Showing posts with label Cary Grant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cary Grant. Show all posts

Friday 20 February 2015

North by Northwest (1959)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jesse Royce Landis and Martin Landau.


DVD bought in 2000

50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray bought in 2009

Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2014
136m 25s





 Blu-ray




 Steelbook Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary by Writer Ernest Lehman
Music Only Audio Track
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (58mins)
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (87mins)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (26mins)
Destination Hitchcock: the Making of North by Northwest (40mins)
Stills Gallery
A Guided Tour with Alfred Hitchcock Trailer
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday 17 February 2015

To Catch a Thief (1955)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jesse Royce Landis and John Williams.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
106m 31s






Audio Commentary by Hitchcock film historian, Dr. Drew Casper
A Night with the Hitchcocks
Unaccpetable Under the Code: Film Censorship in America
Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief
The Making of To Catch a Thief
Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly
Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation
Edith Head – The Paramount Years
If You Love To Catch a Thief You'll Love This
Photo galleries
Theatrical trailer

Saturday 14 February 2015

Monkey Business (1952)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn and Marilyn Monroe.


DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'
93mins






Restoration Comparison
Theatrical Trailer

Monday 9 February 2015

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Directed by George Cukor and starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Ruth Hussey.


2-disc special edition DVD bought in 2005
112m 07s






Commentary by Film Historian Jeannine Basinger
George Cukor Movie Trailer Gallery
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me - A Self-Portrait
The Men Who Made the Movies: George Cukor
Robert Benchley Short: That Inferior Feeling
Cartoon: The Homeless Flea
Audio-Only Bonus: Two Radio Adaptations Featuring the Movie's Three Stars

Sunday 8 February 2015

Gunga Din (1939)

Directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Joan Fontaine and Sam Jaffe.

DVD bought in 2004
117mins





Audio Commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer
On Location with Gunga Din Featurette:
Porky Pig cartoon: The Film Fan
Original and reissue theatrical trailers

Saturday 7 February 2015

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005 
102mins






Commentary by Director/Writer Peter Bogdanovich
Howard Hawks Movie Trailer Gallery
Two Revealing Documentaries-
Cary Grant: A Class Apart
Howard Hawks: The Men Who Made the Movies
Comedy Short - Campus Cinderella
Cartoon - A Star Is Hatched