Thursday 19 February 2015

The Toho Collection (1958-1961)

The H-Man (1958) Directed by Ishiro Honda. 86mins

Battle in Outer Space (1959) Directed by Ishiro Honda. 90m 20s

Mothra (1961) Directed by Ishiro Honda. 100m 48s


3-film 3-disc DVD collection bought in 2013








Commentary on Battle in Outer Space by Japanese sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski
Commentary on Mothra by Japanese sci-fi historians Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Directed by Nathan Juran and starring Kerwin Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Richard Eyer and Torin Thatcher.


DVD bought in 2008

Blu-ray bought in 2013
88mins






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with Ray Harryhausen, Phil Tippet, Randall William Cook, Steven Smith and Arnold Kuner
Remembering the 7th Voyage of Sinbad (24mins)
The Harryhausen Legacy (26mins)
The Music of Bernard Herrmann (27mins)
Ray Harryhausen - Interviewed by John Landis (12mins)
Stills gallery
Sinbad May Have Been Bad, But He's Been Good To Me - music video
A Look Behind the Voyage - featurette
This is Dynamation - featurette
Bonus trailers

The Vikings (1958)

Directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine and James Donald.


DVD bought in 2003
111m 11s







Theatrical Trailer

The Big Country (1958)

Directed by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford and Chuck Connors.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
166m 54s






Fun in the Country - featurette
Theatrical Trailer

Vertigo (1958)

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes.


DVD bought in 2000

Blu-ray bought in 2013
129m 43s







 Blu-ray





Audio commentary with William Friedkin
Obsessed with Vertigo: New Life for Alfred Hitchcock's Masterpiece (30mins)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators (55mins)
Hitchcock/Truffaut interview excerpts
Foreign Censorship Ending
The Vertigo Archives
Theatrical trailer
Restoration trailer

King Creole (1958)

Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart and Dean Jagger.


DVD bought in 2003
116mins






Theatrical Trailer

South Pacific (1958)

Directed by Joshua Logan and starring Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston.


2-disc Blu-ray bought in 2014
157mins (171mins)






DISC ONE
Theatrical Version of South Pacific
Audio commentary by Ted Chapin and Gerard Alessandrini
"Sing-a-Long" karaoke subtitles (19 songs)
"Songs-only" chapter list

DISC TWO:
The extended Roadshow version of the film
Audio commentary by film historian Richard Barrios
Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating An American Masterpiece (94mins)
Making Of South Pacific” original featurette (14mins)
“60 Minutes Exclusive: The Tales of the South Pacific” TV special
"South Pacific on the Screen – A Perfect Hit” Fox Movietone News
“State Department Confers High Honor on South Pacific” Fox Movietone News"
Mitzy Gaynor screen test
Theatrical trailer