Rue, Frank La

Laura (Fox Film Noir)

This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. The cop is a romantic hiding under a hard-boiled exterior who falls in love with the beautiful victim through the portrait that hangs in her apartment. Gene Tierney, whose heart-shaped face mixes the exotic with the girl next door, brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. Laura, handsomely shot in dreamy black and white, is the first and best of Otto Preminger's cool, controlled murder mysteries. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example of the genre, but under the tasteful decor and high-society fashions lies a world seething in jealousy, passion, blackmail, and murder. Vincent Price costars as a blithe gigolo and David Raksin's lush theme has become a wistful romantic standard. --Sean Axmaker

Nominated for five Academy Awards®, this stylish mystery thriller twists and turns with new suspects, new evidence and unexpected revelations. A wealthy journalist (Clifton Webb) becomes entranced with a beautiful young career woman named Laura (Gene Tierney). But shortly before her wedding to a dashing young playboy (Vincent Price), she is found murdered. Stirred by her portrait, the detective (Dana Andrews) assigned to her case finds that he, too, is strangely under Laura's spell.

The More the Merrier

Portly Charles Coburn makes a cute if unlikely cupid in George Stevens's smart 1943 romantic comedy. Jean Arthur is girl next door and big-city sophisticate rolled up in one bubbly package as Connie Milligan, a single woman in Washington D.C. who sublets a room in her small apartment during the wartime housing crisis. Her new roommate, the deadpan eccentric Mr. Dingle (Coburn, who won an Oscar for his rascally performance), dislikes her stiff, bureaucratic beau and takes it upon himself to find her an appropriate boyfriend, namely the soft-spoken industrial engineer Joe Carter (Joel McCrea), whom Dingle puts up in his half of the apartment. Stevens takes a measured approach to comedy: The first morning with all three in the cramped kitchen turns a painstakingly organized schedule into a chaotic free-for-all that just gets funnier as the anarchy builds. Even more effective is the contrast between the charmingly effusive Arthur and McCrea's sauntering style, which creates not so much sparks as a slow simmer as they continue to spend time together. One of the finest craftsmen of Hollywood's Golden Age, Stevens shapes this lightweight screenplay into one of the most delectable romantic comedies of all time. --Sean Axmaker

Born to Be Bad

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 6-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVD

Westward Ho

John Wayne began his film career as a two-fisted pistol-packing cowboy in a series of memorable lane Star Westerns. As the young and handsome hero fought to bring law and order to the wild west America discovered a new star and a legend was born.While searching for the brother he has been separated from since childhood John Wayne Forms a vigilante group to catch a Vicious band of outlaws. On the trail of the bandits Wayne biggest fear: the brother he has been trying to find is the leader of the gang.System Requirements: Running Time 61 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 017153146745 Manufacturer No: 14674

Gene Autry Collection - Stardust on the Sage

When a young radio commentator fakes Gene Autry's voice on her show telling cattlemen to invest their money in a hydraulic mining venture rather than in cattle Gene must correct the error of her ways. Further investigation by Gene and his pal Smiley Burnette soon reveals dishonesty and treachery in the mining operation. It will take plenty of songs and some riding and fisticuffs to expose the villains and save the day!System Requirements:Running Time: 65 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 014381240023 Manufacturer No: ID2400UQDVD

Westward Ho / The Fighting Kentuckian (Double Feature)

WESTWARD HO - While searching for the brother he has been separated from since childhood John Wayne forms a vigilante group to catch a vicious band of outlaws. On the trail of the bandits Wayne comes face-to-face with his biggest fear: the brother he has been trying to find is the leader of the gang. THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN - John Wayne sets the wild "frontier" ablaze in this thrilling romantic adventure! Leading a regiment of Kentucky riflemen Wayne passes through a settlement of dispatriated French families all wealthy refugees of war from Napoleon's court. When there Wayne's heart is captured by the French general's daughter. But a rich and powerful rival Blake Randolph also has his heart set on her. As the two suitors lock horns Wayne discovers his rival has a nefarious scheme up his sleeve and soon the courtship battle escalates into a full-scale war. It's "The Duke" at his best as the fighting Kentuckian battles for his love and the land of the free!System Requirements:Running Time: 163 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 017153213157 Manufacturer No: 21315

Men of San Quentin

Death From a Distance

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was the last of four serials that Johnny Mack Brown made for Universal in the 30's before making the switch exclusively to features. Jeff Scott (Johnny Mack Brown), a famous frontier scout, is hired by Washington officials to stop outlaw Indian raids on pioneer wagon trains crossing the rich fur regions of the Oregon Trail. Johnny Mack, the hero dressed all in black, leads the wagon train out west with his faithful sidekick Fuzzy Knight at his side. Together they battle the bad guys working for a big eastern syndicate who don't want the settles to disrupt their lucrative fur-trading activities. Bonus Features: Digitally Remastered| Chapter Selection Menu| Biographies| Bonus - Classic Serial Trailers. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 296 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1939; SRP - $29.99.

The Three Mesquiteers: Outlaws of Sonora