William Powell at Warner Bros
(2013)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/WILLIAM

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/WILLIAM Due: 4/1/2024

Details

PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2013]
DESCRIPTION

4 videodiscs (279 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
883316847749 2000091412, 2000091413, 2000091414, 2000091416
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Four pre-code classics including The road to Singapore, High pressure, Private detective 62, The key"--Container

Disc one. Road to Singapore / screenplay & dialogue by J. Grubb Alexander ; directed by Alfred E. Green -- Disc two. High pressure / screen version by Joseph Jackson ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy -- Disc three. Private detective 62 / screenplay by Rian James ; directed by Michael Curtiz -- Disc four. Key / screenplay by Laird Doyle ; directed by Michael Curtiz

Road to Singapore: The roving eye of boozing playboy Powell settles on a blonde disenchanted with her neglectful husband

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High pressure: Powell's roguish wit is in high gear as he plays a garrulous promoter selling investors on a scheme to make ersatz rubber

Road to Singapore originally released as a motion picture in 1931. High pressure originally released as a motion picture in 1932. Private detective 62 originally released as a motion picture in 1933. The key originally released as a motion picture in 1934

Private detective 62: Private eye Powell falls for the socialite he's supposed to frame

Road to Singapore: based on a play by Roland Pertwee from a story by Denise Robins

The key: In volatile 1920 Dublin, British officer Powell sacrifices his freedom for the woman he loves and her political-captive husband

High pressure: based on play Hot money by Aben Kandel

Private detective 62: based on a story by Raoul Whitfield

The key: based on play by R. Gore-Browne & J.L. Hardy

"These discs are expected to play back in DVD video 'play only' devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container

Special features include trailers

Road to Singapore: cinematography, Robert Kurrle; editor, William Holmes. High pressure: cinematography, Robert Kurrle; editor, Ralph Dawson. High pressure: cinematography, Tony Gaudio; editor, Harold McLernon. The key: cinematography, Ernest Haller; editor, Thomas Richards

Road to Singapore: William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh

High pressure: William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney

Private detective 62: William Powell, Margaret Lindsay, Ruth Donnelly

The key: William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive

Rating: Not rated

DVD, NTSC, region 1fullscreen (1.37:1); Dolby Digital mono

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