The Wildcat (1921) Directed by Ernst Lubitsch | VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
The free-spirited daughter of a dangerous bandit falls for a handsome lieutenant in director Ernst Lubitsch's classic 1921 military satire. Jason Buchanan
Title : The Wildcat (1921)
Original Title : Die Bertkartze
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Duration : 82 min.
Subtitles : English, Spanish, Portuguese, Français, Italian
Genres : Comedy, Romance, Drama
Countries : Germany

Beauty and the Beast (1946) Directed by Jean Cocteau | VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
Jean Cocteau's adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (originally released in France as La Belle et la Bête) stars Josette Day as Beauty and Jean Marais as the Beast. When a merchant (Marcel André) is told that he must die for picking a rose from the Beast's garden, his courageous daughter (Day) offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. The Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis; she refuses, having pledged her troth to a handsome prince (also played by Marais). Eventually, however, she is drawn to the repellent but strangely fascinating Beast, who tests her fidelity by giving her a key, telling her that if she doesn't return it to him by a specific time, he will die of grief. The film features a musical score by Georges Auric. Hal Erickson
Title :  Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Original Title : La Belle et la Bête
Directed by Jean Cocteau
Duration : 93 min.
Subtitles : English, Spanish, Portuguese
Audio original in French
Genres : Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Children's/Family
BONUS : Biographies, filmographies, poster gallery, trailer
Countries : France

Le Million (1931) Directed by René Clair | VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
René Lefèvre and Annabella are sheer delights, as is everything else in Le Million, René Clair's bright and winning early sound comedy. Clair has his actors sing their dialogue in a blithe and breezy way and utilizes a succession of surrealistic and Dadaesque touches to chronicle this lighthearted extended chase, concerning an artist racing through the streets of Paris (an amazing studio set constructed by Lazare Meerson) in order to retrieve a winning lottery ticket left in the pocket of a discarded jacket. Many of Clair's comic embellishments (like the dubbed-in sound effects of a football game over a portion of the chase) have been used endlessly in comedies ever since, but in Clair's hands, the old jokes still look fresh and magical. Paul Brenner
Title : Le Million (1931)
Directed by René Clair
Duration : 83 min.
Subtitles : English, Spanish, Portuguese
Audio in French
Genres : Musical, Music, Comedy
BONUS : Interview with René Clair | Galeria de Stills
Countries : France

Sunrise 'A Song of Two Humans' (1927) Directed by F.W. Murnau | VHS-AVI (ISO)

Synopsis :
Considered by many to be the finest silent film ever made by a Hollywood studio, F.W. Murnau's Sunrise represents the art of the wordless cinema at its zenith. Based on the Hermann Sudermann novel A Trip to Tilsit, this "Song of Two Humans" takes place in a colorful farming community, where people from the city regularly take their weekend holidays. Local farmer George O'Brien, happily married to Janet Gaynor, falls under the seductive spell of Margaret Livingston, a temptress from The City. He callously ignores his wife and child and strips his farm of its wealth on behalf of Livingston, but even this fails to satisfy her. One foggy evening, O'Brien meets Livingston at their usual swampland trysting place. She bewitches him with stories about the city -- its jazz, its bright lights, its erotic excitement. Thrilled at the prospect of running off with Livingston, O'Brien stops short: "What about my wife?" Drawing ever closer to her victim, Livingston murmurs "Couldn't she just...drown?" (the subtitle bearing these words then "melts" into nothingness). In his delirium, the husband agrees. The plan is to row Gaynor to the middle of the lake, then capsize the boat. Gaynor will drown, while O'Brien will save himself with some bulrushes that he'd previously hidden in the boat; thus, the murder will look like an accident. The next day, the brooding O'Brien begins slowly rowing his unsuspecting wife across the lake. Halfway to shore, he makes his intentions clear, but is unable to go through with it. As his wife cringes in terror, O'Brien rows to the other side of lake. Once ashore, she runs away from him in terror, as he stumbles after her, trying to apologize. Gaynor boards a streetcar bound for the city, with O'Brien climbing aboard a few seconds afterward. Upon reaching the city (a renowned set design), O'Brien continues trying to make amends to his wife. They sit disconsolately at a table in a restaurant, unable to eat the plate of cake that is set before them. Slowly, Gaynor begins overcoming her fear. The couple wander into a church, where a wedding is taking place. Breaking down in sobs, O'Brien begins repeating the wedding vows, thereby convincing Gaynor that she has nothing to fear. Together again, the couple embraces in the middle of a busy street, oblivious to the honking horns and irate motorists. Anxious to prove to each other that all is well, the husband and wife spend a delightful afternoon having their pictures taken and "dolling up" in a posh barber shop. They cap their unofficial second honeymoon at a joyous festival in an outsized amusement park. More in love with each other than ever before, O'Brien and Gaynor head back across the lake in the dark of night. Suddenly, a storm arises. Pulling out the bulrushes with which he'd planned to save himself, O'Brien straps them onto Janet, telling her to swim to shore. The storm passes. Washing up on shore, the unconscious O'Brien is brought home. But Gaynor is nowhere to be found, and it is assumed that she has died in the storm. Half-insane, O'Brien strikes out at Livingston, the instigator of the murder plan. Just as he is about to throttle the treacherous temptress, he is summoned home; his wife is alive! As Livingston stumbles out of the village, O'Brien and Gaynor cling tightly to one another, watching the sun rise above their now-happy home. Together with Seventh Heaven, Sunrise earned Janet Gaynor the first-ever Best Actress Academy Award, while Charles Rosher and Karl Struss walked home with the industry's first Best Photography Oscar. The film itself was also in the Oscar race, but lost out to the more financially successful Wings. Hal Erickson
Title :  Sunrise 'A Song of Two Humans' (1927)
Directed by F.W. Murnau
Duration : 95 min.
Subtitles : English, Spanish, Portuguese
Genres : Drama, Romance  
Countries : USA

 

The Parson's Widow (1920) Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer | VIDEO (ISO)

Synopsis :
A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems—first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, he is already engaged to another woman.
Title : The Parson's Widow (1920)
Original Title : Prästänkan
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer 
Duration : 80 min.
Subtitles : Spanish, Portuguese
Card in English
Genres : Drama  
BONUS 2 Shrots : De Naede Faergen, 1948 + Thorvaldsen, 1949
Countries : Denmark