Saturday, 14 February 2015

Mogambo (1953)

Directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly and Donald Sinden.


DVD bought in 2013
116mins
Part of the 'Clark Gable Collection'






Theatrical Trailer

Niagara (1953)

Directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters.


DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'

Blu-ray bought in 2014
88m 51s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Original Trailer
Marilyn Monroe Movie Trailers

How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)

Directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and William Powell.



DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'

Blu-ray bought in 2014
95m 46s





Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Fox Movietone News: "How to Marry a Millionaire in Cinemascope"
Theatrical trailer

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Coburn.


DVD bought in 2008
Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection' 

Blu-ray bought in 2014
91m 25s




 
 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras

Fox Movietone News: Marilyn and Jane in Cement.
Marilyn Monroe trailers.

Calamity Jane (1953)

Directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie and Philip Carey.


DVD bought in 2006
97mins






Newsreels - "Western Style" and "Photo Play"
Theatrical Trailer

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