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  • The Bette Davis Collection (Now Voyager / The Letter / Dark Victory / Mr Skeffington)The Bette Davis Collection (Now Voyager / The Letter / Dark Victory / Mr Skeffington) | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £25.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (37.27%)   |  RRP £34.99

    The Letter (Dir. William Wyler 1940): While her husband inspects his rubber planatation Leslie Crosbie murders Geoffrey Hammond. His widow has a letter written by Leslie asking him to meet her as her lover the night of the murder. Leslie can buy the letter but must come for it herself. Learning that he is broke from paying for the letter Leslie's husband next learns its contents. He forgives her. Leslie walks into the garden where the widow appears with a dagger. Now V

  • Now, Voyager (1942) (Criterion Collection) UK only [Blu-ray 3D] [2019] [Region Free]Now, Voyager (1942) (Criterion Collection) UK only | Blu Ray | (09/12/2019) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

    Nervous spinster Charlotte Vale (All About Eve's BETTE DAVIS) is stunted from growing up under the heel of her puritanical Boston Brahmin mother (My Fair Lady's GLADYS COOPER), and remains convinced of her own unworthiness until a kindly psychiatrist (Notorious's CLAUDE RAINS) gives her the confidence to venture out into the world on a South American cruise. Onboard, she finds her footing with the help of an unhappily married man (Casablanca's PAUL HENREID). Their thwarted love affair may help Charlotte break free of her mother's gripbut will she find fulfilment as well as independence? Made at the height of Davis's reign as the queen of the women's picture and bolstered by an Oscar-winning score by MAX STEINER (Gone with the Wind), Now, Voyager is a melodrama for the ages, both a rapturous Hollywood romance and a poignant saga of self-discovery. Special Edition Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray Episode of The Dick Cavett Show from 1971 with actor Bette Davis Interview with Paul Henreid from 1980 Selected-scene commentary on the film's score by professor Jeff Smith New interview with film critic Farran Smith Nehme on the making of the film New interview with costume historian Larry McQueen Two radio adaptations from 1943 and 1946 PLUS: An essay by scholar Patricia White and a 1937 reflection on acting by Davis

  • Bette Davis - Anniversary CollectionBette Davis - Anniversary Collection | DVD | (16/06/2008) from £11.99   |  Saving you £25.00 (250.25%)   |  RRP £34.99

    To commemorate Bette's 100th birthday here are six films from her heyday: In This Our Life (Dir. John Huston) (1942): A young woman Stanley (Bette Davis) dumps her fiance Craig (George Brent) and runs off with her sister's husband Peter (Dennis Morgan). They marry settle in Baltimore and Stanley ultimately drives Peter to drink and suicide. Stanley returns home to Richmond only to learn that her sister and old flame have fallen in love and plan to marry. The jealous and selfish Stanley attempts to win back Craig's affections but her true character is revealed when she attempts to pin a hit and run accident on the young black clerk who works in Craig's law office. The Old Maid (Dir. Edmund Goulding) (1939): This is the sad story of Charlotte (Bette Davis) a woman whose circumstances force her to give up her illegitimate child and pose as the childs old maid aunt thereby facing a lifetime of maternal sacrifice. Miriam Hopkins provides effective counterbalance with her portrayal of Charlottes effusive cousin who raises the little girl. All This And Heaven Too (Dir. Anatole Litvak) (1940): A first-rate drama about a 19th century nobleman who falls in love with his childrens' governess and murders his wife The Great Lie (Dir. Edmund Goulding) (1941): After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash she discovers that her rival for his affections is now pregnant with his child. Watch On The Rhine (Dir. Herman Shumlin and Hal Mohr) (1943): Set during WW2. An anti-Nazi leader escapes with his wife to America only to find himself being pursued and blackmailed by Nazi agents. Deception (Dir. Irving Rapper) (1946): Based on Louis Verneuils 1928 play Jealousy the film tells the story of pianist Christine Radcliffe separated from her great love cellist Karel Novak by World War II. Unexpectedly reunited with him Christine desperately strives to hide her wartime dalliance as the mistress of a wealthy sadistic composer (Rains) with devastating results. All films come with the extra content 'Warner Night At The Movies' - a special selection of extras that recreate the movie going experience of the time with newsreel footage featurettes and contemporary cartoons and trailers

  • Another Man's Poison [DVD]Another Man's Poison | DVD | (15/06/2015) from £14.83   |  Saving you £-1.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

    Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor: George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged husband. George insinuates himself into Janet's home and life despite her efforts to get rid of him; the tangled relationships develop into a macabre, murderous cat-and-mouse game.

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