King and Country
In this stirring anti-war film set during WWI, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dirk Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial.
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In this stirring anti-war film set during WWI, a tough, no-nonsense British Army lawyer (Dick Bogarde) is assigned to defend a lowly private (Tom Courtenay) at his court martial. The private has been accused of desertion during battle. The lawyer, Captain Hargreaves is convinced this young man should be executed. However, as the trial progresses and the strain of three horrible years endured at the Allied front is revealed, the more he is compelled to spare the youth from a firing squad.
1964 | 86 min | B&W | Optional English Subtitles | 1.66:1/16×9 | Dolby Digital | All Region | NR
Reviews:
“∗∗∗1/2 Vivid anti-war treatise beautifully acted by strong supporting cast.” – Leonard Maltin
“… outstanding performances… deserving of attention.” – Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
“… deadly tones of realism… A Shocker!” – Judith Crist, New York Herald Tribune
“Too important and too rewarding a film to be missed” – Guardian
Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtney, Leo McKern, Barry Foster, Peter Copley
Directed byJoseph Losey
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Pre-Code Double Feature – Hell Harbor/Jungle Bride
$12.99HELL HARBOR: A Caribbean island harbor is the exquisite backdrop for treachery and romance as Anita (Lupe Velez), a descendant of the infamous Morgan the Pirate, gets in the middle of a dispute between her father Harry (Gibson Gowland), who has killed a man, and grimy pearl trader Horngold (Jean Hersholt), who witnessed the crime and demands Anita’s hand (and more) in marriage in exchange for his silence!
TWO VERSIONS: Both contain the pre-code footage | 84 mins. Limited release version. Transferred from the only known 35mm nitrate print; quality fair. | 64 mins. Subsequent, and widest-release version; trimmed to improve pacing. Transferred from a mint 35mm nitrate print. (Originally released in a 90 min. version of which only the sound track survives) 1930|64/84 min|B&W|1.37:1|NR
JUNGLE BRIDE: Two women and two men are shipwrecked on an island off the African coast, and take up housekeeping and other forms of dilly-dally in this definite pre-code film. Charles Starrett (pre-Durango Kid) has his way with Anita Page, or is it the other way around? Trailer | 1933|61 min|B&W|1.37:1|NR
Added: Original Theatrical Trailer
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Dinah East
$19.99In 1950s Hollywood, a transvestite fools the world into believing he is a she – a glamorous movie diva. When he dies, the secret is out, and the film proceeds to tell this story of his relationships with friends and intimates, including a lesbian wardrobe designer, a gay matinee idol (whom he has an affair with), a protective lawyer and a washed up prize fighter who becomes her chauffeur! 1971|90 mins.|Color|1.85:1|Rated X
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Actor’s and Sin
$12.99Some of legendary writer Ben Hecht’s best work comes to the screen in a two-in-one show business-themed comedy-drama that reveals what goes on when the greasepaint comes off. In “Actors Blood,” washed-up stage star Edward G. Robinson assembles all the suspects in the murder of his actress-daughter (Marsha Hunt); and in “Woman of Sin,” a Hollywood agent discovers to his chagrin that a highly sought-after script was written by a nine-year-old girl (Ben’s daughter, Jenny Hecht)!
1951|82 min|B&W|1.37:1|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Interview with Marsha Hunt by Joel Blumberg• Original Theatrical Trailer
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Uncle Vanya
$14.99UNCLE VANYA: Chekhov’s classic drama of a country doctor’s unrequited love came to the New York stage in 1956, and then the play was filmed for a theatrical release. With a powerful performance by star Franchot Tone (who also co-directed), superb support by Mary Perry, Peggy McCay and George Voskovec in the title role, and music by multi-Oscar nominee Werner Janssen, this amazing artifact veritably puts you in a 1956 legit theater seat watching “probably the best work Tone has ever done” (Variety). 1957|98 min|B&W|1.85:1|NR
THE REBEL SON (The Barbarian and the Lady): A 16th Century Cossack, Taras Boulba (Harry Bauer) seeks to regain control of his Ukraine homeland by sending his son to secretly study under the occupying Poles. Complications ensue when the young man falls in love with a Polish girl. This British version of the 1936 French film, “Tarrass Boulba,” utilizes much of the non-dialogue footage from the earlier production. Based on the story by Nikolai Gogol. 1938|75 min|B&W|1.33:1|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES: 1959 Theatre Guild Radio Performance, Featuring, co-adapted and directed by Robert Culp with Hyram Peckins, Jo Hamilton, Sherry Selfors, Elayne Carroll, Lawrence Chelsi (recorded March 15, 1959); Trailers
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