Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 4006408830405
Format: Black & White, Digital Sound, HiFi Sound, PAL
Label: Delta Visual Entertainment
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Delta Visual Entertainment
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Delta Visual Entertainment
Release Date: July 19, 1999
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Delta Visual Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: February 10, 1939

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:
Produced in a time when films were both literally and figuratively black and white, Made for Each Other was unique in its effective blending of the comedic, the dramatic and, as perhaps some would insensitively say, the melodramatic. Beautiful Carole Lombard and likeable James Stewart are Jane and John Mason, a couple who meet, fall madly in love, marry and quickly have a baby. But while they--and the audience--are confident that they are meant for each other, life intercedes and the couple must meet with disapproving in-laws, job stress, financial challenges and, finally, a devastating illness.

Lombard and Stewart--and the genuinely good people they portray--are utterly compelling and charming. Say yawningly what you will about tradition but the Masons' path is one that many, if not most, go down. And unlike the wonderful but wholly fantasy world of peer Preston Sturges, director John Cromwell's universe is, like real life, full of ups and downs. It's an accessible, sensitive portrayal. He gives the audience characters they want to see succeed, and to see stay together in the process. It may be a tale of triumph of the human spirit but its ultimate sentiment--one that celebrates the kindness of strangers--is thoroughly sweet, though in no way saccharine.

Look for a great supporting cast, including a blustery Charles Coburn as John Mason's boss and Lucile Watson as Mason's interfering mother. --N F Mendoza

Amazon.co.uk:
Produced in a time when films were both literally and figuratively black and white, Made for Each Other was unique in its effective blending of the comedic, the dramatic, and, as perhaps some would insensitively say, the melodramatic. Beautiful Carole Lombard and likeable James Stewart are Jane and John Mason, a couple who meet, fall madly in love, marry and quickly have a baby. But while they--and the audience--are confident that they are meant for each other, life intercedes and the couple must meet with disapproving in-laws, job stress, financial challenges and, finally, a devastating illness.

Lombard and Stewart--and the genuinely good people they portray--are utterly compelling and charming. And unlike the wonderful but wholly fantasy world of peer Preston Sturges, director John Cromwell's universe is, like real life, full of ups and downs. It is an accessible, sensitive portrayal. He gives the audience characters they want to see succeed, and to see stay together in the process. It may be a tale of triumph of the human spirit, but its ultimate sentiment--one that celebrates the kindness of strangers--is thoroughly sweet, though in no way saccharine. Look out for the great supporting cast, including a blustery Charles Coburn as John Mason's boss, and Lucile Watson as Mason's interfering mother. --N.F. Mendoza




Rating: - made for us-the audience
made for us -the audience
This non-pretentious sincerely simple yet unsophisticated and sentimental movie is great to watch even today for one good reason ,it is straight from the heart .

Selznick casts his characters impeccably and they deliver the goods in perfection with a tongue-in -cheek style that makes for great art from almost trashy plots which have been taken from ordinary human lives .

It employs no grand techniques or deftful lighting ,just narrative driven ... Read More

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Rating: - An outstanding classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Carole Lombard
What can go wrong in a movie produced by David Selznick, and starring Jimmy Stewart and Carole Lombard? The answer is nothing, nothing at all. The movie (1939) is brilliantly directed by John Cromwell, sets the stage for future classics such as "Penny Serenade (1941)" and "It's a Wonderful Life (1946)." Newsweek wrote in its review that they were "perfectly cast in the leading roles." This is a family drama about a young couple, named John Mason (James Stewart) and Jane Mason (Carole Lombard), who get ... Read More

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Rating: - Great story - Horrific DVD release!!
The film has a good story, and it's such a shame the dvd is of such poor quality.

The picture and sound is awful and so is the dvd menu. It does have chapter points, but really thats a thing you expect on most dvds these days.
This is a really bad transfer and you will get tired and annoyed by the poor quality, during the first 5 minutes.
The DVD is released by GMVS Entertainment, a company that has quite a few poor dvd editions on the marked. I myself have learned to stay away ... Read More

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Rating: - Get your Kleenex ready
"Never let the seeds stop you from eating the watermelon", the faithful servant tells Carole Lombard's valianty suffering wife and mother in this highly efficient Depression tearjerker.

There's quite enough though to stop Lombard and ambitious lawyer hubby James Stewart from enjoying nuclear family bliss. His boss won't give him his deserved promotion and junior partnership, his mother, who lives with them, intensely dislikes her daughter-in-law, and the young couple's firstborn son is taken ... Read More

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