Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Tuesday, 10 February 2015

The Three Caballeros (1944)

Produced by Walt Disney and directed by Norman Ferguson.

DVD bought in 2006

68m 41s

Bonus Cartoon - Don's Fountain of Youth

Bonus Cartoon - Pueblo Pluto

Victory Through Air Power (1943)

Produced by Walt Disney and directed by Perce Pearce.

Walt Disney Treasures - On the Front Lines

2-disc DVD bought in 2004

Extras include -

Introduction by Film Historian Leonard Maltin
Disc One:
Shorts: Donald Gets Drafted, The Army Mascot, Private Pluto, Fall Out; Fall In, The Old Army Game, Home Defense, How to be a Sailor, Commando Duck, The Vanishing Private, Sky Trooper, Victory Vehicles, Der Fuehrer's Face, Education for Death, Reason and Emotion, Thrifty Pig, Seven Wise Dwarfs, Donald's Decision, All Together, The New Spirit, The Spirit of '43, Food Will Win the War, Out of the Frying Pan and into the Firing Line, The Grain that Built a Hemisphere, Defense Against Invasion, Cleanliness Brings Health, What is Disease?, Planning for Good Eating, Chicken Little and the Winged Scourge

Disc Two:
Shorts: Four Methods of Flush Riveting, Stop that Tank, Training Film Montage
Full-Length Feature: "Victory Through Air Power"
On the Set of "Victory through Air Power"
Production Art Galleries

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Henry Travers and Macdonald Carey.

Blu-ray bought in 2014

107m 50s

Beyond Doubt:: The Making of Hitchcock's Favorite Film
Production Drawings
Production Photographs
Theatrical Trailer

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney, Joan Leslie and Walter Huston.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004

125m 30s

Extras include -

Commentary with Film Historian Rudy Behlmer:
Warner Night at the Movies -
Newsreel
Patriotic Short Subject - Beyond the Line of Duty
Let Freedom Sing!: The Story of Yankee Doodle Dandy (105m)
John Travolta Remembers James Cagney
You, John Jones (Wartime Short starring Cagney)
"James Cagney: Top of the World" documentary
Cartoon - Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
Cartoon - Yankee Doodle Bugs
Cartoon - Yankee Doodle Daffy
Theatrical Trailer

Sullivan's Travels (1942)

Directed by Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake and Robert Warwick.

Arrow Films Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2014

90m 46s

New high definition digital transfer of the film by Universal Pictures
Uncompressed Mono 2.0 PCM Audio
Audio commentary by filmmaker and Python Terry Jones
Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer
Kevin Jackson on Sullivan s Travels
The Preston Sturges Stock Company
Safeguarding Military Information: a Sturges-scripted propaganda short

Theatrical Trailer
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw
Booklet featuring new writing on the film by screwball comedy expert Peter Swaab