Wednesday, 18 February 2015

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

Directed by Michael Anderson and starring David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton and Shirley MacLaine.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2004
174m 38s







Audio Commentary with film expert Brian Sibley
Introduction by Film Historian Robert Osborne
Around the World of Michael Todd (52mins)
Playhouse Broadcast: Around the World in 80 Minutes (48mins)
The 1956 Los Angeles Premiere
Highlights from the 1957 Academy Awards
Outtakes
Photo Gallery
Theatrical Trailers
Almanac Reproduction

Bus Stop (1956)

Directed by Joshua Logan and starring Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray and Arthur O'Connell.


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

Blu-ray bought in 2014
96mins





DVD





Theatrical Trailer

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