Classic Films

• Rashomon | DVD | (16/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Rashomon DVD - classic film by Akira Kurosawa. Won Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1952.

• The Dracula Legacy Set | DVD | (06/10/2014) from £33.73   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The original Dracula is one of the silver screen's most unforgettable characters and along with the other Universal Classic Monsters defined the Hollywood horror genre. Dracula: Complete Legacy Collection includes all 5 films from the original legacy including the frightening classic starring Bela Lugosi and the timeless films that followed. These landmark motion pictures defined the iconic look of the famed vampire and continue to inspire countless remakes and adaptations that strengthen the legend of Dracula to this day. Films Included: Dracula (1931) Dracula's Daughter (1936) Son of Dracula (1943) House of Frankenstein (1944) House of Dracula (1945) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Special Features: Dracula (1931) The Road to Dracula: An Original Documentary by David J. Skal Feature commentary With Film Historian David J. Skal New Score by Phillip Glass preformed by the Kronos Quartet Poster and Photo Montage Theatrical Trailer Dracula's Daughter and Dracula (1931) Spanish Version Dracula's Daughter Dracula 1931 (Spanish Version) House of Frankenstein Theatrical Trailer House of Dracula Inspirations for Van Helsing: Dracula Featurette Van Helsing Trailer The Chronicles of Riddick Trailer

• Stranger/Orson Welles on Film | DVD | (27/06/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.30

  The Stranger, according to Orson Welles, "is the worst of my films. There is nothing of me in that picture. I did it to prove that I could put out a movie as well as anyone else." True, set beside Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, or even The Trial, The Stranger is as close to production-line stuff as the great Orson ever came. But even on autopilot Welles still leaves most filmmakers standing. The shadow of the Second World War hangs heavy over the plot. A war crimes investigator, played by Edward G Robinson, tracks down a senior Nazi, Franz Kindler, to a sleepy New England town where he's living in concealment as a respected college professor. The script, credited to Anthony Veiller but with uncredited input from Welles and John Huston, is riddled with implausibilities: we're asked to believe, for a start, that there'd be no extant photos of a top Nazi leader. The casting's badly skewed, too. Welles wanted Agnes Moorehead as the investigator and Robinson as Kindler, but his producer, Sam Spiegel, wouldn't wear it. So Welles himself plays the supposedly cautious and self-effacing fugitive--and if there was one thing Welles could never play, it was unobtrusive. What's more, Spiegel chopped out most of the two opening reels set in South America, in Welles' view, "the best stuff in the picture". Still, the film's far from a write-off. Welles' eye for stunning visuals rarely deserted him and, aided by Russell Metty's skewed, shadowy photography, The Stranger builds to a doomy grand guignol climax in a clock tower that Hitchcock must surely have recalled when he made Vertigo. And Robinson, dogged in pursuit, is as quietly excellent as ever. On the DVD: not much in the way of extras, except a waffly full-length commentary from Russell Cawthorne that tells us about the history of clock-making and where Edward G was buried, but precious little about the making of the film. Print and sound are acceptable, but though remastering is claimed, there's little evidence of it. --Philip Kemp

• Tess of the Storm Country | DVD | (14/12/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.46

• Murder | DVD | (24/07/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.30

  This 1930 drama was an early field day for Alfred Hitchcock and his evolving ideas about the blurring of opposites: reality and illusion, guilt and innocence, observing and doing, men and women. A rare whodunit in the director's canon, the story of Murder finds a stage actress (Norah Baring) convicted of murdering a female friend. Herbert Marshall stars as a veteran theatre actor and, coincidentally, member of the jury who has grave doubts about the verdict and decides to investigate the crime on his own. His efforts lead him through a world with which he is sufficiently familiar--that of backstage intrigues--and toward what some critics have charged is an unfortunate link between villainy and a gay stereotype. But that limited critique completely misses the playful overlapping of faulty perceptions invited by this movie, in which Hitchcock deliberately confuses us at times about whether the action we're seeing is real or occurring on a stage. Even when the distinction is obvious, thematic echoes bounce wildly between the two, such as an early scene in which policemen observing a play don't realise the solution to the real murder is weirdly foretold in what they're watching. --Tom Keogh

• Phantom Creeps | DVD | (06/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.30

• Stella Maris | DVD | (18/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.46

• Newsies | DVD | (06/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Tosca | DVD | (10/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  The opera Tosca composed by Giacomo Puccini.

• The Prince And The Showgirl | DVD | (09/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  One of the later films of her notably stellar career The Prince and The Showgirl teams Marilyn Monroe with the world's most respected thespian Sir Laurence Olivier in a humorous romp of a stately prince charming and his love for a humble but incredibly infectious performer. A fairy tale born in the Hollywood dream factory this film continues to be a lasting favourite. This Deluxe Series box set will include: DVD of 'The Prince And The Showgirl' DVD documentary 'The Legend Of Marilyn Monroe' a film Senitype'' (image from the film and 35mm film frame) US one sheet movie poster and an exclusive commemorative 16-page picture book of rare Marilyn images.

• Wuthering Heights - Samuel Goldwyn Presents | DVD | (13/02/2017) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set on the murky, isolated moors in pre-Victorian England, this adaptation of Emily Bronte's classic novel tells the story of doomed love between a young, aristocratic woman and the young man who works in her father's stables.

