The new Blu-ray releases for the week of December 6th, 2016 include the horror legend "Phantasm: Remaster", the Luis Buñuel classic "The Exterminating Angel", James Ivory's "Howard's End", the sci-fi cult classic "The Quiet Earth", the controversial "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" and Bertolucci's "La Luna", and the Bruce Lee films "The Chinese Connection" and "Fists of Fury".
Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.
Check out all the new movies and TV shows released on DVD and Blu-ray after the jump.
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CLASSIC FILMS
PHANTASM: REMASTER (1979)
PHANTASM: RAVAGER (2016)
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962)
HOWARDS END (1992)
THE QUIET EARTH (1985)
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986)
LA LUNA (1979)
DOOMWATCH (1972)
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE (1970)
BRAZIL (1944)
THE CHINESE CONNECTION (1972)
FISTS OF FURY (1971)
CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP (1941)
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CLASSIC FILMS
PHANTASM: REMASTER (1979)
PHANTASM: RAVAGER (2016)
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962)
HOWARDS END (1992)
THE QUIET EARTH (1985)
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986)
LA LUNA (1979)
DOOMWATCH (1972)
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE (1970)
BRAZIL (1944)
THE CHINESE CONNECTION (1972)
FISTS OF FURY (1971)
CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP (1941)
PHANTASM: REMASTER (1979)
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Product Description: Strange things are happening at the Morningside Cemetery. Jody Pearson (Bill Thornbury) attends the funeral of a recently departed friend. His younger brother, Mike (Michael Baldwin), watches the final rites and observes a tall mortician clad in black (Angus Scrimm) tossing the heavy, unburied coffin into a waiting hearse as if it were only a stick of kindling wood.
Determined to uncover the truth behind this unusual sight, Mike returns to the cemetery at night and breaks into the mortuary. There, he finds deadly, spectral creatures inhabiting the home's embalming cellar and comes face-to-face with the sinister Tall Man.
After barely managing to escape with his life, Mike enlists Jody and their close friend, Reggie (Reggie Bannister), to discover what is really happening at the Morningside Mortuary and the secrets of the living dead who dwell there.Determined to uncover the truth behind this unusual sight, Mike returns to the cemetery at night and breaks into the mortuary. There, he finds deadly, spectral creatures inhabiting the home's embalming cellar and comes face-to-face with the sinister Tall Man.
PHANTASM: REMASTERED showcases Jody, Mike, Reggie, the Tall Man and his hellish world as they ve never been seen before. For the first time in high-definition, follow the trio as they embark on what is to be a long, nightmarish journey to confront the Tall Man. PHANTASM is the first of five unforgettable films from Don Coscarelli s iconic cult horror franchise.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Amazon Instant Video
Director: Don Coscarelli
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 88 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Well Go USA
Special Features:
Starring: A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, Reggie Bannister
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 88 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Well Go USA
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Director Don Coscarelli and cast members Michael Baldwin, Angus Scrimm, & Bill Thornbury
- Graveyard Cars
- Interviews from 1979 with Don Coscarelli and Angus Scrimm
- Deleted Scenes
PHANTASM: RAVAGER (2016)
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After battling with the Tall Man in PHANTASM: OBLIVION, a battered Reggie wanders through the desert in search of his missing friend, Mike. After recovering his 1971 Hemi Cuda, Reggie is targeted by two of the Tall Man s Sentinel Spheres and destroys them. He awakens suddenly to find himself sitting in a wheelchair pushed by none other than the elusive Mike! Although overjoyed by their reunion, Reggie is in this alternate dimension an aged and weary old patient in a psychiatric ward. And only he remembers their battled and bloodied past with the Tall Man.
Reggie must travel between dimensions and discern what is reality in order to confront the mysteries at the heart of a decades-long struggle against evil. He is met with new and familiar faces along the way, and an epic showdown on the Tall Man s home world awaits!PHANTASM: RAVAGER is the fifth installment of Don Coscarelli s cult classic, the Phantasm series. Multiple Emmy-nominated animation director David Hartman (TRANSFORMERS PRIME, MY FRIEND S TIGGER AND POOH, ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS) is the first new director in the franchise s history. The entire original cast returns, including Reggie Bannister a veteran of all five films A. Michael Baldwin, Bill Thornbury, and Kat Lester. Angus Scrimm takes up his iconic role as the terrifying Tall Man for the fifth and final time.
