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  • A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray)A Letter to Three Wives (1949) Dual Format (DVD & Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (29/06/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

    A stunning romantic drama from writer-director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve The Barefoot Contessa) A Letter to Three Wives explores the domestic travails of three couples and the woman that brings them to the brink of crisis. The letter of the title is written with a poisonous pen: the three women (portrayed by Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell and Ann Sothern) receive a note stating that one of their husbands has run off with a woman named Addie Ross – which husband in particular however remains unmentioned though each husband had their own affinity for Ross. And so amid the women’s mounting anxiety commences a series of flashbacks each telling the story of how the three individual marriages had come in their own way to be so strained at the present... A spectacular success at the time of its release A Letter to Three Wives was nominated for the Best Picture Oscar and earned Mankiewicz the Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Screenplay. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present A Letter to Three Wives in a special Dual Format edition that includes the film on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. “Despite its emotional intensity the film is comic effervescently so and its magical ending lends wit a metaphysical dimension” – New Yorker Special Duel Format (Blu-ray & DVD) Edition Features: Gorgeous 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing Feature-length audio commentary with Mankiewicz biographer Kenneth Geist film historian Cheryl Lower and actor Christopher Mankiewicz the director’s son Fox Movietone newsreel covering the Academy Awards ceremony 36-page booklet containing essays interview material and rare archival imagery • Trailer

  • The Whales of August [DVD]The Whales of August | DVD | (08/07/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

    Two of the greatest motion picture actresses of all time Bette Davis and Lillian Gish unite their legendary talents in this beautifully photographed intensely emotional drama that offers 'unexpected and quite marvellous rewards'. (The New York Times) Libby (Davis) and Sarah (Gish) are widowed siblings who have vacationed since children at the seaside cottage in Maine. Now in their eighties and with their husbands and what children they had behind them they have only each other; Libby blind and resistantly dependent on her sister; Sarah still looking for new ways to see the world. Their relationship with their old friend Tisha and the arrival of a charming Russian gentleman will bring storms to the already turbulent ocean between them - an ocean which nevertheless runs deep. Starring Bette Davis and Lillian Gish in what would be her last appearance on the screen; The Whales of August is a superb film and a lasting tribute two of the finest actresses in the history of cinema. Special Features: Cast Filmographies Picture Gallery Subtitles

  • The Manitou [1978]The Manitou | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Evil does not die...it waits to be re-born! Karen Tandy possesses a growing tumour on her back and is admitted to San Fran Cisco hospital. The doctors believe that it's a living creature and that a foetus is being born inside the growth! What lays in wait for Karen is far more terrifying than she can possibly imagine: the growth is actually a demonic 3-foot tall 400-year-old Native American who has somehow managed to get inside Karen's upper body! A heroic medicine man mu

  • Danger - Love At WorkDanger - Love At Work | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    In this 1930s screwball comedy lackadaisical lawyer Henry MacMorrow attempts to get the kooky Pemberton family to agree on a large property deal involving part of their estate. Frustrated by the family's scatty entourage which includes a Dali lookalike an exceedingly precocious child and their whimsical parents he turns to the beautiful Toni Pemberton the independently minded daughter of the family with a fake sob story. The two of them join forces in a bid to gather the signature

  • Crazy Mama [Blu-ray]Crazy Mama | Blu Ray | (13/06/2022) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • Lady In A Cage [1964]Lady In A Cage | DVD | (27/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

    A suspenseful shocker Lady in a Cage tells of ten terrifying hours in the life of a beautiful widow (Olivia de Havilland) who is accidentally trapped in her home elevator during a power failure. Her well-oriented world is destroyed as the elevator nine feet from the floor becomes a torture chamber - a cage. Unable to escape her situation becomes desperate when the emergency alarm attracts a drunken derelict and his boozy prostitute friend both bent on robbery. James Caan (

  • The Maisie Collection: Volume 2The Maisie Collection: Volume 2 | DVD | (26/07/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  • Private Secretary - Volume 1 [DVD] [US Import]Private Secretary - Volume 1 | DVD | (15/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

    Private Secretary - Volume 1

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