Product Details

• Actors: Marilyn Monroe;Alan Hale Jr.;Donald Crisp
• Directors: Arthur Pierson
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Alpha Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000PUB59U
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89,840 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
A radical young reporter taints a village and local politicians with his vitriolic criticism of small town ethics. Contains one of Marilyn Monroe's earliest screen appearances.

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hometown sore loser, June 10, 2009

By	Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Before HOME TOWN STORY, Marilyn Monroe had minor parts in a dozen pictures, most notably THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950) and ALL ABOUT EVE (1950). Hers is a peripheral role here, as well. "Home Town Story" is a ''B" grade MGM programmer.

SYNOPSIS--
State senator Blake Washburn (Lynn) is voted out of office. He believes Bob MacFarland (Beaumont), son of wealthy businessman John, tricked the electorate into voting for him, so Blake uses his editor's position on the family newspaper to search for dirt on his victorious opponent. His editorials attack MacFarland-owned companies, also the new state senator and other lawmakers.

Blake's hostilities soon extend to local corporations. Star reporter Slim Haskins (Hale) doesn't like this last idea and gets punished for saying so with menial story assignments. When Blake admits to fiancée Janice Hunt (Reynolds) that he's broken a promise to work for the people and is using the paper only to get re-elected, she threatens to leave him. Slim and Blake argue and start throwing punches; while they fight, John MacFarland arrives to complain about Blake's editorials against him and his son.


ALPHA VIDEO is a provider of vintage programming that's often unavailable elsewhere. Alpha's prices are fair, but so is transfer quality of some of their offerings. None have undergone restoration, yet this product's rareness and reasonable cost make it a worthwhile purchase.

Also from ALPHA:
DELINQUENT DAUGHTERS (1944) features glamorous Fifi D'Orsay. Known as the French Bombshell, Fifi was actually Canadian.


Parenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 viewer poll rating found at a film resource website.

(5.3) Home Town Story (1951) - Jeffrey Lynn/Donald Crisp/Marjorie Reynolds/Alan Hale Jr./Marlyn Monroe (uncredited: Hugh Beaumont/John Archer/Hal Taggart/Tom Keene)

5.0 out of 5 stars MM's Earliest Movie Role, June 10, 2009

By	John "JG Collectibles" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews

Monroe has just a few minutes in this 1952 film, in only two brief sequences, but completely steals both scenes. Remarkable early MM footage! Home Town Story