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

High Noon (1952)

Directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges and Katy Jurado.


DVD bought in 2007
84m 42s






The Making of High Noon, hosted by film historian Leonard Maltin
Theatrical Trailer

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

Friday, 13 February 2015

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