Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Friday, 6 February 2015

The Thin Man Collection

6-film 7-disc Thin Man DVD collection, bought in 2013

Movies included in the set -

The Thin Man (1934)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Another Thin Man (1939)

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Extras include a documentary, shorts and cartoons.

Dancing Lady (1933)

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Franchot Tone.

DVD bought in 2013
91m 38s

Part of the 'Clark Gable Collection'

Extras include

Vintage musical shorts:
Planet Nuts with Ted Healy and the Three Stooges,
Roast Beef & Movies with Curly Howard
Theatrical trailer

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Collection vol.1-2

DVD collection bought in 2013

DVD

Movies included in the sets -

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

Top Hat (1935)

Roberta (1935)

Follow the Fleet (1936)

Swing Time (1936)

Shall We Dance (1937)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

Extras include commentaries, featurettes, shorts and cartoons.

The Busby Berkeley Collection

9-film 10-disc DVD box set bought in 2013

Movies included in the set -

42nd Street (1933)

Gold Diggers of 1933

Footlight Parade (1933)

Dames (1934)

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1937

Varsity Show (1937)

Hollywood Hotel (1937)

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

Extras include commentaries, documentaries shorts and cartoons

42nd Street (1933)

Directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers.

DVD bought in 2007

89m 15s

Extras:

Harry Warren: America's foremost composer (9m 09s)
Hollywood Newsreel (8m 57s)
A Trip Through a Hollywood Studio (10m 06s)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and Lionel Barrymore.

Steelbook Blu-ray bought in 2014

112m 41s

• Commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Mark A. Viera
• Checking out: Grand Hotel
• Hollywood Premiere of Grand Hotel
• Behind the Story: Nothing ever happens
• Behind the Story: Just a word of warning
• Trailer: Grand Hotel (1932)
• Trailer: Week-End at The Waldorf (1945)