• Dead End - Samuel Goldwyn Presents | DVD | (13/02/2017) from £9.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Humphrey Bogart is outstanding (Variety) as a vicious gangster on the run in this masterful gripping drama (Motion Picture Daily) directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur) and written by Lillian Hellman (The Little Foxes). Nominated* for four Academy Awards(r), including Best Picture, Dead End is powerful, entertaining and a true landmark in moviemaking. On the mean streets of New York's Lower East Side, Drina (Sylvia Sidney) hopes to save herbrother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin (Bogart) has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave (Joel McCrea) for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him? *1937: Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor), Cinematography, Art Direction

• The Bishop's Wife - Samuel Goldwyn Presents | DVD | (13/02/2017) from £6.95   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Heavenly bells are ringing, jubilant choirs are singing and Christmas joy is blanketing the world like freshly fallen snow. But the Yuletide spirit has yet to warm Bishop Henry Brougham's Victorian home. Struggling to raise funds for a new cathedral, the preoccupied young clergyman has neglected his loving wife Julia, and now only divine intervention can save their marriage! But the powerful and handsome angel sent from above has a mind of his own and teaching mortal Henry an immortal lesson inromance isn't all he's got planned! Starring Oscar(r) winners* Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven, and featuring a stellar supporting cast (The Hollywood Reporter) that includes James Gleason and Monty Woolley, this delightful romantic comedy is wondrous, witty andtruly divine! *Grant, Honorary Oscar (1969); Young, Actress, The Farmer's Daughter (1947); Niven, Actor, Separate Tables (1958)

• Treasure Of The Sierra Madre | Blu Ray | (28/01/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gold in the hills, avarice in the hearts of men. Two hard-luck drifters (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) and a grizzled prospector (Walter Huston) discover gold. Then greed and paranoia set in. Shot in Mexico, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre cost a then-huge $3 million - and led to a showdown. Jack Warner argued top-billed Bogart shouldn't die before the finale. But John Huston stood his ground and won Academy Awards for his direction and screenplay. And his dad took the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Without awards, but with enduring acclaim, is Bogart's performance, transforming from a likable hobo to a heartless thug simmering in greed. Treasure's place on the American Film Institute's Top 100 American Films list reaffirms it's still a powerful movie. Special Features: Commentary by Eric Lax Introduction by Leonard Maltin - Warner Night at the Movies Key Largo Theatrical Trailer - Warner Night at the Movies Newsreel - Warner Night at the Movies So You Want to be a Detective - Warner Night at the Movies Hot Cross Bunny 91948 Looney Toons Short) - Warner Night at the Movies The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Feature) - Warner Night at the Movies John huston: THe Man, The Movies, The Maverick Discovering Treasure: The Story of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre 8 Ball Bunny (1950 Looney Toons Short) 4/18/1949 Lux Radio Theater Brodcast The Treasue of the Sierra Madre

• The Wizard Of Oz | DVD | (02/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  "The Wizard of Oz" has charmed and thrilled audiences for seven decades with its timeless music and truly heart-warming story. The unforgettable songs and characters come to life in a sing-along extravaganza that all the family can enjoy time and again.

• A Bucket Of Blood | DVD | (30/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Walter is a bus-boy overly impressed with the cool cats who hang out at the Yellow Door coffee house and he wonders how he can become ""hip."" When he accidentally kills his landlady's pet cat Walter panics and covers it with clay. His prayers are answered and before he knows it he's the ""cat's meow"" of the art world. His talents develop and - surprise! - he can sculpt humans the same way too.

• A Streetcar Named Desire | Blu Ray | (28/01/2013) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A Streetcar Named Desire is the 1951 Elia Kazan/Tennessee Williams triumph that earned 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, while also courting controversy with some last-minute edits undertaken to appease the censorship board. Marlon Brando made his first indelible mark on audiences in this powerful adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Gone With the Wind's Vivien Leigh is the neurotic belle Blanche du Bois who struggles to hold on to her fading Southern gentility against the brutish badgering of her brother-in-law, Stanley Kowalski (Brando). Leigh, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden and the rich black-and-white cinematography were all awarded Oscars for this cinematic classic. While Brando was the only one of the film's four Oscar-nominated actors not to secure a win, his passionate cries of Stella! Stella! Stella! remain etched forever in Hollywood history. Special Features: Commentary by Karl Malden, Rudy Behlmer and Jeff Young Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (1995 First Run documentary) A Streetcar on Broadway A Streetcar in Hollywood Censorship and Desire North and the Music of the South An Actor Named Brando Marlon Brando Screen Test Outtakes Audio Outtakes Warner Bros. (1951) 20th Century Fox (1958 Reissue) United Artists (1970 Reissue)

• A New Kind Of Love | DVD | (28/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The fashion industry and Paris provide the sophisticated background for a comedy of wrong impressions. Joanne Woodward is mistaken as a high-priced call girl. Paul Newman is the journalist interviewing her for insights on her profession...

• Midnight Lace | DVD | (08/05/2006) from £17.99   |  Saving you £-8.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The beautiful Kit Preston becomes disconcerted when she starts receiving crank calls claiming that her life is in jeopardy. Although She tells police about the messages her somewhat hysterical manner leaves them convinced that the danger is all in her imagination... or fakes in order to get attention from her neglectful husband. However two people know that the peril is very real indeed...

• A Year To Remember - 1950 | DVD | (01/08/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99