Great classic good wholesome entertainment from the time when Moe people had their heads screwed on tight and had real morals! The stars back then really were stars not because they were special, famous or legends in their own minds, which is all you see out there now for the most part self-serving foul bigots with no class or concept of what real suffering or what’s it’s like to really struggle which most if not all of the old stars of yesteryear had done and really were humble; appreciating everything they achieved!
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Do not buy this. My disc was made in 2016 but the movie files on the disc are from 2000. There are serious flaws in them. Technically, it is defective because it does not comply with the DVD standard. It plays with great difficulty. I have done engineering tests on it. Also, there are minor compression and motion vector errors. I can't believe Universal is making this disc with those flaws.
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This 1950 movie features a comedic Jimmy Stewart in an Oscar nominated Best Actor role at his most bumbling, screwed up self. He plays Elwood P. Dowd, who was the favorite of his mother's two children over his sister, Veta Louise Dowd Simmons, played by Josephine Hull in a Best Supporting Actress Oscar win. From the beginning, the movie reminds you of Mayberry. The plot moves slowly. Elwood talks to and socializes with an imaginary friend--a pooka, which is a 6'3" rabbit that is defined in the movie as a Celtic mischievous gremlin type creature. (I could not find it listed in any dictionary.) Because Elwood tries to impose his friend on real people, his sister Veta and her daughter Myrtle May (Victoria Horne) are so embarrassed that they decide to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium. From there, the movie becomes hilarious when Veta admits that she sometimes see the pooka too and ends up being incarcerated and Elwood freed. The hospital staff including Dr. Sanderson (Charles Drake), Nurse Kelly (Peggy Dow), and attendant Marvin Wilson (Jesse White) all become involved in the numerous mixups, misadventures, and comedic situations. Eventually, we learn how Harvey came to be, but the mystery of whether the creature really exists lasts to the end of the movie. When Dr. Chumley (Cecil Kellaway), the chief psychiatrist at the sanitarium, starts looking around and fearing the rabbit and when doors open on their own, we wonder if this thing could be real. The movie ends with us still not knowing. However, we do get to see a portrait of it. This movie is very funny. But I think it is very much an allegory in some way about the misperceptions that we have about many of our family members and how we relate and get along. Sometimes, it is best just to overlook all of those faults and just get along with them.Read full review
I love this movie, always have, and I highly recommend it to James Stewart fans! Harvey is a 6’3½" Rabbit, a Pooka to be precise. A magical creature invisible to most but not to all. Elwood P. Dowd (played by Stewart) is his best friend and perhaps not quite playing with a full deck. Well, what can one say about Jimmy Stewart that hasn’t been said already? A wonderful man, a wonderful actor and this is one of his best. But let us not forget Josephine Hull who nearly steals the show in this one… She starred in all 5 years of the play’s run on Broadway (written by Mary Chase) and reprised her role as Veta Louise (Elwood’s sister) in an Oscar winning performance for the movie. I’ll stop there, I don’t want to spoil the movie by giving away any details… Just watch it! A final thought, each time I watch this movie, I ask myself at the end : "Is Harvey real, or just a figment?" Well it’s simple really, Harvey is a real as we need him to be!Read full review
I watched this movie for the first time with my mother when I was about 10 years old.....now I am in my 40's. My grandson wanted to be a "giant White Rabbit" for Halloween last year. When I questioned him as to where he got that idea, he responded, "well wouldn't it be cool to have a big rabbit friend that could talk"....oh, you need to see Harvey! I was thrilled to find it on eBay on DVD no less since Hollywood/Blockbuster did not even have it available to RENT...that's so sad! So I purchased this for me (walk down memory lane) and to share with my grandson. It's a light-hearted movie with a great cast and there is a wonderful commentary on the DVD with original footage of Jimmy talking about this role - which was one, if not the one, of his favorite films to make. Rock on Harvey! Julie Wian, Portland, OregonRead full review
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