Everybody Does It

Lousy Print
I would rate this film four stars and its one of my favorites. The two stars (and this is stretching it) is for print quality. I also agree with other comments about how dark this film is. It almost looks like it was all shot in the evening. A few scenes are somewhat light but more than 75% of this print is much too dark. Looked like the contrast needed to be turned way up. I have seen this film on AMC some years ago and it looked fine. Watching the film slightly hurt my eyes. I sent it back to Amazon for a refund. Yes, it seems like FOX couldn't care less of print quality which varies from release to release on their MOD program. I have purchased several releases from FOX and none looked as bad as this one. I would compare the print quality to the lousy PD prints that Alpha releases. Shame on you FOX.

Fun Movie, Top Cast, Bad Print
As a movie fan going way back I have been a fan of 20th Century Fox for a long time. They've made many fine films & this is one of them. I was thrilled that they were finally opening their library on DVD. Unfortunately, their quality of product is very uneven. There's no quality control of any kind. If we spend the money we deserve to get good quality product. The print of "Everybody Does It" represents the laziness of the 20th Archive people. It's lazy, sloppy work since good prints of this film do exist as proven by prints on TV in the past. This print starts out too dark, then it gets light, then it gets dark throughout. Added to that there's a tremendous amount of optical noise, film marks and humming in a couple of scenes. For a black-and-white film from 1949 they can do better than this! I've purchased other films and the two that are the best so far are "My Gal Sal" and "Nob Hill". Both are in excellent condition and look like real Technicolor. "Do You Love Me" is...

funny, but a little slapstick at the end
Paul Douglas is the husband of a would be singer. Celeste Holm is his okay singing wife whom he tries to placate with a public performance only to be discovered himself as an opera star by Linda Darnell. Charles Coburn lends his skill as Douglas' advice bearing father-in-law trying to steer him away from mistakes he made with his own wife. There are a lot of funny moments in the film and all the leads are good in their roles. The only drawback is the ending is a little too slapstick for the rest of the film. If you like Darnell or Douglas you will like the movie, but really Celeste Holm is the best of the bunch here. She does some great comic work as a wife who thinks she is better than she is only to find out her husband has all the talent.

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