- Billy Budd (1962)
- Commentary by Terence Stamp and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
- 16X9 anamorphic with 2.40 aspect ratio, B&W
- Theatrical trailer
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1950)
- Vintage Oscar-nominated short My Country 'Tis of Thee
- Classic cartoon Captain Hareblower
- Audio-only bonus: Lux Radio Theater adaptation with Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo
- Theatrical Trailer
- 1.33, color, Portugese subtitles
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937/1952)
- Pete Smith specialty short Penny Wisdom
- Cartoon The Wayward Pups
- Audio-only bonus: Lux Radio Theater Adaptation with Ronald Colman
- 1937 Theatrical Trailer
- 1.33, B&W (1937), color (1952)
- Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short "Land of the Taj Mahal"
- Oscar-winning cartoon Johann Mouse
- 1952 theatrical trailer
- The Three Musketeers (1948)
- Vintage Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short Looking at London
- Classic MGM Tex Avery cartoon What Price Fleadom
- Audio-only bonus: MGM Radio Promo with Dick Simmons interviewing Lana Turner
- Madame Bovary (1949)
- Pete Smith specialty short Those Good Old Days
- Classic cartoon "Out-Foxed"
- 1.33, B&W, Portugese subtitles
Literary Classics Collection On DVD
Actor : Lana Turner, Ronald Colman, Gregory Peck, Stewart Granger, Jennifer Jones
Director: John Cromwell, Vincente Minnelli, Russ Saunders, George Sidney, Richard Thorpe, Peter Ustinov, Raoul Walsh
Genre: Drama
Year: N/A
Studio: Warner Home Video
Length: 518
Released: March 6, 2007
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
The 1948 version of The Three Musketeers is one of the lesser versions of that swashbuckler; Gene Kelly and Lana Turner leads the cast in a Technicolor-iffic but dramatically underwhelming effort. Raoul Walsh's Captain Horatio Hornblower (1950) delivers thoughtful seagoing strategies, as the British captain navigating gunships and political winds. The movie doesn't have the oomph of the usual Walsh action film, perhaps keyed instead to Gregory Peck's serious presence, but it has a gratifyingly intelligent forward motion. Plus, the Hornblower disc comes with "Captain Hareblower," a Warners cartoon with Bugs Bunny battling Yosemite Sam on the high seas.
The shipboard morality play of Melville's Billy Budd is included here, in the classic 1962 adaptation by director Peter Ustinov (who also plays Captain Vere). Terence Stamp, in his film debut, is the innocent sailor Billy, and Robert Ryan etches one of the all-time portrayals of cold-eyed cruelty as the brutal master-at-arms Claggart. A great conversation piece in the era of the repertory house, the film holds up--and a commentary track with Stamp and Steven Soderbergh provides good stuff on the actor's career start.
The 1949 M-G-M production of Madame Bovary might not please Flaubert purists, but it will impress auteurist fans of Vincente Minnelli. The tale of a wayward small-town wife is infused with Minnelli's swooning grasp of camera m
ovement and décor, and a showpiece ballroom sequence out-duels any Max Ophuls film for swirling dance delirium. Jennifer Jones' alien presence might be a problem for modern viewers, yet her strangeness actually fits the character. This might just be the discovery of the set, which is otherwise filled out with a satisfying batch of vintage cartoons and short subjects. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Special Features
Actor : Lana Turner, Ronald Colman, Gregory Peck, Stewart Granger, Jennifer Jones
Director: John Cromwell, Vincente Minnelli, Russ Saunders, George Sidney, Richard Thorpe, Peter Ustinov, Raoul Walsh
Genre: Drama
Year: N/A
Studio: Warner Home Video
Length: 518
Released: March 6, 2007
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: NTSC, Color
Language: English
subtitles: English
DESCRIPTION:
The 1948 version of The Three Musketeers is one of the lesser versions of that swashbuckler; Gene Kelly and Lana Turner leads the cast in a Technicolor-iffic but dramatically underwhelming effort. Raoul Walsh's Captain Horatio Hornblower (1950) delivers thoughtful seagoing strategies, as the British captain navigating gunships and political winds. The movie doesn't have the oomph of the usual Walsh action film, perhaps keyed instead to Gregory Peck's serious presence, but it has a gratifyingly intelligent forward motion. Plus, the Hornblower disc comes with "Captain Hareblower," a Warners cartoon with Bugs Bunny battling Yosemite Sam on the high seas.
The shipboard morality play of Melville's Billy Budd is included here, in the classic 1962 adaptation by director Peter Ustinov (who also plays Captain Vere). Terence Stamp, in his film debut, is the innocent sailor Billy, and Robert Ryan etches one of the all-time portrayals of cold-eyed cruelty as the brutal master-at-arms Claggart. A great conversation piece in the era of the repertory house, the film holds up--and a commentary track with Stamp and Steven Soderbergh provides good stuff on the actor's career start.
The 1949 M-G-M production of Madame Bovary might not please Flaubert purists, but it will impress auteurist fans of Vincente Minnelli. The tale of a wayward small-town wife is infused with Minnelli's swooning grasp of camera m
ovement and décor, and a showpiece ballroom sequence out-duels any Max Ophuls film for swirling dance delirium. Jennifer Jones' alien presence might be a problem for modern viewers, yet her strangeness actually fits the character. This might just be the discovery of the set, which is otherwise filled out with a satisfying batch of vintage cartoons and short subjects. --Robert Horton
Product Description
Special Features
- Billy Budd (1962)
- Commentary by Terence Stamp and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
- 16X9 anamorphic with 2.40 aspect ratio, B&W
- Theatrical trailer
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1950)
- Vintage Oscar-nominated short My Country 'Tis of Thee
- Classic cartoon Captain Hareblower
- Audio-only bonus: Lux Radio Theater adaptation with Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo
- Theatrical Trailer
- 1.33, color, Portugese subtitles
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937/1952)
- Pete Smith specialty short Penny Wisdom
- Cartoon The Wayward Pups
- Audio-only bonus: Lux Radio Theater Adaptation with Ronald Colman
- 1937 Theatrical Trailer
- 1.33, B&W (1937), color (1952)
- Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short "Land of the Taj Mahal"
- Oscar-winning cartoon Johann Mouse
- 1952 theatrical trailer
- The Three Musketeers (1948)
- Vintage Fitzpatrick Traveltalk short Looking at London
- Classic MGM Tex Avery cartoon What Price Fleadom
- Audio-only bonus: MGM Radio Promo with Dick Simmons interviewing Lana Turner
- Madame Bovary (1949)
- Pete Smith specialty short Those Good Old Days
- Classic cartoon "Out-Foxed"
- 1.33, B&W, Portugese subtitles
Product Name | Literary Classics Collection On DVD |
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This item is returnable | No |