Movies on DVD and Blu-ray

Saturday 14 February 2015

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Charles Coburn.

DVD bought in 2008

Part of the 'Marilyn Monroe Collection'

Blu-ray bought in 2014

91m 25s

Blu-ray

Blu-ray extras

Fox Movietone News: Marilyn and Jane in Cement.

Marilyn Monroe trailers.

Calamity Jane (1953)

Directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie and Philip Carey.

DVD bought in 2006

97mins

Newsreels - "Western Style" and "Photo Play"

Theatrical Trailer

The Band Wagon (1953)

Directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2005

112m 10s

Commentary by Liza Minnelli and Michael Feinstein
New making-of documentary: "Get Aboard! The Band Wagon"
Vintage documentary: "The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli"
Outtake musical number: Two Faced Woman, plus dailies
Musical short: Jack Buchanan with the Glee Quartet
Astaire trailer gallery

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen.

2-disc Special Edition DVD bought by 2002

3-disc 60th Anniversary Blu-ray bought in 2012

102m 48s

Blu-ray

Blu-ray extras -

Audio Commentary featuring Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Kathleen Freeman, Stanley Donen, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Baz Luhrmann and Rudy Behlmer
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation: (51 minutes)
Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM (86 minutes)
Excerpts from Features Where the Songs Originated (50 minutes)
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of Singin' in the Rain (36 minutes)
You Are My Lucky Star Outtake (4 minutes)
Scoring Sessions (76 minutes)
Theatrical Trailer