The Ford At Fox Collection: The Essential John Ford - Six-disc set includes "Drums Along the Mohawk" (Special Edition), "Frontier Marshal" (1939), "The Grapes of Wrath" (Special Edition), "How Green Was My Valley," "My Darling Clementine" (Special Edition), and the documentary "Becoming John Ford." (Release date Dec. 4)
The Ford At Fox Collection: John Ford's American Comedies - Will Rogers stars as "Doctor Bull" (1933), a country physician who must rise above the small-town gossip surrounding his relationship with a local widow when he tries to quell a typhoid outbreak. With Vera Allen, Marian Nixon. Then, perhaps the best film example of Rogers' down-home wit was "Judge Priest" (1934), an early comedy-drama from John Ford. Rogers plays a small-town judge whose unconventional but sound policies endear him to his constituents. Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Hattie McDaniel, and Stepin Fetchit also star. Four-disc set also includes "Up the River," "Steamboat Round the Bend," "When Willie Comes Marching Home," and "What Price Glory?" 8 3/4 hrs. total. (Release date Dec. 4)
The Ford At Fox Collection: John Ford's Silent Epics - John Ford's (credited as Jack Ford) early silent Western "Just Pals" (1920) chronicles the unlikely friendship between a shiftless bum (Buck Jones) and a young boy (George Boy), and the would-be romance of Jones and the local schoolteacher (Helen Ferguson). And, "Four Sons" (1928) tells the poignant tale of the Bernle boys, a quartet of Bavarian brothers who must leave their doting mother at the outbreak of World War I, with one of them going to fight for America. James Hall, Charles Morton, Ralph Bushman star. Five-disc set also includes "The Iron Horse," "3 Bad Men" and "Hangman's House." 10 hrs. total. (Release date Dec. 4)
Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) - The illustrious career of Tony Bennett is celebrated in this PBS documentary tribute to the famed crooner. Highlighted by rare performance footage and interviews with Bennett conducted by Clint Eastwood, the film includes such timeless standards as "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and "For Once in My Life," as well as insights from such famous fans as Alec Baldwin and Harry Belafonte. Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.
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