English, French, English dialogue, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Imprint:
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
Format:
Video
3 videodiscs (370 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Title from container.
The divorcée based on a story by Ursula Parrott.
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.
Special features: All-new 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 divorcée / a Robert Z. Leonard production ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer All Talking picture (82 min.)
A free soul / [a Clarence Brown production] ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; directed by Clarence Brown (93 min.). Disc two: Three on a match / Warner Bros. Pictures ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy ; a First National and Vitaphone picture (63 min.)
Female / Warner Bros. Pictures ; [presented by] First National Pictures ; screenplay by Gene Markey & Kathryn Scola ; suggested by a story by Donald Henderson Clarke ; directed by Michael Curtiz (60 min.). Disc three: Night nurse / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & The Vitaphone Corp. present a Warner Bros. and Vitaphone picture ; directed by William Wellman (72 min.).
Participant:
The divorcée: Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Conrad Nagel, Robert Montgomery.
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.
Female: Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown, Ruth Donnelly, Ferdinand Gottschalk.
Night nurse: Barbara Stanwyck, Clark Gable.
Summary:
Five classic films that offer a rare glimpse at a lost era of provocative filmmaking.
Audience:
Not rated.
Format:
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
Terms:
These DVDs are copy protected and may be played only on licensed devices.
3000014978 Warner Home Video (set)
2000001749 Warner Home Video (disc one)
2000000287 Warner Home Video (disc two)
2000001781 Warner Home Video (disc three)