A Hazard of Hearts / Lady Hamilton

For "A Hazard of Hearts:" I absolutely love this romance between the dashing Justin and the sweetly innocent Serena. I love that it goes hand in hand with romance, mystery, passion, and swash-buckling adventure! Who doesn't love to see the handsome and confident Justin Vulcan coming to save the day!?"Lady Hamilton:" I can see why they paired these two together, because no one would ever like Lady Hamilton unless they liked to also hit their head with a hammer all day. I think that they had to pair these two films together because no one would ever want to buy Lady Hamilton on its own. Disgusting in its over sexuality. Basically, everybody is falling head over heels for "Lady Hamilton" who looks like a prostitute, and behaves like one too.Unfortunately these two movies are on the same disc. It's definitely worth the cheap price, but just ignore the film "Lady Hamilton" if you don't want to waste an entire evening thinking "Why on earth did I watch that garbage?" and "Who in the world would waste the money and time making this?"

I've seen the hilarious reviews by others on different sites, and laughed with them...but this movie is still charming and romantic. Maybe it's Helena--looking like a pouty baby in her 80's fake Victorian dresses (wow, could the wardrobe BE any worse), or all the dreadful yet disarming "eyebrow acting" by Our Hero...there's just something redeeming here and I thoroughly enjoyed it. And what an overheated score! You'll love it. There's also a wonderful cameo by Stewart Granger, a fantastic old Hollywood favorite and one of mine, too. He's sincerely wonderful, and truly underrated in his long career (he passed many years ago). And Diana Rigg...holy guacamole. Such a great actress, but in this role, she channeled Joan Collins in all her bitchy glory. And her wardrobe was a polyester nightmare. So laugh at the lameness, and make fun of the ridiculous plot devices, but you will still enjoy the charm and romance. If you like old fashioned romance, before bedhopping, nudity, and porn became the standard, spend the pittance and watch this.

A Hazard of Hearts is a typical Barbara Cartland story - the young Helena Bonham Carter is perfect in the role of Serena - Diana Rigg is a great vilain - it was nice to see Stewart Granger in his later years - a real stunning actor in his youth, he still looked pretty good. It's entertaining good to watch if you are interested in the actors -Lady Hamilton is a great film in the sense that it portrays the condition of lower class women in England in the early 19th Century extremely well. I have used it to show my students the appalling situations that women found themselves in simply because they were women and had no protection from their society.I used to pass by the inn where Emma Hamilton and Admiral Nelson used to meet at Box Hill in England very often and even had breakfast there once. Watching the film gave me a full picture of what Lady Hamilton's life was really like.The performances are really very touching and powerful. It's a film that makes you think and feel glad that you were born after female emancipation! A great historical piece.

I saw this movie when I was in my teens. I read the book first and I never read any romance novels. I was above that My mother insisted that I should read it. I liked it and when I heard it was going to be on television. I watched it with my mother and had to admit that I liked it. So of course I was looking for this on VHS and could never find it. So when I found out that Amazon had the DVD for sale I of course I had to purchase it.It didn't make a romance novel fan nor did I ever read anything by Barbara Cartland either. But this book and movie I will make an exception.However Lady Hamilton was too old to watch and in bad quality.

I recommend this DVD. As a Barbara Cartland fan, I have now purchased the actual novel and both are excellent. From her historical information to her characterization it is an enjoyable read and the DVD production carries excellent acting by Diana Riggs, Helena Bonham Carter, Edward Fox and an all star cast. Lady Hamilton was new to me but the story line and the acting in that are also high quality. I will probably wear the DVD out because I watch it so often. As a writer, plot, characters and description are very important to me. This one has it all. Barbara Cartland had written and published over 200 books. One incredible lady!

Hazard of Hearts is a decent storyline and good acting and plot. It is the second movie "Lady Hamilton" that draw the rating down -- way way down if it were to be evaluated by itself. Imagine 1960's Italian dubbed filming, fuzzy-edged picture. The lead female character is supposed to be irresistible to everyone--with her fake hair and really thick eyeliner--even to the female monarch. The other characters -- well, I was reminded of "Hercules" with Steve Reeves from whatever timeframe that was. If you pay $5 for the package, just ignore the second film and enjoy the first. Romance in the Barbara Carland style.

Fast delivery, item was as expected!

This movie was really great... I enjoyed it. Since I've been retired, I've been buying many of these Victorian era movies because I like to watch them in the winter time when I can't get out in the garden. It's nice to cuddle up with the kitty and nice cup of tea and watch a good romantic story. There really hasn't been any Victorian era DVD that I haven't liked so far... yes some are much better than others but I seem to like most of them just fine, and this was a very interesting story.

Excellent DVD movie. Lady Hamilton with Michele Mercier was excellent as well. Diana Rigg playing a spiteful person was certainly a change from her role in the Avengers.

I bought this for Hazard of Hearts as both my wife and I remember watching it (separately) years and years ago - I enjoyed it so much then I even took the book from the library. I am biased by my affection for the beautiful Helena Bonham Carter, who is young here but nevertheless talented, and my wife is just as taken with Marcus Gilbert.It's an entertaining romance and often daft, but the cast is good and it's as much a joy to watch again now as it was twenty-odd years ago...

Good

Another great movie

As soon as you know that "A Hazard of Hearts" is a Barbara Cartland story, you expect a lot of everything and you get it. The scenery is lush, the acting very good, the casting bang on and the plot has enough action and surprise to hold you to the expected end.Helena Bonham-Carter is very young and costumed to look young and vulnerable. It is her intelligent understanding of people that helps her avoid disaster when her father(Christopher Plummer)is goaded into gambling away the family home and her hand in marriage. Diana Rigg, as her prospective mother-in-law, is elegant, sophisticated and dangerous. Anna Massey is the trusted maid-companion who adds some humour at the beginning and faints as gracefully as she did in "The Importance of Being Earnest". The role of the villain is played by Edward Fox with elegance, charm and dark motives. It is interesting to see him in a major role after learning that his daughter, Emilia Fox, played Georgiana Darcy and his wife, Joanna David, played Mrs. Gardiner in "Pride and Prejudice"(1995).This is a satisfying film once you get past the fact it was created in 1987."Lady Hamilton" is the story of the country girl who learned fashionable ways, married an elderly Lord and was the mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson. The film was created in 1969 from the novel by Alexandre Dumas. The quality of the film is not today's standard and our expectations for acting and directing have changed but nonetheless it is a realistic depiction of life in those times. Hers is a sad story with moments of joy and triumph intermingled. She was a beautiful woman who lived by her wits and charm as long as there was a man to protect her. Once Lord Nelson died she was cast aside.Two films for a tempting price is a good deal if you like romance and history.