Prince Valiant with James Mason: DVD Cover

    Prince Valiant Director: Henry Hathaway Cast: James Mason, Janet Leigh, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/11/2004
    • Original Release: 1954
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 11,098

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    Side #1 --
    1. Main Titles [2:05]
    2. In the Days of King Arthur [3:45]
    3. Of This I Pledge [4:24]
    4. A Perilous Observation [4:10]
    5. Camelot [7:15]
    6. The Protégé [3:58]
    7. The Ambitious Prince [4:11]
    8. A King With Daughters [5:05]
    9. Stolen Moments [3:58]
    10. Company for Sir Gawain [6:44]
    11. It's True, She Loves You! [3:30]
    12. Love's Miscommunication [1:42]
    13. Winning Aleta's Hand [8:51]
    14. How Plead You, Valiant? [5:30]
    15. Failing Others' Trust [4:56]
    16. My Father's Sword and Throne [5:07]
    17. What Will Conquer Sligon [9:43]
    18. A Son's Valor [7:05]
    19. Exposing the Traitor [7:09]
    20. Sir Valiant! [:41]

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    Hal Foster's Sunday-comics saga of a young Viking prince in the service of King Arthur is brought to the screen in CinemaScope and Technicolor in Prince Valiant. Despite the fact that he sports a dutch bob that makes him look like actress Phyllis Kirk, Robert Wagner is quite virile and convincing as the title character. Trained for the Round Table by Sir Gawain (Sterling Hayden), Valiant takes time out to fall in love with the beautiful Princess Aleta (Janet Leigh). The villain of the piece is The Black Knight, aka Sir Brack (top-billed James Mason), who intends to topple King Arthur (Brian Aherne) from his throne, then conquer Valiant's people in Scandia. But Prince Valiant proves a fearsome opponent to the usurping Sir Brack. Sadly, most currently available prints of Prince Valiant have been panned-and-scanned, denying viewers the opportunity to revel in Henry Hathaway's creative utilization of the CinemaScope format. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Prince Valiantby Anonymous

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    November 20, 2007: This movie was by far the best movie I'd ever seen in my entire life. I saw it a long time ago and still remember how much I loved it. I highly recommand anyone who loves romance, action suspense and mystery then you should watch this.

    Prince Valiantby Anonymous

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    July 21, 2004: Director, Henry Hathaway's film version of cartoonist, Hal Foster's Scandinavian hero, 'Prince Valiant' is one of those over-blown, wacky-tacky epics; impossible to take seriously, but oh, so much fun to watch. Robert Wagner is the rather effeminate looking title character who takes Camelot by storm. Determined to regain his own throne, Valiant uncovers the treachery of the Black Knight (James Mason, in a toss away role) and challenges him to a showdown. Of course, there's also time for love with bombshell, Princess Aleta (Janet Leigh - who quite often found herself squeezed into a corset during the 1950s.) The film veers wildly between comic book pulp and self-conscious seriousness, but Hathaway's direction ensures that neither becomes the vice to sink his epic. Brian Aherne, as a credible King Arthur, and Sterling Hayden, a not so credible, Sir Gawain also costar. The transfer is pretty good. Colors are generally bold, vibrant and well balanced. Flesh tones seem a bit pasty but that's in keeping with early Cinemascope/Eastman color dye transfers. Shadow, contrast and black levels are generally solid. Rear projection photography is more obvious than it should be. Pixelization and edge enhancement are present but do not terribly distract. The audio is 5.1, delivering a nice spread in the music tracks. Dialogue is not natural sounding, but again, this was usually to be expected for the vintage of the film. This prince is worth a second glance, but it?s not quite as glamorous as, say 'Scaramouche' so much as it belongs as the bottom half of a double bill at an old-time drive in.