Meet
John Doe
Dir. Frank Capra. Starring
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, James Gleason. Originally released in 1941.
123 minutes. Black and White.
1.33:1 Academy Frame. Dolby digital 2.0 mono. £12.99.
DVD Cat. No. SDE 2006
When Ann Mitchell (Barbara
Stanwyck) is fired from her job as a newspaper columnist she writes a 'John
Doe' letter claiming he will jump off the city's highest building on Christmas
Eve. The letter boosts the newspaper's circulation and Ann gets her job
back. To show it isn't a cheap publicity campaign they have to find a 'real'
John Doe and this is when Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper) joins the
picture. Even today Meet John Doe remains a relevant story of media
and political manipulation.
DVD extras
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Audio commentary by Laureate's
Ken Barnes with archive material from Frank Capra
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Digital restoration of the film
with before and after comparisons
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Lux Theatre radio productions
of For Whom The Bell Tolls and Sorry Wrong Number
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Featurettes: Meet Mr Capra;
Meet Mr Cooper; Meet Miss Stanwyck
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Cast and crew profiles
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Production background
Suddenly
Dir. Lewis Allen. Starring
Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates, James Gleason. Originally
released in 1954.
73 minutes. Black and White.
Widescreen aspect ratio 16:9 (letterboxed). Dolby digital 2.0 mono. £12.99.
DVD Cat. No. SDE 2004
The President is set to arrive
at a small town. A local family's home is taken over by the FBI who anticipate
an assassination attempt, but they aren't exactly who they say they are...Although
a four-week quickie Sinatra's performance as sniper John Baron lifts it
above the ordinary.
Lee Harvey Oswald is said
to have viewed the film in 1963 a few days before President Kennedy was
assassinated. As consequence Sinatra personally ordered Suddenly
to be withdrawn from circulation.
This is the first home video
release in widescreen format.
DVD extras
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Audio commentary by Laureate's
Ken Barnes with Sinatra and Bing Crosby speaking at the 1954 Academy Awards
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Featurettes by Rich Little;
Sinatra the Man, Sinatra the Actor, Sinatra the Singer
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Cast and crew profiles
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Production background
The
Big Trees
Dir.Felix E. Feist. Starring
Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan and John Archer.
Originally released in 1952.
89 minutes. PG. Colour.
1.33:1 Academy Frame. Dolby digital 2.0 mono.£12.99.
DVD Cat. No. SDE 2005
Set against the giant Redwood
Sequoias of Northern California, Kirk Douglas plays Jim Fallon, a ruthless
lumberjack who wants to exploit the forest. His plans are thwarted by a
religious colony, and he eventually questions his unscrupulous nature.
DVD extras
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Featurette. Kirk Douglas - The
Big Movies
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Cast and crew profiles
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Production background
See previous releases
from The Laureate Collection here.
