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| ACTORS: | Charles Laughton, John Mills |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | David Lean |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1953 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Home Vision Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 037429073131 |
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Customer Reviews of Hobson's Choice
An odd, charming, unusual film. Charles Laughton plays Henry Hobson, a blustering, bullying 19th Century British shopkeeper who runs roughshod over his three daughters, who have kept the family shoe shop running while their widowed skinflint of a father drinks up all the profits at the neighborhood pub. At least, that is, until the eldest of the three breaks away and tells poppa where to get off. The performance that really makes this film, though, is the magnificent John Mills as the meek, hapless craftsman who she pins her hopes on. As he grows from noodge to man of means, Mills crafts one of the most endearing characters seen on screen to date. Recommended.
Desert Island Must!!!
If stranded on the proverbial Desert Island, this movie is a must, for it bears viewing time and time again. Masterly performances by Charles Laughton and a very junior Sir John Mills, place this piece in the annuls as being a timeless snapshot of cinematograhic history.
Laughton, as Hobson, shows us the 'perils of the demon drink', in probably one of the most comedic portrayals of all time, as the permanantly inebriated, (though periodical appropriate)stereotypical mysoginistic father, figuring pink elephants/rabbits (included in black and white), whilst his daughter, Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) shows an early impetus for Women's Rights'.
All in all, a classic tale, portrayed in a wonderful display of superb performances... BUY IT, BORROW IT... but you MUST see it!
British humor at its absolute best.
Charles Laughton stars as Henry Hobson, a hard-drinking, self-opinionated, middle-class Victorian businessman. Henry is king of his own little world, a tyrant to his three daughters and ringleader of a clutch of bar-cronies. Finally, daughter Maggie (Brenda De Banzie) decides that she must move out from Henry's shadow if she is to have a life of her own. Seizing on their simple, but talented boot-hand William Mossop (John Mills), she begins to scheme her way through to a life for herself and her sisters. Poor Henry soon finds himself hilariously outmaneuvered at every step. [B&W, created in 1953, with a running time of 107 minutes.]
This movie is a masterpiece at many levels; it is enormously funny, while at the same time showing Victorian society from a middle-class vantage point. Containing nothing really objectionable, it can be watched by all family members. As a matter of fact, my 8 year-old daughter likes watching this movie with me. I recommend this movie absolutely!