AMC Movies: Hollywood Divas (DVD)

Product Description Hollywood Divas light up the screen. 4 movies on 2 DVD's. Digitally remastered and sound enhanced. Over 5 hours run time. Marilyn Monroe in Hometown Story(1947, 100 minutes). Also starring Jeffrey Lynn and and Donlad Crisp. Marilyn Monroe dazzles audiences in her supporting role as secretary Iris Martin for the Herald Newspaper. A journalist at the Herald, Blake Washburn(Lynn), takes on big business as an enemy of the people, blaming corporations for his political defeat. When tragey strikes, Washburn must re-examine his views. Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage(1934, 83 minutes). Also starring Leslie Howard. Waitress Mildred Rogers(Davis) enter into a destructive relationshiop with club-footed Philip Carey(Howard). After a series of emotional disasters, Carey attends medical school and turns his life around. Mildred Rogers is not wuite as lucky. Joan Crawford in Rain(1932, 92 minutes). Also starring Walter Hudson. Sadie Thompson(Crawford) a free-spirited streetwalker is quarantined with other passengers on Pago Pago Island, after an epidemic grounds their ship. The lush, tropical setting enhances the casual sensuality of the conflicty between spirit and carnality. Barbara Stanwyck in Lady Of Burlesque(1943, 91 minutes). Also starring Michael O'Shea. Stanwyck shines in her plucky role as sassy Dixie Daisy, the hot new attraction at a burlesque theater. Dressing room feuds with other striptease artists set Dixie up as a suspect for two murders. She sets a trap to find the real killer.