Product Description

DVD Box Set (4) Details: Beat The Devil His Girl Friday Made for Each other Scarlet Street Number of Discs: 4 No region encoding; For global distribution These special edition DVD box sets include four classic movies, each in a slim line DVD case and packaged in a classy, black leatherette storage box. Looks terrific on the bookshelf and makes a great gift for any movie buff! Label: Alpha Video Release Date: June 8, 2004 Item Number: ALP 0715D Item UPC: 089218071590

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #175460 in DVD
• Published on: 2004
• Released on: 2004-06-08
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 4
• Running time: 376 minutes

Customer Reviews

Bogart, Grant, Stewart, Robinson
HOLLYWOOD'S LEADING MEN is a very nicely packaged small collection of some of the most common public domain films currently in circulation. As advertised, four of mid 20th Century's most famous male stars are featured.

CONTENTS:

BEAT THE DEVIL-- John Huston directed and Truman Capote screen-polished this story of crooks hoping to buy African land that has uranium on it. Not all that funny or interesting; Bogart himself called this one "a dog."

HIS GIRL FRIDAY-- Excellent screen adaptation of the Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur play, "The Front Page." A superior cast (headed by Cary Grant) keep the jokes coming at a fast clip in this story of a news editor, his ex-wife reporter and a man accused of murder. Look for Cliff Edwards (Jiminy Cricket's voice) as a reporter, and Helen Mack (co-star in "The Son of Kong") in a minor role.

MADE FOR EACH OTHER-- A young couple marries after a whirlwind courtship of a single day. Their troubles begin soon after and continue to mount: lack of money, an unapproving mother (his), and a dying child who might be saved by a serum that's grounded in Salt Lake City due to bad weather. Produced by David Selznick the same year he made "Gone With the Wind."

SCARLET STREET-- A middle-aged man (Edw. Robinson) befriends a younger woman who, at the urging of her conniving boyfriend, tries to bilk him out of a fortune he doesn't have. Directed by Fritz Lang, who also made the silent classic "Metropolis."

If you'd like a larger sampling of movies of this variety and vintage then check out HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS 50 Movie Pack, from MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT.

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Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

(6.3) Beat The Devil (UK/USA/Italy-1953) - Humphrey Bogart/Jennifer Jones/Gina Lollobrigida/Robert Morley/Peter Lorre

(8.1) His Girl Friday (1940) - Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell/Ralph Bellamy/Gene Lockhart/Cliff Edwards/Regis Toomey/Helen Mack

(6.3) Made for Each (1939) - James Stewart/Carole Lombard/Charles Coburn/Lucile Watson/Eddie Quillan (uncredited: Raymond Bailey/Ward Bond/Lane Chandler/Milburn Stone)

(7.8) Scarlet Street (1945) - Edward G. Robinson/Joan Bennett/Dan Duryea/Margaret Lindsay