Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection

  
Format:  Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection DVD 
 
 
West Point grad John Wayne comes to regret his appointment to a base in "Arizona" (1931) when he learns that resentful ex Laura La Plante is newly married to his C.O. June Clyde co-stars. Taxi dancer Barbara Stanwyck's dreams of rising above her circumstances are dashed by her wastrel husband in "Ten Cents A Dance" (1931). Ricardo Cortez, Sally Blane co-star. Streetwalker Carole Lombard sees a chance for a new life when she falls for kindly cabbie Pat O'Brien, but her past continues to haunt her, in "Virtue" (1932). Ward Bond co-stars. Jean Harlow bolts her small town to join buddy Mae Clarke as a Manhattan model, but isn't prepared for the accompanying heartbreak, in "Three Wise Girls" (1932). Marie Prevost, Andy Devine co-star. Pert waitress Barbara Stanwyck catches the eye of rich boy Regis Toomey, and controlling mom Clara Blandick will go to any lengths to break the affair up, in "Shopworn" (1932). ZaSu Pitts co-stars. 5 3/4 hrs. total on five discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English; photo gallery; poster gallery; more.
 
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Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection DVD

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  • Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 3 (1932)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: Yes

    Format: | Starring: Frankie Darro, Barbara Stanwyck, Loretta Young

    First, in "Other Men's Women" (1931), a love triangle develops between two railroad workers and the woman they both desire. Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey star. In "The Purchase Price" (1932), ... more

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  • Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 4

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: William Powell, Loretta Young, Kay Francis

    Bored Austrian countess Kay Francis is out shopping for baubles when she gets caught up in a brazen daylight "Jewel Robbery" (1932) perpetrated by gentleman bandit William Powell, and soon gets caught ... more

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  • Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 5

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck

    Fast-talking promoter James Cagney stages a dance marathon, all the while rigging the event in favor of girlfriend Mary Brian, in "Hard to Handle" (1933). Ruth Donnelly, Claire Dodd co-star. Barbara ... more

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  • Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 6

    Category: Drama | Director: Frank Lloyd | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: John Gilbert, Dorothy Jordan, Richard Barthelmess

    "The Wet Parade" (1932) adapts Upton Sinclair's tale tracing the intersecting paths of two families--from either side of the Mason-Dixon--whose lives have been shattered by alcohol. Walter Huston, Lewis ... more

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  • Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 7

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Warren William

    Honoring a pledge to the best friend he was ordered to slay, San Francisco Tong assassin Edward G. Robinson raises the victim's daughter, and ultimately marries the adult woman (Loretta Young). How ... more

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  • Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: | Starring: Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel, Frank Shields

    A young Mickey Rooney stars as an impoverished small-town lad who must fight for his self-respect because of his shell-shocked, alcoholic father. Rooney's sympathetic schoolteacher (Anne Nagel), who ... more

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  • World Gone Mad (1933)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: | Starring: Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton

    Tough-as-nails reporter Pat O'Brien discovers the city's former district attorney was part of a murderous plot, and the current D.A. may be the next one corrupted, unless he can do something about it. ... more

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  • Three Comrades (1938)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone

    Set against the backdrop of post-WWI Germany, this superb film stars Robert Taylor, Franchot Tone, and Robert Young as three wartime friends who fall in love with the same woman (Margaret Sullavan). ... more

    Academy Award ®
    Nominee: Best Actress (Margaret Sullavan)
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  • Tugboat Annie (1933)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young

    How is tugboat skipper Annie Brennan (Marie Dressler) supposed to keep her boating business thriving when her no-good husband Terry (Wallace Beery) is constantly drunk? And, what kind of example is Terry ... more

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  • Emma (1932)

    Category: Drama | Rated: NR | Color: Black & White | Closed Captioned: No

    Format: DVD-R | Starring: Marie Dressler, Richard Cromwell, Jean Hersholt

    Marie Dressler received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Emma Thatcher Smith, the devoted nanny and housekeeper to a widower (Jean Hersholt) who, after decades of having Emma care for ... more

    Academy Award ®
    Nominee: Best Actress (Marie Dressler)
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