Product Details

• Actors: Tom Walls, Carol Raye, Sonia Dresdel
• Directors: John Harlow
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: England
• VHS Release Date: November 1, 2002
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001H0A98
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,288 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Childhood revisited, July 1, 2005

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D. J. Burrows "David Burrows" (Derbyshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: While I Live (While I Love) 1947 - England [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw "While I Live" on TV when I was a child and it made a lasting impression on me. Watching it now, 50 years later, I am not so impressed. It seems rather disjointed and confusing but it does have a certain period charm. I suspect that there are pieces missing, as Halliwell describes the film as being 85 minutes long, when it lasts only 57 minutes. This would account for the disjointed storyline! Now, as then, it is the music, "The Dream of Olwen", which makes the film.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Currently available in a UK Edition, December 19, 2010

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C. G. Mercer "Video Buff" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: WHILE I LIVE (While I Love) 1947 England (DVD)

Since this disk is advertised as unavailable, I'll refer prospective buyers to Amazon's UK website, where the film is available in an 81 minute version from Britain's Odeon label.

I now own a copy of the UK R2 DVD, and the quality is outstanding, with the disk described as restored and remastered. Except for a few moments late in the film where a small portion of a dark shadow is not perfectly 'black', the film is 99.99% beautiful, both in image and sound quality.

I liked this film, typical of British films from that era, with an intriguing plot, though some parts are slightly predictable. I particularly enjoyed Patricia Burke's hard-nosed performance. I enjoyed her as much here as I did in her next film, 'Forbidden' (also available in the UK.)

The music, of course, is wonderful. There is an excellent recording by Mantovani on his 'Music from the Films' CD, for those who are interested in a stand-alone copy of 'The Dream of Olwen'.

If you have a region-free DVD player that can handle R2/PAL disks, you may be interested in this newer release. If you don't have one of these players, I recommend picking one up. There are many goodies available on Amazon UK which are not currently available in US editions.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars While I live ---(-meanwhile I died), May 30, 2009

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johnnyhampshire "johnnyhampshire" (Hampshire UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: WHILE I LIVE (While I Love) 1947 England (DVD)

The condition of the dvd was so bad that i gave up trying to watch after 5 minutes. This is a shame as this was a memorable film for buffs, but I could not bear the awful sounds emitting from the screen. The product was returned and repayment has been advised.