Saturday 14 February 2015

Stalag 17 (1953)

Directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Neville Brand and Peter Graves.



Special Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2006
Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2015
120mins





Blu-ray







Blu-ray extras -

Audio commentary with actors Richard Erdman and Gil Stratton, and co-playwright Donald Bevan
New video interview with film scholar Neil Sinyard (24mins)
Stalag 17: From Reality to Screen (22mins)
The Real Heroes of Stalag XVII B (25mins)
28 page collector's booklet

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Directed by Byron Haskin and starring Gene Barry, Ann Robinson and Les Tremayne, narrated by Sir Cedric Hardwicke.


Special Collector's Edition DVD bought in 2005
85mins








Audio commentary by actor Gene Barry and actress Ann Robinson
Audio commentary by Joe Dante, Bob Burns, and Bill Warren
Extras:
"The Sky is Falling: Making The War of the Worlds"
"H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction"
"The Mercury Theater on the Air Presents: The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast" (59min)
Theatrical trailer
12-page Booklet

Invaders from Mars (1953)

Directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter and Arthur Franz.


Special Edition DVD bought in 2004
79mins






US and alternate British versions of the film
Still Gallery
Theatrical Trailer

It Came From Outer Space (1953)

Directed by Jack Arnold and starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush and Charles Drake.


DVD bought in 2006
81mins






Audio commentary by film historian Tom Weaver
"The Universe According to Universal" - an original documentary on 'It Came from Outer Space'
Photograph and poster gallery
Theatrical trailer

House of Wax (1953)

Directed by Andre de Toth and starring Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones and Charles Bronson.


DVD bought in 2005
88mins






Bonus movie - Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray. 77mins

"Round-the-Clock Premiere: Coast Hails House of Wax" newsreel footage

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Directed by Eugene Lourie and starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway and Kenneth Tobey. Special effects by Ray Harryhausen.


DVD bought in 2004
76m 30s






"The Rhedosaurus and the Rollercoaster: Making the Beast"
"Harryhausen & Bradbury: An Unfathomable Friendship"
Giant Monsters trailer gallery

Peter Pan (1953)

Produced by Walt Disney and directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske.


2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2007

Blu-ray bought in  2012
76m 46s






 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary Hosted By Roy Disney
You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan
In Walt's Words: "Why I Made Peter Pan"
Tinker Bell: A Fairy's Tale
The Peter Pan That Almost Was
The Peter Pan Story,
Deleted Song: "The Pirate Song"
"Never Land": The Lost Song
Music Video: "Never Land" Performed by Paige O'Hara
Music Video: "The Second Star To The Right" Performed By T-Squad