Divorcée. Free soul. Three on a match. Female. Night nurse.
Notes:
Collective title from container. The divorcée: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery, Florence Eldridge. A free soul: Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, Lionel Barrymore, James Gleason, Clark Gable. Three on a match: Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Lyle Talbot, Humphrey Bogart, Allan Jenkins, Edward Arnold, Virginia Davis, Dawn O'Day (i.e. Anne Shirley). Female: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown, Ruth Donnelly, Ferdinand Gottschalk. Night nurse: Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger. The divorcée based on a novel by Ursula Parrott. A free soul from the book by Adela Rogers St. John. Female suggested by a story by Donald Henderson Clark. Night nurse from the novel by Dora Macy. The divorcée originally released as a motion picture in 1930; A free soul originally released as a motion picture in 1931; Three on a match originally released as a motion picture in 1932; Female originally released as a motion picture in 1933; Night nurse originally released as a motion picture in 1931. "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: Documentary "Thou shalt not: sex, sin and censorship in pre-code Hollywood" ; commentaries on "The divorcée" and "Night nurse" by film historians Jeffrey Vance and Tony Maietta ; theatrical trailers of "Female," "Night nurse" and "Three on a match."
Contents:
Disc one: The divorcee / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Robert Z. Leonard production ; treatment by Nick Grindé and Zelda Sears ; continuity and dialogue by John Meehan (82 min.) A free soul / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; Clarence Brown's production ; dialogue continuity by John Meehan ; adaptation by Becky Gardiner ; directed by Clarence Brown. (93 min.) -- Disc two: Three on a match / First National Pictures ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy ; screen play by Lucien Hubbard ; story by Kubec Glasmon & John Bright (63 min.). Female / First National Pictures ; directed by Michael Curtiz ; screen play by Gene Markey & Kathryn Scola (60 min.) -- Disc three: Night nurse / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp. ; directed by William A. Wellman ; screen play by Oliver H.P. Garrett ; additional dialogue by Charles Kenyon (72 min.).
Summary:
The divorcée: When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond in kind. A free soul: An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with his client. Three on a match: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs. Female: Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer. Night nurse: A nurse enlists the help of a petty criminal to foil a sinister plot to murder two children.
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