The Band Wagon (1953)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

112m 10s

Commentary by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein
New making-of documentary: "Get Aboard! The Band Wagon"
Vintage documentary: "The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli"
Outtake musical number: Two Faced Woman, plus dailies
Musical short: Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet
Astaire trailer gallery

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought by 2002

3-disc 60th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012

102m 48s

Blu-ray

Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary featuring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Stanley Donen, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Baz Luhrmann and Rudy Behlmer
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation: (51 minutes)
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (86 minutes)
Excerpts from Features Where the Songs Originated (50 minutes)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of Singin' in the Rain (36 minutes)
You Are My Lucky Star Outtake (4 minutes)
Scoring Sessions (76 minutes)
Theatrical Trailer

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

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