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| This five-pack DVD set contains some of the greatest "Leading Men" to ever appear on film. From HUMPHREY BOGART to STEVE MCQUEEN, these stars are the reason the public went to the movie theatre. Don't miss this exciting collection.
Beat The Devil (1953, B&W) - Humphrey Bogart: John Huston and Truman Capote co-wrote the screenplay while working on location. A whimsical parody of The Maltese Falcon and other 1940's detective movies in which Bogart so often starred (and Huston directed).Tells of the exploits of a group of travelers on a steamboat who each hopes to carry off a huge swindle in the uranium fields of Northern Africa. While not a commercial success upon its release, the film has come to define the genre of spy movie spoofs.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida
Director: John Huston
Father's Little Dividend (1951, B&W) - Spencer Tracy: This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Stanley Banks's (Spencer Tracy) is hoping for some peace and quiet now that his daughter, Kitten's (Elizabeth Taylor) been married off, he soon learns he's in for more chaos as an expectant grandfather.
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Pot O' Gold (1941, B&W) - Jimmy Stewart: It's rare to see a musical comedy which allows an actor of Jimmy Stewart's caliber to exploit his charismatic screen persona, but POT O' GOLD fits this bill. Stewart plays Jimmy Haskell, the owner of a struggling music store whose financial predicament forces him to go into business with his uncle C.J. (Charles Winninger). C.J. can't stand modern music, but his prosperous health food company sponsors "Haskell's Happiness Program," a popular weekly music program on the radio. C.J. is engaged in an ongoing feud with Mom McCorkle's boarding house because of the consistent noise emanating from the band of Horace Heidt, which resides there. When Jimmy falls for Molly McCorkle (Paulette Goddard), one of the band's singers, and takes up residence at Mom McCorkle's, his situation with both Molly and his uncle becomes dangerous--Molly doesn't know Jimmy is a Haskell, and C.J. doesn't know Jimmy is lobbing tomatoes at him on behalf of the band. The romantic moments between Stewart and Goddard are excellent as are the songs, which include "A knife, a fork, and a spoon," "When
Johnny toots his horn," and "Do you believe in fairy tales?"
Cast: James Stewart
Director: George Marshall
The Sell Out (1976, Color) - Richard Widmark: After his protege and friend defects to the Soviet Union, a C.I.A. agent decides to retire. However, for some unknown reason, both superpowers want to see him dead.
Cast: Richard Widmark
Director: Peter Collinson
The Stranger (1946, B&W) - Orson Welles, E.G. Robinson: THE STRANGER: Orson Welles directed and starred in THE STRANGER, a tense black-and-white thriller that Welles made for maverick producer Sam Spiegel. Welles portrays Charles Rankin, a respected academic at a prominent Connecticut college. He seems to have the perfect life: a beautiful new wife, Mary (Loretta Young); and a charming home in a small town that holds him in high esteem. Enter Mr. Wilson (Edward G. Robinson), a detective on the hunt for Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler. The appearance of Mr. Wilson threatens to reveal that underneath this idyllic veneer is a secret that could tear everything apart.
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles
Director: Orson Welles
The Big Tree (1952, Color) - Kirk Douglas: Tough lumber baron Jim Fallon wants to take control of a verdant forest valley, where a colony of Quakers have taken up residence. A battle ensues for control of the towering forest. Spectacular scenery and fierce dramatic action typify this big screen production with staunch Kirk Douglas in the starring role.
Cast: Kirk Douglas
Director: Felix Feist
Blue Steel (1934, B&W) - John Wayne: A band of ruthless outlaws try to force out the townspeople in a small community after gold is discovered there, but one brave man stands in their way.
Cast: John Wayne
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Impact (1949, B&W) - Brian Donlevy: No-nonsense San Francisco industrial whiz Walter Williams's two-timing wife and her lover plot to do her husband in, but Williams survives the attack and the lover is burned beyond recognition while driving Williams's car. Half-dazed, Williams stumbles into a moving van that takes him to idyllic Larkspur, Idaho, where newspaper stories of his "death" jog his memory. While recuperating and plotting his eventual return and revenge, Williams falls in love with Marsha, an auto mechanic. But when Williams finally gets back to San Francisco, he's tried for the lover's murder.
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines
Director: Arthur Lubin
Blood On The Sun (1945, B&W) - James Cagney: BLOOD ON THE SUN stars James Cagney as Nick Condon, an American newspaper editor working in Japan between World War I and World War II. While investigating the double murder of a fellow reporter and his wife, Condon discovers the insidious Tanaka Plan, which plainly states the Japanese aims of world domination. If he is to warn the world about the Japanese plot, he must stay alive and out of the hands of the secret police with the help of Iris (Sylvia Sidney), a beautiful Chinese-American spy. From his tender scenes with Iris to his action-packed jujitsu fights with the Japanese secret service, Cagney's performance is a masterpiece. Theodore Sparkul’s high-contrast film noir lighting is among the best of the 1940s, as is the quick-paced editing in this critically acclaimed thriller from veteran director and two-time Oscar winner Frank Lloyd (CAVALCADE, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY).
