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Dark film mysteries  Cover Image DVD DVD

Dark film mysteries

Lesser, Sol, 1890-1980 (Added Author). Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977 (Added Author). Robinson, Edward G., 1893-1973 (Added Author). McCallister, Lon, 1923-2005 (Added Author). London, Julie, 1926-2000 (Added Author). Calhoun, Rory, 1922-1999 (Added Author). Chamberlain, George Agnew, 1879-1966 Red house. (Added Author). Allen, Lewis, 1905-2000 (Added Author). Sale, Richard, 1911-1993 (Added Author). Bassler, Robert, 1903-1975 (Added Author). Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (Added Author). Hayden, Sterling, 1916-1986 (Added Author). Gleason, James, 1886-1959 (Added Author). Gates, Nancy, 1926-2019 (Added Author). Charney, Kim. (Added Author). Frees, Paul. (Added Author). Dark, Christopher, 1920-1971 (Added Author). Bouchey, Willis. (Added Author). Wexler, Paul. (Added Author). Raksin, David. (Added Author). Small, Edward, 1891-1977 (Added Author). Bruce, George, 1898-1974 (Added Author). Essex, Harry J., 1910-1997 (Added Author). Karlson, Phil, 1908-1985 (Added Author). Payne, John, 1912-1989 (Added Author). Gray, Coleen, 1922-2015 (Added Author). Foster, Preston, 1900-1970 (Added Author). Brand, Neville, 1920-1992 (Added Author). Van Cleef, Lee, 1925-1989 (Added Author). Elam, Jack, 1920-2003 (Added Author). Drake, Dona, 1914-1989 (Added Author). Siletti, Mario, 1925-1991 (Added Author). Diskant, George E., 1907-1965 (Added Author). Ilou, Edward L. (Added Author). Small, Buddy. (Added Author). Sawtell, Paul, 1906-1971 (Added Author). Bischoff, Samuel, 1890-1975 (Added Author). Spiegel, Sam. (Added Author). Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Added Author). De Toth, André, 1912-2002 (Added Author). Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Added Author). Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980 (Added Author). Lamb, Karl. (Added Author). Veiller, Anthony, 1903-1965 (Added Author). Rossen, Robert, 1908-1966 (Added Author). Powell, Dick, 1904-1963 (Added Author). Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015 (Added Author). Wyatt, Jane, 1910-2006 (Added Author). Burr, Raymond, 1917-1993 (Added Author). Doran, Ann. (Added Author). Young, Loretta, 1913-2000 (Added Author). Merivale, Philip, 1886-1946 (Added Author). Long, Richard, 1927-1974 (Added Author). House, Billy, 1890-1961 (Added Author). Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990 (Added Author). Heflin, Van, 1910-1971 (Added Author). Douglas, Kirk, 1916-2020 (Added Author). Wild, Harry. (Added Author). Metty, Russell. (Added Author). Milner, Victor, 1893-1972 (Added Author). Thompson, Walter (Walter A.) (Added Author). Nims, Ernest. (Added Author). Marshek, Archie. (Added Author). Kaper, Bronislaw, 1902-1983 (Added Author). Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995 (Added Author). Dratler, Jay. Pitfall. (Added Author). Trivas, Victor, 1896-1896?-1970. (Added Author). Associated Players and Producers (Firm) (Added Author). Thalia Productions. (Added Author). Libra Productions. (Added Author). Regal Films. (Added Author). RKO Radio Pictures. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). United Artists Corporation. (Added Author). Independent Releasing Corporation. (Added Author). International Pictures, Inc. (Added Author). Hal Wallis Productions, Inc. (Added Author). Film Chest, Inc. (Added Author). *The red house: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Arlene Roberts. Julie London, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon. (Cast). *Kansas City confidential: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti. (Cast). *The strange love of Martha Ivers: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Ann Doran. (Cast). Edward G. Robinson, Anne Sheridan, Mickey Rooney, Tom Neal, Charles Russell. (Cast).

Summary: A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s

Item details

  • Physical Description: videodisc
    3 videodiscs (968 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: 3 DVD film noir collector's series.
  • Publisher: [Bridgeport, Conn.] : Film Chest Inc., [2015]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Title from container.
*"The red house" is based on the novel by George Agnew Chamberlain. "Pitfall" is based on the novel by Jay Dratler. "The stranger" is based on an original story by Victor Trivas.
Originally released as motion pictures 1945-1952.1947 (The Red House), 1952 (Kansas City confidential), and 1946 (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers).
"Restored from original 35 mm film prints."
Special features: Before & after restoration demo ; original movie art postcard ; movie trailers ; audio commentary.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. Scarlet street (102 min.) -- Woman on the run (77 min.) -- Quicksand (79 min.) -- Detour (67 min.) -- Disc 2. Inner sanctum (62 min.) -- Kansas City confidential (99 min.) -- The stranger (115 min.) -- Fear in the night (72 min.) -- Disc 3. Strange woman (99 min.) -- Red house (100 min.) -- Strange love of Martha Ivers (116 min.).
Creation/Production Credits Note: *The red house: Thalia Producions, Inc. ; produced by Sol Lesser ; screenwriter, director, Delmer Daves ; music, Miklos Rozsa ; director of photography, Bert Glennon ; editor, Merrill White.
*Kansas City confidential: Associated Players and Producers presents ; an Edward Small production ; writers, George Bruce, Harry Essex ; directed by Phil Karlson ; cinematographer, George E. Diskant ; art director, Edward L. Ilou ; editor, Buddy Small ; music, Paul Sawtell.
*The stranger: RKO Radio Pictures ; Independent Releasing Corp. ; International Pictures, Inc. ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; screenplay by Anthony Veiller ; directed by Orson Welles ; director of photography, Russell Metty ; editor, Ernest Nims ; music, Bronislau Kaper.
*The strange love of Martha Ivers: Paramount Pictures ; Hall Wallis Productions, Inc. ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; screenplay by Robert Rossen ; directed by Lewis Milestone ; director of photography, Victor Milner ; music, Miklos Rozsa.
Participant or Performer Note: *The red house: Edward G. Robinson, Lon McCallister, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, Arlene Roberts. Julie London, Ona Munson, Harry Shannon.
*Kansas City confidential: John Payne, Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, Jack Elam, Dona Drake, Mario Siletti.
*The strange love of Martha Ivers: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Ann Doran.
Edward G. Robinson, Anne Sheridan, Mickey Rooney, Tom Neal, Charles Russell.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 0, NTSC, full screen (4x3 aspect ratio).
Language Note:
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish.
Subject: Family secrets Drama
Brothers and sisters Drama
Assassins Drama
Presidents Assassination attempts Drama
Hostages Drama
Bank robberies Drama
Kansas City (Mo.) Drama
Adultery Drama
Femmes fatales Drama
War criminals Drama
Fugitives from justice Drama
Impostors and imposture Drama
Married people Drama
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Drama
Adultery
Assassins
Bank robberies
Brothers and sisters
Family secrets
Femmes fatales
Fugitives from justice
Hostages
Impostors and imposture
Married people
Presidents Assassination attempts
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
War criminals
Missouri Kansas City
Genre: Feature films.
Film noir.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Horror films.
Gangster films.
Crime films.
Detective and mystery films.
Crime films.
Detective and mystery films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film noir.
Gangster films.
Horror films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)

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