Clark Gable: The Signature Collection - This six-disc set includes Dancing Lady (1933), co-starring Joan Crawford, with Nelson Eddy and Robert Benchley; China Seas (1935), with Jean Harlow and Rosalind Russell; Wife vs. Secretary (1936), with Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow; San Francisco (1936) co-starring Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy; Boom Town (1940), with Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert and Hedy Lamarr; and Mogambo (1953), co-starring Ava Gardner and Grace Kelly. Plus documentary Clark Gable: Tall, Dark & Handsome, hosted by Liam Neeson; vintage featurettes and musical shorts.
Charlie Chan Vol. 1 - Hollywood's favorite Asian sleuth (Warner Oland) is on hand for this collection of perplexing mysteries. Charlie Chan in London (1934) finds Chan teaming up with a Scotland Yard detective (who insists on calling him "Mr. Chang") in order to solve a murder at an English estate. E.E. Clive, Ray Milland co-star. Chan tracks down a gang of counterfeiters operating in the maze of sewers beneath the City of Lights, in Charlie Chan in Paris (1935). With Keye Luke as #1 son, Lee. Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) chronicles a case involving the murders of the supposedly cursed members of an archeological expedition. Rita Hayworth and Stepin Fetchit also star. While working for the Chinese government, Charlie is abducted by the opium ring he's investigating, in Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935). Luke co-stars. Also includes Eran Trece (1931), a Spanish-language version of Charlie Chan Carries On, with Manuel Arbo as Charlie. 6 1/4 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; featurettes; theatrical trailers.
The Betty Grable Collection, Vol. 1 - Four-disc set includes Down Argentine Way (1940), Moon Over Miami (1941), The Dolly Sisters (1945), and My Blue Heaven (1950). (Released June 13.) Includes commentary on Down Argentine Way, The Dolly Sisters and My Blue Heaven; documentary "Betty Grable: Behind the Pin-Up," originally made for the A&E Biography series; still galleries and lobby card galleries for each disc; Movietone News footage of the Chicago Premiere of The Dolly Sisters.
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