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DVD : Papa's Delicate ConditionIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.46 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (DVD MOVIE) EAN: 0844503000347 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Legend Films Manufacturer: Legend Films Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Legend Films Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 01, 2008 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Legend Films Theatrical Release Date: 1963 Sales Rank: 10068 MPN: LF00340 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Jackie Gleason stars in this warm-hearted look back at one family's larger than life father. Set at the start of the 20th century, Gleason plays Jack Griffith, a gregarious railroad man whose love for his family is rivaled only by his love for the bottle. Griffith's penchant for outrageous behavior, followed up by a more outrageous gift to atone for it, has begun to alienate his wife and oldest daughter, although his youngest still adores her father. Gleason portrays Griffith's "delicate condition" with a mixture of humor and humanity, and the end result is a moving portrait of a family's ups and downs. Gleason's performance of the Academy Award® winning song "Call Me Irresponsible" is not to be missed. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A Sweet and Endearing Family Movie!I have always considered 1963's movie "Papa's Delicate Condition" to be a sweet,sentimental and very endearing piece of film.The movie is based on silent screen actress Corinne Griffiths' 1952 novel of the same name about her childhood in Texas.It is directed by George Marshall,famous for his working with Laurel and Hardy in the 1930s at Hal Roach studios.It certainly rates high on my list of all time favourite movies. The film stars Jackie Gleason as railroad supervisor Jack Griffith and his ... Read More Rating:  - Takes me back to my childhood!This is a classic movie that I don't think got enough attention in it's time. It focuses on Jackie Gleason who is a railroad supervisor and he has one little problem...he drinks like a fish and ends up spending loads of money on crap that he nor his family need. It does have a good ending and his issues are worked out. I am not sure how the message is received by most folks but I have always enjoyed this movie and when it came out on DVD, I just had to have it. I still regularly watch ... Read More Rating: - Rainbows, I'm inclined to pursueBased on Corrine Griffith's memoirs, PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION is a turn-of-the-century story of a man who'd do anything to please his wife and family, except give up drinking. Griffith's alcoholism causes some outrageous behavior, like his awarding the next door neighbor a prize of a newly-painted house, or buying an ice cream parlor so his daughter's dessert will be just as she wants it. He also gives young Corrie an entire circus when all she'd asked for was a pony. It's a bittersweet ... Read More Rating: - Good Vehicle for the Great OneWhen Jackie Gleason passed some years ago I remember a couple of tidbits from his obituary. One relates a doctor telling him that he had lung cancer and suggesting that he cut back on his smoking. Heeding his doctor's advice Gleason cut back from six packs a day to four packs. Gleason had his own little Algonquin Round Circle that consisted of Salvador Dali and Mickey Mantle among others. What did these seeming unlike public figures have in common? A love of the bottle. Gleason made something of ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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