh and cry with the characters. I hope you'll love it too.

---

One of James Stewart finest...
Elwood P. Dowd's (James Stewart) best friend is an invisible 6-foot rabbit named Harvey with whom he likes to spend his time with in bars drinking. This is something most people in Elwood's hometown find disturbing so his sister attempts to put Elwood in a mental institution. However, Elwood is perfectly happy with his situation and with Harvey. Harvey is a story that depicts two sides, one pessimistic and one optimistic. The gloomy side presents problems such as alcoholism, isolation, and cynicism. However, these negative issues are presented through light comedy and Elwood's positive view of life, which is a result of his friend Harvey. This story offers a blissful journey, which presents moments of self-reflection and amusement.