Wednesday, 18 February 2015

High Society (1956)

Directed by Charles Walters and starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm.


DVD bought in 2004
107m 03s






Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Newsreel footage: Gala premiere
Cartoon - "Millionaire Droopy"
Theatrical Trailer

The Court Jester (1956)

Directed by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama, starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker and Mildred Natwick.


DVD bought in 2007
101m 05s






Theatrical Trailer

The King and I (1956)

Directed by Walter Lang and starring Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr and Rita Moreno.


DVD bought in 2003
138m 44s






Movietone News: Premiere
Movietone News: Oscars
Audio Clips
Theatrical Trailer

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Lust for Life (1956)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn and James Donald.


DVD bought in 2007
122m 15s






Audio Commentary by film historian Dr. Drew Casper
Theatrical Trailer

Helen of Troy (1956)

Directed by Robert Wise and starring Rossana Podesta, Jacques Sernas, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Stanley Baker.


DVD bought in 2004
116mins






The Look of Troy
Interviewing Helen
Sounds of Homeric Troy
Theatrical Trailer

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter, Edward G. Robinson, Yvonne De Carlo, Debra Paget, John Derek, Sir Cedric Hardwicke and Vincent Price.


2-disc Special Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2004 

6-disc Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
231m 38s












 DVD
 






Blu-ray extras - 

Bonus Movie - The Ten Commandments (1923) Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. 136mins

Audio Commentary by Katherine Orrison, author of "Written in Stone: Making Cecil B. DeMille's Epic, The Ten Commandments" (both versions)
The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (74mins)
Newsreel: The Ten Commandments: Premiere in New York
Hand-tinted footage of the exodus and parting of the Red Sea sequence (1923 version)
Two color Technicolor segment (1923 version)
Photo Galleries
Theatrical Trailers

Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jack Hawkins, Joan Collins, Dewey Martin and Alexis Minotis.


DVD bought in 2007
104m 02s






Audio commentary with Filmmaker/Historian Peter Bogdanovich, 
with interview excerpts of director/producer Howard Hawks
Theatrical trailer