Monday 9 February 2015

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.


2-disc 3-film Special Edition DVD bought in 2007
100m 23s







 

2 Previous Movie Versions of the Dashiell Hammett caper:
The Maltese Falcon (1931) with Bebe Daniels and Recardo Cortez
Satan Met a Lady (1936) with Bette Davis and Warren William

Commentary by Bogart biographer Eric Lax
Warner Night at the Movies
vintage newsreel,
Technicolor musical short The Gay Parisian,
classic cartoons Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt and Meet John Doughboy
New Documentary "The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird"
The Trailers of Humphrey Bogart
Breakdowns of 1941: Studio Blooper Reel
Audio-only bonus: 3 radio show adaptations of The Maltese Falcon

Citizen Kane (1941)

Directed by Orson Welles and starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead and Everett Sloane.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Digitally Remastered Blu-ray bought in 2015
119m 18s






Blu-ray
 




Blu-ray extras -

Anatomy of a Classic: a 50-minute feature presented by Barry Norman
Audio Commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes
The original film budget
The original 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds
Welles' 1945 commerical recording of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince
The Restoration of Citizen Kane (Blu-ray exclusive)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Bette Davis and Stuart Erwin.


DVD bought in 2013
91m 30s
Part of the 'James Cagney Collection'





Warner Night at the Movies -
Vintage newsreel,
musical shorts "Carnival of Rhythm" and the Oscar-nominated "Forty Boys and a Song,"
classic cartoons "Porky's Pooch" and the Oscar-nominated "Rhapsody in Rivets"
Theatrical trailer

Torrid Zone (1940)

Directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien.


DVD bought in 2013
88mins
Part of the 'James Cagney Collection'





Warner Night at the Movies -
Vintage newsreel,
musical short "Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra,"
historical short "Pony Express Days,"
classic Oscar-nominated cartoon "A Wild Hare"

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, starring Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez and John Justin.

DVD bought in 2006

Blu-ray bought in 2015
106mins






DVD





Blu-ray extras -

Image galleries
Theatrical Trailer

The Mark of Zorro (1940)

Directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell and Basil Rathbone.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2006
93m 37s






All new colorized feature
Restored black and white feature
Commentary by film critic Richard Schickel
"Tyrone Power: The Last Idol" as seen on Biography on the A&E Network

The Sea Hawk (1940)

Directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Henry Daniell and Flora Robson.


DVD bought in 2005
127mins
Part of the 'Errol Flynn Collection'





Leonard Maltin Hosts Warner Night at the Movies
Newsreel,
Alice in Movieland short,
Porky's Poor Fish cartoon
New featurette: The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action