Purchasing Links: DVD, Blu-ray, Amazon Instant Video
Director: David Hartman
Starring: Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry, Daniel Roebuck
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 85 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Well Go USA
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Starring: Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, Dawn Cody, Gloria Lynne Henry, Daniel Roebuck
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Runtime: 85 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Well Go USA
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Director David Hartman and Writer & Producer Don Coscarelli
- Behind the Scenes
- Deleted Scenes
- Giant Dwarf
- Escape from Dawn’s Cabin
- Cuda vs Sphere
- Phuntasm: Bloopers & Outtakes
THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL (1962)
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Product Description: A group of bourgeois cosmopolitans are invited to a mansion for dinner and inexplicably find themselves unable to leave, in Luis Buñuel's daring masterpiece The Exterminating Angel. Made just one year after his international sensation Viridiana, this is a furthering of Buñuel's wicked takedown of the rituals and dependencies of the frivolous upper classes, full of eerie and hilarious absurdity.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Luis Buñuel
Starring: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: Unrated
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
Special Features:
Starring: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: Unrated
Language: English
Studio: Criterion
Special Features:
- The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel, a 2008 documentary featuring writer Jean-Claude Carrière and filmmaker Juan Luis Buñuel
- Interviews with actor Silvia Pinal and filmmaker Arturo Ripstein from 2006
- Trailer
- PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Marsha Kinder and an interview with director Luis Buñuel from the 1970s
HOWARDS END (1992)
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Product Description: Named Best Picture of the Year and nominated for nine 1992 Academy Awards(r) (including Best Picture,Best Director and Best Actress), HOWARDS END is a dazzling adaptation of E.M. Forster's classic novel of Edwardian England. The film tells the story of the Schlegel sisters, Margaret (Emma Thompson) and Helen (Helena Bonham Carter); of a rich businessman, Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins), and his frail wife, Ruth (Vanessa Redgrave), and their children; and of an unhappily married young bank clerk, Leonard Bast (Sam West), whom the Schlegel sisters befriend.
These three families are in complete contrast to each other. Margaret and Helen are idealistic, independent and highly educated. The Wilcoxes are uncultured and utterly conventional. Leonard Bast is poor and underprivileged, but with intellectual aspirations. Unexpectedly, when Mrs. Wilcox dies, Mr. Wilcox proposes to and is accepted by Margaret Schlegel. Her sister Helen is shattered by this marriage, and in reaction to it, turns to Leonard Bast. The story has become a tangle of opposites, and through the agency of Mr. Wilcox's son Charles (James Wilby), it turns to tragedy. But in the end, thanks to the moral strength of Margaret, who believes that opposites can meet, that different kinds of people can connect, there is a resolution that is almost a triumph.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: James Ivory
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 140 min
Rating: PG for mild language, violence and sensuality
Language: English
Studio: Cohen Media Group
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Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Genre: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 140 min
Rating: PG for mild language, violence and sensuality
Language: English
Studio: Cohen Media Group
Special Features:
- Exclusive video interviews with the director and cast members
- Exclusive audio commentary for the film
- Multiple behind the scenes featurettes and documentaries
- On-stage Q&A session shot in 2016
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Re-release trailer for the new 4K restoration
- Collector's booklet featuring writings on the film and stills
THE QUIET EARTH (1985)
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Product Description: Beautifully restored in HD, this classic film is now released for the first time in North America! In this sci-fi cult classic, Zac Hobson, a mid-level scientist working on a global energy project, wakes up to a nightmare. After his project malfunctions, Zac discovers that he may be the last man on Earth. As he searches empty cities for other survivors, Zac's mental state begins to deteriorate - culminating in the film's iconic and hotly debated ending.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Geoff Murphy
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 91 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Film Movement
Special Features:
Starring: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 91 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Film Movement
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary by acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and film critic Odie Henderson
- Collector's Booklet with film essay by academic/film critic Teresa Heffernan, cast and crew credits, and archival stills
HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER (1986)
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Product Description: Undeniably one of the most harrowing American films of the 20th century, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer hits Blu-ray with a restoration that cements its reputation as a shocking, thought-provoking nightmare-plunge into the depths of the human soul.
Henry, a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of ex-prison mate Otis. Into this toxic environment comes Otis s younger sister Becky, who s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay.
Deflecting her brother s incestuous advances, Becky finds herself attracted to Henry and sees him as a potential lover and herself as his possible savior. What she doesn t realize is that Otis and Henry are now killing together, sinking to ever more terrifying depths of depravity. As Becky tries to get her life back on track, she looks to Henry for a way out. But is redemption even possible for a man like Henry?
Henry, a psychopathic drifter who has left a trail of bodies in his wake, settles for a while at the dilapidated Chicago apartment of ex-prison mate Otis. Into this toxic environment comes Otis s younger sister Becky, who s fleeing an abusive marriage and looking for a place to stay.
