New to DVD Highlights
This is where you will find many interesting DVDs and Blu-rays new to the library. Some titles will have graced Alice's shelves in a previous life on VHS Video, some are already on DVD but have now made their way to Blu-ray, while others have eluded capture in any format - until now. However, to be privy to the bigger picture, you will need to also check out 'Featured Acquisitions', 'Latest Alice Picks', 'Recent Arrivals',and 'New Releases'.
The Women (1939)
8/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, J...
Based on the Clare Booth Luce play of the same name, this MGM comedy is justly famous for its all-female cast and deft direction by George Cukor. The... Read more
The Humphrey Bogart Collection of Films: Across the Pacific / All Through the Night / Bullets or Ballots / Dark Passage (1936)
Director: Delmer Daves, John Huston, Vincent Sherman, William Keighley
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Edward G Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Lauren Bacall,...
Humphrey Bogart Box Set. 'Across the Pacific' (1942) - When disgraced American military officer Rick Leland (Bogart) boards a Japanese ship, he is app... Read more
Dinner at Eight (1933)
7.8/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: John Barrymore, Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Ed...
Based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's Broadway hit, in which an elaborate dinner party reveals a web of intrigue and romance. With a sparkling... Read more
Red Dust (1932)
7.4/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor
Clark Gable runs a rubber plantation in Indo-China and finds he is attracted to both of his female visitors. Will he stick with the brazen bad girl Je... Read more
Platinum Blonde (1931)
6.9/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams
A fast-paced, clever romantic comedy about a poor reporter (Robert Williams) who marries a society girl (Jean Harlow) only to rebel against her lifest... Read more
Metropolis (Reconstructed & Restored) ( Blu-ray ) (1927)
8.3/10
Director: Fritz Lang
Starring: Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gustav Frohlich
Fritz Lang's masterwork, set in a towering city of the future whose populace is divided between the idle ruling class and the dehumanized workers who... Read more