Total Number of DVDs in the category Classics : 15

 

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Miracle on 34th Street

Director: George Seaton
Starring: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Natalie Wood, Porter Hall, William Frawley, Jerome Cowan, Philip Tonge, Jack Albertson, Harry Antrim, Lela Bliss, Walden Boyle, Kevin Burke, Dorothy Christy, Jeff Corey, Teddy Driver, Mary Field, William Forrest, Robert Gist, Jack Gargan, Jane Green, Alvin Greenman, Alvin Hammer, Theresa Harris, Percy Helton, Herbert Heyes, Clark Howat, Bobby Hyatt, Richard Irving, Robert Karnes, Fran Lee, Marlene Lyden, Robert Lynn, Mae Marsh, Ida McGuire, Joseph McInerney, Jean O'Connell, Anne O'Neal, 'Snub' Pollard, Lorin Raker, Bob Reeves, Thelma Ritter, Stephen Roberts, James Seay, Patty Smith, Ann Staunton, Anthony Sydes, Guy Thomajan, Basil Walker
Studio: 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: NR
DVD Release: 05 Oct 1999

 

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Summary: 'Miracle on 34th Street' is an irresistible fable that has, for many, become synonymous with celebrating Christmas.

The holiday season is in full swing when a cultured gentleman with twinkling eyes, an ample belly, and a snowy beard (Edmund Gwenn) is hired as Macy's department store Santa. He claims his name is Kris Kringle, and soon fills everyone with Christmas spirit - except for his boss, Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), who's raising her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) to not believe in Santa. But when Kris is declared insane and put on trial, everyone's faith is put to the test as old and young alike face the age old question: Do you believe in Santa Claus?

An Academy Award® winner (1947) for Best Supporting Actor (Edmund Gwenn), Best Original Story and Best Screenplay, this timeless tale of faith, love and imagination remains one of the most popular and best-loved holiday films of all time.


 

North by Northwest

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Saint, James Mason, Jessie Landis, Leo Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Robert Ellenstein, Les Tremayne, Philip Coolidge, Patrick McVey, Ed Binns, Ken Lynch, Stanley Adams, Andy Albin, Anne Anderson, Ernest Anderson, Malcolm Atterbury, Baynes Barron, John Beradino, Sara Berner, Taggart Casey, Bill Catching, Walter Coy, Jimmy Cross, Lucille Curtis, Patricia Cutts, Jack Daly, John Damler, Lawrence Dobkin, Tommy Farrell, Jesslyn Fax, Sally Fraser, Paul Genge, Ned Glass, Tom Greenway, Len Hendry, Alfred Hitchcock, Bobby Johnson, Sid Kane, Madge Kennedy, Doreen Lang, Alexander Lockwood, Frank Marlowe, Nora Marlowe, James McCallion, Maura McGiveney, Carl Milletaire, Howard Negley, Charles Postal, Maudie Prickett, Hugh Pryor, Ralph Reed, Harry Seymour, Robert Shayne, Doris Singh, Jeremy Slate, Olan Soule, Helen Spring, Harvey Stephens, Harry Strang, Dale Sickel, Susan Whitney, Frank Wilcox, Robert Williams, Carleton Young
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
MPAA Rating: NR
DVD Release: 29 Aug 2000

 

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Summary: Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from the facial features of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (backlot sets were used). But don't expect the Master of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging.


