"Das Schicksal meint es nicht gut mit dem sensiblen und sehr schüchternen Musiker Claudin: Sein Lebenswerk, ein romantisches Konzertstück nach einem alten Volkslied, hat man ihm, wie er glaubt, gestohlen. Bei einem Streit darüber verliert der verzweifelte Komponist sämtliche Beherrschung und tötet seinen Widersacher. Durch Säure wird Claudins Gesicht schrecklich entstellt. Verwundet und als Mörder gejagt, kann er in die Katakomben unter ..."
"The Original Universal Studios Classic Monster Collection includes 8 films featuring the most iconic monsters in motion picture history. Starring some of the most legendary actors including Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains and Elsa Lanchester in the roles that they made famous, these films set the standard for a new horror genre with revolutionary makeup, mood-altering cinematography and groundbreaking special ef ..."
"In this 1942 melodrama, founded on the novel by Olivia Higgins Prouty (who also wrote the novel on which Stella Dallas was based), Bette Davis stars as Charlotte Vale, a dowdy, repressed woman who, overwhelmed by her domineering mother, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She finds help at a sanitarium from a kind psychiatrist (Claude Rains), who turns her into a beautiful, confident woman. As a new person, she takes a pleasure crui ..."
"s/w Wenn die Rinderherde ihr Ziel erreicht, fangen die Probleme erst an: Den durstigen Cowboys sitzt der Colt gefährlich locker, als sie in Dodge City einfallen, und Recht hat, wer schneller zieht. Wer soll in dieser korrupten, bleihaltigen Stadt für Ordnung sorgen? Dazu muss man schon ein Mann sein wie Treckführer Wade Hatton, der sich den Sheriffstern anheftet."
"Der strahlende Held Errol Flynn ist der definitive Robin Hood in dieser großartigsten und verwegensten Version der legendären Geschichte. Warner Brothers brachten dafür ihren Spitzenregisseur Michael Curtiz mit dem "Traumpaar" Flynn und Olivia de Havilland als Marian sowie dem ewigen Bösewicht Basil Rathbone als aristokratischem Sir Guy von Gisbourne zusammen. Produktionstechnisch zog man sämtliche Register. Es wurde ihr bis dato teuers ..."
"Errol Flynn stars in this superb piece of Hollywood magic. Claude Rains (Renault in Casablanca) plays the evil Earl of Hertford. Flynn s real life drinking pal Alan Hale is the Captain of the guard. Eric Portman, Barton MacLane, Montagu Love and a host of classic Hollywood screen supporting stars are in this adaptation of Huckleberry Finn author Mark Twain s story of two boys the long-awaited male heir to the throne of England, Edward T ..."
"A truly perfect movie, the 1942 Casablanca still wows viewers today, and for good reason. Its unique story of a love triangle set against terribly high stakes in the war against a monster is sophisticated instead of outlandish, intriguing instead of garish. Humphrey Bogart plays the allegedly apolitical club owner in unoccupied French territory that is nevertheless crawling with Nazis; Ingrid Bergman is the lover who mysteriously desert ..."
"Humphrey Bogart reunites with director Michael Curtiz and other key Casablanca personnel (Including co-stars Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet) for a tension-swept Passage to Marseille. Bogart plays Jean Matrac, a World War II French patriot who escapes Devil's Island, survives a dangerous freighter voyage and becomes a gunner in the Free French Air Corps. Passage sailed into theaters on stormy seas. Controversy surroun ..."
"Five years after Captain Blood made him a swashbuckling star, Errol Flynn returned to the high seas as privateer Captain Thorpe in The Sea Hawk. Flynn plays the dashing gentleman pirate as dedicated patriot, looting Spanish ships for English coffers with the private blessing of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson, reprising the role from Fire over England). The film opens with a rousing sea battle: broadside cannon fire sends masts falling an ..."
"Casablanca est un chef-d'œuvre de perfection qui éblouira encore de nombreuses générations à venir. Mêlant une intrigue amoureuse unique d'une grande subtilité aux enjeux de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le film aborde également la question des choix que chacun est obligé de faire lors de périodes troublées. Il offre à Humphrey Bogart un rôle bouleversant, celui d'un homme dont les certitudes vacillent avec la réapparition de son an ..."
"In this 1942 melodrama, founded on the novel by Olivia Higgins Prouty (who also wrote the novel on which Stella Dallas was based), Bette Davis stars as Charlotte Vale, a dowdy, repressed woman who, overwhelmed by her domineering mother, is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She finds help at a sanitarium from a kind psychiatrist (Claude Rains), who turns her into a beautiful, confident woman. As a new person, she takes a pleasure crui ..."
"The masked phantom of the Paris Opera House schemes to make a beautiful young soprano the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best (Color) Cinematography."
"Mr. Skeffington (DVD)Bette Davis stars as a beautiful but vain society woman who, to pay her brother's gambling debts, marries a financier she does not love--Mr. Skeffington. The marriage does not last, and the former Mrs. Skeffington flits from beau to beau casually leaving a trail of broken hearts. But when she contracts a near-fatal case of diphtheria, her beauty is destroyed by the terrible scars left by the disease. Now middle-aged ..."
" Even in the 21st century, very few film stars create and define their own genre--and certainly not in the complete way Bette Davis did. The Bette Davis Collection gives an exceptionally good survey of essential Bette, with four of the five films absolute knock-down classics from her long reign at Warner Bros. Davis's personality was so strong that she tended to overpower her directors, but William Wyler was one of the few to maintain h ..."
"Sea Hawk, The (DVD)1580s. Elizabeth I, queen of the upstart island nation of England, commissions buccaneer captain Geoffrey Thorpe (Flynn) to harass the Spanish Armada. At a time when Spain dominates Europe, has conquered most of the Americas and is building the greatest naval fleet the world has ever seen, the fate of the tiny nation depends on daring men such as Thorpe and his mission to halt Spain's global trade. But no one plans on ..."
"Claude Rains practically owns his film debut in The Invisible Man, despite the fact that his face (let alone his body) is seen only for seconds in the final moments. As the brilliant scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility, Rains steps into the film wrapped up like a mummy behind a layer of bandages and blanketed in heavy clothes. When he removes his garments, there's nothing underneath, a simple but effective bit of 1930s mo ..."
"For the first time ever the original The Wolf Man film comes to DVD in this extraordinary Legacy Collection. Included in the collection is the original classic starring the renowned Lon Chaney Jr. and three timeless sequels featuring legendary actor Bela Lugosi and others. These are the landmark films that inspired an entire genre of movies and continue to be major influences on motion pictures to this day. System Requirements: Running ..."
"Wrong Men & Notorious Women is an irresistible set: five early Alfred Hitchcock thrillers--The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca, Spellbound, and Notorious--in sumptuous Criterion Collection editions that offer pristine transfers, commentary tracks by film scholars, and other bonus features such as screen tests, essays, rare photos, and radio broadcasts. The 39 Steps (1935) is a prime example of the MacGuffin principle in action. Ro ..."
"Casablanca, 1943. Rick, Américain cynique et blasé, dirige un cabaret-tripot dans lequel se presse chaque soir une foule de gens hétérogènes, composée aussi bien d'Européens bien décidés à échapper au nazisme que d'agents du Reich, de petits malfaiteurs que de collaborateurs. Un soir, Ilsa fait son retour dans la vie de Rick. Elle et lui se sont aimés trois ans auparavant, à Paris. Venue avec son mari, farouche opposant aux nazis, Ilsa ..."