Motion Picture Masterpieces -- October 10 from Warner Home Video.BURBANK, Calif. -- On October 10, five film masterpieces, adapted from literary classics and made during Hollywood's golden era, debut on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. in Warner Home Video's Motion Picture Masterpieces collection. All are from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, known then as the "Tiffany of movie studios": David O. Selznick's Oscar(R)-nominated screen translations of Charles Dickens' "David Copperfield “Copperfield” redirects here. For other uses, see Copperfield (disambiguation). David Copperfield may refer to:
adj. beer·i·er, beer·i·est 1. Smelling or tasting of beer: beery breath. 2. Affected or produced by beer: beery humor. and Jackie Cooper; and the opulent "Marie Antoinette," starring Tyrone Power and Norma Shearer. The five-disc collection will sell for $49.92 SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. with individual titles available for $19.97 SRP. "Marie Antoinette" (1939) Norma Shearer stars in this unforgettable performance as France's tragic queen. Tyrone Power plays opposite her; John Barrymore is crafty Louis XV and Robert Morley was Oscar(R) -nominated as Louis XVI. "David Copperfield" (1935) Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone, among others, joined W.C. Fields and Freddie Bartholomew as the eccentrics, cads and loving family. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, the movie was directed by George Cukor and produced by David O. Selznick. "Pride and Prejudice" (1940) Greer Garson plays the spirited Elizabeth, one of five Bennet sisters hoping for matrimony MATRIMONY. See Marriage. . Laurence Olivier plays Darcy, whose arrival at a nearby estate sets their maiden hearts aflutter a·flut·ter adj. 1. Being in a flutter; fluttering: with flags aflutter. 2. Nervous and excited. Adj. 1. . Elizabeth and Darcy find reasons to view each other with disdain, setting in motion a velvet struggle of pride and prejudice, perception and reality, forgiveness and love. "A Tale of Two Cities" (1935) Charles Dickens' novel of love and turmoil during the French Revolution comes to the screen in this sumptuous version by David O. Selznick. Ronald Colman stars as Sydney Carton. It's filled with uncanny performances, eye-filling crowd scenes and lasting emotional power. "Treasure Island" (1934) Jackie Cooper is Jim Hawkins, a lad living the kind of adventure every child dreams about. Treasure map in hand, Jim and his backers set sail for realms and riches unknown aboard the Hispaniola. But the notorious, one-legged Long John Silver has signed on to the voyage by posing as a cook. Will the treasure fall into his scheming grasp? |
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