 | Murnau, Borzage and Fox Box Set
Buy new: $182.49 / Used from: $129.99 2 from Murnau (Sunrise, City Girl) and 10 from Borzage including 7th Heaven, Street Angel, Lucky Star and Bad Girl. Covers the years 1925-1935. A documentary on Borzage and Murnau at Fox is included. Almost all of these have never been on DVD before.
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 | Hollywood Musicals Collection
Buy new: $449.99 / Used from: $353.28 What the...? Well, if you are really well-off or generous you can buy your loved one this collection of 50 musicals from Fox and MGM. It spans the years 1930-2004, starting with a title never on DVD before, 1930's Whoopee.
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 | Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection (Lifeboat / Spellbound / Notorious / The Paradine Case / Sabotage / Young and Innocent / Rebecca / The Lodger)
Buy new: $50.99 / Used from: $39.99 Puts 7 films that are out of print on DVD again, plus the Lodger, a silent film that has never been on DVD except on cheap public domain copies.
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 | The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection
Buy new: $50.49 / Used from: $42.35 Remastered, the complete collection of shorts from 1929, when the Rascals began talking in their films, until 1938, when they ceased making films for Roach. The very best of the Rascals.
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 | Studio One Anthology
Buy new: $52.49 / Used from: $27.99 Studio One ran for nine years on CBS and presented a wide range of dramas and received 18-Emmy nominations and a total of five Emmy wins. It was one of several drama anthology series which were common in the 1950's. However, its quality was superior to many of the others.
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 | The General (The Ultimate 2-Disc Edition) (1926)
Buy new: $25.49 / Used from: $20.62 Up until now, the definitive version of Keaton's 1926 silent masterpiece, "The General", has been part of the The Art of Buster Keaton DVD set. That release is close to ten years old, which is quite aged in terms of DVD technology. Thus Kino is updating their release of "The General" in November. This version should enable us to see detail we formerly could not.
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 | The Last Laugh (Restored Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $12.98 A good introduction to silent film director F.W. Murnau. It has an accessible and interesting story coupled with Murnau's usual mastery of imagery.
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 | Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, Vol. 6
Buy new: $23.49 / Used from: $24.98 The last installment of the Golden Collection. If the recipient has none of the Golden Collections, start with volume 1. It is the best of the 6 but they're all wonderful.
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 | Warner Brothers Classic Holiday Collection, Vol. 2 (All Mine to Give / Holiday Affair / It Happened on 5th Avenue / Blossoms in the Dust)
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $18.18 Warners is also reissuing their volume one with an additional film - The Singing Nun. Both volumes are worthwhile.
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 | Peanuts Holiday Collection (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown / A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving / A Charlie Brown Christmas) (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $26.95 WHV repackages some old favorites. Peanuts really isn't up my alley, but perhaps with extras it might be perfect for someone out there.
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 | Rhubarb
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $3.38 If you've never seen this 1951 screwball comedy, you have missed a gem. A cat that can fight and beat dogs, an eccentric baseball team owner who dies and leaves the team to the cat (Rhubarb), the cat's guardian (Ray Milland) whose fiancee is allergic to cats, and a spoiled adult daughter who wants Rhubarb out of the way so she can collect her inheritance.
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 | Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection (Cafe Metropole/Girls Dormitory/Johnny Apollo/Daytime Wife/Luck of the Irish/Ill Never Forget You/That Wonderful Urge/Love Is News/This Above All/Second Honeymoon)
Buy new: $38.49 / Used from: $38.44 A great and affordable set of films starring Tyrone Power in his less swashbuckling roles.
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 | Quo Vadis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $8.19 A great biblical epic with Peter Ustinov doing the definitive portrayal of the emporer Nero.
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 | The Busby Berkeley Collection (Footlight Parade / Gold Diggers of 1933 / Dames / Gold Diggers of 1935 / 42nd Street)
Buy new: $23.39 / Used from: $21.69 There is a newer version of Berkeley coming out, but if you can get only one collection get this one. Great music, fun if fluffy plots, and those marvelous dance numbers.
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 | The Complete Thin Man Collection (The Thin Man / After the Thin Man / Another Thin Man / Shadow of the Thin Man / The Thin Man Goes Home / Song of the Thin Man / Alias Nick and Nora)
Buy new: $23.39 / Used from: $25.07 Powell & Loy were great together. They did many individual films, but they'll always be remembered for their Thin Man movies. This has been around for several years, but it is worth having if you don't already.
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 | Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition (Flying Down to Rio / The Gay Divorcee / Roberta / Top Hat / Follow the Fleet / Swing Time / Shall We Dance / Carefree / The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle / The Barkleys of Broadway)
Buy new: $90.49 / Used from: $71.99 All of the films Rogers & Astaire did for RKO as a team plus their last film together - "Barkleys of Broadway" - which was done 10 years later at MGM.
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 | Classic Comedies Collection (Bringing Up Baby / The Philadelphia Story Two-Disc Special Edition / Dinner at Eight / Libeled Lady / Stage Door / To Be or Not to Be)
Buy used from: $44.98 Some of the best comedies from the 1930's in control of Warner Home Video. Extras include extended featurettes on Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.
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 | Best of Jack Benny
Buy new: $8.49 / Used from: $3.22 This is the most entertainment I have gotten for under ten dollars in a long time - four discs of complete episodes of The Jack Benny Program and various other shows in which Jack appeared, including that of George Burns and Gracie Allen. Unrestored, but very watchable public domain set.
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 | Night Gallery: Season Two
Buy new: $39.99 / Used from: $30.55 1971-72 was the best of the Night Gallery seasons. Plus there is commentary on a good number of episodes.
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