Cast: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney
Director: Frank Lloyd
Second Chorus (1940, B&W) - Fred Astaire: Director H.C. Potter keeps the pacing snappy in this musical comedy about two trumpet-playing buddies competing for gigs and for the heart of their lovely manager, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard). When Ellen gets hired and moves away, the two decide to leave their college campus and follow her to New York. Once there, they have numerous misadventures while auditioning for a spot in conductor Artie Shaw's band. Artie Shaw confidently plays himself, and Fred Astaire and Charles Butterworth are both sweet and funny as Danny and Hank, the feuding friends. Some of the film's notable songs include "Would You Like to Be the Love of My Life," "Poor Mr. Chisholm," and "Swing Concerto." Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire have one breezy accomplished dance number in the film, which was shot in one take under protest from Goddard, who swore after hours of tutoring from the master that she just couldn't dance. The rest of the numbers are danced solo by Mr. Astaire who is a joy to watch.
Cast: Fred Astaire
Director: Ben Hecht, H.C. Potter
Made For Each Other (1939, B&W) - James Stewart: This delightful motion picture that mixes comedy, romance, sentimentality, and a touch of poignancy in well-measured helpings. They're John and Jane Mason, two young people who have found each other and get married. This is a story where love eventually triumphs over in-law interference that almost tears our young newly weds apart and proves that they are indeed Made For Each Other.
Cast: James Stewart, Carole Lombard
The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959, B&W) - Steve McQueen: Two notable noirish action movies are collected here. Long before Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS came THE GREAT ST. LOUIS BANK ROBBERY (1959). A young Steve McQueen stars in this drama about a hastily formed gang of eccentric hoods, who plan the perfect heist only to botch the execution, setting them at each other's throats and sending them all scrambling to save their own skins.
Cast: Steve McQueen, Crahan Denton, David Clarke
Director: Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952, B&W) - Gregory Peck: This lavish, big-budget blockbuster combined tales from Ernest Hemingway’s life with Papa’s already famous autobiographical novel of the same name. As Harry (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. In pursuit of all three, he has traveled the globe from the salons of Bohemian Paris to the battlefields of Spain to the plains of Africa. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and his own approaching death from gangrene, he tries to make sense of his failures. Few Hemingway novels play as well onscreen as they do on paper, but under the direction of Henry King, star Peck turns in an inspired performance. Susan Hayward plays Harry’s devoted beau, while Harry himself pines for the love he lost in Cynthia (Ava Gardner). The romantic, sentimental, qualities embedded in the fine script are driven home by Bernard Hermann’s brilliant score. Theater operators actually feared that audiences would stay away from the film because they couldn't pronounce Kilimanjaro, but the film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1952.
Cast: Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck
Director: Henry King
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934, B&W) - Peter Lorre: An English couple on holiday in Switzerland find themselves embroiled in an international plot to assassinate a foreign dignitary when the husband overhears the secret and their daughter is kidnapped. This taut, suspenseful thriller is aided by the director’s wry wit and tight pacing. Critics continue to argue the film's merits versus those of its 1956 remake.
Cast: Edna Best, Leslie Banks, Peter Lorre
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Great Guy (1936, B&W) - James Cagney: Ex-prizefighter Johnny Cave (James Cagney) exposes corrupt officials and racketeers while working for the Department of Weights and Measures. Eventually the boisterous Cave has to face a corrupt alderman who put the last Inspector in the hospital.
Cast: James Cagney, Mae Clarke
Director: John G. Blystone
The Second Woman (1951, B&W) - Robert Young: A young man whose wife was murdered while they were on their honeymoon, and who is plagued by strange accidents and visions of her death. He meets a beautiful young woman on a train, Ellen (Drake), and it becomes apparent that the two are very attracted to one another. Ellen soon learns about Jeff's past and is quickly drawn into his strange dark world, even when she begins to realize that Jeff may be much more dangerous than he seems. A stylish and riveting noirish thriller, THE SECOND WOMAN is an unjustly forgotten classic of the genre.
Cast: Robert Young
Director: James V. Kern
Amazing Adventure (1936, B&W) - Cary Grant: In an effort to subdue a bout of depression, a millionaire playboy (Cary Grant) makes a 50,000 English pound bet with a psychiatrist that he could become a famous business tycoon without using his family's inheritance. Based on the novel "The Amazing Quest" by Ernest Bliss.
Cast: Cary Grant, Henry Kendall, Mary Brian
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Meet John Doe (1941, B&W) - Gary Cooper: Reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired from her job by an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and retaliates by printing a fake suicide note to the editor signed by a fictional "John Doe." The letter is picked up by the public as a rallying point, as Mr. Doe claimed to be so distraught by the problems of society that he'd rather end his own life in protest. But the tycoon uses the publicity as part of a secret plan, hiring a down-on-his-luck unemployed man (Gary Cooper) to impersonate Doe--establishing him as an American symbol and creating a new political movement in the process. Frank Capra's endearing classic also stars the great character actors Walter Brennan and James Gleason.
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, James Gleason, Walter Brennan
Director: Frank Capra
Whistle Stop (1946, B&W) - George Raft: A story of love and intrigue in a small railroad town. Kenny is an unemployed loser and always has been, but his old flame Mary can't stop loving him that is, until her head is turned by a local hotel owner. Kenny manages to clean up his act and win Mary back, only to be framed for murder by her jealous suitor.
Cast: Ava Gardner, George Raft
Director: Leonide Moguy
D.O.A. (1949, B&W) - Edmond O'Brien: A masterpiece of low-budget "noir" cinema, with Edmond O'Brien as a businessman vacationing in San Francisco who learns he has been poisoned with a "luminous toxin" and has mere days to live. A desperate search for his own killer follows.
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Luther Adler, Neville Brand, Pamela Britton
Director: Rudolph Mate
BONUS Extras: Film information, Biography, Facts & trivia and Special collector's photo gallery.
Region 1 (US and Canada)
3 Keep Cases
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
English Mono
B&W / Color
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