In celebration of the film s 30th anniversary, Dark Sky Films is proud to present Henry in a brand new 4K scan, restored from the 16mm original camera negative and approved by director John McNaughton and producer Steven A. Jones, featuring a new 5.1 mix restoration from the stereo 35mm mag reels. Sure to send shivers of mortal dread through a whole new generation of filmgoers, this new presentation puts Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer firmly back into the vanguard of contemporary cinematic horror.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: John McNaughton
Starring: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 83 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Special Features:
Starring: Michael Rooker, Tracy Arnold, Tom Towles
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 83 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Dark Sky Films
Special Features:
- In Defense of Henry: An Appreciation
- Henry vs MPAA: A Visual History
- Henry at the BBFC
- It's Either You or Them: An Interview with Artist Joe Coleman
- In The Round: A Conversation with John McNaughton
- Portrait: The Making of Henry
- Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
- Feature Commentary with John McNaughton
- Interview with John McNaughton, 1998
- Trailer (original)
- Trailer (30th anniversary)
- Still Gallery
- Storyboards
- Reversible Sleeve featuring original Joe Coleman artwork
LA LUNA (1979)
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Product Description: Legendary filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci (The Last Emperor) directed this controversial drama starring the great Jill Clayburgh (Starting Over). Luna explores the troubled life of Joe Silveri, a teenager (Matthew Barry, The Wraith) and his troubling relationship with his parents, including an incestuous liaison with his mother. After witnessing his father's suicide, mother and son decide to move to Italy. Joe falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes addicted to heroin. Caterina, hoping to lure her son back to a healthier and safer lifestyle, tries to become closer to him, which leads to flirtation and incest.
Written by Bertolucci, his brother, Giuseppe Bertolucci (1900) and Clare Peploe (Zabriskie Point) and based on a story by the Bertolucci brothers and Franco Arcalli (Once Upon a Time in America). Stunning cinematography by the great Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a beautiful and haunting score by the renowned composer, Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). The Amazing cast includes Tomas Milian (The Big Gundown), Fred Gwynne (The Munsters), Alida Valli (The Third Man), Renato Salvatori (State of Siege), Franco Citti (The Decameron) and Roberto Benigni (Life is Beautiful).
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Fred Gwynne
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 142 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Fred Gwynne
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 142 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- On-Camera Interview with Director Bernardo Bertolucci (42 Minutes)
- On-Camera Interview with Star Matthew Barry
- Audio Commentary by Filmmaker/Writer Howard S. Berger and Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson
- Audio Commentary by Star Matthew Barry with Filmmaker Elijah Drenner
- Original Theatrical Trailer
DOOMWATCH (1972)
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Product Description: A remote island village... A team of intrepid scientists... A terrifying secret... The mysterious island village of Balfe is experiencing unexplainable phenomena from grossly oversized sea-life to half-buried bodies in the dark woods to strange Neanderthal like men suffering from a rare disfiguring disease. Is this town afflicted by radioactive waste contaminating their water? Is there a vengeful mutant monster lurking in the woods? Or worse, are the townsfolk being punished by an act of God for their past sins?
It is up to Dr. Del Shaw (Ian Bannen, The Offence) and the dedicated scientists at Doomwatch headquarters to discover the cause of these horrific mutations. Infuriating local villagers who cling to their secluded island's survival, Dr. Shaw and local schoolteacher Victoria Brown (Judy Geeson, Fear in the Night) risk their lives to uncover the truth behind the strange happenings, no matter how frightening or dangerous it may be. Horror veteran, Peter Sasdy (Taste the Blood of Dracula, Countess Dracula, Hands of the Ripper) directed this haunting telltale based on the hit British TV show by Kit Pedler (Doctor Who) and Gerry Davis (The Bionic Woman).
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Peter Sasdy
Starring: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, George Sanders
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
Starring: Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, George Sanders
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Runtime: 92 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- On-camera interview with Star Judy Geeson
- Audio Commentary with Director Peter Sasdy
- On-camera Intro by Director Peter Sasdy
- Trailer Gallery
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE (1970)
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Product Description: Newly re-mastered in HD! Seduction and Murder Scandalizes German Nobility! The great Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote) and Michael York (Cabaret) star in this slick blend of drama and black comedy with a fairy tale setting in a Bavarian castle. In post WWII Germany, the aristocratic Von Ornstein family has fallen on hard times. Countess Von Ornstein (Lansbury) can't maintain her castle, but things begin to look up with the arrival of a handsome and young footman named Conrad (York) who apparently can do anything asked of him.
