Ivanhoe (1952)

Directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders.

DVD bought in 2005

106mins

Tome & Jerry cartoon: The Two Mouseketeers

Swashbuckler Trailer Gallery

When Worlds Collide (1951)

Directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen and John Hoyt.

DVD bought in 2007

78m 55s

Theatrical Trailer

The Thing From Another World (1951)

Directed by Christian Nyby and starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer, Robert Cornthwaite and James Arness as The Thing.

2-disc DVD bought in 2007

87mins

Black & White Version (Uncut and remastered)
Colorized Version (Cut)
Audio Commentary with filmmaker John Carpenter

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

Directed by Robert Wise and starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Billy Gray, Hugh Marlowe and Sam Jaffe.

2-disc Steelbook DVD bought in 2007

Blu-ray bought in 2012

92mins

Blu-ray

 Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary by director Robert Wise and filmmaker Nicolas Meyer
Audio commentary by film and music historians
Isolated music score
The World of the Theremin
"The Mysterious Melodious Theremin" featurette
Main Title Live Performance by Peter Pringle
"Interactive Theremin: Create Your Own Score"
"The Making of The Day the Earth Stood Still" featurette
"Decoding 'Klaatu Barada Nikto': Science Fiction as Metaphor" featurette
"A Brief History of Flying Saucers" featurette
"The Astounding Harry Bates" featurette
"Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still" featurette
"Race to Oblivion" short written and produced by Edmund North
"Farewell to the Master" reading
"Fox Movietonews" 1951 newsreel featurette
Photo galleries

Strangers on a Train (1951)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman and Robert Walker.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

101mins

Preview and Final release versions of the film.
Audio commentary by Peter Bogdanovich, Joseph Stefano and others
"Alfred Hitchcock's Historical Meeting" (Vintage Newsreel
"Strangers On A Train: A Hitchcock Classic" documentary
"Strangers On A Train: An Appreciation By M. Night Shyamalan" featurette
"Strangers On A Train: The Victim's P.O.V." featurette
"The Hitchcocks On Hitch" featurette
Theatrical trailer

Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo and Robert Beatty.

DVD bought in 2007

116m 40s

Short film: My Country 'Tis of Thee
Cartoon: Captain Hareblower
Lux Radio Broadcast
Theatrical trailer

Quo Vadis (1951)

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov.

Blu-ray bought in 2011

174m 28s

Commentary by F.X. Feeney
In the Beginning, Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
Theatrical Trailer