Kino Lorber has released three Barbara Stanwyck films in a boxed set collection. Here is the official announcement:
This collection feature three classic films starring
screen legend Barbara Stanwyck:
INTERNES CAN’T
TAKE MONEY (1937) – Young Dr. James Kildare (Joel McCrea, Four Faces West),
interning at a clinic, falls for his patient Janet Haley (Barbara Stanwyck,
Witness to Murder). The feeling is mutual, but Janet has a secret she will not
divulge: She’s the widow of a bank robber who hid their daughter before he died
and she is desperately trying to find the little girl. She will use
anyone—including Dr. Kildare—to get her child back. The doctor’s association
with gangster Hanlon (Lloyd Nolan, The House on 92nd Street), whose injuries
Kildare secretly patched up, and Janet’s connection with gangster Innes
(Stanley Ridges, Black Friday), who’s helping her find her daughter, bring it
all to a rousing head filled with action, suspense and the unexpected!
Stylishly directed by Alfred Santell (Breakfast for Two), Internes Can’t Take
Money was the third of six films co-starring Stanwyck and McCrea and the only
Dr. Kildare film produced by Paramount. The Max Brand-created character was
picked up by MGM for a series of successful movies from 1938 to 1942 starring
Lew Ayres as Kildare.
THE GREAT MAN’S LADY (1942) – From William A. Wellman,
the legendary director of Wings, Beau Geste, Nothing Sacred, The Ox-Bow
Incident, Yellow Sky and The High and the Mighty, comes this romantic
western-drama starring screen icons Barbara Stanwyck (All I Desire) and Joel
McCrea (The Virginian). After Hoyt City dedicates a statue to its founder Ethan
Hoyt (McCrea), the woman who inspired his achievement, the 109-year-old Hannah
Sempler (Stanwyck), tells their story to a young biographer. She begins with
their elopement in 1848 when she was a headstrong Philadelphia girl of 16 and
Ethan was an idealist yearning to build a city in the West. Their future was
fraught with difficulties, from life in a prairie shack to a fruitless search
for gold and, ultimately, to Ethan’s jealousy over Hannah’s friendship with
gambler Steely Edwards (Brian Donlevy, Canyon Passage). Through it all, she
remained what she is today: the woman who sacrificed everything for her
husband’s sake. Filled with action and humor, this moving film was vigorously
directed by Wellman and beautifully shot by the great William C. Mellor (A
Place in the Sun).
THE BRIDE WORE
BOOTS (1946) – From Irving Pichel, the acclaimed director of Tomorrow Is
Forever, O.S.S., Something in the Wind, The Miracle of the Bells, Quicksand and
Destination Moon, comes this comedy of errors about a bookish husband trying to
win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife. Screen legend Barbara
Stanwyck (There’s Always Tomorrow) stars as southern heiress Sally Warren, who
loves everything to do with horseracing. Her studious husband, Jeff (Robert
Cummings, The Chase), cannot stand the creatures and would rather spend his
time writing. When their incompatibilities land them in divorce court, it will
take a little imagination and a lot of luck to restore the love in their
hilariously mismatched relationship. The Bride Wore Boots features a stellar
cast that includes a young Natalie Wood (Driftwood), Diana Lynn (The
Kentuckian) and the great Robert Benchley (Road to Utopia).
Bonus Features: NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian
Dr. Eloise Ross (Internes Can't Take Money | NEW Audio Commentary by Film
Historian Dr. Eloise Ross (The Great Man's Lady) | Optional English Subtitles |
The Great Man's Lady (Theatrical Trailer) | The Bride Wore Boots (Theatrical
Trailer)
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