Determined to become a member of nobility, Conrad one by one, cons, seduces, corrupts and compromises everyone who crosses his path. Set in the authentic 100-year-old castle, this polished mix of humor and suspense with a great twist ending truly offers Something For Everyone. Legendary Broadway producer, Harold Prince (West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof) made his feature film directorial debut with this handsome production written by Hugh Wheeler (Sweeney Todd) and based on the celebrated classic novel, The Cook by Harry Kressing.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Harold Prince
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Eva Maria Meineke
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
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Starring: Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, Eva Maria Meineke
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 112 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Kino Lorber
Special Features:
- None
BRAZIL (1944)
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Product Description: "The beautiful Virginia Bruce (Born to Dance) and Latin singing sensation Tito Guízar (Tropic Holiday) star in Brazil, a musical comedy confection in the tradition of Top Hat and Flying Down to Rio.
Set in exotic South America, the film s light-as-air plot revolves around a fish-out-of-water authoress (Bruce) struck by Cupid s arrow, dual identities (in the form of romantic lead Guízar) and, of course, those dancing fools Veloz & Yolanda, the King & Queen of the tango who perform a show-stopping number set to the film s title tune.
Set in exotic South America, the film s light-as-air plot revolves around a fish-out-of-water authoress (Bruce) struck by Cupid s arrow, dual identities (in the form of romantic lead Guízar) and, of course, those dancing fools Veloz & Yolanda, the King & Queen of the tango who perform a show-stopping number set to the film s title tune.
Edward Everett Horton, a screwball comedy stalwart (Top Hat, Arsenic and Old Lace), lends support as Guízar s confidant. Featuring supporting roles by Robert Livingston (Don t Fence Me In), Henry Da Silva (Flying Down to Rio) along with a special appearance by Roy Rogers (Son of Paleface), Brazil is lovingly shot in black & white by Jack Marta (Flying Tigers, Cat Ballou and Steven Spielberg s Duel)."
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Joseph Santley
Starring: Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Runtime: 91 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
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Starring: Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Runtime: 91 min
Rating: Not Rated
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Special Features:
- None
THE CHINESE CONNECTION (1972)
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Product Description: Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) returns to Shanghai to attend the funeral of his teacher. He vows to uncover what happened to his mentor and all signs point to the local Japanese Marital Arts school who have been taunting and insulting the students of the Ching Wu School. The local police won't do anything about the death, so Chen decides to restore honor to his school and his teacher by bringing down some furious vengeance on the Japanese school.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Wei Lo
Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Shout Factory
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Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, James Tien
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 102 min
Rating: R
Language: English
Studio: Shout Factory
Special Features:
- None
FISTS OF FURY (1971)
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Product Description: Fists of Fury a.k.a. The Big Boss stars martial arts legend Bruce Lee as Cheng Chao-an , a young man that moves to Thailand to take a job in an ice factory. One day, when a block of ice is cracked open, two co-workers find out that something is being smuggled inside the blocks of ice. The two workers disappear without a trace and Cheng starts to investigate their disappearance. He soon finds out that the factory is smuggling heroin and comes face to face with the Big Boss for a climatic showdown.
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Wei Lo
Starring: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Shout Factory
Special Features:
Starring: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Shout Factory
Special Features:
- None
CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP (1941)
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Product Description: "Cheers for Miss Bishop, the story of kindly Midwestern school teacher Ella Bishop (portrayed with beguiling charm by Martha Scott, Ben-Hur), is told through flashbacks as Ella recalls her early student years through her retirement and a life still unfulfilled.
Throughout her life she s supported by Sam Peters (William Gargan, The Bells of St. Mary's), friend and confidant, who is also secretly in love with Ella, though it is clearly a case of unrequited love.
Throughout her life she s supported by Sam Peters (William Gargan, The Bells of St. Mary's), friend and confidant, who is also secretly in love with Ella, though it is clearly a case of unrequited love.
Cheers for Miss Bishop features supporting turns by Mary Anderson (Gone with the Wind) as Amy, Ella s deceitful cousin; Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street) as Ella s mentor, Professor Corcoran; Sidney Blackmer (How to Murder Your Wife) as John Stevens, the true love of Ella s life; Dorothy Peterson (Dark Victory) as Mrs. Bishop; and Rosemary DeCamp (Strategic Air Command) as Minna, a former student of Ella s."
Purchasing Links: Blu-ray
Director: Tay Garnett
Starring: Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
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Starring: Martha Scott, William Gargan, Edmund Gwenn
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 95 min
Rating: Not rated
Language: English
Studio: Olive Films
Special Features:
- None
OTHER DVD/Blu-Ray Releases :
- DVD and Blu-ray Releases: October 25, 2016
- New DVD and Blu-ray Releases: November 1, 2016
- New DVD and Blu-ray Releases: November 8, 2016
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: November 15, 2016
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: November 22, 2016
- Classic Films on Blu-ray: November 22, 2016
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: November 29, 2016
- New on DVD and Blu-ray: December 6, 2016
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