CONFESSIONS OF A CO-ED + LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE (1931) - Sylvia Sidney Double Feature New on Blu-ray

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Product Description: Early in her legendary Hollywood career (from Fritz Lang to Tim Burton), the luminous Sylvia Sidney starred in these 2 passion-packed, Pre-Code melodramas:

CONFESSIONS OF A CO-ED (1931) – Through the intimate pages of her diary, Patricia Harper (Sidney) recalls her scandalous time at co-educational Stafford College. She becomes pregnant by the man she loves; but when circumstances prevent their union, she’s forced to make a devastating choice. Featuring a rare appearance by Bing Crosby and his musical “Rhythm Boys.”

LADIES OF THE BIG HOUSE (1931) – Young florist Kathleen Storm (Sidney) tries to save her husband (Gene Raymond) from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn’t commit. Suffering vicious treatment from the prison inmates, Kathleen quickly becomes desperate to escape and tell the world of their innocence. You’ll be gripped by the taut, sizzling drama in these rare films starring, as one Paramount advertisement declared, “the screen’s finest emotional actress—Sylvia Sidney!”

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New on Blu-ray: JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten and Dolores Del Rio

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Product Description: Orson Welles' touches of cinematic brilliance make Journey Into Fear a stunning success. From Welles' Mercury Theater comes this imaginative and exciting tale of terror (NY TIMES). Under the direction of Norman Foster, Joseph Cotten (who also wrote the screenplay, adapted from the novel by Eric Ambler) stars as an American gunnery engineer pursued by Gestapo agents. His adventures make him cross paths with an impressive array of characters portrayed by Dolores Del Rio, Ruth Warrick, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Hans Conried, and Welles himself, who plays Colonel Haki, head of the Turkish Secret Police. The cinematography by Karl Struss in low-key and stylized, with a reviewer of the era pointing to its Brilliant atmosphere, the nightmare of pursuit, and when the shock comes it leaps at the eye and ear. Journey Into Fear is a thriller worthy of the cinematic master Orson Welles.

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New on Blu-ray: KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS (1948) Starring Joan Fontaine and Burt Lancaster

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Product Description: Screen legends Joan Fontaine (Rebecca, Suspicion, The Bigamist) and Burt Lancaster (Desert Fury, I Walk Alone, The Train) star in Kiss the Blood off My Hands, a classic film noir about fate and love amongst the most unlikely individuals. Former POW Bill Saunders (Lancaster), now living in England, is scarred with unstable and violent tendencies. After killing a man in a bar fight, he flees the scene and manages to find cover in the home of Nurse Jane Wharton (Fontaine), who agrees to take him in and believes his story that the killing was an accident. Now in love, Nurse Wharton tries to secure Saunders a job delivering medical supplies when he’s released from prison after serving time for fighting with a police officer. Things take a turn, however, when a racketeer (Robert Newton, Odd Man Out) who witnessed Saunders’ murder threatens to turn him into the police unless he agrees to assist in a crime. Beautifully shot in glorious black-and-white by the great Russell Metty (Touch of Evil, The Lady Gambles) and stylishly directed by Norman Foster (Journey into Fear, Woman on the Run).

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New on Blu-ray: RACHEL AND THE STRANGER (1948) Starring Loretta Young, William Holden and Robert Mitchum

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Product Description: William Holden, Loretta Young and Robert Mitchum are the powerhouse performers in this great Western classic that The New York Times hailed as excellent moviemaking. Splendidly depicting the untamed frontier of the 1820s, the film tells the impassioned story of Big Davey Harvey (Holden), a stoic backwoodsman who buys and marries a bondswoman, Rachel (Young), to care for and educate his motherless son. Neither the father nor son find much to appreciate in Rachel until Jim Fairways (Mitchum), a guitar-strumming hunter, shows a romantic interest in her. Violent jealousy erupts between the two men, settled only after a spectacular raid on the Harveys homestead by unmerciful Shawnee Indians. But which man will win Rachels heart?

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