Other men's women. Purchase price. Frisco Jenny. Midnight Mary. Heroes for sale. Wild boys of the road. Wild Bill, Hollywood maverick. Men who made the movies, William Wellman. Wall Street mystery. Moonlight for two. You don't know what you're doin! Studio murder mystery. Goofy movies #1. Bosko's parlor pranks. Trans-Atlantic mystery. One step ahead of my shadow. Sittin' on a backyard fence.
Notes:
Title from container. Other men's women originally released as a motion picture in 1931; The purchase price originally released as a motion picture in 1932; Frisco Jenny originally released as a motion picture in 1932; Midnight Mary originally released as a motion picture in 1933; Heroes for sale originally released as a motion picture in 1933; Wild boys of the road originally released as a motion picture in 1933 ; The men who made the movies originally televised in 1973, re-edited and televised in 2007 ; Wild Bill originally released as a motion picture in 1995. Other men's women: Grant Withers, Regis Toomey, Mary Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Fred Kohler, Joan Blondell, James Cagney. The purchase price: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot, Hardie Albright, David Landau, Murray Kinnell, Leila Bennett. Frisco Jenny: Ruth Chatterton, Louis Calhern, Helen Jerome Eddy, Donald Cook, Hallam Cooley, Pat O'Malley, Harold Huber, Robert Emmett O'Connor. Midnight Mary: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel, Harold Huber, Robert Emmett O'Connor. Heroes for sale: Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat. Wild boys of the road: Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan, Rochelle Hudson, Edwin Phillips, Ann Hovey, Arthur Hohl, Sterling Holloway, Robert Barrat. Wild Bill: Hollywood maverick narrator, Alec Baldwin ; featuring Mike Connors, Clint Eastwood, James Garner, Arthur Hiller, Tab Hunter, Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Sidney Poitier, Nancy Reagan, Robert Redford, Buddy Rogers, Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott, Robert Stack, James Whitmore, Richard Widmark, Robert Wise, Jane Wyman. The purchase price is based on a story "The mud lark" by Arthur Stringer ; Wild boys of the road is based on the story "Desperate youth" by Daniel Ahearn. Wild Bill: Hollywood maverick created by William A. Wellman, Jr. "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."--Container. Special features: S.S. Dine detective shorts: "The Wall Street mystery", "The studio murder mystery" and "The trans-Atlantic mystery" ; classic cartoons "Moonlight for two", "You don't know what you're doin!", "Bosko's parlor pranks", "One step ahead of my shadow" and "Sittin' on a backyard fence" ; vintage Pete Smith short "Goofy movies #1" ; theatrical trailers ; commentary on "Midnight Mary" by historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta ; commentary on "Heroes for sale" by historian John Gallagher ; commentary on "Wild boys of the road" by William Wellman, Jr. and historian Frank Thompson.
Contents:
(68 min.). The purchase price / Warner Bros. Pictures and the Vitaphone Corp. ; screen play by Robert Lord ; directed by William A. Wellman (70 min.) -- The purchase price / Warner Bros. Pictures and the Vitaphone Corp. ; screen play by Robert Lord ; directed by William A. Wellman (68 min.). (74 min.). Midnight Mary / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; original story by Anita Loos ; screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola ; directed by William A. Wellman (70 min.) -- Midnight Mary / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; original story by Anita Loos ; screenplay by Gene Markey and Kathryn Scola ; directed by William A. Wellman (74 min.). (68 min.). Wild boys of the road / First National Pictures ; screen play by Earl Baldwin ; directed by William A. Wellman (71 min.) -- Wild boys of the road / First National Pictures ; screen play by Earl Baldwin ; directed by William A. Wellman (68 min.). (58 min.). The men who made the movies : William A. Wellman / Turner Classic Movies ; a Lorac production ; directed, written & produced by Richard Schickel (94 min.) -- The men who made the movies : William A. Wellman / Turner Classic Movies ; a Lorac production ; directed, written & produced by Richard Schickel (58 min.).
Summary:
Disc 1: Other men's women: Bill and Jack are railroad men. When Bill comes to stay with Jack and his wife, Bill and Lily fall in love. Jack confronts Bill about his suspicions and the two fight, leaving Jack seriously injured. The purchase price: Joan Gordon is a singer tiring of her relationship with Eddie. She flees to North Dakota to become a mail-order bride. Happiness is threatened by her stubborn husband, a lecherous neighbor and the appearance of Eddie. Disc 2: Frisco Jenny: Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has gone on to become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. After putting her son up for adoption, he becomes a district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. She kills an underling who wants her son dead and is now facing execution. Midnight Mary: A mistaken arrest, a prison term, and lack of employment leads to a young woman's involvement with gangsters. In a brothel she meets a wealthy lawyer who falls in love with her. He helps her turn her life around, but her past catches up with her. Now she is on trial for murder. Disc 3: Heroes for sale: A man stands up during a WWI battle and becomes a hero, but he doesn't get the credit. He becomes injured and soon gets hooked on morphine, causing him to fall apart when he returns home. He eventually marries, but soon the Depression hits. Wild boys of the road: Tom and Ed are high school students whose parents, thanks to the Depression, have lost their jobs. Wanting to help make money, they set off on the rails looking for work. They finally end up in New York and Ed thinks he might have found a job. Disc 4: Wild Bill: Explores the life and directorial times of William A. Wellman. The men who made the movies: Wellman shares many stories and speaks bluntly of the producers with who he has worked and describes his remarkable star-making and star-spotting abilities. He was responsible for helping actors win Oscars and discovered such notable actors as James Cagney and Gary Cooper.
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