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| Category | Comedies DVDs, Family Movies, Children/Family Videos, Recommended, Essential Cinema, Fantasy, AFI Top 100 Laughs, Easter, Wise Fools | | Starring | James Stewart, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Wallace Ford, Jesse White, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, Nana Bryant, Peggy Dow | | Director | Henry Koster | | Art Director | Nathan Juran | | Composer | Frank Skinner | | Director of Photography | William Daniels | | Editor | Ralph Dawson | | Producer | John Beck | | Screenwriter | Oscar Brodney, Mary Chase | | Source Writer | Mary Chase |
James Stewart, Cecil Kellaway, Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, Charles Drake, Jesse White - Dir:Henry Koster James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy alcoholic whose sunny disposition and drunken antics are tolerated by most of the citizens of his community. That is, until Elwood begins to claim that he has a friend named Harvey who is an invisisble six foot rabbit. Elwood's snooty socialite sister, Veta, determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle to a respectable man, begins to plot to keep Elwood's lunacy from interfering. Elwood is a good-natured, slightly sloshed man whose faithful companion is a 6-foot 3-1/2 inch rabbit that only he can see. When his sister Veta (Josephine Hull) tries to have him committed, she's taken in instead. It's up to Elwood and Harvey to straighten out the mess. James Stewart stars in his most amiable, bumbling mode. The film is based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Academy Award Nominations: 1, including Best Actor: James Stewart. Academy Awards: 1, Best Supporting Actress: Josephine Hull. Josephine Hull, Victoria Horne, and Jesse White all originated their roles in the stage version of Mary Chase's Pulitzer prize-winning play HARVEY. White made his film debut with this screen adaptation. James Stewart occasionally filled in as Elwood P. Dowd in the Broadway adaptation.
Some MCA/Universal video releases of HARVEY feature a special introduction by Stewart. Harvey Quotes/Excerpts: "Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it."--Veta Louise Simmons (Josephine Hull)
"I've wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, and I'm happy, Doctor, I finally won out over it."--Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart)
"Harvey and I have things to do...we sit in the bars...have a drink or two...and play the jukebox. Very soon the faces of the other people turn towards me and smile. They say: 'We don't know your name, mister, but you're all right, all right.' Harvey and I warm ourselves in these golden moments. We came as strangers--soon we have friends. They come over. They sit with us. They drink with us. They talk to us. They tell us about the great big terrible things they've done and the great big wonderful things they're going to do. Their hopes, their regrets. Their loves, their hates. All very large, because nobody ever brings anything small into a bar. Then I introduce them to Harvey, and he's bigger and grander than anything they can offer me. When they leave, they leave impressed. The same people seldom come back."--Elwood P. Dowd
"I'd just helped Ed Hickey into a taxi. Ed had been mixing his drinks, and I felt he needed conveying. I started to walk down the street when I heard a voice saying: 'Good evening, Mr. Dowd.' I turned, and there was this big white rabbit leaning against a lamppost. Well, I thought nothing of that! Because when you've lived in a town as long as I've lived in this one, you get used to the fact that everybody knows your name."--Elwood P. Dowd on meeting Harvey for the first time Harvey Reviews: "...[Stewart gives] a gentle, philosophical performance in a gentle, philosophical film..."
-- Ceri Thomas, Total Film "In 1950, Stewart was clearly looking to broaden his range....[He's] at home here in laid-back farce..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound
This is the only Peggy Dow video. Harvey | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | Universal Studios Home Video | | Orig Year | 1950 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  606  | | CD Universe Part number | 1282391 | | Catalog number | 61020336 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 06, 2001 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 105 Minutes | | Additional Info | Universal Studios Home Video | | Movie Details | B&W; Mono Sound; Dolby Noise Reduction; Universal Studios Home Video |
Harvey Movie Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   "HARVEY"
I saw this movie when young and never did forget it, and the moral of it's plot, about Life. This past Christmas I gave several of these as Christmas presents, and of those gifts, bring a comment from those recieving and others, that have seen it through the gifts of friends sharing.
Submitted by hoose1 (Monticello Ms, USA)
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The DVD's purchased were for gifts, only 1 DVD of 6 ordered was bad thus far, it was tried on different players, the players played another DVD of the Movie,,,,,It's a 5 star movie, has been for years since it was made.
Submitted by hoose1 (Monticello Ms)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  A Sweet touching movie
I love this movie, Jimmy Stewart's character is very sweet and lovable. Josephine Hull is hilarious. I can watch this movie over and over and never get tired of it.
Submitted by bears1_86 (Georgetown, Ca, USA) 
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TO HOLD ON TO SANITY
A delightful film,funny heartwarming &encouraging to anyone with doubts of there mental health.STEWART plays an incredibly warm man who cares for all before himself,and with help from HARVEY helps troubled souls along his way.a feel good film!
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