 

Notorious

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schünzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault, Alex Minotis, Wally Brown, Charles Mendl, Ricardo Costa, Eberhard Krumschmidt, Fay Baker, Bernice Barrett, Bea Benaderet, Candido Bonsato, Charles Brown, Eddie Bruce, Paul Bryan, Aileen Carlyle, Beulah Christian, Richard Clarke, Tom Coleman, Alfredo DeSa, Lester Dorr, Ben Erway, Almeda Fowler, Gavin Gordon, William Gordon, Virginia Gregg, Harry Hayden, Alfred Hitchcock, Warren Jackson, Ted Kelly, Donald Kerr, Frederick Ledebur, James Logan, Leota Lorraine, George Lynn, Frank Marlowe, Frank McDonald, Tina Menard, Howard Mitchell, Antonio Moreno, Sandra Morgan, Howard Negley, Ramon Nomar, Fred Nurney, Garry Owen, Louis Serrano, Patricia Smart, Dink Trout, Emmett Vogan, John Vosper, Alan Ward, Lillian West, Frank Wilcox, Herbert Wyndham, Peter von Zerneck
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
MPAA Rating: NR
DVD Release: 07 Sep 1999

 

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Summary: One of the greatest Hitchcock suspense films of all time, Notorious was nominated for two Academy Awards in 1947 including Best Original Screenplay. It was also ranked among Variety’s all-time box office champions and won a four-star rating from The Daily News. The New York Times honored Hitchcock and writer Ben Hecht by declaring “chalk up another smash hit for a fine experienced team.”

Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) gains notoriety when her father, a Nazi spy, is convicted of Treason against the United States following World War II. Soon after, she throws a party which is crashed by a handsome stranger named Devlin (Cary Grant). After a clash of wit and temperament, Devlin reveals to Alicia that he is a U.S. intelligence agent and asks her to help him trap Nazi master mind Alexander Sebastian. But as she becomes more and more involved with her work, Alicia may be putting her life in danger.


 

Papillon

Director: Franklin Schaffner
Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Anthony Zerbe, Robert Deman, Woodrow Parfrey, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris, Ratna Assan, William Smithers, Val Avery, Gregory Sierra, Victor Tayback, Mills Watson, Ron Soble, Barbara Morrison, Don Hanmer, E.J. André, Richard Angarola, Jack Denbo, Len Lesser, John Quade, Fred Sadoff, Allen Jaffe, Liam Dunn, Peter Brocco, Richard Farnsworth, Billy Greene, Byrne Anne, Fred Lerner, Harry Monty, Ellen Moss, Dalton Trumbo
Studio: Warner Bros.
MPAA Rating: PG
DVD Release: 14 Dec 1999

 

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Summary: They called him 'Papillon', meaning "butterfly," if only he had wings to go with the name. Unable to fly, Henri Charriere virtually willed himself free. He persisted until he did the impossible: escape Devil's Island.

Based on Charriere's bestseller and shot in Spain and Jamaica, Franklin J. Schaffner's film of Papillon united two stars at key career junctions. After a decade of fine work in 'The Great Escape', 'The Sand Pebbles' and 'Bullitt'. Steve McQueen found in Charriere another ideal tough guy role. Coming off 'The Graduate', 'Midnight Cowboy', and 'Little Big Man', Dustin Hoffman again distinguished himself as Dega, Charriere's scruffy friend.


 

The Philadelphia Story

Director: George Cukor
Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape, Rex Evans, Hillary Brooke, Veda Buckland, Lita Chevret, Russ Clark, David Clyde, Robert De Bruce, Dorothy Fay, Claude King, Florine McKinney, Lee Phelps, Hilda Plowright, Helene Whitney
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
MPAA Rating: NR
DVD Release: 09 Sep 1997

 

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Summary: With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart heading the splendid cast, The Philadelphia Story remains one of the most hilarious and captivating romantic comedies ever to grace the screen. The setting is a wealthy Philadelphia suburb. Hepburn, recreating the role she originated in Philip Barry's wickedly funny Broadway play, is the rich, spoiled socialite Tracy Lord. In a performance full of temperament and tenderness, she portrays a woman of high ideals and low tolerance for human frailties - particularly in a husband! Arrogantly, she has just divorced one, congenial C.K. Dexter Haven and is about to wed another. But before the happy couple can say "I do," Haven and his good friend Macaulay Connor show up at Tracy's gilded doorstep...and before long, everyone is saying everything to everybody!